Howdy,
I am using a Palm M130 PDA and I have a data cable connecting it to my cell
phone. With this, I can access internet almost anywhere I have a cell phone
signal (I pay nothing for this service as it is provided with my Verizon
Wireless service).
I am fairly limited to what browsers/programs I can use on my M130 as it is
a slightly older PDA. However, so far I havent come across any browsers I
havent been able to use on this particular PDA. There seems to be 4 or 5
players in the PDA browser market.... Xiino and Pocketlink are two that I
have tried. These both allow you to view internet as you would see it on
your home desktop (sort of... it wraps text to fit your PDA screen). These
both show images (GIF and JPEG) and normal HTML. But, dont support
javascript or offer limited support for javascript. I currently have Xiino
installed. Pocketlink kept freezing up my PDA. I finally gave up on it. I
have been using Xiino for quite a while and havent had any serious issues
with it. It does support some javascript. The other browser that I use is
Eudora internet suite. This browser does not show images and takes text only
from web sites. I like this browser best as it loads pages very quickly
(since it only loads text) and most of what I look for on internet sites on
my PDA is for text only anyways... like checking emails on the road or
searching for information about caches while out caching. For these
instances... I dont really need to see any images (the screen is too small
to make viewing images useless anyways; I do have a color screen though). I
also use it to check weather when I am out ballooning. I can look at the
latest terminal forecasts (aviation wx) and such.
Lately I have had an issue though: Geocaching.com displays rather nicely on
each of these browsers. I can click on anything and go anywhere on the site
with either browser. However, I cannot log my finds. I click on the cache
page and then click on 'log a find'. So far so good. I then type my log in
the available text space. But, when I go to send it... the button that you
click on to send the log apparantly is not supported by my browsers. Either
one of them. I used to be able to do this on the Eudora browser, but cannot
anymore. Seems when the gc.com site underwent some changes, it no longer
worked.
I use Hotmail for my email and can view, type and send emails on both of
these browsers as well. Lately, when Hotmail underwent a changeover... I
cannot click on the 'send' button anymore either. Basically, it is not
clickable as this script is apparently not supported by the browser (?).
I am wondering if anyone else uses their PDA to access internet... and the
geocaching.com site specifically. Does anyone else log their finds on a PDA
or perhaps in the field? If so, does anyone have any problems logging the
find? Having the same problem I am having?
Are there any recommendations for newer Browsers that I might try? I have
tried the few out there that I know of. There are a couple others, but they
are compatible with Palm's latest OS only (5). So, I am a bit limited in
that respect as I have Palm 0S4. I know Palm offers it's own Browser, which
comes standard on all the newer Palm Tungstens (that can support this). But,
again.. only usable with OS 5 and not any of the older OS versions.
Unfortunately, unlike Desktop computers.. I am not aware of a way to upgrade
my OS within my Palm unit.
Basically, I am wondering if this is something to do with the browser itself
not supporting the script some buttons use on gc.com (or hotmail too) or if
it is outside the limitations of my Palm OS?
This question pertains only to people that use Palm OS in their PDA's, As
PocketPC (windows) is a whole different thing really. However, I would like
to hear from anyone using PocketPC browsers to learn more about their
experiences as well. Although, I think I am pretty much a Palm OS fan. I try
and stay away from anything Microsoft! :)
Thanks!
Scott
Team Ropingthewind
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