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Originally posted by Tom:
What can you do with a Jormada? Is it able to run DOS and windows programs?
Could I put ESROI on one?
How about these little handhelds? Are they real computers or what?

If I wasn't doing this, I'd probably be doing something else.

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Tom,

Jornada is just a model of HP's pocket pc line. Then there are Jornadas of differing capacities. They are slowly replacing the Jornada with the iPaq since HP and Compaq got together.

Basically there are pocket pc models and Palms. The pocket pc does run Windows with Excel and other apps available. But you have to watch how much RAM the thing has because, let's face it, there's only so much room in something that weighs in at 6.9 oz. Palms use the Palm OS instead of Windows. Whether any of them use DOS is beyond my understanding.

Further complicating the above is that you can add Type II (at least that's what you want, some only have Type I) Compact Flash cards that slide in for more memory and apps. I would just take my Compact Flash card out of my digital camera and use it in the Jornada I had until I needed the camera again. Camera is HP too but I'm thinking of one of the new models now that some of the top optics companies are in the digital bandwagon now.

They are real computers and the nice thing is you can connect it to your desktop and upload or download information either way. Now as to whether or not you could load ES on one, I ain't got a clue. I would imagine that if you had a Compact Flash card with enough memory you could BUT they do not come with enough RAM or processor speed (233MHz is a fast pocket pc) to do you any good.

My take on this (which is worth about half what you are paying for this information is to wait a year or so and the pocket computer market will start to explode with all kinds of new offerings. I've always wanted a pocket pc for handicapping (that used a real program - not one of those specialty deals) because it would really be neater than spit. When I used to go to the track I lugged my laptop with me and put it on the little desk where there was a plug underneath and a hole in the desktop to run my cable lock. I could sit and run the program and it was almost as good as being at home. Now I am and I like it a whole lot better.

If you want more information to confuse you just take a hop over to ZDNet. They have reviews, prices, capacities and recommendations. If you get through all that information, and understand it all, e-mail me quick - they lost me about the fifth review.

Hit a big one,

Bob

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Originally posted by Marrk:
Can't help it. Must get on this bandwagon. Would be crazy about a file I could tinker with in Excel as part of my handicapping effort. I still like being at the track to make my plays and can be found moving about the grounds especially SAnita as much as four days out of a given week. So, i do the bulk of my handicapping the eve before and travel lightly as possible. I don't lug a laptop although i may someday have interest in the right presentation on a handheld. I like tools that do repetitive and tedius tasks for me as well as making snapshots of important data. For instance, i would print a copy of just the Fractions Page if i could. I don't buy tip sheets and don't want a magic box to accomplish something so personal as my handicapping and decision process. Otherwise it's just money, impersonal and dirty if not improper or crude although necessary to the most majestic of sports. Three pages of information per card is about the most i ever want in my pocket as i move about the grounds with one hand gripping my tickets and in the other a cool beverage. I'm still mostly a lurker so i depart with a hearty Thank You, Nathan

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Marrk,
Good first post. Glad you left the lurker closet. Now that you have gotten your feet wet come on down to the deeper end of the pool. I know you have much information to share and stories to tell.

Mark i've been a lurker too and i'm like you 2 or 3 sheets of info is/should be enough, the only ones I see in a Closet is always giving compliment and no selection or how to play.. there's alot of people that look for the postive in a program but i look at the (negative) or what can't get there, when i do a race i have old faithful and then EQUISIM and the condense version of drf from pp gen at bris, i do know that the speed last race and best race speed has the winners around 90% of the time and odds doesn't matter just like EQ. the only thing i don't like about using Bris numbers is they are suppose to adjust from one track to another and they don't, they'll give a 20k cl at GG higher than one at DMR at 20k. Now the rest of the story once i get the results from the 2 programs i use ones a pace program and it doesn't have a data base so i don't keep good records, but i like to look at the horses all the programs in the world or how a trainer is wanting a horse to run doesn't matter if the horse doesn't feel good, there good exceptions HOP or (neg) sponges up their nose or downers, i like to check trainers that are O fers how do they make money not on winning but 2nd and 3rd at 50:1 pays the feed bill, if you think a program will tell you that you need to take up golf anyone one wanting me to make selections for a track email me at bet2win@bm-dist.com I don't sell or tout, just try to make money