[GeoStL] Next Picnic RE: Re: Handheld PDA's
- From: "Jim Bensman" <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 12:45:01 -0500
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At the next picnic, let's set up a demonstration of how this stuff works. I
bet many people would be interested.
I would also suggest sending out the picnic caches on this list before the
picnic so we can load them on our PDAs and GPSs. Or you could set it up so
you could beam us the caches!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Griffin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:15 PM
> To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Handheld PDA's
>
>
> -
>
> One of the biggest benefits to using plucker is the fact you get ALL the
> details and PICs if you choose to. You have to be careful when creating a
> channel that you don't go off the page to grab other files. Some
> cache pages
> have many links and images that can take a download hours to
> complete. Once
> you tweek plucker, it works great. Jim was right on the money about being
> faster. There is no comparison. Once you learn the config process, it's a
> piece of cake. I use it all over the US.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rudy Johnston" <rudyjhnstn@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:29 AM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Handheld PDA's
>
>
> > -
> > I wholeheartedly agree. 2 of the best tools I have aquired for
> my caching
> experience is my Sony SJ30 and it's high resouution ( a neccesity
> as I don't
> usually were my reading glasses in the field) and the method utilizing
> plucker. No glasses falling off.. no paper sheets to rely on...(much more
> detailed than mobilepocket) ... update once a week and I' ready to go
> anywhere at anytime.
> >
> > txsyank
> >
> > Jim Bensman <jbensman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > -
> >
> > I could not disagree more on the Mobipocket Reader. IMHO, you would be
> > crazy to use Mobipocket. I used to use it and I had nothing but trouble
> > with it. The method Bruce told us all about is 100 times better than
> > Mobipocket. It is a bit complicated to figure out (but not that hard).
> > Once you get it all set up it takes about 5 mouse clicks to get
> the files
> > loaded on your PDA. The Plucker system is much faster than Mobipocket
> (i.e,
> > it will find the cache page a lot faster). Another great advantage is it
> > has a link for the 4 nearest caches to the one you are at. So
> when you go
> > to the next cache, you just click the hyperlink. With
> Mobipocket, you have
> > to write in the cache ID and then search for it (which takes a while and
> > sometimes search will not work!).
> >
> > One of the reasons why I like the Sonys is they have a high resolution
> > screen. Most PDAs have a 160 * 160 dpi screen. The Sonys have a
> 320 * 320
> > dpi screen. That means the screen is twice as sharp and you can
> see twice
> > as much on the screen. There is also a high resolution plucker
> reader that
> > is much nicer than the standard plucker reader. I highly
> recomend th Sony
> > high resolution color which sells for about $200.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------------
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.
> >
> >
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