My Pocket PC - Acer N311

I bought an Acer N311 Pocket PC two months ago, It’s slim and small, can put inside my shirt pocket easily, I carry it every time wherever I go and I find it very useful after two months of usage. It Looks beautiful, quite well made and feel nice. The screen is protected by Martin Field screen protector that I got it from Doml, its clarity is as good as without having it after the installation. It has a 3.7” VGA screen, but has reflection on its surface, I might want to change it to an anti glare screen protector, to see will it help or not the next time.

This Pocket PC can do many wonderful things:

It can be an mp3 player; the sound came out from the speaker quite good enough, not very loud although the volume had set to its maximum level. But not a problem, I use it to listen music and songs personally at short distance, quite pleasant without the headphone.

It can be a video player; I use it to watch mpg videos with no problem, only some videos that with higher resolution has lagging. It is also a viewer, I use it to see pictures and graphics files and they can be played as slide show.

It is also a web browser, I use the built in Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) to surf Internet, to get information from the web, it has wifi b and blue tooth wireless connection, I use it to surf Internet or download some web contents whenever I can access the wireless hotspot. When I’m off-line with no access to the wireless connections, I still can read the downloaded web contents anytime I want. The WiFi detects and connects not as good as usual notebook PC, you need to have a good signal to get it connected.

It’s a VoIP phone as well; I use Skype and SkypeOut making phone calls with no problem. It also has Pocket MSN Massager for me to chat, read and send emails.

It has voice recorder, the built in microphone can record voices in Note, depends on your voice recording format, for near distance, the result is ok.

Its basic function is a PIM, with WM5 OS, there are 3 alarms to set, each from Monday to Sunday, can use Reminders to remind you the things to do inside the Calendar, even when the device is not on, the alarms and reminders will still be activated. It has mobile version of Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel to write documents, view presentation, do worksheet wherever I go.

There are much software available, either in freeware, shareware or need to be purchased from the Internet. Each to enhance and make the Pocket PC more equipped, like in Communication, Database, e-Book, Education, Entertainment, Games, Health, Multimedia, Productivity, Professional, Ringtones, Software Tools, Sports, Themes, Travel, Utilities, Wireless, etc…
Examples are at:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/
http://www.pocketgear.org/

There is a Singapore Pocket PC forum at: http://www.ppcsg.org/, readers could find very useful informations about Pocket PC.

PS,
May 2007, I got an anti glare screen protector from Brando, to replace my 1 year old MF SP.
Product# : PASCR01560
Product : Brando WorkShop Screen Protector (Acer n300)
http://shop.brando.com.hk/screenprotector.php
So far so good, just that stylus feel a bit diff, need to get use to it...