{"id":65,"date":"2008-09-20T04:58:01","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T08:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2008-09-20T04:58:01","modified_gmt":"2008-09-20T08:58:01","slug":"learning-about-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.the500footbuddha.com\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Learning About Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"

I believe the correct terminology for what I have now is a Pocket PC. I know that this isn’t entirely accurate, but the difference I see from a Smartphone to a Pocket PC is that the Pocket PC has a touch screen, but there are apparently Smartphones that have touch screens as well, so I’m not very clear on the distinction. What ever you want to call it I am still delving into all I can do with it.<\/p>\n

I’ve already installed two software packages that will utilize the GPS. One is more suited for turn by turn directions. I will start using that immediately and some day I might never have to worry about getting lost. The other one is for the track log I want to make when I take the bike rides.<\/p>\n

Then Jo got involved and now I have about a dozen more programs. I have tinytwitter<\/a>, so that I can twitter from my phone more easily. If you aren’t already you should really check it out<\/a>, it’s kind of a micro blog and IM rolled into one.<\/p>\n

I have the Mundu messenger<\/a>, and if I opt to pay the $11 I can have that for longer than five days. It works on both data and SMS, so if I ever decide that I don’t want to carry the data plan any longer I can switch to the unlimited SMS and still use this program.<\/p>\n

I have a program that located where I am using the GPS and then shows the constellations I should be able to see from where I am.<\/p>\n

I installed Opera and the flash plugin for that, because apparently it makes browsing a lot easier than using mobile IE.<\/p>\n

There is so much to play with and I haven’t even had a chance to really delve into it all and play with it yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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