Pocket PC in a Coma/ Joining the Gen3 Revolution

[ProfJulie]

Originally Posted by hidari

2. My ACER N311 IS MY FIRST PPC. I like it alot. I have been reading ebooks on it for 8 months. Well, My PPC had so many problems i had to do a Hard Reset. Unfortunately, Now it only shows me a welcome symbol and I can not find any programmes on it. On top of that my back ups are not working for it.

I still have a warrenty but I bought it it Russia and do not know if Acer Japan will honor it. So, I do hope my Acer wakes up again but if not I look forward to Cybook.

Prof Julie, Do you know of any good PPCs that are good for reading Ebooks and have an ability to adjust the lighting to a very minimal level so as not to hurt the eyes while reading in low light?

Most of my experience with Pocket PCs is with HP IPAQs and Dell Axims, but I've got a few ideas...

Is your battery fully charged? Sometimes when it hangs like that, it simply needs a good charge. Have you plugged it directly into AC power and left it to charge for several hours?

It's also possible that the OS on your Pocket PC has somehow gotten corrupted. A potential fix is to find a ROM update for your pocket pc (check the manufacturers support pages for the model for such an update) and install it to the device (this will reinstall the OS and all pre-installed software to the Pocket PC).

Pocket PC's provide the ability to adjust the backlight settings. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > backlight icon > adjust the brightness as desired. You may also be able to turn on a Today Screen plugin so you could adjust the backlight directly from the Today Screen.

[basschick]

what i did while i waited for my cybook is i looked up books i wanted to read at booksonboard and fictionwise and bought some. i also spent hours and hours looking for classic books i loved or always wanted to read. it kept me busy, and when my cybook got here, i had over 80 books ready to go

[hidari]

Thanx Prof... will try out those variants when I have time.

Originally Posted by ProfJulie

Most of my experience with Pocket PCs is with HP IPAQs and Dell Axims, but I've got a few ideas...

Is your battery fully charged? Sometimes when it hangs like that, it simply needs a good charge. Have you plugged it directly into AC power and left it to charge for several hours?

It's also possible that the OS on your Pocket PC has somehow gotten corrupted. A potential fix is to find a ROM update for your pocket pc (check the manufacturers support pages for the model for such an update) and install it to the device (this will reinstall the OS and all pre-installed software to the Pocket PC).

Pocket PC's provide the ability to adjust the backlight settings. Tap Start > Settings > System tab > backlight icon > adjust the brightness as desired. You may also be able to turn on a Today Screen plugin so you could adjust the backlight directly from the Today Screen.

[hidari]

Free At LAST...I received the notice from Fedex that My Bookeen is on the way........Thanx for the tips. I usually buy from BonB and I often look at feedbooks and mobipocket.

hidari

Originally Posted by basschick

what i did while i waited for my cybook is i looked up books i wanted to read at booksonboard and fictionwise and bought some. i also spent hours and hours looking for classic books i loved or always wanted to read. it kept me busy, and when my cybook got here, i had over 80 books ready to go

[hidari]

Finally. It took 9 days. Not bad considering it had to cross all of Eurasia. Now learning the ropes. So far so good....

hidari

Originally Posted by hidari

Free At LAST...I received the notice from Fedex that My Bookeen is on the way........Thanx for the tips. I usually buy from BonB and I often look at feedbooks and mobipocket.

hidari