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So I wanted to buy a PDA. I was going to buy the Eten Glofiish M800, but when I was at the store, this old dude about 55 years old told me not to get the M800.
He said that he was semi-retired, and that his favorite hobby was to buy a bunch of electronics gadgets, play with them for a few days, and then sell it back to the store at a loss.. I guess whatever floats his boat..
But he said the only item he did not return and continued using was the HTC Touch Cruise. So he _HIGHLY recommended it to me...
So I bought it.
I bought the "Euro styling" version instead of the American version. I thought it looked better.
I first hacked it to install the English version on it, but found out after 2 weeks that it was nigh impossible to get chinese fonts back on it, because in a world of internationalization and compatibility, Microsoft made best efforts to prevent internationalization.
So I just reinstalled the Taiwanese version back on it, so I can use PaPaGo! Which is a GPS software for Taiwan..
The one thing I do like about this PDA is the USBmini connection for everything. I use to charge my cell phone at night, but with the PDA phone, it seems that I charge it during the day.. since I'm almost always at a computer, it's actually quite easy..
The Chinese version recognized Chunghwa telecom here in Taiwan and the signal seems stable. The English version was not. So I have no idea. The same thing with the GPS. The GPS signals were ridiculously weak with the English version but quite strong with the Chinese version..
So I guess when you buy a PDA, when in Rome, use the Roman PDA firmware.
I highly HIGHLY recommend against buying a PDA in a foreign country, you'll cry. Especially if it runs Pocket PC. Next entry I'll talk about software for the PDA...
