Palm TX starter Questions

[grayson]

I am new to the PDA scene and my questions are

What is the best media palyer for Playing movies and MP3s and programs for shinking or converting them to play on my Palm.

Does the palm have trouble with 4 GB sd cards.

Where is the best site to download PDA sw

Many thanks

[majormadmax]

Grayson


I suspect most folks here would say TCPMP (http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/download) is the best media player for the Palm, and
PocketDivX (http://divx.ppccool.com/) is the best for converting movies. Note the neither can play or convert Windows Media Audio/Video (WMA/WMV) files as far as I know.

And yes, Palms do not support 4GB SD cards. I think the limit is 2GB (that is the largest card Palm sells for the TX), but I am sure someone will pipe up if that is not true.

As for software, just do a Google search...there are tons of sites out there!

Cheers! M2

[jboburka]

I've had good success with a 4g A-Data SD memory card on my Palm TX. I have not been terribly satisfied with the speed, particularly when using Backupman for my daily backups. I have had to schedule them for 4:00am due to the amount of time taken for backups (anywhere from 15 min. to 30 min). However, the card performs the task of keeping lots of videos and music onboard, so I can't kick.

Just for your info, the card was advertised as "150x" speed. I can get much more speed out of a typical 1g SD card, however the music plays just fine using PTunes 4.0, and the movies work without lags or interruptions using TCPMP.

My TX still needs at least one soft reset each week due to some odd lockup, but I'm running loads of apps, so I consider this to be acceptable.. and it never seems to be the fault of the 4g SD card. I've even considered buying a second one to have on hand. Also, be sure to get yourself a pocket-sized SD card reader to use when loading up the 4g card from your PC. Don't torture yourself by trying to use the Palm Desktop to add music or videos to the card.. it's just ridiculously awful speed-wise. I recently tried to use "Sync" from within the new Windows Media Player by way of Softick's Card Export on the TX for my music.. took hours to complete!

Just my $.02

[grayson]

Thanks all for the replies. A couple more questions, do i need anti virus firewall ect and are there any other web browser I can use. Thanks

[Camski]

No need for any sort or protection due to Palms safe OS.

There are a couple of browsers you can use, a popular one being Opera Mini and there's one other one i can't think of off the top of my head, i'll have to get back to you on that on.