usb hubs and ce.net

Just curious whether usb hubs work with the mobilepro 900c?

I'm interested in running the mobilepro with an external mouse and usb hard drive at the same time and would like to know.

thanks!
Guyturf

I don't have a 900c, but I have seen Toshiba e800 (Windows Mobile 2003 is based on CE .net) work with USB hubs.

In general I don't think you should have any problems with hubs. But it's possible the USB host cannot provide enough power for too many USB devices, in which case you'd need to plug in an AC adapter

I use a USB hub with my 900C with a mouse and thumbdrive, and it works fine. As the previous poster mentioned, if you have USB devices that are more power-hungry, you may need a hub that has an AC power adapter.

Thanks for your help folks!

Guyturf

I can go one step further.

I plugged in a 4 port usb hub and had an external hard drive, external CD, mouse, and printer all hooked up. Each have their own power supply, but I was able to read a file off the CD, copy it to the hard drive, and then print the text file onto the printer.

Of course then the questions becomes, "with all that crap hooked up and power supplies and cables going...why not just buy a laptop where it is all integrated?"

The answer...just fooling around.

Rich

So a mobilepro 900 is a true desktop replacement then?

Awesome!



Guyturf

Ummm I don't know if I'd go that far... The lack of software support definitely keeps it from being able to replace a standard PC, plus not all websites will work with the browser (although it has far better compatibility than any previous versions, including PPC). Laptop replacement, maybe... But you'd at least still want to have a desktop to cover the rest.

I think the 900 itself has the standard PocketOffice ... but the 900c has a good updated browser. Is it 5.5 compat or 6.0?? If the 900c's price is around $300 odd, I would take it anytime, given its 1) InstantOn 2) Battery Life 3) Proper IE 4) ability to place DVD via external drive ... its only low-down for me would be its crappy DSTN screen!!

900 = standard HPC2000
900c = CE4.2 MSIE 6.0 CE Edition

But don't think MSIE 6 is all rosey, as you loose things like the image resizing and mobile optimisations. Admitedly more painful if moving from 2.0 or 2.11 to 4, rather than 3.0 to 4.

Good point Chris....IE6.0 is not perfect....still for these devices it is the best there is. No problems accessing secure sites, multiple open windows, selecting font size, displaying images or javascript....

On a side note, I haven't used IE on my desktop for months since I've switched over to Mozilla Firefox...so much better for my use. I wonder if we'll ever see a port to WinCE?

Rich

Back to the USB thing... is it USB 1.1 or 2.0 on the 900c?

Thanks!
Guyturf

Both Host and Slave are 1.1

Keep an eye on Minimo.
Screenshots were released a few days ago, and downloads will come soon.
But I have no idea if it'll work on HPC devices at all.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/

Yeah, I'm looking forward to Minimo... but from what I can see so far, they are only building it for PPC/Windows Mobile and Linux. Hopefully it will work on the HPC.

Speaking of Linux, is anyone aware of a project to port Linux to the MP900s? I've seen on handhelds.org that they are working on Jornada builds... A Linux HPC would be nice, given there are foar more Linux apps available than HPC. And yes, I know about the Zauruses (Zauri?), but they are too small for my taste.