Windows Pocket PCs

Welshy · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:26

All you'd need is a mobile device of your choice and then download WPS Office (formerly known as Kingsoft office). You can write documents in MS Office format, so it's easy enough to export/import to/from your PC.

hyperseven · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:28

Onenote between my S3, Venue 8 pro with active stylus and lappy works for me.

Still got an old Fujitsu Pocket Loox, PDA in one of my 'box of bits'.

mattyfez · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:51

Bring back the Phillips laser disk, such underrated storage media.

http://www.gizmohighway.com/images/main_photos/videodisc.jpg

TheVoice · 3 Nov 2014 at 00:07

Surely a writer would want a proper keyboard?

I wanted one of those so much back in the day, they seemed like the ultimate gadget at the time.

MagicBoy · 3 Nov 2014 at 00:20

I've got one of these in the spares cupboard, and a Palm 5000. Can't quite bring myself to get rid of them.

The iPAQs went off for recycling when they ceased to be useful for SatNav, and I got an iPhone...

Monkeynut · 3 Nov 2014 at 00:36

Had a PocketPC 2002 device which was annoying because all the software seemed to need 2003 to run.

Tefal · 3 Nov 2014 at 00:59

motsy said:
That's why they had SD card slots (BTW does anybody from Manchester ar on here know where I can get mini SD cards [blank Video/audio tapes're still available but for some reason mini SDs have vanished compeletly] from sale(I owant the size that comes between the min and standard size ones as none of my USB adapters work).

maplan top of oxford road.

motsy · 3 Nov 2014 at 01:19

Tried them but no luck.
The one I'm using's 2 gig and it'd the mini (the next size up after micro) SD I want but chances are that there's a shop somewhere that sells obscure/no name brand versions of the size I want,

Hades · 3 Nov 2014 at 06:37

TheVoice said:
Surely a writer would want a proper keyboard?

I wanted one of those so much back in the day, they seemed like the ultimate gadget at the time.

I had one of those. I used it to send my first mobile email by linking it via infra red to my Nokia 8310 phone while on a train. I was pretty excited by doing that at the time

robgmun · 3 Nov 2014 at 06:45

I always used to go with HTC phones because they had a slide out keyboard, so i was stuck with Windows Mobile 6.5 for longer then i should really. i resisted touch screen smartphones for as long as i could but eventually i had no choice. I still think a proper keyboard is better

Cosimo · 3 Nov 2014 at 07:29

TheVoice said:
Surely a writer would want a proper keyboard?

I wanted one of those so much back in the day, they seemed like the ultimate gadget at the time.[/QUOTE]

Cool device at the time.

Tomsk · 3 Nov 2014 at 10:50

motsy said:
Tried them but no luck.
The one I'm using's 2 gig and it'd the mini (the next size up after micro) SD I want but chances are that there's a shop somewhere that sells obscure/no name brand versions of the size I want,

Get a micro to mini SD adaptor instead.

Amp34 · 3 Nov 2014 at 11:09

hyperseven said:
Onenote between my S3, Venue 8 pro with active stylus and lappy works for me.

Still got an old Fujitsu Pocket Loox, PDA in one of my 'box of bits'.

When you say active stylus do you mean a pen?

It's a shame pen and stylus have been muddled up so much recently, they are both very different products!

LordSplodge · 3 Nov 2014 at 12:36

Macro said:
I think that answers why you should use word - lol...

You do know with Onedrive you can sync your work across Windows PC, tablets and phones as well as iOS, OSX, Android etc? Word is perfectly capable of saving to RTF as well if need be.

Nah it answers why any writer needs a good editor!

As for OneDrive, yes it does but all my text based workflow is based around DropBox. As for Word being able to do RTF you have kind of missed the point, I'm working in raw text, not RTF, as raw text is simply the most portable. I am not locked to any one piece of software.

As a writer, formatting is the last thing I care about and using Markdown means the formatting I care about whilst writing is translated into the final product.

However my work flow is mine and might not fit other peoples way of working.

TheVoice said:
Surely a writer would want a proper keyboard?

I wanted one of those so much back in the day, they seemed like the ultimate gadget at the time.

Had one of those, thought it would be great but didn't really use it. The keyboard was nice though.

janp · 3 Nov 2014 at 14:20

These aren't obsolete, a lot of delivery firms still use Windows Mobile for collecting signatures etc. I remember having to sign for a delivery on WM PDA last week. Think it was CityLink

The company I work for, only upgraded to Android based smartphones last year. Prior to that it was Windows Mobile.

I remember when I first started; they had QTEK 9090's (also known as Vodafone VPX). Horrible PDAs. It didn't contain any persistent storage, so it had to constantly powered to retain it's settings. It had a in-built backup battery, and when that stopped working, as soon you removed the main battery.......bang, factory reset

Those were the days

MagicBoy · 3 Nov 2014 at 14:43

We (one bit of local government) are still using WM6.5 as mobile devices that interface with back end systems for things like highways inspections, refuse collections. The software houses are only just developing mobile apps for Android/iOS as possible replacements.

They're still fit for purpose...

ThestigGT999 · 3 Nov 2014 at 15:19

these?

MagicBoy · 3 Nov 2014 at 15:30

Probably something more like this :

Minstadave · 3 Nov 2014 at 15:40

Loved the old Psion devices. Had several whilst at Uni. All totally pointless and underused but still awesome.

Still got a Dell x50v somewhere around the house.

matthab · 3 Nov 2014 at 15:58

I used to have a Compaq Ipaq

For its day it was a brilliant bit of kit.