questions about using my pocket pc

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questions about using my pocket pc

Hello! I have been lurking on this site for some time and finally decided to make the jump from my old, rickety pc to a shiny new g5! It will be here any time! To prepare myself, I have read the book, "iMac for Dummies". As one would expect, I have some questions.
1. I have a Dell Axim x30 pocket pc that I use to listen to music (in addition to many other things). The music is a collection of my favorite songs off of my collection of CDs. Windows Media Player 10 plays these songs for me. There is a program out there called "Missing Sync" that will allegedly allow me to sync the Axim with my g5. Does anyone have experience with this?
2. I would like to be able to download music from the internet (as I will also finally have DSL!)with my new g5 to eventually transfer to my Axim. Since I plan to use iTunes, will I be limited to only downloading music from Apple's site?
Thank you for any advice you may have.

imac g5, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Dec 9, 2005 2:27 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 9, 2005 4:37 PM in response to excited2switch

hi there

I have used bluetooth to transfer music to pocket pc.
Don't know if yours has bluetooth, but thought it might help.
haven't tried missing sync. Macs i think are more suited to Palm pda's.

Dav

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Answer 2

Bob Gold

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Dec 9, 2005 11:58 PM in response to excited2switch

I had tried to use PocketMac to sync my Ipaq 3950 to my iMac. The Demo version caused a number of problems with my iMac, and a PocketMac daemon ended up running in the background, hogging ALOT of my cpu. I ended up deleting it....

I've no experience with MissingSync...

You can use a USB CF Card reader to just transfer the music files directly to a CF card or SD card (I've done that). I'm thinking you're going to have to transfer them as MP3 files.

Bob

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Answer 3

Dec 10, 2005 12:46 AM in response to excited2switch

I use Missing Sync with my Samsung i700 Pocket PC device, and it works great. It has a plugin for iTunes that allows you to sync music to your device. I used that feature only a little bit when I first got Missing Sync. Now that I have an iPod, I no longer need that feature. Missing Sync also allows you to mount your device on the desktop as a disk drive, and you can simply drag files over. You may find it faster to use a USB memory card reader, though.

You are not limited to only downloading music from Apple. MP3s from anywhere can be downloaded and copied to your Axim, or even loaded into iTunes.

20 inch iMac G5 (iSight) Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2.5Gig RAM; 5th Gen iPod

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Answer 4

Dec 10, 2005 8:12 AM in response to excited2switch

Thank you for your input! I definately am going to buy a card reader. I think it will be much easier to transfer music into my CF card on the Axim.
PS..my g5 shipped last night!!! WooHOo!

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