Friday, March 22, 2002
Microsoft Pocket PC Newsgroups On...well, a Pocket PC!
Posted by Brad Adrian in "THOUGHT" @ 06:26 AM
http://www.cewindows.net/pocketpc/newsportal/index.php
Mark Risi has reminded me about a news portal that Chris De Herrera (of CEWindows.Net fame) recently established. Chris has created a Web site that formats Microsoft's public Pocket PC forums for easy reading and responding via a Pocket PC. He's included all the major Pocket PC-related newsgroups:
microsoft.public.pocketpc
microsoft.public.pocketpc.ebooks
microsoft.public.pocketpc.multimedia
microsoft.public.pocketpc.marketplace
microsoft.public.fr.pocketpc
microsoft.public.de.german.windowsce
microsoft.public.it.pocketpc
microsoft.public.es.pocketpc
microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer
microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer.networking
You can see that Chris has even gone so far as including the English, German, Italian and Spanish versions of these newsgroups, so there's something for everyone.
One of the things that I've struggled with for a long time is finding an easy way to read these newsgroups on my Pocket PC. Some of the news readers available for offline use are nice, but they can be cumbersome and don't necessarily work well for "live" interaction with the newsgroup.
Well, I've tried this portal and like what I've seen. The text wraps just like it should, even after resizing using the Pocket Internet Explorer options. Another nice feature is the ability to "remember" your name and e-mail address so you don't have to keep typing it in for each post. I think that I'll be using this a lot, especially when working wirelessly.
Mark Risi has reminded me about a news portal that Chris De Herrera (of CEWindows.Net fame) recently established. Chris has created a Web site that formats Microsoft's public Pocket PC forums for easy reading and responding via a Pocket PC. He's included all the major Pocket PC-related newsgroups:
microsoft.public.pocketpc
microsoft.public.pocketpc.ebooks
microsoft.public.pocketpc.multimedia
microsoft.public.pocketpc.marketplace
microsoft.public.fr.pocketpc
microsoft.public.de.german.windowsce
microsoft.public.it.pocketpc
microsoft.public.es.pocketpc
microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer
microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer.networking
You can see that Chris has even gone so far as including the English, German, Italian and Spanish versions of these newsgroups, so there's something for everyone.
One of the things that I've struggled with for a long time is finding an easy way to read these newsgroups on my Pocket PC. Some of the news readers available for offline use are nice, but they can be cumbersome and don't necessarily work well for "live" interaction with the newsgroup.
Well, I've tried this portal and like what I've seen. The text wraps just like it should, even after resizing using the Pocket Internet Explorer options. Another nice feature is the ability to "remember" your name and e-mail address so you don't have to keep typing it in for each post. I think that I'll be using this a lot, especially when working wirelessly.
