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Alert: Microsoft(r) ActiveSync 3.6 does not support Outlook97. For compatibility reasons, you may want to install ActiveSync 3.5 if it is not already on your Pocket PC.
Your Pocket PC can activesync via a wireless Wi-Fi network!
You can do this easily without the PDA cradle or cable. The catch is that the first time you must set up an activesync partnership using the PDA cradle and cable. After that, you can put the cradle away.
After setting up the partnership, you will be ready with this procedure. Make sure your mobile device and the desktop are both connected to the Wi-Fi network. The device ID on both computers must match up. From the desktop machine, open up Microsoft Activesync and make sure it is displaying the correct device ID. If not, select File->Mobile Device and pick the correct device ID. This ID must match the device ID on the Pocket PC. Check this by selecting Start Menu->Settings->System. Then select the [About] icon on the mobile device.
To be synchronizing across the network, on the PPC device, select Start Menu->ActiveSync and click on the "Sync" button which is located next to the "Stop" button. If it does not sync up, try clicking on the "Sync" button again. That's it.
Voice Mail, Please!
If your PDA comes with a voice recorder, you can record a voice message and send it off via the PDA's email program as a file attachment. This reduces typing to a minimum when sending out messages. That is a plus since typing on a PDA is not easy, even with the aid of the transcriber function. The drawback of voice mail is the absence of written copies of your sent messages.
Cool Keyboard
If you are typing and editing extensively, consider using your PC's large keyboard to enter information directly into the Pocket PC (PPC). This is achieved through Activesync or better yet through a 802.11b network connection at a Wi-Fi hotspot. In effect you are wirelessly controlling the mobile device from your PC. Someone with a laptop or PC can check the PDA inbox for email, or play PDA games, like chess, with another mobile PPC user via the wireless network. Download the Microsoft Remote Display Control program here . This program is not supported by Microsoft.
Mobile Printing
The Pocket PC (PPC)
does not come with printing capabilities. If you want to print PDA files,
email and attachments on a wireless network printer, you must install
HP mobile printing for PPCs. Additionally,
if you want to print Adobe(r) Acrobat and Microsoft Documents and images
(eg. PowerPoint, Word, Excel), you must also install the Westtek(r) Clearvue(tm)
viewers in addition to mobile printing.
If your own printer is not available, your PDA will print directly to color printers and fax machines at remote locations near you. This is especially useful when you are traveling away from home, or if you are "sending" a document to someone for pickup. More info...
Javascript for Pocket Internet Explorer
Most web sites require Javascript. To activate Javascript1.1, you must download and install the Microsoft(r) IETools program. IETools is not supported by Microsoft.
Flash Player for PPC
To display flash animations in the pocket internet explorer, you must
download and install the Macromedia(r) Flash Player.
Peacemaker ($15) - cross-platform infrared data exchange
Just switched to a new Pocket PC? Applying categories to incoming items permits seamless migration of old PDA data from your Palm device to your new PPC device! Peacemaker enables Pocket PC users to beam information to and from a wide range of PDA devices or IR-equipped desktop and notebook computers.
The tiny SD memory cards and Sony Memory Stick are becoming the standard for storage in electronic gadgets and mobile devices. The new Toshiba notebooks come with SD slots. For faster image capture in digital cameras, consider the high-speed (4x) CF cards. Generally, the newer high-capacity memory cards come with faster access times. For photo's, use the jpeg digital format for long-term storage; use the mp3 format for audio files; and for videos, use the mpeg-1 or mpeg-2 media format.
Fastest transfer rate (10Mb/sec), SDMI compliant, with CPRM1.01-based security.
Beware: In some cases you cannot store both secure audio and photos on the same SD memory card.
With a 3-megapixel camera (2,048 x 1,536 res.), you can store about 80 jpeg images on a 64Mb memory card. With a 1-megapixel camera (1,280 x 960 res.), the same card will store about 250 images.
When the memory card is full, you have the option of dumping the images to a CD thereby freeing up the memory card storage. Usually a fast-turnaround photofinisher will provide that service for you.
Currently, the best price-points are the memory cards with 128Mb and 256Mb capacities. The large-capacity memory cards allow you to store pictures, videos, audio and program files all on a single memory card. They are available in regular and high-speed versions.
If your PDA has both CF and SD slots, you might wish to purchase sd memory cards for the SD slot, and reserve the CF slot for hardware add-ons. This is especially true if the SD slot is not SDIO compaitble.
The Minolta SD-CF1 adaptor converts a CF type I slot into a SD slot with 30% faster transfer rates. Typically this adaptor comes in handy if one camera captures images to SD memory and another camera or PDA uses CF memory or you are printing images to a CF-compatible printer.
If your camera (eg. Fujifilm Finepix A310) captures images to xD-Picture card memory, use the Compactflash xD card Adaptor to connect to CF-compatible devices.
The Viking CF-ADAPT adaptor (or a Minolta CA-1C) converts a PC Card (PCMCIA) slot on a laptop to a Compactflash CF card reader. You save 68% on this "reader".
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