Andy, I'm guessing you must have not had the selection in the store for comparison of devices between Palms and PocketPC's... Both device types are fairly equivalent in price when you match feature for feature. One device you won't find in the store which costs about $200 is the Dell Axim X5. (I'm assuming that's about what you spent on the Tungsten E)
CompUsa, Fry's, and Staples (And I imagine any other place that sells them) now have ViewSonic V36 PocketPC's for $199 after $100 rebate. One "exciting" feature with the V36 is a built-in digital camera. One factor to keep in mind before buying a device... Check out the software FIRST as once you buy the device, you are "stuck" with whatever Genealogy software is available for the device. I've been working on improving the user guide, here is a link for the latest draft. (You need Adobe Acrobat to view) It's about a 2MB file. http://www.pocketgenealogist.com/PublicBeta/PockGen_User_260.pdf For Legacy users, you may want to look on page 21 as it shows the options you can enable/disable for the different data elements for transfer to the device. With the exception of images, pretty much everything else is available to transfer out of Legacy. (With the "Advanced" version of Pocket Genealogist, it will read the data directly from the Legacy database) Also, if you just want to see some screen prints using the Legacy sample data, you can find it here: http://www.pocketgenealogist.com/screens_legacy.htm I'm about to start work on the 2-way synchronization code for Legacy... In other words, you should be able to directly import data into Pocket Genealogist, change the data, then export it back directly into the Legacy database. This is going to be a challenge and I'll keep interested parties updated on the progress on the Pocket Genealogist public beta email list. Kevin R. Phillips Northern Hills Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Current version is 2.60 [Web Site] http://www.NorthernHillsSoftware.com http://www.PocketGenealogist.com [Email] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [Email Group] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pocket_Genealogist -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Beattie Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 6:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Complete newbie to Palm Thankyou to all who gave info on & off list, it was very helpful, thank you. I couldn't justify the extra expense of a Pocket PC, and I am now the proud owner of a Palm Tungsten E On having a good look at it, I found that it takes the same memory card as my digital camera so I already a 64mb card & card reader :-) So far, I haven't had to store on the card, so I am using it for storing Family History pictures & files for showing to relatives. I am now trying Gedwise and Gedstar For research purposes, I am going to use Word to Go, Tasks & Notepad for recording my research. Once again, thankyou for your input. Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
