Entries from January 2006
January 28, 2006
From Dell Home & Home Office: “For a limited time, purchase select new Dell Axim Handhelds and get instant savings! Take 35% off Axim X51v 624Mhz Handhelds. Or choose an Axim “Deal of the Week,” a specially configured handheld solution, and save up to 40%! Orders must be placed through Dell Home Electronics & Accessories to qualify.”
This means a Dell Axim 51v starting at $324!
The VGA-Out support is great if you want to do any mini-presentations at a family reunion (there are VGA -> S-Video converters available). I have the previous version, the X50v, and it’s been a solid PDA. It’s very hard to get a Windows Mobile PDA at this price with both VGA resolution (great for the Windows Mobile/Pocket PC genealogy applications and a fast processor.
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January 28, 2006
The Seattle Public Library is expanding it’s wireless networking coverage. Right now seven branches have wireless access available to patrons, but eventually all will have access. Good news for genealogists doing research in that area, that happen to need internet access.
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
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January 28, 2006
There is a new review of the Palm LifeDrive over at DesignTechnica.com. It was written by Brandon King, and he rates it a 7.5 out of 10. This Palm device could be for you if you happen to need a PDA and a media manager (photos, etc.), however they weren’t happy with battery and hard drive performance (it does have the most capacity out of all of the Palm devices though).
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January 26, 2006
MobilityGuru has a rundown of several small Intel-based notebooks, “Ultra Lightweights”, including the Toshiba Libretto U100, with a 7.2 inch display and the Fujitsu LifeBook P1510D with an 8.9 inch display (not only that, it’s a Touchscreen!), as well as few larger notebooks.
We normally focus on PDAs, but some of these laptops these days are under three pounds, and a 7.2 inch screen with an actual keyboard (albeit cramped) could make for a useful platform for a genealogist who’s just not happy with a PDA, but doesn’t want a large laptop.
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January 24, 2006
FileMaker Mobile 8 is now shipping. If you use FileMaker 8 to store your genealogy information and research notes, this maybe of interest to you. Among the new features - expanded workgroup support. The Starter Solutions has been expanded as well.
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January 23, 2006
Battery Park Software has updated their Mac OS X and Linux installer for GedWise, their PalmOS-based genealogy application. This brings GedWise for Mac OS X and Linux up to version 6.3.3.
They have also updated their Windows installer to version 6.2
The update can be downloaded here - batteryparksoftware.com.
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January 19, 2006
GedStar Pro, a PalmOS genealogy application, received a minor update to version 3.1b to correct a bug in version 3.1a that could crash a program when searching for individuals by user-defined reference IDs.
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