OTish Palm, Pocket PC Thingy for Dive Planning.

rads wrote:

> Quite fancy some kind of hand held computer thingy which I could use
> on a boat for dive planning (acc. deco).
> Whilst I'm at it, would be nice if same toy could also be used for (on
> road) sat nav.
> Better still if I could hook it up via a bluetooth mobile to the
> interweb.

I do all these on an IPAQ but all mine have been Compaq/HP so I've
not used others to compare. I currently have an Hx4700 with built
in BlueTooth, email and web via the mobile phone (the phone just
wakes up and does the job), TomTom navigator with a plug in GPS
and lots of big SD cards to carry lots of other things. The 640x480
screen is really good when I dump pictures to it.

The GPS is fun as it will give me spoken directions to walk to
a destination which is wild when you are meeting up for dinner
in a strange place and the thing in your pocket is telling you
to turn left/right.

I have the compilers and wrote some of my own stuff. I've become
reliant on my own blender s/w but my deco stuff has been squeezed
out by diving the VR3. I am currently trying to dump the details
out of VR3 download program to keep a working copy of my log on
the little beast.

> I'm sure I've also seen someone displaying admiralty charts on a
> handheld, so that would be a nice to have.

Ooooooo.
Any details?

nigelH

rads wrote:

> Quite fancy some kind of hand held computer thingy which I could use
> on a boat for dive planning (acc. deco).
> Whilst I'm at it, would be nice if same toy could also be used for (on
> road) sat nav.
> Better still if I could hook it up via a bluetooth mobile to the
> interweb.

I do all these on an IPAQ but all mine have been Compaq/HP so I've
not used others to compare. I currently have an Hx4700 with built
in BlueTooth, email and web via the mobile phone (the phone just
wakes up and does the job), TomTom navigator with a plug in GPS
and lots of big SD cards to carry lots of other things. The 640x480
screen is really good when I dump pictures to it.

The GPS is fun as it will give me spoken directions to walk to
a destination which is wild when you are meeting up for dinner
in a strange place and the thing in your pocket is telling you
to turn left/right.

I have the compilers and wrote some of my own stuff. I've become
reliant on my own blender s/w but my deco stuff has been squeezed
out by diving the VR3. I am currently trying to dump the details
out of VR3 download program to keep a working copy of my log on
the little beast.

> I'm sure I've also seen someone displaying admiralty charts on a
> handheld, so that would be a nice to have.

Ooooooo.
Any details?

nigelH

rads wrote:

> Quite fancy some kind of hand held computer thingy which I could use
> on a boat for dive planning (acc. deco).
> Whilst I'm at it, would be nice if same toy could also be used for (on
> road) sat nav.
> Better still if I could hook it up via a bluetooth mobile to the
> interweb.

I do all these on an IPAQ but all mine have been Compaq/HP so I've
not used others to compare. I currently have an Hx4700 with built
in BlueTooth, email and web via the mobile phone (the phone just
wakes up and does the job), TomTom navigator with a plug in GPS
and lots of big SD cards to carry lots of other things. The 640x480
screen is really good when I dump pictures to it.

The GPS is fun as it will give me spoken directions to walk to
a destination which is wild when you are meeting up for dinner
in a strange place and the thing in your pocket is telling you
to turn left/right.

I have the compilers and wrote some of my own stuff. I've become
reliant on my own blender s/w but my deco stuff has been squeezed
out by diving the VR3. I am currently trying to dump the details
out of VR3 download program to keep a working copy of my log on
the little beast.

> I'm sure I've also seen someone displaying admiralty charts on a
> handheld, so that would be a nice to have.

Ooooooo.
Any details?

nigelH

rads wrote:

> Quite fancy some kind of hand held computer thingy which I could use
> on a boat for dive planning (acc. deco).
> Whilst I'm at it, would be nice if same toy could also be used for (on
> road) sat nav.
> Better still if I could hook it up via a bluetooth mobile to the
> interweb.

I do all these on an IPAQ but all mine have been Compaq/HP so I've
not used others to compare. I currently have an Hx4700 with built
in BlueTooth, email and web via the mobile phone (the phone just
wakes up and does the job), TomTom navigator with a plug in GPS
and lots of big SD cards to carry lots of other things. The 640x480
screen is really good when I dump pictures to it.

The GPS is fun as it will give me spoken directions to walk to
a destination which is wild when you are meeting up for dinner
in a strange place and the thing in your pocket is telling you
to turn left/right.

I have the compilers and wrote some of my own stuff. I've become
reliant on my own blender s/w but my deco stuff has been squeezed
out by diving the VR3. I am currently trying to dump the details
out of VR3 download program to keep a working copy of my log on
the little beast.

> I'm sure I've also seen someone displaying admiralty charts on a
> handheld, so that would be a nice to have.

Ooooooo.
Any details?

nigelH

rads wrote:

> Quite fancy some kind of hand held computer thingy which I could use
> on a boat for dive planning (acc. deco).
> Whilst I'm at it, would be nice if same toy could also be used for (on
> road) sat nav.
> Better still if I could hook it up via a bluetooth mobile to the
> interweb.

I do all these on an IPAQ but all mine have been Compaq/HP so I've
not used others to compare. I currently have an Hx4700 with built
in BlueTooth, email and web via the mobile phone (the phone just
wakes up and does the job), TomTom navigator with a plug in GPS
and lots of big SD cards to carry lots of other things. The 640x480
screen is really good when I dump pictures to it.

The GPS is fun as it will give me spoken directions to walk to
a destination which is wild when you are meeting up for dinner
in a strange place and the thing in your pocket is telling you
to turn left/right.

I have the compilers and wrote some of my own stuff. I've become
reliant on my own blender s/w but my deco stuff has been squeezed
out by diving the VR3. I am currently trying to dump the details
out of VR3 download program to keep a working copy of my log on
the little beast.

> I'm sure I've also seen someone displaying admiralty charts on a
> handheld, so that would be a nice to have.

Ooooooo.
Any details?

nigelH

rads wrote:

> Quite fancy some kind of hand held computer thingy which I could use
> on a boat for dive planning (acc. deco).
> Whilst I'm at it, would be nice if same toy could also be used for (on
> road) sat nav.
> Better still if I could hook it up via a bluetooth mobile to the
> interweb.

I do all these on an IPAQ but all mine have been Compaq/HP so I've
not used others to compare. I currently have an Hx4700 with built
in BlueTooth, email and web via the mobile phone (the phone just
wakes up and does the job), TomTom navigator with a plug in GPS
and lots of big SD cards to carry lots of other things. The 640x480
screen is really good when I dump pictures to it.

The GPS is fun as it will give me spoken directions to walk to
a destination which is wild when you are meeting up for dinner
in a strange place and the thing in your pocket is telling you
to turn left/right.

I have the compilers and wrote some of my own stuff. I've become
reliant on my own blender s/w but my deco stuff has been squeezed
out by diving the VR3. I am currently trying to dump the details
out of VR3 download program to keep a working copy of my log on
the little beast.

> I'm sure I've also seen someone displaying admiralty charts on a
> handheld, so that would be a nice to have.

Ooooooo.
Any details?

nigelH

rads wrote:

> Quite fancy some kind of hand held computer thingy which I could use
> on a boat for dive planning (acc. deco).
> Whilst I'm at it, would be nice if same toy could also be used for (on
> road) sat nav.
> Better still if I could hook it up via a bluetooth mobile to the
> interweb.

I do all these on an IPAQ but all mine have been Compaq/HP so I've
not used others to compare. I currently have an Hx4700 with built
in BlueTooth, email and web via the mobile phone (the phone just
wakes up and does the job), TomTom navigator with a plug in GPS
and lots of big SD cards to carry lots of other things. The 640x480
screen is really good when I dump pictures to it.

The GPS is fun as it will give me spoken directions to walk to
a destination which is wild when you are meeting up for dinner
in a strange place and the thing in your pocket is telling you
to turn left/right.

I have the compilers and wrote some of my own stuff. I've become
reliant on my own blender s/w but my deco stuff has been squeezed
out by diving the VR3. I am currently trying to dump the details
out of VR3 download program to keep a working copy of my log on
the little beast.

> I'm sure I've also seen someone displaying admiralty charts on a
> handheld, so that would be a nice to have.

Ooooooo.
Any details?

nigelH

I use a O2 XDA2 PDA/Phone

This runs Pocket PC (windows)

I use Memory Map ( http://www.memory-map.co.uk )
which runs Ordnance Survey maps for land based stuff, (this is not a
Sat nav car system its mainly for walking) this can be linked into
a Bluetooth GPS recever
It allows you to run Map Tech marine Charts on your PDA
I use this for Plotting Dive sites etc see mamory map site

you can get V-planner VPM based software www.v-planner.com for
PDA
I havent tryed it out yet

there are various other Dive progs avalible freeeware to loads a
dosh
loads a log book software etc

I would like to run my VR3 on it but not avalible yet


ATB
Duncan

I use a O2 XDA2 PDA/Phone

This runs Pocket PC (windows)

I use Memory Map ( http://www.memory-map.co.uk )
which runs Ordnance Survey maps for land based stuff, (this is not a
Sat nav car system its mainly for walking) this can be linked into
a Bluetooth GPS recever
It allows you to run Map Tech marine Charts on your PDA
I use this for Plotting Dive sites etc see mamory map site

you can get V-planner VPM based software www.v-planner.com for
PDA
I havent tryed it out yet

there are various other Dive progs avalible freeeware to loads a
dosh
loads a log book software etc

I would like to run my VR3 on it but not avalible yet


ATB
Duncan

I use a O2 XDA2 PDA/Phone

This runs Pocket PC (windows)

I use Memory Map ( http://www.memory-map.co.uk )
which runs Ordnance Survey maps for land based stuff, (this is not a
Sat nav car system its mainly for walking) this can be linked into
a Bluetooth GPS recever
It allows you to run Map Tech marine Charts on your PDA
I use this for Plotting Dive sites etc see mamory map site

you can get V-planner VPM based software www.v-planner.com for
PDA
I havent tryed it out yet

there are various other Dive progs avalible freeeware to loads a
dosh
loads a log book software etc

I would like to run my VR3 on it but not avalible yet


ATB
Duncan