Hi Guys,  
  
I just bought a Jornada 720 off eBay, mainly for the keyboard and ease  
  
of typing over a Palm type thing and I am fairly new to all this mini  
  
techie stuff.  
  
I have seen cameras advertised as being compatible with the Jornada  
  
such as eBay item number 5864410292. What i need to have explained to  
  
me is how a compact flash camera, or other add-on like maybe a GPS unit  
  
can work on a 720 when the CF slot is an enclosed space under the base  
  
of the 720?  
  
The only thing I can think of is that a PCMCIA to Compact flash adapter  
  
will allow the camera to work.  
  
Is that correct or am I barking up the wrong tree?  
  
Cheers, Steve  
  
ps... before anyone asks, NO,,,, I am not the seller of that camera  
  
getting some crafty advertising, lol

I would stronly advise you to use a real digital camera, or use a Palm/PPC  
  
for such usage.  Even if the 720 could do what you wanted, why bother?  The  
  
thing is like a brick and really only useful for niche tasks. For everything  
  
else I would encourage you to use a modern PDA. Hey I use my Zire 72 for  
  
images and have never looked back.  Go on amazon.com and look up the Zire  
  
72.  Some of my images are there.  
  
John  
  
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Or he could be smart and use a real digital camera or a PPC/Palm.  My Zire  
  
72 has a nice camera for web usage.  
  
Why even bother getting a Jornada 720 to take pictures? The thing is like a  
  
brick. Its only really useful for niche tasks.  
  
John

Thanks for the info, guys.  
  
So the camera would work in the pcmcia slot using the adapter.?  
  
John... I haven't bought the 720 to take pictures.  
  
I have a Minolta Dimage and a compact for that.  
  
I bought the 720 for ease of typing and wanted to add the camera purely  
  
as a workable gizmo.  
  
My philosophy being, "If it's available, get one"  
  
Steve

Steve wrote:  
  
That will probably work, though I think you need to be careful to get  
  
an older card, not one of the new Cardbus to Compact Flash adapter  
  
cards. The PCMCIA cards generally work with about any old device, but  
  
the newer Cardbus cards do not.  
  
Make sure than any CF GPS unit you buy is returnable, in case it's  
  
incompatible. "The Jornada 720 runs Microsoft Windows Handheld PC  
  
(H/PC) 2000 Operating System. This OS is a modified version of the  
  
Pocket PC version of Windows CE 3.0."  
  
I have the Pharos CF GPS and I use it in a Toshiba PDA. I especially  
  
chose this PDA because it has both a CF and an SD slot. The SD slot  
  
holds the maps. The Jornada also seems well suited to use as a GPS,  
  
with the maps on the CF card. Be sure to get an external amplified  
  
speaker if used in a car as a navigation device.

Steve.  
  
You're correct about the complications of the drop slot CF. You would indeed  
  
need to make use of an inexpensive CF > PCMCIA adapter and use it in the PC  
  
Card slot. There are very few devices that will actually fit into the CF  
  
slot whole, maily storage card, and there have been a couple of connectivity  
  
instances. Otherwise, many consider the drop slot to be a step backwards  
  
from the older models side mount.  
  
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Steve wrote:  
  
Yes, I used to do that with a 680.  I couldn't get the picture quality  
  
to be very good though.  One nice feature of the software was that you  
  
could set the camera to shoot whenever you pointed any IR remote at the  
  
HPC and pressed a button.  
  
Stuart

While it is not exhaustive, the HPC:Factor Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)  
  
does indicate devices (including cameras and GPSRs) *known* to work/not work  
  
with the various versions of WinCE on the HPC factor.  If you have found a  
  
device which you have determined does or does not work, notify the editors  
  
of HPC:Factor, as they would like to share your findings with the rest of  
  
the community.  
  
You may view the HCL here:  
  
http://www.hpcfactor.com/hcl/  
  
I hope this resource will be of service to you,  
  
Kenny Anderson  
  
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