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Old 23rd Oct 2006, 1:02 am
paulm64 paulm64 is offline
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Default Turn Your ChiPod Nanoclone into a PDA

Well, you can't really turn your Nanoclone into a PDA. But you can install Portable Apps to your Nanoclone. And then you can use these apps on any Windows 2000 or later pc.

“A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your own PC. And when you unplug, none of your personal data is left behind.” - from PortableApps.com

Right now, I'm using Portable Open Office running of off my 1GB Nanoclone. It has a word processor, spreadsheet program, presentation program, and more. Go to http://portableapps.com/portableopenoffice to learn more about Open Office.

I'm also running Portable Firefox. I can have my personal bookmarks wherever I go. In fact, I'm using it now to post this.

Running the above apps takes about 180MB. Not bad. Still alot of room for a few albums or videos.

Taken a step further, you could also install a PocketPC Emulator and turn your nanoclone into a PDA. Simply plug it into a PC and fire up the PocketPC Emulator. You could use this to store all your personal information, such as contacts, apointments, calendars, and to-do lists like on a regular PDA. Use Apps like Mobile Word, Mobile Excel, Mobile Power point, Pocket Internet Explorer, or Email. And almost anything else that will run on the emulator. One problem, though. Your emulator can't give you appointment reminders when you're not plugged into a pc. But still cool.

For more information about doing this go to http://www.furrygoat.com/2005/09/portable_ce_20.html

So now, not only can I play Mp3's, and videos, or listen to the radio, I can also use my nano clone like a portable computer. Cool!

Paul
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