01-13-2006, 01:30 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Google Offers Personal Home Page For Mobile Devices
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10824055/
For several months Google has offered a personal home page from which to begin your searches. You can add things like local weather, stock quotes, the latest news articles from dozens of resources, etc. Now, they have formatted it so that when your PDA accesses the site, it fits.
Just go to Google's home page and tap the "Sign In" link to either access or create your account. It is probably easier to configure it on the PC then sign in on the Pocket PC.
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01-13-2006, 02:14 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I'd like to also add that this fits well on the Smartphone as well. A cool thing about this is that not only could you have weather, gmail, and other gizmos on the page, but you can also use it to show RSS headlines to your favorite sites. So I use it as my all in one news aggregator. (sp?)
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01-13-2006, 02:28 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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The MSNBC article makes an indirect hint at the fact that this only works on the US version of Google: www.google.com/pda
If you're using a localised version of Google (e.g. www.google.ca/pda or www.google.com.au/pda), the "Personalized Home" link won't appear. Just something to keep in mind. 
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01-13-2006, 03:06 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Google
Nice to know, but I can't part with PocketPCThoughts as my home page. BTW how would I have known about Google for PPC?
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01-13-2006, 03:27 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Re: Google
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Originally Posted by yawanag
BTW how would I have known about Google for PPC?
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What do you mean? Are you asking how you would known the address for the Pocket PC version of Google?
If so, there's nothing special to it. By typing www.google.com in PIE, it should automatically redirect you to the mobile portal, www.google.com/pda
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01-13-2006, 05:17 PM
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Thinker
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Re: Google
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
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Originally Posted by yawanag
BTW how would I have known about Google for PPC?
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What do you mean? Are you asking how you would known the address for the Pocket PC version of Google? |
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01-13-2006, 05:24 PM
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Thinker
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is it possible to have a diff homepage for pda w/o a new acct?
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01-13-2006, 05:34 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Re: Google
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Originally Posted by yawanag
No. that was not what I meant. I meant how would I have learned about this without hearing about it at PocketPCThoughts.
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Gotcha. :bangin:
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01-13-2006, 06:54 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Re: Google
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Originally Posted by yawanag
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
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Originally Posted by yawanag
BTW how would I have known about Google for PPC?
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What do you mean? Are you asking how you would known the address for the Pocket PC version of Google? |
No. that was not what I meant. I meant how would I have learned about this without hearing about it at PocketPCThoughts. |
I took the long road. I saw it on my Google page in my RSS feed from PocketPCThoughts and then came here to read about it. So tonight when I get home I can try it out. The wireless is secured here at work...
This is great by the way. It was cumbersome to browse myGoogle before. Now if they can just tweak Gmail a bit more so it acts like it does on PC's but formatted for PDA's.
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01-13-2006, 07:14 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
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Gotta keep this in mind..coz i use the local services
Sunny
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