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I need an handhelt like Bsquare power handheld

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SFASET Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 7:26 AM
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Hi, I need a PDA like Bsquare power handheld, with a great keyboard, e beautiful display, 128 or more of ram, gprs connection ang telephone(internal), wifi, with Windows CE and the dimension of Power handhelt!
do you know if it exists?

I need with windows CE becouse I need Internet explorer 5 or more!
Daniele
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theodouma Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 7:59 AM
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Search for a "Book Digital Co. SmartBook" or a "Coxion WebBook". They have ce.net 4.2, 128 MB 32 MB internal flash, internal gprs, 800*480 7" display, ethernet, usb, ect.
No telephoneline, no wifi, only 206 Mhz cpu
This is the best solution for you I think
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Snappy! Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 8:16 AM
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SFASET - 2005-07-09 5:26 AM

Hi, I need a PDA like Bsquare power handheld, with a great keyboard, e beautiful display, 128 or more of ram, gprs connection ang telephone(internal), wifi, with Windows CE and the dimension of Power handhelt!
do you know if it exists?

I need with windows CE becouse I need Internet explorer 5 or more!
Daniele


Were you quoting the specs off the Coxion / Smartbook web site?

For wifi and telephone, you can use CF cards.
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mmarks Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 9:44 AM
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Keep searching on Ebay.
I bought one on Ebay, sold it a couple of weeks ago then bought another (I missed it & couldn't resist a bargain!)

My ideal solution would also meet the same spec as yours, only problem with the bSquare is the expansion. No built in bluetooth or WiFi means that you have to use an SDIO card, which means no extra memory.

I now have everything I want to run on the bSquare except GPS. I have got TomTom to work on it, but cannot use it as I need the signle slot for both memory & a bluetooth card (for my GPS unit).

Have fun & good luck.
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SFASET Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 10:14 AM
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Hi, what version of Tomtom work fine with Bsquare PDA?
Do you know were I can buy a new battery for the Bsquare power Handheld?
Thanks
Daniele
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mmarks Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 11:09 AM
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TomTom mobile V4 works fine with the PHH (Power HandHeld), V5 does not.
I bought it for my E200 mobile and just inserted the SD card - it worked out of the box!
Only issue, as I said is that both a memory card and a bluetooth card are needed.

I am told that Destinator works on ce.net 4.1 but haven't tried it - it might be an easier solution as I think it can run off GPS units other than bluetooth, that way you can use either a combined SD GPS/memory (they are coming out soon!) or an infrared GPS unit (made for old iPaqs but would work on a bSquare.

As for batteries, I couldn't tell you. Both my units are on the original battery - why do you want to change it? battery life was never a PHH strong point.

Mike
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sfaset Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 12:27 PM
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the battery life only 3 hours!
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mmarks Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 1:31 PM
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thats not unusual, it all depends on how you use the PHH. Using it as a PDA consumes a lot of power as the backlight does not have a brightness control, it is always on when you use the screen.

You could try lowering the backlight timeout, the power off standby time & reduce the CPU speed to 200Mhz, see if that helps!

Mike
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Snappy! Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 2:34 PM
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mmarks Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 3:11 PM
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Blimey, I just sold one last week for £200 on ebay!

Hope these get snapped up then the community will grow.

What a bargain though, a 400mhz CPU, 4" VGA screen, keyboard, 128MB mem (although advert states 16MB?????), a keyboard and a GSM/GPRS phone for less than £100

Tempted to buy another!!!! Goodness knows why I'd want another but I can't resist a bargain (or could glue them together for a dual processor, 256MB, twin expansion slot machine!!!!)

Would that then make it quad band????????????
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cmonex Page Icon Posted 2005-07-09 6:01 PM
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mmarks - 2005-07-09 5:09 PM

I am told that Destinator works on ce.net 4.1 but haven't tried it


yes destinator runs on ce.net 4.1. with an aygshell.dll - you can download it from my site.
maybe on 4.2 too, i couldn't bother to try it with the necessary hexediting...
don't worry, it doesn't require hexediting on 4.1. (only on 4.2)

Edited by cmonex 2005-07-09 6:02 PM
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takwu Page Icon Posted 2005-07-10 3:22 AM
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Snappy! rocks!
If the bidding doesn't go too high, I will bid for one just to play around with Even tho I know the phone function won't work in my area.
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