PocketMatrix

can anyone recommend a particularly good stylus? i'm looking for a small, preferably metal one. not too expensive though.<br><br>this is part of my 'bring pauls ppc to college' campaign - starting my computing project so i thought it'd be good to sketch form layouts, make databases (can we make access dbs?) on the ppc in... the library.

http://www.microsoft.com/mobile/pocketp ... tabase.asp ?

Document your going to collage thing, and we will post it as an article.

I keep hoping at some point Microsoft makes a pocket Access. Since they don't seem to be in a hurry to fill my wish list, I've tried a few of the third party apps.<br><br>abcDB:  I'm currently using this one now. Sync's well with current databases and has a manual or autoform feature. Is ok but doesn't have a relational capabilities or a "make table" querry function.<br><br>HanDbase:  this one is popular but I didn't like it. Didn't sync with Access but there are a ton of free databases on their website.<br><br>Pocket Database (from Pocket Innovations):  I bought this one at build 1.0 and give a go every new release. Has trouble sync'ing with my current Access DB's and has some bugs. Support is very responsive but ultimately I never could get it to work with my stuff the way I wanted. In all fairness though, my main work database is a rather complicated miss-mash I've been refining for the past 6 years.<br><br>In all, it boils down to what works best for your needs which means you have to figure out what you want first. Start by deciding how you want the output to look like and work backwards.<br><br>James

oops! Looks like I went a bit off topic there. I swore Paul asked about databases? Must be the spanking new cold I've aquired.<br><br>That or the rum, coke and cold medicine.  :)<br><br>James

Have you thought about a switchable pen/pencil/stylus thing?  I got one for about $20US.  Works well, and this way I always have a pen...ya know?<br><br>Then you could ask the Library Girl to look at your stylus....

ooh, I have a really nice PhD switchable pen that has a pen, pencil and stylus on it.

Its like all of this talk about Styli and cases are getting silly...<br><br>I have both, and I am very happy with them, I mean they aren't perfect, but I got used to it.  Let me explain.<br><br>I have a Pilot Platinum switchable stylus.  This thing rocks, but was expensive.  Now, the case is Franklin case, small, but has a pen holder, velcro for the PPC, and credit card and money holder space.  I carry it around, and I get some jokes about a "man-purse" made from time to time, but it is not much bigger than a wallet really.  It is very convenient, and you get used to carrying it around.