Birding software and a PDA (1 Viewer)

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Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Jun 1, 2008

• #1

I am thining about buying an old PDA and whacking on it bwpi or BB' or something, but am a bit confused. Would also like to have bird sounds on there too, would have been handy to know icky call earlier this week for example.

What are the options??

Plan on using it in the field instead of books rather than as a refernce when I get home.

 

POP

Registered User

• Jun 1, 2008

• #2

jimmy2faces said:

I am thining about buying an old PDA and whacking on it bwpi or BB' or something, but am a bit confused. Would also like to have bird sounds on there too, would have been handy to know icky call earlier this week for example.

What are the options??

Plan on using it in the field instead of books rather than as a refernce when I get home.

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Look at E Guides at this site.

http://www.wildsounds.com/

POP

 

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Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Jun 1, 2008

• #3

Thanks. I am guessing even old PDA's would be okayfor this - anything I should keep an eye out for?

 

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Chris Oates

Why does a Black-headed Gull have a brown head...

• Jun 2, 2008

• #4

I like the RSPB software

http://shopping.rspb.org.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/rspb/R0177/89103

 

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Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Jun 2, 2008

• #5

Thanks all. Waht about PDA recommendations. I am thining I just need an old one off ebay - what should I be looking out for?

I would say a big screen and battery life... Erm.

 

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davidtucker

Well-known member

• Jun 2, 2008

• #6

Marcus, I have put my sounds on my ipod, you are very welcome to borrow the disks, I have the original British Library

 

Keith Dickinson

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Opus Editor

• Jun 2, 2008

• #7

jimmy2faces said:

Thanks all. Waht about PDA recommendations. I am thining I just need an old one off ebay - what should I be looking out for?

I would say a big screen and battery life... Erm.

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The RAM in the PDA will be important, not enough and the program will be so slow as to be unusable.
My PDA is a Dell Axim and has 64Mb of RAM, which runs the Collins e guide quite happily.
OS will be an issue not sure all the e guides will run in both Palm OS and Windows Mobile.

 

Birdbrain

"Birders do it in the Field"

• Jun 3, 2008

• #8

I use the PDA and eguides from Wild Sounds very good as the eguides is the Collins Birdguide probebly one of the best books you can get, you get the full book, calls, song as well and a very handy bird log.

 

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Marcus Conway - ebirder

Well-known member

• Jun 3, 2008

• #9

Just thought is there an option for one that would also act as a memory card reader. I may need to download from some sandick whilst in the field...

too many birds with one stone?

 

Birdbrain

"Birders do it in the Field"

• Jun 3, 2008

• #10

I prefer two cats with one brick, LOL

 

Birdbrain

"Birders do it in the Field"

• Jun 3, 2008

• #11

I prefer two cats with one brick lol

 

Keith Dickinson

Well-known member

Opus Editor

• Jun 3, 2008

• #12

jimmy2faces said:

Just thought is there an option for one that would also act as a memory card reader. I may need to download from some sandick whilst in the field...

too many birds with one stone?

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My PDA has slots for both SD and CF cards, so I can swop files from one card to the other. I suppose if you got a PDA with twin card slots and a big enough CF card you could unload your SD card to the CF card in the field.

 

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ali travers

Member

• Sep 4, 2008

• #13

i use a mio 168 with the rsbp software this works grate also it has a satnav
i use memory map to fined my way around and co pilot to get me there