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To: Snowshoe who wrote (57325)	12/22/2004 9:39:44 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Hello again, Snowshoe, <<Did you get the one with the carbon fiber case?>> ... Ouch, sexy ! Here is what I got :0) SKYNET HARDWARE: The longer version on the geewhizbang-ohmygolly-isnt-it-fantabulous Sky Net for the do-it-yourselfer who may be as insane as I appear to be: Desktop PC is HP Pavilion 1188 HK h10025.www1.hp.com complete with 3.2 GHz Intel microprocessor, 1 Gbyte RAM, 160 Gbyte HD, DVD Write, DVD Read Only, LAN Card/Wireless LAN (with both station/client functionalities), Wireless Keyboard/Mouse, TV / radio tuners, geewhiz video/sound chipset, coupled with: NEC 42" Plasma Monitor (existing, 5 years old) HP Pavilion F1903 Monitor HP Scanjet 4070 HP Laserjet 1320 Philips Headset/Microphone Sony VGN S270P Laptop with the usual trimmings sonystyle.com O2 Xda IIs Pocket PC my-xda.com … featuring GSM tri-band / GPRS / Wi-Fi / Bluetooth connectivity, full-sync with above HP and Sony, built-in camera, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 1 Gbyte memory card, and paired with … Jabra FS 258 Bluetooth headset/microphone jabra.com fashion statement, and the whole ensemble is completed with … Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M1 steves-digicams.com isnt-it-nice solid-state video/still camera, and no, I did not skimp on oodles of extra external memory cards for any of the gadgets and widgets. SKYNET SOFTWARE: I have migrated onward / upward or installed, debugged, tweaked, fiddled, and tested out the usual pieces of major software (MS Office 2003, MS Money 2005, Norton SystemWorks 2004, Adobe Acrobat / Photoshop / and various image processing and I-Dunno-What-It-Does-But-No-Excitement pieces of software). Besides the usual, I have also installed the following bits of bytes and worked out all except the last two programs' details … Groove Virtual Office groove.net . I placed the entirety of my Data, neatly organized into sub- and sub-sub- folders into the Groove Shared File Folder on all of my PCs. No matter where I am and when I do, all of my data on all of my PCs are sync-ed at all times, and my cooperative projects with friends are coordinated in MS Outlook / Project sense (the Groove incorporates the scheduling and contact features). Messenger and e-mail are also embedded functions. This is a killer application. Pocket DVD pocketgear.com Mobile Favorites microsoft.com MS Money 2005 for Pocket PC microsoft.com . My portfolio is updated as long as I am in cellular, GPRS, WiFi, or fixed line range. HP 12C microsoft.handango.com Chess microsoft.handango.com; BoinGo: to sniff out and tap into loose and Free WiFi Nodes for my O2 Xda IIs Pocket PC in communication intensive Hong Kong wifinetnews.com IAmInTouch: to use my Pocket PC to remotely control my Desktop from anywhere in the world via cellular / GPRS / WiFi allowed Internet access 5star-shareware.com PCPro: to use my Desktop / Laptop to control my Pocket PC that may be on-line but anywhere else microsoft.handango.com; especially if it is stolen/lost, but turned on, or other not-yet-worked out but nefarious or mischievous purposes ;0/ Voice Command microsoft.handango.com; Pocket Adobe Reader adobe.com SKYNET SERVICE: Vonage vonage.com for VoIP calls (PC to phone, VoIP phone-to-phone) Skype skype.com for free Skype-to-Skype calls (truly clear sound!) Inexpensive multi-market Internet enabled broker - I have added to my arsenal an inexpensive on-line-11-markets-and-15-exchanges broker to my regular full-service brokers and bankers. Now I can over-trade to my heart's content :0) Chugs, Jay