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Q3Man · 12-05-05, 02:52 PM

In case anyone was wondering what the joys of WM5 on an X50v are, I decided to document a day with my PDA.

Morning:

Get up to the sound of my alarm at 6:30. Attempt to turn the alarm off. Alarm doesn’t turn off. Check the button lock. It’s off. For some reason there are two copies of the alarm and pressing the dismiss softbutton doesn’t actually do anything. Turning off the PDA does.

Take care of morning necessities. Use the X50v as a mirror to put my contacts in. Wish someone would invent an app that turns the edges of the display white to use as a mirrored light.

Hop in my truck. Put my pda in my piece of crap Arkon mount I got free with my GPS. I don’t think the grippers on the sides have ever actually closed properly. Attempt to turn on the PDA.

The PDA doesn’t turn on. Armed with weeks of WM5-kung-foo, I know that I must unplug it from the mount, remove the battery, reinstall the battery and reboot the pda after it recovers from its memory error. PDA reboots and gets put back in to the piece of junk Arkon mount.

Bring up iguidance and tell it to detect my Bluetooth GPS. Watch in amazement as it actually finds it and tells me to “proceed to the nearest road.” 30 seconds later, watch in amazement as it once again locks up my pda requiring a soft-reset.

Start driving to work without gps assistance (not a hard task after a few years.) After a block, I’m annoyed at the constant popups requesting if I want to join the ‘linksys’ wireless network that I’m driving by at 40 mph. I hit the disable wireless button twice, hoping to cure my problem. Of course, it doesn’t. For some reason it only disables Bluetooth and leaves the wifi on. I turn off my pda and find my way to my office.

Afternoon:

Plug my PDA into my desktop and go about my day. Important conference call that I figure would be nice to record. Open up notem and have it record an mp3 to my SD card. 10 minutes later, I look at my pda which has turned itself off for some reason. 4.3 minutes of a 10 minute call were recorded. Double check notem settings to disable auto power off while recording. They are fine. Make a new task to look for a new mp3 recording software. Plug my PDA back into my desktop.

Go to lunch. After ordering, open up some chess. I ask myself why I bother playing when the computer always beats me. 4 moves into “Chess” by Valentin Iliescu it tells me that it can’t connect to the remote game server even though it’s playing single player. I open up file explorer and delete the settings file and play another 3 moves. Give up for now.

Eat lunch. Too bad there is no wifi within range here.

Head back to the office.

Check to see if there is a rom update for X50v’s yet. No dice. Head home.

Evening:

Watch the latest CSI in TCPMP. I’m glad there is at least one app that doesn’t crash my PDA regularly.

Be very careful to plug PDA in to power while its turned on, then turn it off so it doesn’t crash until the alarm goes off the next morning.

12-05-05, 02:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Q3Man Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A day in the life of a WM5 X50v In case anyone was wondering what the joys of WM5 on an X50v are, I decided to document a day with my PDA. Morning: Get up to the sound of my alarm at 6:30. Attempt to turn the alarm off. Alarm doesn’t turn off. Check the button lock. It’s off. For some reason there are two copies of the alarm and pressing the dismiss softbutton doesn’t actually do anything. Turning off the PDA does. Take care of morning necessities. Use the X50v as a mirror to put my contacts in. Wish someone would invent an app that turns the edges of the display white to use as a mirrored light. Hop in my truck. Put my pda in my piece of crap Arkon mount I got free with my GPS. I don’t think the grippers on the sides have ever actually closed properly. Attempt to turn on the PDA. The PDA doesn’t turn on. Armed with weeks of WM5-kung-foo, I know that I must unplug it from the mount, remove the battery, reinstall the battery and reboot the pda after it recovers from its memory error. PDA reboots and gets put back in to the piece of junk Arkon mount. Bring up iguidance and tell it to detect my Bluetooth GPS. Watch in amazement as it actually finds it and tells me to “proceed to the nearest road.” 30 seconds later, watch in amazement as it once again locks up my pda requiring a soft-reset. Start driving to work without gps assistance (not a hard task after a few years.) After a block, I’m annoyed at the constant popups requesting if I want to join the ‘linksys’ wireless network that I’m driving by at 40 mph. I hit the disable wireless button twice, hoping to cure my problem. Of course, it doesn’t. For some reason it only disables Bluetooth and leaves the wifi on. I turn off my pda and find my way to my office. Afternoon: Plug my PDA into my desktop and go about my day. Important conference call that I figure would be nice to record. Open up notem and have it record an mp3 to my SD card. 10 minutes later, I look at my pda which has turned itself off for some reason. 4.3 minutes of a 10 minute call were recorded. Double check notem settings to disable auto power off while recording. They are fine. Make a new task to look for a new mp3 recording software. Plug my PDA back into my desktop. Go to lunch. After ordering, open up some chess. I ask myself why I bother playing when the computer always beats me. 4 moves into “Chess” by Valentin Iliescu it tells me that it can’t connect to the remote game server even though it’s playing single player. I open up file explorer and delete the settings file and play another 3 moves. Give up for now. Eat lunch. Too bad there is no wifi within range here. Head back to the office. Check to see if there is a rom update for X50v’s yet. No dice. Head home. Evening: Watch the latest CSI in TCPMP. I’m glad there is at least one app that doesn’t crash my PDA regularly. Be very careful to plug PDA in to power while its turned on, then turn it off so it doesn’t crash until the alarm goes off the next morning.