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February 23, 2006
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If you are looking at getting a mobile phone capable of running some of the genealogy software that’s available for handhelds, you might want to read this review (mobiletechreview.com) of the Cingular 8125 aka HTC Wizard (available from T-Mobile under a different name I believe). It’s a Windows Mobile 5.0 device, and Northern Hills Software indicates that Pocket Genealogist will run on it.
One of the nice features and one of the reasons it will handle genealogy software made for Windows Mobile/PocketPC devices - it has a stylus. More importantly, it has a slide-out keyboard, which even though it’s small, beats using a stylus for inputing or searching for names. It doesn’t have the fastest of CPUs (195MHz), but hey, it’s a phone.
It also has a 1.3MP camera with a flash for those times when you need to take a quick snapshot (and there is software available and/or being developed that is made to do OCR (optical character recognition) from camera phone shots).
Did I mention it has WiFi available? Beats using your normal service for downloading web pages, email, etc., when you have WiFi access available (ala a library or research center).
A quick check shows it retails for around $350 USD.
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February 22, 2006
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Minimo, the open source web browser from The Mozilla Group, is now available in a Windows Mobile 5.0 version, and it’s “optimized to provide a small footprint and a good web browsing experience on small screens”. jkOnTheRun didn’t have a good initial experience with it on a Palm Treo 700w, saying that it had “instability issues and very slow performance. To be fair the low available memory on the Treo 700w may be the culprit”. That’s not to say it’s not worth a shot on other Windows Mobile 5.0 devices. Many of us are always looking for the next best browser, especially now that more mobile devices are supporting wireless internet access, and more and more places are providing the access.
via jkOnTherun
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February 19, 2006
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Northern Hills Software has a released a new public beta of the 3.0.x series of Pocket Genealogist, version 3.00A54. Pocket Genealogist is a PocketPC/Windows Mobile based genealogy application, and this series is part of the 3.0 public beta series.
Changes:
* Support for Legacy 6.0.0.81 “British Quarter Dates”. If you are using these dates, you should re-import your database. (And of course will need 6.0.0.81 or newer of Legacy)
* Added additional trace messages (”Tools”, “Sync Tracing”) for USB attached Windows Mobile 5 devices. (Actually it works for all devices) If you are having “Unable to Communicate” problems with ActiveSync 4 and USB, please try it again with tracing on, then send me the trace.
* A lot of additional functionality added to “Research Lists”. You can now add/edit/delete Research Lists and add/edit/delete items in the lists. (Items include Individuals, Families, Sources and Repositories - you’ll find a new “Add to Research List” button on those screens) This works for ALL imports. Family Historian users should re-import their database in order for all the new functionality to work properly.
Note: Although you can make changes to the lists, the changes are not exported to GEDCOM (for Family Historian) nor is there yet a “Research List” report on the desktop.
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February 19, 2006
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Northern Hills Software has released an update to their PocketPC/Windows Mobile-based Pocket Genealogist, to version 2.96.17.
Added:
Support for Legacy 6.0.0.81 “British Quarter Dates”. Must re-import database.
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February 15, 2006
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I’m still not sure what to make or think of this, but apparently Palm OS Garnet is going to be phased out in favor of Linux. MobileTechReview has a really good writeup, here’s a brief excerpt:
Out with Cobalt and in with the new Mobile Linux OS. ACCESS Systems, who acquired PalmSource (the folks who make the Palm operating system) several months ago, at 3GSM announced their new operating system, Access Linux Platform, which will replace Palm OS Garnet in the coming year.
They go on to say “The new OS will have Palm OS emulation for well behaved Garnet apps that don’t hack into Garnet APIs” so there will be backwards compatability to an extent.
Will this open up more genealogy software development for the Palm platform, will it stay the same, or will it hamper it? Hard to say at this point. One thing is for certain - your current hardware and software will not all of the sudden stop working - it should continue to work for several more years.
PC Magazine is covering it
PalmAddicts has a lot of information as well.
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February 13, 2006
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Northern Hills Software has released an update to its 2.96.x series for Pocket Genealogist. This release is version 2.96.16. Pocket Genealogist is a PocketPC/Windows Mobile based genealogy application.
This version adds support for Genbox 3.6.2 and 3.6.3
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February 13, 2006
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Northern Hills Software has a new public beta of Pocket Genealogist 3.0, this time it’s version 3.00A54. Pocket Genealogist is a PocketPC/Windows Mobile based genealogy application.
Note: Requires re-import of database
Changes:
* Translation updates for French, Dutch and Norwegian
* Support for Genbox 3.6.3
* Changes to database to decrease size (About 1MB for Windows Mobile 2003 and earlier and 250KB for Windows Mobile 5)
* Relationship calculator now “auto calculates”. Also allows selection of individual by ID.
* Goto ID/RIN screens now changed to allow switching between ID and (M)/RIN from the screen.
* Fix to Names, Relations and DNA tab to work properly after switching to another tab, then back.
* Added new “Research List” tab on the “General Details” tabs. (”Edit”, “General Details”) This is where Family Historian “Named Lists” will go. For other imports, the user can add items to the list and will have a function similar to “Field Notes” for viewing/printing on the desktop. Additionally, new “Search” functions in Pocket Genealogist will allow to save the result set into a “Research List”. Currently, only the importation of Family Historian Named lists and display of the data is implemented.
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