O2 XDA and software

[frogman]

Hey all i just took the next step in my map using saga.... i bought an O2 XDA..... its a PDA, mp3 player, mobile phone and a few others what i like about it is this software.

http://www.nomadelectronics.com/
called "pocket stars PDA"

http://www.bisque.com/help/TheSkyPE%20Info/TheSky_Pocket_Edition.htm
the sky pocket

http://www.meade.com/catalog/pictor/pocketpictor.html

meade ccd imaging software

does anyone have a pda and use it in this way or am i being a test dummy ???? :D

Anthony

[iceman]

My old gaming clan was called Oxygen (O2) :) http://www.clanoxygen.com :)

[elusiver]

yep.. i use a hp ipaq 1710.. got pocketstars, pocket universe and thesky on it.

Preference for me is probably pocket stars.. as it has a fair bit of functionality and is alot less resource hungry as thesky.. pocket universe seems to be the lightest of the three. If you've got system memory to spare and a fairly fast processor in the o2 go the thesky though.. in my opinion its the best of the 3 in terms of functions.

the all have a 'night vision' mode.. but they're all poor in the night vision preservation.. i got an old pda wallet thingy and hot glued some red celophane too it.. then when i want to use the pda for observing i just slip the pda in :)

But I took home a new lappy today(2nd hand) specifically for observing cause it was cheap :) I've loaded starry night pro on(i love it!) and I'm gonna try get a perspex red screen made up for it. I'm actually using it right now :) I used my work lappy a couple of times when i was out observing but I doubt work would be happy about the lappy being covered in dew :) plus the last time i used the work lappy i spilt a little bit of coffee in it :/

let me know.... ;)
el :)

[frogman]

ahhahaha sweet i have the universe coming down now

[elusiver]

there's tachyon also.. but it's fairly beefy.. don't run well on my ipaq :(

el :)

[frogman]

where can i get a copy of "tachyon" everywhere i look the sites are down

[elusiver]

astrotips.com has it :)

el :)

[frogman]

ok thank you for the link.. 12.5 meg is big tho

Anthony