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I am still using my first napper also and it is worn pretty thin. I usually use it on carpets with a longer nap. I have 6 nappers all together and theyre all different lengths, so I decide which napper to use by the type of carpet I’m cleaning. My newest wooden napper is so stiff right now though my buffer won’t turn it. I like the old style grey blocks better. The wooden nappers soon loose they’re aggressive scrubbing ability (once you get them broke in). The wood also starts to chip off over time, which you have to watch for while you’re raking at the end.
I’ll pass the word on to Doug to get an estimate of the cost of builing such a program. MInd you he said that the synching would be the most expensive rout, and without enough people wanting to do this, it may never happen. I will get the estimate and talk with Cody about it.
IN the meantime, i need to hear from some more people who are interested in this. I need them to post here or to call me. THis way i can keep track of the number of interested people. As of right now, i have 3. 3 isn’t enough to warrant a program to be built. The cost is just too high.
I had a little talk with Doug, the guy who programmed the Heavens Best program.
Regarding the PDA stuff, Pocket PC is going to be much easier than Palm. However, I haven’t personally done any programming for Pocket PC. It took quite a while to write the original program, so depending upon how much functionality you want the Pocket PC to have will make a big difference on the cost. If you just wanted a calendar of your appointments then that might be possible, if you want to be able to add new customers, schedule jobs, etc., then that is going to be a big project. If you want to be able to add schedules on the Pocket PC and have it sync both ways, that is also going to be a large project.
Can you give me an idea on the simplest solution people would want for the PDA?
So, feedback on this would be great. Specifics on what you want, and can live without are best. Be as detailed as possible.
Its not that i would prefer one over the other, its a fact of will Cody put money into making both? I just see a program on one of the systems way more likley then on both. And depending on the cost of making these, it could be on both. I just don’t have enough information about it yet to make an assumption. And you never know, it may be really easy to port it from one format to the other once one is made…
I’ll keep you guys updated.
In thinking about what handhelds to use we have to keep in mind that the Heavens Best program as it stands will not work on either Palm or pocket PC. It will have to be ported over. So, i’m trying to see where the market would be.
Both systems can be used as a phone-PDA, meaning that if you get cell access on it you can get wireless on it too. Tell everyone you know to come and post here. If there is enough support for it, then it could be done.
I have a Sony Clie, which is based on the Palm OS.
But it is about 2 years old now, recently i was looking into a pocket PC, like a dell Axim, or the compaq equivilent.
Ron, if your looking for wireless internet and bluetooth and that sort of stuff, then pocketpc is the way to go. A friend of mine has one and he surfs the internet in class all the time.
I just did a search and it looks like the palm’s are now coming with wifi, so they are in a close race.
Palm:
http://www.palm.com/us/products/handhelds/tungsten-t5/blazer.epl
http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=7053Pocket PC
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/axim_x51v?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/215348-64929-215381-314903-f61-420534.htmlThe dells do have vga screens now (640×480), honestly, i would go with a pocet pc, they seems to have better screens built in wireless, and built in media players. My only quabble about it is the microsft OS thats stuck on it…
Overall though, either one will work. Most people i know (friends, mother, cody) all have Pocket PC’s.If you need anything else, let me know.
@Ron Hollingsworth wrote:
This is something that I’ve been thinking about for months now.
Ron,
Palm or Pocket PC?I have had a copuple people asking about a program for the pda. Like a suppliment to the computer program.
The more people who show interest in this the more likely it will happen. If you have interest in this, please post a reply here. Tell others about this also, so we have an accurate number.
Please include what type of PDA you are using. ie: Palm OS, Pocket PC…
This new list one had a universal “add to order” at the bottom, you can click it and it will add everything you have added a value to. If you look at the bottom its called “Add all my quanities” This should get all your thing from that page added.
Yesterday i changed it so that it displays 50 items per page, so this should speed things up also. It is currently set at 50, but i can up it to 75 or 100. IF i get enough people wanting more than 50, i will gladly change it.
Tyler
Here are a couple video tutorials to get you going.
