Re: Re: ipaq questions

[Stephen <yahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Thanks for your detailed reply.

MM> Are you sure you don't mean megabytes instead of kilobytes!  MB are
MM> significantly bigger!

Oops!

MM> AFAIK, there is no noticeable
MM> difference in speed between SD, MMC (uses the same slot) and CF.  SD
MM> and MMC tend to be slightly more expensive than CF but CF is
somewhat
MM> bigger.  Also, I think all iPaqs come with an SD slot built in - I
MM> certainly have to use an expansion jacket to use CF.  Using an
MM> external jacket like this does drain power quicker

Thanks. It is worth knowing that there is no speed difference and that
the jacket consumes power. I think I'll go down the sd route; it will
save power and I will not need to buy a jacket.

MM> With WiFi though, make sure to get a card that states it is LOW
POWER
MM> consumption - if CF then i'd reccomend any of the mordern ones

I'm not sure whether you are talking about the ipaq end or the pc end.
If pc, why should this affect the ipaq battery? If you mean the making
the ipaq wifi compatible; it is built-in to the newer models ;)

MM> I do plan to use a car charger soon
MM> though.  I don't think there is any difference - as long as it works

I have a car charger which connects to the slot. I'd like a standard
jack one, because I could use it to charge my gps (expect another
thread about that soon)

MM> I'd get yourself down to your local £stretcher and buy a tape to
MM> portable CD thingy - the one that looks like a tpe that you push
into
MM> your cassette player and then has a 3.5mm jack that plugs into the
MM> headphone socket of your iPaq.

I was thinking along these lines. The problem is, that I hadn't
realised I had an earphone socket! Where is it. I've looked but can't
find one. Am I being blind or have they disappeared from the new
models?

Thanks again for your help.