halljames - 2005-04-01 3:45 AM
Drat.
I use repligo for reading all of my converted pdf's cos Acrobat Reader on the pocket pc was so poor.
Now it looks like I am going to have to fork out $70 for a new PDF reader, although that Primer software looks very good.
I am pleased to hear that Conduits Pocket Artists works okay, which I also believe Pocket Slides does as well, so I am sorted in that respect.
Looking forward to getting my netbook.
While I am on, anyone now of any programming languages with a CE IDE as well, I know of NS Basic which allows you to create programs on the Netbook itself, are there any others.
Conduits' PocketSlides worked well on my MobilePro 900 but I had considerable difficulty in VGA-out mode. I found the conversion to cpt format excruciatingly slow and adding transition effects to a large, graphic-intensive, presentation brought the presentation to a crawl. I'm told that most of these issues will be addressed in the next release, and will sure be looking forward to it, because it is indeed a very robust application, as good as it gets when it comes to a PPT subsitute.
In the interim, I'm using CNetX PocketSlideShow - the conversion process is a lot quicker and VGA-out output is perfect - except for transition effects - they're simply not carried over in VGA-out mode. Even though the transition effects appear on the HPC screen, nothing appears on the projected image. Admittedly, with CNetX PocketSlideShow, you can't add slides or do a complete presentation on the fly as you can with Conduits Pocket Slides. But I found that CNetX PocketSlideShow, used in combination with a small
(freeware
) applet called Pocket PowerPoint Editor from MinhoSoft does the job quite well for me, as long as the additions are simple - I use the MS Pocket PPT to show those additional slides. Not a perfect world, but it's a work around that has worked for me when in transit between two venues. Incidentally, I tried many times to get an answer from the developer about the transition issue in VGA-out mode and never got an answer, not even an acknowledgement.
HTH, good luck in your selection.