Mobile Guru: Wikipedia & Dictionary

Need to look up information on a specific subject or word on your Pocket PC or SmartPhone. Most sites like the Wikipedia are great for finding information on most subject, but like most web sites they're not mobile computer friendly.

This site offers a mobile interface to the Wikipedia and a dictionary.
Just enter a word in the search box, and select the resource you want to get information from.

More Free eBooks for your PDA

ManyBooks.net offers thousand of free eBooks (currently at 13,215 eBooks are available) for your PDA (or iPod). The site allows you to browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews from visitors. The books are available in several different formats (such as: PDF, eReader, Palm Reader, and more) for your reading convenience.

Transferring Data to a Storage Card

Sometimes you may need to move a lot of data to or from your Pocket PC device, there are a few ways that you can do this. One is via a removable storage card, and the second is via ActiveSync.

Most Pocket PC devices support one or two types of storage cards options, there are SD (Secure Digital) and CF (Compact Flash). Each removable media type has its advantages and disadvantages. For example SD is much smaller and thinner then CF, but CF allows you to support different options like a MicroDrive which are not available in SD.

Generally the storage card slot is at the top of the device, but sometime this will vary from device to device. Check your owners manual if you're not sure where the storage card slot is located or type of removable media that is supported.

Note: Be careful when inserting any type of removable media, never force it or you run the risk of breaking the media card or the device. Its possible that you might be trying to insert it the wrong way, try changing the direction you're inserting the card and see if it goes in easier.

To transfer files to or from the storage card, follow the instructions below:

• From the Start menu, select the Programs and then 'File Explorer'.
• Find the file that you want to move to the SD card, and then tap and hold on it, and select Cut from the dropdown menu. (select Copy if you just want to copy the file)
• From the My Device dropdown menu, select 'SD card' to navigate to the SD card (you can also choose 'My Device' or 'My Documents' to place the file in the local Pocket PC built-in storage)
• From here you can navigate the different folders, until you find where you want to place the file. Then all you have to do is tap and hold on an empty area and select Paste to move (or copy) the file.
  

Edit Windows Mobile Registry Remotely (Advanced)

For those of you who like to explore or tweak the inter-workings of your Pocket PC will enjoy this tip. Although I have to warn you changing, deleting, or adding settings with this tip can disable the device or its applications. You have to proceed at your own risk.

Windows Mobile and Windows XP share a few common technologies, and one of those technologies is having a Windows Registry. The Registry is used by applications and the operating system for tracking configuration settings. To edit the registry you would normally have to do this on the Pocket PC itself, which can be challenging navigating its structure on such a small screen.

Now there is a free alternative, it is called the Mobile Registry Editor (MRE). MRE allows you to edit the registry on your Pocket PC from your desktop computer, while its connected to it via the USB cable or cradle. MRE requires that the .NET Framework 1.1 be installed on your desktop computer.

After you launch MRE it will look like the classic Windows Registry editor, in the left-hand pane is a tree view of keys and sub-keys, and in the right-hand pane a list of available values to edit from the selected sub-key. From here you can add, edit, or delete any value or key in the registry. The program also features a Favorites tab that allows you to store commonly used registry keys so you don't have to manually search for them later.