Slew of Noobish Axim Questions (I dare you to answer :D ) - Page 2

Julia · 06-09-03, 11:30 PM

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10). I have music and movies on my CF card and they are outstanding! My SD card holds all of my games, themes, ebooks, and other apps that don't have to be installed in the main memory. No problems at all :). [/B]

This is a real newbie question, please forgive me but what apps HAVE to be installed in the main memory and which can you put on a SC card? I need to free up some room on my main memory

JakeRich · 06-09-03, 11:37 PM

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Originally posted by XKalibuR
no can you please answer questions 10-15 for me, I still dont quite understand how they work.

thanks

10) How well do videos/games/music run off the SD card?

Depends on the setting on the video when it was made. If it's good, it's very good, if it's bad, it's terrible. Games I don't do, sorry. Music also depends on the recording settings. It's a tradeoff of quality vs. file size. You can get near CD quality all the way down to really bad.

11) 64 Meg Ram. Is this Internal, or are they refering to a separate SD card that comes with the Axim?

Internal.

12) What does that IR port on the axim do?

Not much. It has a short range, can be used to beam to/from other PDA's, laptops, cellphones etc., up to about 2-3 feet. It also is used to connect to wireless keyboards.

13) Specified to those in college, could I take Classnotes using my Axim (while in class), does the Hand writting recognition program work that well?

It really depends on how consistent your handwriting is. I find transcriber works well for me taking notes, but others have had problems.

14) How badly (or how many) of you bought the Axim Keyboard (either the 49 or 99 dollar model)? Any complaints/complements?

I have PockeTop. Great keyboard, works well. Can't speak to the Dell.

15) Taking an Educated Guess based on a daily usage of about 3 hours (or 20 hours use a week + rechargings). How many months would the Axim Battery Pack last before having to replace/buy a new one.

Couple of years if you keep it charged. Maybe a year if you deep discharge it. LI ION batteries don't like deep discharges. The battery will last maybe 500 charges if you take it from 100 to 20 %, but on the order of 10,000 charges if you keep in the 100-80% range.

Flynn Arrowstar · 06-12-06, 08:07 PM

Ok, I'll see if I can answer all of them. :)

First off, let me recommend the 400 mhz version. It is much nicer.

1) D-pad on my x5/400 is pretty nice. I do have a little problem playing games like Pac-Man on it, but slower games I have no problems with.

2) Games play well on it. I haven't played Tomb Raider on it, but games like Everquest shouldn't take much more in the way of resources than Age of Empires or SimCity 2000.

3) The x5 doesn't have a graphics accelerator. The current x51v does.

4) I've run the C64 emulator from Clickgamer, and I also have a Nintendo and Gameboy emulator. All three run well. I don't recommend running the SNES emu on the x5 though.

5) Haven't noticed any with several months without a screen protector. Your mileage may vary.

6) I use the character recognizer. It works pretty well, and I work faster with it than I do the virtual keyboard.

7) It's like the scroll wheel on a mouse. It can also mimic the function of the button in the center of the d-pad.

8) Download Microsoft's eMbedded Toolkit for development. It can create programs in either Visual Basic or C++, and comes with emulators for testing.

9) On mine, there is 21.24 mb remaining. I use it for backing up important files.

10) Using WMP, not too bad. I also get good results with TCPMP. Basically, as someone else in the thread says, if the quality is good going in, it should be fine going out. :)

11) Internal. With CE 3.0 it is split into 32 mb for storage and 32 mb for running programs.

12) Mostly it's for transmitting info between two PPCs. It's too weak for remote control usage.

13) Once you're used to it, the handwriting recognition is pretty good. I routinely take notes on it at work.

14) No keyboard for me, though I've heard good things about most of the keyboards.

15) As someone else noted, the battery is good for approximately 500 charge cycles. I have the 1400 mA battery and get pretty good life from it. I usually charge it once per week on average.

16) I've noticed little difference running applications on Ram, Rom, or expansion RAM. Some applications (very old applications mostly) don't like running anywhere but main RAM. Can't think of any examples off the top of my head though.

Hope this helps.

Flynn

Pocketbrain · 06-12-06, 08:27 PM

Flynn, you get an award for resurrecting the oldest thread. Consider yourself Jesus of Aximsite.

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06-12-06, 09:02 PM

Yep,this thread was started over three years ago.Good of you to take the time to help though.

Flynn Arrowstar · 06-13-06, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by PocketBrain

Flynn, you get an award for resurrecting the oldest thread. Consider yourself Jesus of Aximsite.

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Heh, that's what I get for not checking the post date

Flynn

Pocketbrain · 06-13-06, 11:27 AM

Now for seme really up-to-date questions:
1. Do I need two pieces of flint to make sparks, or can I use just one and a regular rock?
2. How does the flint method compare with the stick-and-bow method for creating fire? I can make fire quite proficiently with stick-and-bow, but shaving a mere hour off of dinnertime would leave plenty of time to cut and sharpen sticks for the upcoming turf war.
3. How do you feel about Row Vs. Wade? Personally, I don't trust boats; it's unnatural how they float, and I can swim good enough if the river gets too deep.

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06-13-06, 11:40 AM

1. rock
2. zippo (wind and waterproof)
3. dog paddle

W.I.P. · 06-13-06, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by PocketBrain

Now for seme really up-to-date questions:
1. Do I need two pieces of flint to make sparks, or can I use just one and a regular rock?

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Remember .. paper covers rock... siscors cut paper... rock smashes siscors

Pocketbrain · 06-14-06, 03:14 PM

uhhrrr... rock smash rock. Ug win.