Thou shalt not covit thy neighbors Axim

[Emonair]

In lots of the paintball forums I frequent they list their tweeked markers for the masses to covit. So I thought it would be cool to have a forum for people to list what they've done to their Axim to perfect it. Mine is as follows... Or will become next week when everything arrives. After which I will download the software I've been drooling over. Sorry if I gloat, I've been using a Handspring Visor with 2mb since they came out. I'm allowed to right?

Axim X5 400Mhz
Pocketop Keyboard
Sandisk Cruzer w/ 256Mb SD card
Lexar Media 64 MB CF card Left overs from the digital camera.
Lextionary dictionary/thesaurus
Argentum RTS
Age of Empires Gold

I also use the Resco Picture viewer that came with the device. I'm sure I'll be adding more soon. I'm actually ok with the cheap case that came with the Axim... for now

Lets hear it from the rest of you.

[TSB8C]

Axim X5 400MHz
RiData 512 MB CF card
Netgear MA701 CF WiFi card
PHM Registry Editor software
Cheap car charger from Radio Shack (never need the cradle or AC adapter)

[Kierne]

What the hell, I'll jump in here too. :D

Axim X5 400MHz
128MB SanDisk SD card
256MB PQI CF card
Rhinoskin RhinoPak 2000 SportCase
Homemade screen protectors (template available in the forums)

I'm not going to list all the software and eBooks I've crammed onto this thing, it'd take too long! :D

[Forge]

*Axim 400mhz
*256mb SanDisk card with Cruzer usb device
*Adobe Acrobat Reader
*Pocket Toolman
*Pocket Divx
*RegKing
*TaskPlus
*CalendarPlus
*Dell DPad Fix
*MightySync - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - lets you sync files to and from anywhere including the Built-in Storage area as well as any SD or CF storage. It's only 5.95. I just think that Activesync should already have this functionality.
*Switcher Bar
*Dell Leather Case
*WriteShields
*Several ebooks, pdfs, word docs - Dirty little secret about syncing Word docs - You don't have to convert them to Pocket Word format. I've turned this off in Activesync and my docs look more like they were intended.
*Several games
*Wisbar (still debating this one - not sure but Axim seems more stable minus it and its not due to running out of memory)
*Microsoft Remote Display (debating value of this as well)

Finally, under consideration:
*D-Link Wireless card - After rebate, best buy has it for $39.99! My understanding is that unlike other Wireless cards, it doesn't block the headphone jack. For those interested, see the following:
http://www.bestbuy.com/Detail.asp?m=488&ca...cat=&e=11177336
*Boxwave Minisync cable - Allows syncing and charging. It's $24.95, about 5" long retracted, 35" long extended and weighs less than an ounce. Here's the link: http://www.boxwave.com/products/minisync/

I think a cool new thread might be to see what others are considering as well.

Thanks everyone for such a helpful and friendly site!

[Raynne413]

Oh dear, this could take awhile.

*Axim X5 400
*3400 Battery
*128 MB CF card
*128 MB SD card
*2 Ziari Pen/Pencil/Stylus combos
*Dell Basic Case
*WriteShield
*PocketFacelift
*ThemeMaster
*110 MB of e-books (with another 200 MB or so on CD)
*Age of Empires Gold
*Extra Age of Empires Campaigns
*Jimmy's Zera
*Jimmy's Dizzy
*Jimmy's Funpack 4
*Hexacto Emperor's Mahjong
*Landware's Shanghai Mahjong
*Chess Genius
*NetHack
*Kyle's Quest 2 with extra levels
*Pocket Everquest
*Nuclear Time
*Tower of Souls
*PowWow
*Ultima Underworld
*Applian CoolCalc
*Extra Themes
*Fade
*Microsoft Entertainment Pack
*KSE 3 Entertainment Pack
*Cropped Out
*Handmark Scrabble
*Handmark Monopoly
*Dell D-Pad Fix
*Microsoft Reader Activation
*Dragon's Breed
*Pocket Universe
*Dragon Bane II
*King Sol
*PocketSNES Bleeding Edge


That is all I have installed, but not all of my programs. And on order:

*E&B Travel Kit
*E&B Flipper Case without Belt Clip

And planning on ordering:
*256 MB CF card

[JetMac]

There are some very unique setups in this thread thats for sure!

Mine is like this:

Axim - 400 MHZ

Hardware:

Two 1440 mah batteries

One 3400 mah Battery

Pocketop keyboard - http://www.pocketop.net/index-flash.shtml

1GB IBM microdrive (full of my work books in PDF format)

Two 128 MB Sandisc CF cards (one is full of MP3 music)

One 128 MB Sandisc SD card (where I keep all my programs and its full)

Free Software:

Adobe Acrobat - fond on your Dell CD

Pocket Explorer - http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/pocke...plorerarm.shtml

DM Dictionary- http://www.freewareppc.com/educational/dmd...ictionary.shtml

ABD Idea - http://www.happyjackroad.com/AtomicDB/pock...ibrary/idea.asp

Microsoft Pocket PC expense -
http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketpc/d...s/powertoys.asp

Microsoft remote display control - Same location as above

Microsoft Power contacts - Same location as above

Microsoft IE tools for PPC - Same location as above

Microsoft Today screen immage tool- Same location as above

Windows mediaplayer skin chooser - Same location as above

Resco picture viewer - On your Dell CD

Pocket MVP (Divix) - cant find the link right now

Power off- http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/poweroff.shtml

Private crypto - http://www.utimaco.com/privatecrypto/eng_p...vatecrypto.html

Launcher - http://www.scottandmichelle.net/scott/cestuff.html

Conversion - Same place as above.

D pad fix -
http://www.aximsite.com/forums/index.php?a...t=ST&f=2&t=1004

Pay'd for Software

E-Wallet - Demo and link to purchase on your Dell CD

Lexionary - http://www.revolution.cx/Lex/LexDownPPC.htm

Games

Snowed in by Clickgamer - I dont have the link

Lemonade - Trial version, not sure im going to buy it yet

Uninvited- Trial version, not sure im going to buy it yet

Leo's flight simulator- its free at Handango

Yacht - http://www.freewareppc.com/games/yacht.shtml

Snales - full version - http://ce.syntact.fi/snails/

Bubbles - cant find a link to it.....

Puzzle of pipes - http://www.scottandmichelle.net/scott/cestuff.html

Phyllis - Same place as above.

Fade - Full version

Most all the games can be found on Handango.

Case

http://www.marware.com/SportSuit-III.html

I am using the Sport suit III slip case with a belt clip most of the time. I ocassionally use the Dell provided case when I dont need or want the belt clip.
I have a small Samsonite Digital camera Bag that I use to store and carry all of my extra's (keyboad, ear phones, batterie's, memory cards, AC adaptor, and sync cable) it was 4.50 at Walmart in the digital camera section. Perfect for traveling.

I use the Write shields to protect my screen. I tried the ones from Dell but these are MUCH better!

As you can see I have not payed for a ton of software. I spent most of my money on the hardware. I felt that this was more important to me than buying soft ware to replace what was either on my Axim or was available for free.

[Raynne413]

I didn't buy alot of software. I had alot of it for my previous PPC and the developers were nice enough to allow me to switch versions.

[JetMac]

Raynne.
It’s good to know that the software developers will allow you to switch versions.
I did not mean to imply that everyone on this thread had spent allot of money on software. I was referring to some of the programs that I have seen, and tried like gigabar, several battery monitor apps and so on that are a combination of programs or features that are currently available for free.

[Raynne413]

So far, all of the developers I have had contact with have been wonderful.

[pigface]

Raynne, you seem to be into the D&D games,eh?

[Raynne413]

LOL How did you know? :o Now I am waiting to find a really good price on memory cards so I can get a bigger one to put all of my SNES games on. :D

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[Talador]

I feel faint reading these posts... I just have the following:
Axim 400Mhz unit
128MB Sandisk SD card
256MB Sandisk CF card

The biggest thing I've been doing is converting all my CD's to mp3Pro format (using MusicMatch jukebox) and making AVI's of all the Firefly episodes I've downloaded from Kazaa, and playing them with PocketMVP.

--Talador

[tdbunker]

Got my Axim 300 on Christmas. Have been very happy with it. My additions:

Acrobat Reader - not too happy with this but will keep it if I find a book that needs it.

MS Reader - Never read much until I found I can press one button and have the latest page of a novel I am reading displayed on the Axim. Great feature.

Palm Reader - This works very well, not quite as good as MS Reader though.

WisBar - have had no problems with this yet.

Facelift - tried this but it seemed to mess up at times - went to Battery Pack.

Resco File Manager - Fantastic product after you learn how to use it.

BatteryPack2003 - Lets me have 3 lines of icons on the today screen.

Write Shields - They are great.

Pocket Informant - Was impressed with this but it seems more complex than I need and would require more time getting it to work correctly than I want to invest for my needs. Staying with Outlook - this handles contacts reasonable well.

Sim City - Have not done much with it yet.

Snails game - Nice graphics.

Vital Snake - Ok game.

Ms Pacman - nice little game for the Axim.

Age of Empires - Again, I have not done much with this. I ahve to figure out how to work it.

Rayman Ultimate trial - Empressed with this and will probably purchase it at a later date.

Done in 50 Seconds - Nice little game.

Delorme XMap for handheld - This sucks - deleted it.

MS Pocket Streets - this works very well on the Axim and was happy until I tried the Mapopolis.

Mapopolis maps - Great program, very fast scrolling and zooming. Will allow you to select name from contact list and have it located on the map (Streets will also do this). I paid $24.95 to allow me to download as many maps as I wish for a year. I quess they cover the entire country with each county in a state a separate map.

Calendar+ Free - use this to show several days appointments on Today screen.

Most of these can be found on Handango or Pocket Gear (my favorite) or enter the name in google. This usually displays the home page


FUTURE PLANS:

Want to get setup to display photos on the Axim.

[paulg1957]

Originally posted by TSB8C@Jan 11 2003, 07:53 AM
Axim X5 400MHz
RiData 512 MB CF card
Netgear MA701 CF WiFi card
PHM Registry Editor software
Cheap car charger from Radio Shack (never need the cradle or AC adapter)

How is the car charger with the Axim? I'm thinking of purchasing the $14.00 Wal-Mart version.