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SkyVoice · 01-24-03, 05:11 PM

I've got date and time right on my screen 24/7 and delivered to my screen directly via PocketPC 2002. No secondary program. No problems. Many of these secondary programs haven't been optimized for Axim or X-Scale and thus when one loads a load of crap onto the basic machine he/she is in for a world of crap. It is so easy and convenient to blame manufacturers. I don't own MS stock but MS does a pretty darn fine job, IMHO, when it comes to delivering solutions, custom or otherwise. Many of these guys are wonderful geeks and therefore innovators as well as creative thinkers. Don't like what they offer today? Wait until tomorrow and they will change it. It is a great system for the economic engine. But it has some downside from time to time. They (MS) plow a lot of $$$ into research because their bottom line depends heavily upon it for their future growth.

Many of the complaints about what Pocket PC does or doesn't do is generally due to people not knowing what the features are. And, of course, there isn't a great deal of documentation to teach most of us. This assumes we read the instructions in the first place. The old adage still applies, "when all else fails, read the instructions".

I am, for one, grateful that I live in a society in which products like this are avaiable to me and that I have choice. If I don't like something I vote with my dollars. Moreover, I am glad I can afford them. Nice toys... nice solutions... and they actually help me do my work. For me, I am on cloud nine.

As for slow devices. I would rather live with something a little slow than resort to the old way of doing things, pencil and paper and the ensuing mess of files and file cabinets. I know, some are too young to remember those. :-)

Anyway... just a few cents worth from my perspective. Probably ain't worth that but I ain't going public anyway. :-)

Ciao,

Ron

01-24-03, 05:11 PM	#15 (permalink)
SkyVoice Aximsite Rookie DAP Freshman Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 94 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've got date and time right on my screen 24/7 and delivered to my screen directly via PocketPC 2002. No secondary program. No problems. Many of these secondary programs haven't been optimized for Axim or X-Scale and thus when one loads a load of crap onto the basic machine he/she is in for a world of crap. It is so easy and convenient to blame manufacturers. I don't own MS stock but MS does a pretty darn fine job, IMHO, when it comes to delivering solutions, custom or otherwise. Many of these guys are wonderful geeks and therefore innovators as well as creative thinkers. Don't like what they offer today? Wait until tomorrow and they will change it. It is a great system for the economic engine. But it has some downside from time to time. They (MS) plow a lot of $$$ into research because their bottom line depends heavily upon it for their future growth. Many of the complaints about what Pocket PC does or doesn't do is generally due to people not knowing what the features are. And, of course, there isn't a great deal of documentation to teach most of us. This assumes we read the instructions in the first place. The old adage still applies, "when all else fails, read the instructions". I am, for one, grateful that I live in a society in which products like this are avaiable to me and that I have choice. If I don't like something I vote with my dollars. Moreover, I am glad I can afford them. Nice toys... nice solutions... and they actually help me do my work. For me, I am on cloud nine. As for slow devices. I would rather live with something a little slow than resort to the old way of doing things, pencil and paper and the ensuing mess of files and file cabinets. I know, some are too young to remember those. :-) Anyway... just a few cents worth from my perspective. Probably ain't worth that but I ain't going public anyway. :-) Ciao, Ron __________________ "The first step begins any journey, no matter the distance"