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Looking for a PDA that can...

Sorry i know nothing about PDA's.
Basically i need a Windows based PDA which has the following features:
MS Word, Excel (& Access would be nice but not essential).
Large screen but a smallish handheld device.
Keyboard (preferable a flip/slide out one).
Comes with a cradle or has the option for a cradle for quick data transfer to pc.
Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

I'm sure the K-JAM aka Wizard comes to most people's mind.
There's a forum dedicated to this device- check it out

...and on T-Mobile that would be the MDA Vario.

Better software than ActiveSync, for WinXP ?

I currently have a WM6 phone (HTC Touch) and I'd like to find a good piece of sync software. I need it to show reports of what has been changed and where (phone or pc) after each synchronization (like the ones we have in Nokia's Sync software). One with more configuration options would also be nice.
Thanks in advance.
Rui

I don't know what you are looking for, but this may be of use: http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php?soft=985

wm6 standard questions

hey guys (and girls where aplicable),
i got a question (a sorta dumb one). If a smartphone lik the iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger or the HTC Vox have windows mobile 6 standard does that mean they run regular windows mobile programs or smartphone versions? See the Cheeta/treo 750 has windows mobile standard ed. and is called a smartphone but it uses regular PPC programs, the other two mentioned before have the same wm6 but no touch screen. so i was wondering if that made a diference in the phones capabilities to use PPC Progs? I appreciate any answers as i am greatly puzzled and intregued buy this.

With WM6 they dispensed with the term "smartphone" in favour of WM 6 Standard. Too many non Windows Mobile phones were being called "smart phones" as well as PPC phones.
WM Standard has no support for touch screens and many PPC apps will not run on it.
WM Pro has touchscreens.

understanding versions...
so lemmie go over this... a ppc with a touch screen is said to run WM6 pro, a ppc without a touch screen is said to run wm6 standard the "smartphone" version. so what of the vox? it has all the capabilities of a full sized PPC without the touch screen so where would it and the ipaq 514 fit in? Because correct me if i'm wrong but dont they offer features like MS Office editing and production verus the others whose ability is limited to viewing or is it the WM6 platform that actually enables this?

You're right, its just a functionality of WM6. Any smartphone (i.e. non-Touch screen device) running WM6 has those same office capabilities and will be running WM6 Standard, not Professional.

As far as I know the two WM6 are one same core of the same OS but..
In the PPC version there is more advanced setup in the menus wich setup is locked in the Srtandard by default.
For example in the Standard there is no way to change the IP of the wi-fi manually.
And in the pocket pc there is some dll's, responsible for touchscreen operation .

yes but....
i do believe you might be correct on everything but the I.P setup for standard. i have an sda running wm6 and i can manually setup my wifi and change certain settings in the network config. Also the HP ipaq 514 that i've been researching also has the same features. see my big thing is i love he compact size of the smart phone but need the capabilities of the PPC. It wold be great if i could get the best of both. i know the O2 XDA stealth has that exact combo but they are hard to find and kinda pricey for thier age.

There are separate SDKs for Standard and Pro, so I think the differences run a little deeper.

well what to do?
well i guess my final questions then wuld be what kind of phone are:-
1/ O2's xda stealth
2/ HP's Ipaq 514

using mda vario as remote for pc

i would like to control my pc with my mda vario as a remote.
I want to control my dvd player software, powerpoint...
i found software that haves this functions.
1) PPC tablet remote control suite
doesnt work in WM6\6.1.
2) Bluetooth remote control
This has a Java client, i have EsmertecJbed_20071119 3.1 installed as MIDlet manager but it doesnt install it. The message i get is: "The suite Bluetooth RC cannot be installed because the permission javax.microedition.io.connector.bluetooth.client is not available on this device. - 58. Please contact your operator for more information."
The ROM i use is WM6.1 Slim edition 2.1.
does someone know what the problem is and know a sollution??
May there are alternative programms that work in WM6(.1)

always check the Wiki first - I've published an entire Bible on all these q's - see http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...s for Windows Mobile - the Definitive Roundup

I did a quick search with our big friend google, and find out it is a perimission that need to be set or something.
Only i cant find how i can do that/how i can make the permission work.
Does somebody know this and help me a little bit?

Does android o.s have decent apps in the pipeworks?

Hi
I'm split between getting the motorola milestone/droid which has a qwerty keyboard (which i badly want), and between the htc hd2 which has the windows apps which i badly need.
I am kind of stuck now between which one to choose for my new phone. So was wondering
1) is windows mobile 6.5 on htc hd2 backwards compatible with the software from windows ppc and other version of windows mobile? (mainly because the apps i want are stuff like rosetta stone on ppc, reflex mentor on windows mobile, lingvosoft on ppc etc which are old)
2) does android o.s have similar software either already or in the pipeworks from anyones knowledge (i know iphoen has a few of these apps or similar already btu no idea about android)?
3) how easy is it to hack android (i know i can test and trial out a lot of these apps before i buy on windows due to the great internet, but can you also do it to android and iphone)?
Thanks to anyone who can help clarify this,

guess no one knows

Hi, Android has over 20,000 apps and counting. It's also open source & has been hacked a pleanty
Check out the "google market" for more info...