Proud owner of Mr. Axim!

[mirkazemisaman]

Hey everyone,

I just ordered an Axim last night and I am very excited about it. I hope it ships sooner than the "3+ weeks" they are talking about. I have had several Palm OS devices before, but it's my first PPC. Anyway, there are a considerable number of people in my High School that have PPCs (most of them got the Axim after having several Palm Pilots, just like me!!!) and we are trying to get the Network Administrators to give us access to the wireless LAN. I think they eventually will have to do that, since we tell them that we use them for the same purpose we use our laptops :lol: ... or should I say school laptops.

It will be awesome if they grant us access to their network, I can see myself reading thoughts on the internet instead of listening to my english teacher tell us about Shakespeare's style...
BTW I have a few questions regarding the Axim and PPC in general:

1) Can you copy data directly to a memory card using the cradle or do I have to transfer them to RAM and then copy to a memory card?

2) How is the IRDA on the Axim? Efficient enough to use as a remote control?

3) Are there any C++ compilers for Pocket PC?

Any help will be appriciated...

BTW I am sure you have all noticed how a lot of people call Mr. Axim a brick, I had a chance to borrow one from my friend for a few hours today and it's not "a brick", it has a good solid feel to it and with a decent case it's not actually that bad at all...

Anyway, sorry to give you a headache, maybe I am just 8O 2 x i ted 2 fye naali hav eh poket pea see. 8O

[Rirath]

Yes, you can copy directly to storage card. My computer > Mobile Device > My pocket pc > CF Card does the trick

IRDA depends... personally I'm lucky to get 2 feet out of it. Others say 6 feet fine. Most IRDA's aren't so hot... just not made for that kinda use really.

There is embedded C++, search microsoft's website for it. I believe it's still free. Personally I'm waiting for April for the .net compact framework's official release.

[Kati Compton]

You have wireless LAN in your high school? Wow.

What am I saying... You have LAPTOPS in your high school???

:)

[mirkazemisaman]

Yes, I go to the Grosse Pointe South High School and yes we have a wireless network and laptops, all in a PUBLIC SCHOOL. I think it is ranked in the top 10-20 public high schools in the US!?!?! Lucky me to live in this destrict...LOL... oh and BTW thanx for the answers Rirath.

[Pat Logsdon]

You have wireless LAN in your high school? Wow.

What am I saying... You have LAPTOPS in your high school???

:)

Laptops? Why, in my day we had to use Apple IIe's, and move little triangles around on the screen with BASIC commands! And boy, if I had a nickel for every time I've used that knowledge in real life...why, I'd have a lot of dimes. :roll:

Seriously, though - I read somewhere (Salon?) that Maine passed a law last year requiring that every kid in public high school would get a laptop by the end of either last year or this.

[Janak Parekh]

Laptops? Why, in my day we had to use Apple IIe's, and move little triangles around on the screen with BASIC commands! And boy, if I had a nickel for every time I've used that knowledge in real life...why, I'd have a lot of dimes. :roll:
Logo! Ahh, the memories. 8)

Sorry for getting off-topic... in any case, a Wi-Fi enabled PDA in high school, man, that could be one heck of a cheating device. Are the teachers in your school up to speed on this stuff?

--janak

[Kati Compton]

Sorry for getting off-topic... in any case, a Wi-Fi enabled PDA in high school, man, that could be one heck of a cheating device. Are the teachers in your school up to speed on this stuff?


I guess that other than for science labs (graphing things and such), programming, and typing courses, I just don't see how they would be used in a school setting... I would think an English teacher would catch on if you're playing EverQuest during class....

[Janak Parekh]

I guess that other than for science labs (graphing things and such), programming, and typing courses, I just don't see how they would be used in a school setting... I would think an English teacher would catch on if you're playing EverQuest during class....
One word: Google. In history class. Instant answers. You can even use the Pocket IE version (http://www.google.com/ie). Or chat for that matter...

--janak

[Kati Compton]

One word: Google. In history class. Instant answers. You can even use the Pocket IE version (http://www.google.com/ie). Or chat for that matter...


I know you can get the answers that way, but especially in history class I think it's important to get the context, which I don't think most students would look at if they're just Googling for the correct answer. If you're talking about the possibility of cheating, then yes, but I don't think many teachers would allow the laptops during a test...

I bet homework has gotten a lot easier since I was in high school.

[TheBacklash]

Laptops? Why, in my day we had to use Apple IIe's, and move little triangles around on the screen with BASIC commands! And boy, if I had a nickel for every time I've used that knowledge in real life...why, I'd have a lot of dimes. :roll:
Logo! Ahh, the memories. 8)



Same here...

And remember those 5.25" floppy drives? :roll:
Or... the Tape drives? 8O

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Logo! Ahh, the memories. 8)
LOGO!?!?

Wasn't that the program where you move a turtle around the screen... you'd specify an angle and distance and then it would travel that distance leaving a line behind it?

Remember the resolutions on those Apple IIe's? There was GR mode and HGR mode. GR was like 40x40 with 8 colors available and HGR was something like 200x200 with a whopping 64 colors.

[Janak Parekh]

If you're talking about the possibility of cheating, then yes, but I don't think many teachers would allow the laptops during a test...
My thoughts exactly. But a Pocket PC could be placed in a lap. The modern-day cheat sheet! :lol: Also realize that a lot of history exams and such are either short-answer or multiple-choice.

I bet homework has gotten a lot easier since I was in high school.
Yes, and no. Kids nowadays are forced to do quite a bit more research than at least I was, because it's all at their fingertips nowadays.

--janak

[Janak Parekh]

Or... the Tape drives? 8O
LOAD "*"
Please insert tape and press play

... or something like that.

Then there was LOAD "*",8,1 for the floppy drives, right? My memory's getting rusty...

:D

--janak

[Kati Compton]

Then there was LOAD "*",8,1 for the floppy drives, right? My memory's getting rusty...


That is correct in most cases, although sometimes you could do LOAD "*",8 I think.

[Janak Parekh]

That is correct in most cases, although sometimes you could do LOAD "*",8 I think.
I believe you could omit the ,1 in most cases, actually, but I felt more l33t doing that as a kid.

--janak