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Mar 04 '00
Pros: Lots of good content, very customizable
Cons: Can increase hotsync time, you must be connected to the Internet during the hotsync, can take up a lot of memory on your Palm Pilot
Summary: Introduction
Avantgo is a customizable, free service that allows you to download “Palm friendly” web pages. That means that the pages are formatted in a way that makes them easy to view on your Palm Pilot. There are basically three components ... read more
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Mar 03 '00
Pros: large+easy to find selection of mobile channels, some channels can use a mobile Net connection for realtime stock quotes, weather, maps, etc while the normal channels can just be updated on the go, easy to use website and browser-like CE app
Cons: Win98 part of the software is very buggy. If not for that it would have gotten 5/5
Summary: I have used Microsoft Mobile Channels and found the service very useful for getting the MSNBC news on my H/PC. However there comes the problem-- MSNBC news is one of the very few MMC's of any quality.
Enter AvantGo.
This service is like ... read more
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Feb 24 '00
Pros: Great Idea
Cons: Keeps me awake!
Summary: I have a confession to make... I gave this product a terrible review before, but I've given it a 2nd chance and it disproved my original "thumbs down" review. I use this product all of the time now and would recommend it to anyone with a ... read more
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Feb 03 '00
Pros: Great websites
Cons: Some sites take up alot of memory.
Summary: Avantgo opened up a whole new world to me and my Palm III. It is very easy to use, and best of all...it's free. You can download customized web pages for the Palm, or create your own. They offer tons of websites that you are probably familiar with on ... read more
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Jan 29 '00
Pros: Read Web News/info etc on you Pilot on a regular basis
Cons: Makes HotSyncs a bit longer, but it's WORTH IT
Summary: This is the killer App for the Palm. You just don't realize it until you use it.
Basic concept is as follows:
You sign up on the Avant go web site (for free) and select Web sites you are interested in getting on you Palm (News, Sports ... read more
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Jan 16 '00
Pros: Easy to use, and.. oh yeah, it's free.
Cons: Nothing to complain about.
Summary: This has to be the single most informative, and customizable application on any PDA. To begin with, it is extremely easy to set up, configure, and get rolling. Once a member of the Avantgo.com site, you have literally hundreds (thousands?) of choices ... read more
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Jan 16 '00
Pros: FREE!, Tons of channels to subscribe to (STILL FREE), and Web pages right on your Palm!
Cons: None
Summary: Who would think that a service such as this would be FREE? Avantgo is a tool that lets you join different channels and then when you synch, will download those web pages onto your Palm for easy access when on the road. This service has so many channels ... read more
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Jan 15 '00
Pros: Brief, concise content downloads fast & you can read it anywhere
Cons: Some channels don't seem to work without a live, wireless connection
Summary: You *can* take it with you! AvantGo is a great free service for Palm users. You can download web content onto your Palm, and read it when you like. And if you've got a Wireless Palm, then you can get it anytime you want! Maps, news, weather, you name ... read more
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Dec 19 '99
Pros: Easy to use; great use of the web
Cons: None
Summary: AvantGo is a fantastic application. It is simple to use, takes advantage of the HotSync ability, and provides a very useful service. The fact that it is free makes it even better.
The setup requires a number of steps, but once it is working, ... read more
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Dec 17 '99
Pros: Very well designed, easy to maintain and sync
Cons: just a little slow starting up
Summary: AvantGo is the most useful application on my Palm V, after my contact list. With AvantGo, you can download contents of various sites that have been optimized for viewing on a Palm, as well as sites that haven't been. At first I was skeptical of how ... read more
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Dec 15 '99
Pros: FREE, excellent content partners, MapQuest directions on your Palm
Cons: WSJ content
Summary: AvantGo has made one of the best software programs for the Palm Pilot and it is FREE!!
This software allows you to download and view a large number of information services from the Internet. The ones that I have found most useful are The New ... read more
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Dec 02 '99
Pros: Small, lightweight, read with one hand and wipe with the other! And I do apologize for that awful, awful joke...
Cons: COMPANIES THAT MAKE PALM APPS OS-SPECIFIC ARE COMPLETELY IDIOTIC, in my humble opinion; in truth, kind of difficult to operate with one hand, he said, having some degree of experience trying to do so.
Summary: Forgive me for the tacky title, which is going to lead to some slightly tacky subject matter. Those of you who don't enjoy bathroom humor (and I count myself among you) might want to bow out at this point; although we really won't progress much past the ... read more
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