<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C45094.88908110"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="cid:editdata.mso@01C45094.88908110"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" = name="time"/> <o:SmartTagType = namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="date"/>  <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> I have an ipaq 3835 that is about 2 = years old. The newer models are smaller and faster, with many incorporating = wireless access, I believe. Mine has pretty much just the standard Micro$oft = office suite that comes as part of the PPC 2002 operating system, but I have = added the following applications:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Tunelab Pro for Pocket PC - <a href="http://www.tunelab-world.com/">http://www.tunelab-world.com/</a> =  tuning = software<o:p></o:p> SprintDB - <a = href="http://www.kaione.com/">http://www.kaione.com/</a>  database = application<o:p></o:p> Audible Player - <a href="http://www.audible.com/">http://www.audible.com</a> digital = books<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> SprintDB reads and writes Microsoft = Access database files, and since my desktop DB is in Access it was a logical = choice. I tried several DB’s for PPC and found this one to be by far the = most powerful. The new version has a desktop companion so you don’t = need to do any design work on the diminutive PPC screen. My DB tracks the usual = customer info, including piano data and service history. = <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Audible.com is a source for books = on tape, or in this case digital format. Since I’m often on the road this = is for me an easy way to enjoy a good “read”. I carry some ear-buds = in my car, so if I’m filing hammers or regulating in a customer’s = home I can listen while I work. Makes those drudgery jobs go by = faster!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The only extra hardware I use is a = 64 Meg SD memory card, and I only use that because the Audible files are often = about that size. It usually allows me to keep an entire “book” on the = card, rather than having to load titles in two or more sections. The extra = memory is not necessary for either TL or SprintDB. I’ve heard some people = complain about the battery life, but I find that I can get about 4 tunings out of = it quite easily on a charge which is about as much as I like to do in a day anyway. I did buy a car charger which works quite well and have never = had the battery quit on me. It is also my understanding that some of the newer = PPC’s have removable and/or high capacity batteries, so this should be even = less of an issue. I hope that when the time comes for me to replace this one = I’ll be able to combine my PPC and cell phone in one device! Beware that some = of the Dell PPC’s are unsuitable for use with tuning software – see = the “News” section of the Tunelab web site for details about specific models to = avoid.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> - Mark<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original = Message----- From: Rick Bazemore [mailto:tunericks@yahoo.com] Sent: <st1:date = Month="6" Day="12" Year="2004">Saturday, June 12, 2004</st1:date> = <st1:time Hour="14" Minute="30">2:30 PM</st1:time> To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Pocket PC w/TL = & Customer DB <o:p> </o:p> <div> Mark,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Please elaborate on all that you have on your pocket pc as well as memory cards = and devices required to do all you do with the pocket pc as it relates to = your piano business.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> "I like having my schedule and complete customer database available to me on the = same 7 oz Pocket PC that runs TL!"<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Rick = Bazemore<o:p></o:p> </div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center = style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'> <hr size=1 width="100%" align=center> </div> Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. <a href="http://messenger.yahoo.com/">Try the all-new = Yahoo! Messenger</a><o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>