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Matt Murphy wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:9a61d73f0812251130v1aa6bf9dm5faf3b4c609b121e@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Merry Christmas all!<br>
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I am looking for a portable aprs mapping solution for a friend. <br>
One to run on a pocket PC. Besides "aprsce" is there anything else?<br>
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NO<br>
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Pocket PCs and "Pocket Windows" a.k.a "Windows CE" (Windows Compact
Edition) a.k.a. "WinCE" a.k.a "Windows Mobile" only <b>look </b>
more-or-less like Windows.<br>
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Pocket PCs use one of several kinds of CPUs and system architectures
that are totally different from the standard Intel or AMD-based PCs
that run regular Windows. No normal Window applications will run on
the Pocket PC/Windows Mobile platform. <br>
<br>
Given that:<br>
<br>
1) Stand-alone PDA-type devices (either Windows Pocket PC or
Palm-based) are rapidly being supplanted by smart phones as all-purpose
portable computing/communications devices.<br>
<br>
2) Microsoft has tried repeatedly to recycle the
not-terribly-successful Pocket PC cum Windows CE cum Windows CE
(Phone Edition) cum Windows Mobile (their market-droids keep renaming
the thing in the hope that it will finally take off), and is now
positioning it as a mobile phone operating system. <br>
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3) Acceptance of Windows Mobile is running far behind other mobile
phone operating systems (particularly the iPhone's cut-down version of
the Unix-based Mac OS, the Linux-based Google Android phone OS, Nokia's
various OS'es and various others derived from the royalty-free Linux.).<br>
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As a result, I would not hold my breath expecting a great outpouring of
new development for WinCE a.k.a. Windows Mobile.<br>
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--<br>
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
EchoLink Node: 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.com">http://wa8lmf.com</a> --OR-- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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World Digipeater Map<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps">http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps</a><br>
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JavAPRS Filter Port 14580 Guide <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm</a><br>
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"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a> <br>
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Updated "Rev H" APRS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs</a><br>
Symbols Set for UI-View, <br>
UIpoint and APRSplus:<br>
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