Guidance in getting WiFi PPC?

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Well if your looking for something to surf the web while around your house
and all that good stuff I would not get a PPC for surfing the web. The most
of the website you go to a pc do not work very well on a PPC. Now as far as
streaming audio and video, wow, a ppc makes an ipod look like cheap toy. In
all honesty for you should look at a tablet pc. You will get the best
surfing experience, and probably never go back to your old pc.

"Evil Uncle Chris" wrote:

> I have had my Medion MDPPC250 since December, and it works great. I got it
> for the Sat Nav stuff that it came with, and have gone on to install TomTom
> on it too, and that's much better.
>
> Trouble is, it just doesn't seem fast, or stable enough for my liking, and I
> would love to be able to sit downstairs, in my conservatory, about 40-50 ft
> away from my PC and still surf the web, via my broadband connection.
>
> I have just about talked myself into the fact I need a better PDA, so a
> bluetooth/wifi enabled one will be what I hope to get (recommendations?),
> but before I spend the cash, will I be able to do what I want, i.e. surfing
> the web away from the PC? Are there any things I won't be able to do on the
> PPC, that I can on the PC (web wise)?
>
> Also, if I do get a new PPC, will the wired power/gps connection I have for
> use in the car currently, fit and work with the new PDA?
>
> Thanks in anticipation of your advice.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>
>

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Evil Uncle Chris wrote:
> I have had my Medion MDPPC250 since December, and it works great. I
> got it for the Sat Nav stuff that it came with, and have gone on to
> install TomTom on it too, and that's much better.
>
> Trouble is, it just doesn't seem fast, or stable enough for my
> liking, and I would love to be able to sit downstairs, in my
> conservatory, about 40-50 ft away from my PC and still surf the web,
> via my broadband connection.
> I have just about talked myself into the fact I need a better PDA, so
> a bluetooth/wifi enabled one will be what I hope to get
> (recommendations?),

Take a look at Dell's Axims, and choose one you like with built in WiFi. I
have an X50v. HP models are good too, but a bit pricier.



but before I spend the cash, will I be able to do
> what I want, i.e. surfing the web away from the PC?

You can;

Surf the web.
Download files and install them.
Use Newsgroups.
Update Avantgo
Update the currencies in your Currency Converter programme.
Send and retrieve email.
Automatically update your weather forecast

All with free software (except the Weather bit)...



Are there any
> things I won't be able to do on the PPC, that I can on the PC (web
> wise)?

Some flash stuff doesn't work on the PPC. But some does...
It's a smaller screen, but if you can stretch to the cost of an X50v or
equivalent VGA model from HP or Toshiba, you can run them in "True VGA" and
get a lot more on the screen at a time.


>
> Also, if I do get a new PPC, will the wired power/gps connection I
> have for use in the car currently, fit and work with the new PDA?

You'll need a new mount\ cradle, but it is likely you can use the GPS mouse
that plugs into your current cradle. Does it have a connector that looks a
bit like a modem plug? Make sure you buy a mount which can take a plug in
GPS mouse. For example, I chose a Seidio Mount for my X50v which allows me
to plug in the GPS mouse that came with my Tomtom 3 kit for my old iPAQ
2210.

Finally, in terms of value for money\ features, if you don't want to spend
big bucks on an all singing all dancing VGA PPC with built in WiFi, you
might want to consider an iPAQ 2210 with an add on Wifi\ memory CF card from
someone like Sandisk. I found that combination to work well.

Good luck Chris.

Martin


>
> Thanks in anticipation of your advice.
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Chris