Palmtops & PDAs - Tom Hundt

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Palmtop & PDA Insanity

Overviews and Starting Points

comp.sys.palmtops (USENET Newsgroup) is my favorite place to get info. I learned a lot just reading what people asked and posted about the various units. There are ads here for used equipment.
ChrisD's Pen Based Computing page (incl. PCMCIA Modem FAQ and power guide, important for battery-powered operation).
Eric's Pocket Palmtop Computer Notes.
S.P.A.M. (Society for Palmtop Advancement through Meetings), a palmtops user group (mostly HP).
PDA Central.

Vendors

Spree.
Mobile Planet sells WinCE palmtops and accessories.

A listing here does not constitute an endorsement.

Palm and Compatible PDAs

Palm Homepage.
Handspring Visor Homepage.
Battery Specs.
Calvin's PalmPilot FAQ (pilotfaq.com).
Download.com's Survival Guide.
Windows-based development environments.
Metrowerks CodeWarrior, Pilot development environment.
Hacking the Pilot (l0pht).
PilotGear, "the Headquarters for PalmPilot Software, Accessories, and More."

Palm Shareware

Shareware for Pilot (palmos.com).
The PalmPilot Page (pilot.org).
Daggerware, makers of HackMaster.
PowerHack (requires HackMaster).
Andy's Pilot Page (pilotpage.com).
MemoWare.com is "a unique collection of information specially formatted to be easily added to your USRobotics or 3Com PalmPilot." Plus viewing apps.
PalmGlyph Software, "Word Programs for your PalmPilot."
ASCII Computer Center sells Pilots and other PDAs.

WinCE (Windows CE) Palmtops

Microsoft WinCE homepage.
HPC.net is one place to look for WinCE info. Has classified ads.
HP 300LX/320LX feature a much "wider" screen than competitors'.
Philips Magnavox Velo 1. 4MB RAM, microphone. 888-FOR-VELO.
C|net reviews of several WinCE palmtops.

HP Palmtops

This is what I use. I have an HP 200LX with a 10MB PCMCIA flashdisk card and the TechSpeed CPU-speed doubler. It stores my appointments, diary, shopping lists, CD list, phone list, project info, etc. (Infomongers keep lots of lists.) It runs DOS 5.0, and reboots using Ctrl-Alt-Del. It's like my first PC clone, in pocket form. (Yes, eventually I will upgrade, probably to a WinCE device.)

HP Handheld Devices Homepage.
HP 100LX Frequently Asked Questions from comp.sys.palmtops. Covers later models as well.
Techspeed/TechRAM Upgrades for the HP 200LX.
SHIER Systems.
S.P.A.M..
LX Game Center.
ACE Technologies is now defunct.
FTP sites: eddie.mit.edu, monash.edu.au.
Backup utility (Ed Falk) for 200LX.
Mr Palmtop sells HP palmtops and accessories.

Miscellaneous Palmtops

Psion Series 5 FAQ.
Franklin/Rolodex REX, PCMCIA-card organizer, very clever. Special offer for palmtop users.
Sharp PC-E500.