Palm vs Pocket Pc

[John Ross]

I don't like the monthly charge.
Ok, I said a $75 update fee per year. But, you don't really need the update, 
unless you are in an area of growth, that has new streets all the time.
Mine is a Garmin, and I like it. It has a rechargeable battery, that lasts 
about 8 hours, so in theory, you wouldn't have the extra power cord in the 
vehicle to worry about.
Those power cords do get to be a hassle, 1 for my back massager, 1 for 
satellite radio, 1 for my small cooler, 1 for the Garmin, and an inverter 
for my ETD's and cell phone to save on extra power adapters.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul McCloud" <pmc033 at earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:22 AM
Subject: RE: Palm vs Pocket Pc


> Yesterday I got an advertisement from Telenav, which is a cell phone based
> GPS service.  There is a receiver unit, about the size of a Hershey's bar,
> that mounts on the dash.  It doesn't look inviting to thieves, as there's
> no fancy LCD display.  The receiver is about $100.  Monthly fee is $10.00,
> and requires a data plan on your phone.  Directions are voice prompted,
> with street names announced, and asking for directions is done by voice
> too.  Call a number and say where you want to go.  Use a bluetooth device
> or hands-free headset.  If I hadn't purchased a GPS device already, I'd be
> really tempted to sign up (which you can try 30 days for free).
> Paul McCloud
> San Diego
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Porritt, David <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Date: 07/18/2007 6:08:35 AM
>> Subject: RE: Palm vs Pocket Pc
>>
>> John:
>>
>> Verizon Wireless (and probably all the others) has GPS available on your
>> cell phone.  It works well and is cheap.  I don't use it as I go to the
>> same place every day but I did check out their 2-week free trial.
>>
>> dp
>>
>> _______________________
>> David M. Porritt, RPT
>> dporritt at smu.edu
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
>> Behalf Of John Formsma
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7:26 AM
>> To: Paul Tizzard; Pianotech List
>> Subject: Re: Palm vs Pocket Pc
>>
>> I'm a Palm user, but if I were buying a new device today, it would be
>> one like the HP iPAQ rx5915 with GPS.  Back two years ago when I was
>> weighing the Palm OS vs. Pocket PC, there were more general
>> applications available for Palm. Not sure what it is now.
>>
>> I'm not sure what ETDs it will run (I tune aurally). I am
>> directionally challenged. Once I get to a piano, I can handle all the
>> tuning myself. ;-)  The GPS would help me more, and I could always buy
>> RCT later if I wanted to.
>>
>> JF
>>
>> On 7/18/07, Paul Tizzard <ptizzard at mweb.co.za> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi list,
>> >
>> > My wife returned from New York with a Palm TX as a present for me.
>> > Fantastic little device, however none of the ETD's are available on
>> the Palm
>> > OS. As this was a feature that I would like to have, unfortunately I
>> may
>> > have to send it back :-(
>> > I've had a look through the archives to see if there was a favourite
>> pocket
>> > pc out there, but it's a little difficult to gauge. Could some of you
>> > perhaps let me know what your experiences are.
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Paul Tizzard
>> > Cape Town
>> > South Africa
>>
>
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