pdaAgent brings you live stock quotes and weather

[Andy Sjostrom]

<a href="http://www.pdaagent.com">http://www.pdaagent.com</a><br /><br />Two Peaks has released a new Pocket PC application called pdaAgent. pdaAgent plugs into the Today screen and displays live stock quotes and weather updates (for US zipcodes only)! The updates are done either wirelessly or through ActiveSync. A freeware version is available, so hurry on!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/pdaagent_01.jpg" />

[Mr. PPC]

:(

When I click on the download link (on their site) I get an HTTP-500 error. Hopefully they will fix this shortly.

[Andy Sjostrom]

Actually it is a Handango issue. Should be fixed soon.

[normaldude]

I tried it, but didn't like it.

pdaAgent only listed the current temperature (at time of sync) on the today screen, not the high/lo temp. Since the free version only allows one weather update per day, a high/lo temperature would be more useful as I carry my PDA throughout the day.

I'm sticking with infuzer.com to put weather forecasts on my today screen.

[ChrisW]

If you're interested in getting the weather on your Today screen, I think adbWeather or adbWeatherII (depending on your connectedness) is definitely the way to go.

- It downloads on whatever schedule you want, through ActiveStink or other connection depending on which version you use
- User selectable font size
- Multiple cities (but only shows one at a time)
- Detailed forecasts, flipping through each day or pausing if requested

[Cobbler]

Hey Chris, got a link for adbweather? Couldn't find it searching

[normaldude]

I tried the trial version of ADB Weather II from Handango.com. I couldn't get the New Jersey configuration setup (ADB program couldn't download the info). I could get New York City information setup though, but that's a little far.

Maybe I'll try it again at a future date after they iron out the bugs.

[ChrisW]

Hey Chris, got a link for adbweather? Couldn't find it searching

Look at:
http://www.happyjackroad.com/AtomicDB/pocketpc/weatherII/weatherII.asp

[johncruise]

of course you guys know that Yahoo has some of this features right? (weather and stock quotes)

Weather from Yahoo (http://wap.oa.yahoo.com -- save on your mobile favorites) are always updated by the minute. If your using AvantGo, the information would be the updated info from the last time you sync it.

Stock Quotes are delayed by 20 minutes... I would guess its the same thing for pdaAgent if the service is free.

Of course...there is that argument that you have to go to PIE to view it against the Today Screen on pdaAgent. :wink: