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connecting xdaii to a projector?

hi all..
i have pocket slides and want to connect the xda to a projector for presentations, is there a cable available to do this...
cheers
Tony

There is a backPack module for the XDA II which has an internal battery, a CF slot and a video output port. The video output port connects to a supplied cable for either Supervideo/Composite Video/or VGA output.
I bought one two days ago and used it for a presentation today at a PDA user group meeting in KL Malaysia. Was very happy with how easy it was to use and the quality of the images being presented.
Ed

wow...cool
thanks.. but what make, and where did you get it...
thanks
maxd

The BackPack is an O2 product, details are on their website. Where to buy it from depends on where you live I guess. I'm in Malaysia and the unit has just hit the streets here though I believe it has been available in other countries for a while.
Ed

Could I ask does it come with any software or driver?
Thanks

Btw if you look on www.expansys.com you'll see a I-mate and a O2 backpack.
The I-mate backpack is cheaper, but afaik, 100% the same

Yes it does come with additional software and driver.
Two main types of software.
1. Screen Mirror: An application that mirrors (displays) everything you do on the XDA II screen on the projected screen. Very handy for tutorials on software and other XDA II features. I used this to demonstrate some new software at PPC users group meeting in KL on Saturday.
2. Presentation software: For Projecting pdf and powerpoint files. I demonstrated (at the same user group meeting) the features of the powerpoint presentation and found it was crisp, clear, good color retention and very easy to use. Some nice features in this software too. You have an on screen mouse pointer, you can also draw on the screen with multiple color pens. Both the pointer and drawings appear on the projected image as well. But perhaps the neatest feature is the ability to display the powerpoint slide plus your speaker's note on your PPC screen but only display the powerpoint slides on the projected screen. I think that is a very useful feature.
The drivers and software are inluced on a mini CD.
Ed

There are a couple of things I would like to see improved on the hardware side of things.
1. There is no way to charge the battery in the BackPack without attaching it to your XDA II. I would prefer to see an AC socket on the packpack itself so you can leave the backpack on charge and still be using your XDA II.
2. When you insert a CF card into the BackPacks CF slot a little plunger sticks out. The plunger is pressed to remove the CF card. I found the plunger sticking was a bit annoying for a right hander like me. Holding the XDA II in my left hand (so I can use the stylus in my right hand) places the CF slot plunger into the meat of my palm. It doesn't hurt at first but after using it for most of the day it was certainly annoying.
Ed

Screen mirror
Does the BackPack use the built-in ATI Imageon graphic accelerator?
Would it be possible to use higher resolution (640x480 on TV and 1024x768 on monitor) in all PocketPC applications?
I know this feature is not supported by default. But higher resolution in all apliccations is not supported on Toshiba e800 too, but with some hack you can use higher resolution in all applications.
There are applications for all PocketPCs which emulate higher resolution (using subpixels like the cleartype does). It these emulators you can see that most of applications (word, excel, internet explorer, ...) work correctly in higher resolution.
So my question: - is (or will be) possible to use your MDA2+BackPack in higher resolution (for exapmle for large XLS tables or for web browsing) on TV or VGA monitor? This feature would really be great! Imagine yourself sitting in a softchair, wireles keyboard in your hands and MDA2 connected to your TV showing XDA-Developers website in a full resolution !

It is possible to connect backpack to the TV and play divx?

ednap said:
Two main types of software.
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****, no TomTom on the PPC screen and a Divx on a external LCD ?

It is possible to connect backpack to the TV and play divx?
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well if your tv have a VGA subD input because as far as i know the backpack dont have a RCA or svhs connector

Rudegar said:
It is possible to connect backpack to the TV and play divx?
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well if your tv have a VGA subD input because as far as i know the backpack dont have a RCA or svhs connector
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... not the backpacki itself, but on the cable (VGA connector) is also the S-Video connector.
But the question remains: will I be able (using some hack) to use all PocketPC applications in HiRes on external monitor (similar hack as for Toshiba e800)?

Sorry by my badly english.
Whichever frames per second have the video signal? 2, 15, 60...?
One divx in TV with 2 FPS would be very bad :-(

hhhmmmm
i doubt that the backpack with vga out would be any kind of limiting factor when it comes to fsp it would al come down to what refreshrate it's running on the top of my head my guess would be 60Hz
this give a max fsp of 30fps
of cause if a tv of any kind of being used it 100% depend on if it's PAL or NTSC
so if your xda can play divx at an ok fps then your external screen should be able to aswell

I have been having backpack for few days. It works at the most to 2.5 FPS. :-(

XDA II Backup and Divx

Did somebody try a backpack with TV outpout while playing the latest version betaplayer ?.
On the qtek 2020 it is a very good quality and fluid but what about TV out can it reach 25 or 30 frames/s . I searched a lot on the web but no test for many months. :?:

Sorry for the title I wanted to write backpack and Divx
Sorry for the title I wanted to write backpack and Divx

PAL tv's are 25fps
NTSC tv's are 30fps
you can get the fps by [feq. of the ac current]/2
but from what people have told in this forum then the tvout from the backpack can only do 1-2fps or something
so it's for powerpoint and watching pictures not watching video

But on some other forum, I can't find it again, someone is telling that he is watching divx in his car with backpack connected on a screen. So I wanted to know if somebody could test it ? and confirm.

people only get max 5fps which make watching movies somewhat of a slideshow
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10547&highlight=backpack+tv
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8126&highlight=backpack+tv

Screen mirror play videos with MVP (2-4 fps) but not with betaplayer.

Did you test yoursel with MVP ?
I already saw the theads but they are very dated and at that time the imageon chip was not activate what about now and new release. Can't anybody test with actual drivers and MVP or Betaplayer. Because we Betaplayer even 640*480 divx are very smooth.

640_480 ?
on the pda screen ? the xda2 dont go that high
if it display it right then it's just resize it for you
i believed that it was the packpack and not the ati chip which would limit the
fps because they are not limited when being displayed on the pda screen

I agree with you of course the PDA which resize the 640*480. so it means that it is no more a limitation of the machine but I am still supicious about the fact the BackPack can transmit or convert to svhs at 30 i/s.
What is pity is that nobody seems to have a backpack to test it.

backpack video out to connect to a 7" LCD screen

Hi,
Would like to have the screen of the qtek 2020 visualized on a bigger screen.
Buying the backpack and connecting the video out to a video in of those 7" lcd display (you find many on the internet) will it work?
WIll it be aligned, I mean on the full screen size.
Thanks a lot.

backpack output is very slow maybe 2-5fps even slower when system is in (moderate) use. Far too slow for video, games, etc only useful for presentations and demonstrations.

ok, thanks for the reply.
What about using as a GPS?
I would like to see my tomtom 5 on a bigger screen. You think it will work?
Thanks and regards.

i've seen ones with both vga and composte
the xda should se one with composite as a tv it cant tell if a 32" tv is connected or something else
same thing with vga

I have no first hand experience of using tomtom so i dont know what it displays and how fast the display is updated but my best guess is that it will work fine on an external display. anybody have any experience?

is there any video program that allows you to use vga out from backpack to tv??? i couldnt find any myself..
also how can yo play a game on a tv via the backpack.. as i dont see any good app out there taht mirrors the screen of ppc fast enough.. ia mirror suxs

zohaer21 said:
is there any video program that allows you to use vga out from backpack to tv??? i couldnt find any myself..
also how can yo play a game on a tv via the backpack.. as i dont see any good app out there taht mirrors the screen of ppc fast enough.. ia mirror suxs
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possible to let mini have the backpack also? is it compatible?

possible to let mini have the backpack also? is it compatible?
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no
is there any video program that allows you to use vga out from backpack to tv??? i couldnt find any myself..
also how can yo play a game on a tv via the backpack.. as i dont see any good app out there taht mirrors the screen of ppc fast enough.. ia mirror suxs
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as far as i know then when one trun on the svidio out on the packpack and connect it to a tv it display everything the xda2 otherwise displayed
but at a max of about 7fps which is not usefull for movies or games
only powerpoint

As thousand times said: You need XDA2 Back-pack and a CF VGA Card to connect at fluid speed (25fps) for videos,etc..

€299,95 !!!!!
unapproachable2kx said:
As thousand times said: You need XDA2 Back-pack and a CF VGA Card to connect at fluid speed (25fps) for videos,etc..
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Hi,
I found this one http://www.expansys.es/product.asp?code=VOYAGERCFVGA
anybody knows some one cheaper?
The backpack is now cheaper.
Thanks

Does anyone has HP Voice Messenger?

I've got HP 514 Voice Messenger and I'd like to know if there are someone that have the same device...
What appz do you have installed?
What versione of TomTom do you use?
....

Hi. I have iPAQ 510. This is my first SP, before i had iPAQ hx4700 and now i see the difference. Now i have every thing under one hood (except for touch screen). I'm disappoint about Skype, because its don't work with that resolution. Instead i using iSkoot, i can coal my Skype friends using my local minutes. For navigation, if i have to i using Live Search, i have unlimited data plan from T-Mobile and work just fine.

Hey Guys!
i have a ipaq 514 too, but i'm not very satisfied with that device...
i think its too slow and i miss the touchscreen. but in germany it only costs about 200€ (without any contract) and so you only get what you pay...
what kind of software have you installed?
i have MortPlayer and Nero Mobile for playing mp3, KeePassSD for my passwords and QIP for chatting via icq. thats all because of the lag of cpu power and memory...

I'm looking for TomTom 6 but I can't find a version that works on my HP Voice Messenger...

i have one to
i got one to n minez talks to me custom sounds bootscreen etc i got quite a few appz:smartoolkit beasmaster moonphaser resco photo viewer smartexplorer virtual earth mobile jeodek jbed jblend jeodek3D IBM J9 TCMP 0.82 with flash plugin n wmv .had pocket player. also got adobe pdf reader adobe flash player with pie plugin and gamez omni soft rally city stage1 and omni speed City Filao Fried chicken Raging Thunder Carmageddon multiplayer via bt Rally Pro Contest multiplayer via bt . mxit the best im a fone can have operamini 4b3 and v2.04 has built in download manager n lotz more check out my smartphone section on my site http://defcomk.wen.ru n tel me what u fink lotz of gamez to choose from

defcomg said:
i got one to n minez talks to me custom sounds bootscreen etc i got quite a few appz:smartoolkit beasmaster moonphaser resco photo viewer smartexplorer virtual earth mobile jeodek jbed jblend jeodek3D IBM J9 TCMP 0.82 with flash plugin n wmv .had pocket player. also got adobe pdf reader adobe flash player with pie plugin and gamez omni soft rally city stage1 and omni speed City Filao Fried chicken Raging Thunder Carmageddon multiplayer via bt Rally Pro Contest multiplayer via bt . mxit the best im a fone can have operamini 4b3 and v2.04 has built in download manager n lotz more check out my smartphone section on my site http://defcomk.wen.ru n tel me what u fink lotz of gamez to choose from
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Dude, the only thing worse than your HTML skills is your english!!!!
Keep on spamming....

dude
im only 17 man so you cant dis my html skills since i taut myself to write html so dont dis as for writing bad english is because i use my phone to post n i try n abbriviate my words. I use opera mini herez my other site http://defcomg.wen.ru/main.html anyone else who have jbed and opera mini and cant loggin anywhere if so ask me i tell you how.

NiTroGenious said:
Dude, the only thing worse than your HTML skills is your english!!!!
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I couldn't resist.. you are right...!
@defcomg you should use at least punctuation.. or new lines. or use that T9 english, it's very good. We have to decrypt your messages ...
PS: we are OFFTOPIC

defcomg said:
im only 17 man so you cant dis my html skills since i taut myself to write html so dont dis as for writing bad english is because i use my phone to post n i try n abbriviate my words. I use opera mini herez my other site http://defcomg.wen.ru/main.html anyone else who have jbed and opera mini and cant loggin anywhere if so ask me i tell you how.
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I don't care about your age or your language skills. I only care about your respecting the rules! Using your mobile to post is not an excuse for your bad english and posting warez in this forum is just unacceptable!

VoIP and Astersik
Hey,
Yes, I have a HP iPAQ 514 Messenger.
I'm not so proud of it, not yet at least, it´s to unstable.
The specification of the phone is the same as my Qtek 8310 and of course Tornado, the only thing that´s not the same is the screen specs.
- 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM
- TI OMAP 850 200MHz processor
- Display TFT, 65K colors Size 176 x 220 pixels, 2.0 inch
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
The phone works great as a VoIP (SIP) WiFi phone, when it´s not hanging .
I have a question for the ROM cookers (Tornado):
Do you think this phone is worth trying to install one of your ROM:s.

Trying to install any other ROM except the one made specifically for your phone will result in breaking your phone irreversibly!!!

Since i both this device i have problem with Internet sharing. It works using USB, but not over BT PAN on either PC and PPC.

I just got one but can not fing any software for it. I tryed acouple that sayd that would work with my device but nothing instaled Anyone knows any good software for it? Something like world mate or some games that might work? Also is it possible to find the wifi mac address on the device?

Software tHat WorKs
Any Htc Oxygen Typhoon Feeler Mpx 200 Mpx220 Mitac Mi0 8390 Wm2K2 wm2k3 wm2k5 aNd wm6 176x220. Games Filao Fried Chicken , Tennis Addict , Atomic Cannon viSt www.fixdown.com/english/pda or www.pxdxa.com Dey Av Kewl S0ftwar3 and Gam3S

How many devices do you carry day to day?

Basically my question is what my title is. I was intersted to know what devices people carry with them on a daily basis..
Since the G1 has been released my Tilt has become a windows mobile pda only.
So Everyday
G1
Sony digital camera
Usb Drive 128mb for small documents
16gb Ipod Touch
Jabra Bluetooth bt8040
Helio Mysto (work line)
and occasionally my tilt for when i need to edit office documents until something better is released for the G1

HTC Diamond
Qtek S100
Sony Ericsson k750i
and i think it's too damn much

HTC Diamond
iPhone 16 GB 3G

simple nokia n82 with 8gb micro sd card...

I always think that I have to carry only ONE device that cover all my needs instead of bringing with me an Ipod, Nextel, Cell phone, beeper, PDA, etc.......
So when I first saw O2 Exec (Universal) in 2005 I decided that this device will be the only one I really need for my work and entertainment, and till some REAL succesor appears I will continue with Uni as my main device!!!
And when a succesor appears I will carry only ONE device.

Hi,
I only carry one phone with me, apart from my laptop, when I am at work, of course.
This means that the phone has many tasks:
- act as a mobile phone
- give me access to e-mails, browser and Messenger
- entertain me: movies, ebooks, games, emulator
- keep all my contacts, tasks, appointments
I own several phones, all able to do the job and I enjoy switching between them:
- Universal
- Blue Angel
- VDA GPS (aka Toshiba G710)
- HP iPaq 514 Voice Messenger
The Blue Angel I don't use any more, since I got the Universal. The screen needs to much care against accidents and the resolution is not so good in comparison.
And yes, the Universal is the phone I like most. It has everything I need: great screen, great battery endurance, fast, keyboard,...
I only take the HP 514 with me, when I need a tiny phone or when I go to some rougher outdoor events.
I use the VDA GPS when I am mainly driving, because the keyboard is very ergonomic to be used whilst driving (i.e. type "D" and get all recent numbers from contacts starting with D). It is also a very discrete phone (for meetings), looks expensive (it wasn't) and does not give you a nerd-tag right away (as opposed to the Universal). And of course it is nice to have built-in GPS.
Cheers,
vma

Kaiser & iPod. All I need.

HTC Touch Pro and an 8GB flash drive. Thats all. The TouchPro does everything i need. Music, video, internet, communication, office, navigation, organisation. I bring my laptop only when im going to someones house or so.

HTC Trinity as primary phone
HTC Alpine for email, software only runs on WM2003, well the version I have does.
Creative Zen Touch, 20Gb
Fuji FinePix
8Gb Flash Drive
Usually only the Trinity goes out and about most days. It has enough music for the odd quiet moment. and the camera is good enough for snap shots.

XDA Stellar and that's it (sometimes my laptop if I'm doing 'real' work).
I run an 8 gig card and use the phone as a phone, pda, sat nav, mp3 player, games machine, push e-mails, etc etc etc. The only real downside is using it as a phone in the car when also using sat nav and someone calls when you need the map the most!
My battery is usually dead by 3pm if I have a hard day out of the office, so I have an HTC brand car charger (nothing else keeps up).

My T-Mobile Vario II does most of my daily work but I tend to have a laptop with me on week days as well which the Vario acts as a modem for most of the time (unlimited-ish HSDPA with WnW; why then pay for hotspots as well?!)
Because the Vario is doing so much every day as it acts as my phone, email access etc I tend to always have my 80gb Zune to entertain me on the commute.
Back at home I've just put my O2 XDA IIs back into service. Since I flashed it to WM 6.1 and started running the developer preview of Windows Sideshow on it, it makes an amazing remote control for my Media Centre PC in the lounge.

I carry my ASUS EEE 701 and HTC Diamond if I'm going out by car, otherwise, Diamond only.
The EEE is very small and runs real windows. It does the heavy lifting wherever possible.

Always with me:
- Asus P750 + 8GB microSD
- Qtek 8500 + 2GB microSD
- iPod Classic 80GB
- Sony 8GB flashdrive
And most of the time also my laptop Asus Z53s

inside my pocket:
htc polaris wm6.1 with 4gb micro sdhc-my primary phone(for family & friends)/pda
motorola L7- secondary phone(work related calls)
inside my bag:
ipod 30gb-for my multimedia storage(music and videos)
pqi 4gb thumb drive- for documents
itech arrow x- BT headset for my 2 mobile phones
billionton BT usb receiver- for transfering files between desktop and ppc

Stealth with USB cables for games & entertainment, CDMA mobiles for communication, Sony Ericsson for browsing & VC, external HDD, extra Mini SD.....without them it's considered day off....

Just my PPC (by now an experia X1) and sometimes my TabletPC. Why more?

PPC only...

I only really carry my TyTn II with an 8GB MicroSD card inside. Sometimes I carry my laptop with me but only when it feels like working.....

Phone: Touch
MP3 Player: Touch
News: Touch
E-mail: Touch
Office: Touch
Videos: Touch
Web: Touch
GPS: Touch
Oh, and my Plantronics Pulsar 260's !
Used to be my Moto Razr & Palm T|X.