Need new paperless device

[SadowskiFamily]

I’ve been using a Palm III for for paperless caching and its been good to me. But… I just bought a new computer and it does not have a serial port.

Looking for a cheap up-grade? What is everyone using out there?

[Buy_The_Tie]

@SadowskiFamily wrote:

I’ve been using a Palm III for for paperless caching and its been good to me. But… I just bought a new computer and it does not have a serial port.

Looking for a cheap up-grade? What is everyone using out there?

I use an ancient Handspring Visor, just one small step above the Palm III.

You can get inexpensive USB to serial converter and keep using the one you have, or you can use your new laptop as an excuse to get a new Palm.

[GetMeOutdoors]

If you want to keep with the palm… you can buy a USB/serial adapter for about 10-20 at most techie type stores. Online is probably the best bet. It turns a usb port into a serial port basically.

But if you’re really looking for an upgrade, I use a blackberry and cacheberry software… it’s like having GSAK for the blackberry pretty much. I used to use a palm as well and I am SOOoooo much happier with cacheberry! Well worth the $15. cacheberry.com

Plus with the blackberry, I can lookup travel bugs, new caches, etc from teh browser and wap.geocaching.com. It’s obviously slower than having the info right on the device.

[DCexplorer]

Use an iPod. Any one (but a shuffle) should work.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

An iPod? Tell me more!

I have the nano (4G, I think) loaded with the Stokes North American Bird Songs. I am told I can add stuff, and the bird call files only fill it about halfway.

[DCexplorer]

There’s a program called Cachemagnet that can convert your GPX data files so that each cache is a separate “note” on your iPod. Here’s a link to a youtube video demonstrating it with a Nano:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsHYQweqgJw

This means you need to be a premium member to get the pocket queries CacheMagnet needs. I suppose there’s ways to do it on the cheap with .loc files, and there are, I believe, different ways to do it, depending on if you’re a Mac user or Windows user. Or Linux.

best of all, cachemagnet is free.

iPod Touch/iPhone is a different beast, but still doable. Google it.

let us know on this thread if you try it out, and how it works.

Cheers,

Greg “DCexplorer” Koelpien

[Thraxman]

I use my iPod with a program called MacCaching, and it works great. It takes the Pocket Queries and places places the cache info in the “contacts” feature on my iPod by syncing through iTunes. The click-wheel works very well to quickly find any cache out of hundreds.

MacCaching is for Mac computers only I think, but it sounds similar to Cachemagnet mentioned by DCexplorer.

[cheezehead]

Do ya have to have an Ipod? I have a Samsung that has never been out of the box. Would that work?

[Cachew]

This thread could go in a LOT of directions…

What if one had a PC and an i-phone?

[DCexplorer]

you need to be more specific; the first generation iPhone does NOT have built-in GPS; the new second generation iPhone DOES have built-in GPS, which opens up more possibilities…

DCexplorer[/i]

[Thraxman]

@Cachew wrote:

This thread could go in a LOT of directions…

What if one had a PC and an i-phone?

There is a free app for the iPhone called Geocaching Toolkit (iGCT).

Looks like it is packed with features that would be handy for puzzle caches. It does NOT have a means of storing cache info froom what I can tell, and I see no aps that do on a quick search. But, of course, if you have an iPhone you have access to Geocaching dot Com just about about anywhere.

[cheezehead]

@DCexplorer wrote:

There’s a program called Cachemagnet that can convert your GPX data files so that each cache is a separate “note” on your iPod. Here’s a link to a youtube video demonstrating it with a Nano:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsHYQweqgJw

This means you need to be a premium member to get the pocket queries CacheMagnet needs. I suppose there’s ways to do it on the cheap with .loc files, and there are, I believe, different ways to do it, depending on if you’re a Mac user or Windows user. Or Linux.

best of all, cachemagnet is free.

iPod Touch/iPhone is a different beast, but still doable. Google it.

let us know on this thread if you try it out, and how it works.

Cheers,

Greg “DCexplorer” Koelpien

The program only works with ipod as far as I can tell. Thou you can download it to a Garmin or Megellin GPSr unit. There are also none very neat features and map stuff.

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