Hewlett Packard Jornada 720 Cradle

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Summary: Jornada 720 Cradle
Review: In no way should anyone spend any money on this cradle....not even a peso. It's flimsy, cheap, and all around worthless. I've had my Jornada 720 for about a year now and I've found that it is easier to either purchase a USB cable or to just use the included serial cable to link my PDA with my PC. The unit constantly sticks in the cradle and sometimes causes minor difficulties in getting a good sync. When you pick up the 720 you feel like you made a good purchase...when you pick up this cradle you feel like you've just dropped a quarter into a gumball machine. Those of you with this cradle know what I mean.

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Summary: i've found that i don't use my second cradle
Review: summary: if your like me, and want to sync your home and work pcs, there are better ways to do it than with a second cradle.

here's why: the jornada comes with one cradle (which i'll refer to as 'first cradle'), so why would a person need another?

well, being the jornada fan that i am, i decided i needed a second cradle for my home pc (with the first cradle being used at my work pc).

why? i thought to myself, "i would like to keep my two machines in sync with each other". you may similarly want to keep your two machines in sync.

but i don't use the second cradle (at home). why? because i found a much better solution that keeps my pc's in sync - it's by a company called fusionone. They sync both machines every day - and I don't have to bother syncing up my jornada when I go home.

and one other thing - if you do decide you want to sync at home and at work, without carrying the first cradle back and forth, i'd suggest you buy a usb cable. this will let you sync up via cradle at two machines without buying a second cradle. here's how.

connect the cradle to your work machine via usb, and take the included 'serial sync' cable (that comes with the jornada) and connect that to your home machine.

so, if your at work, plug your jornada into your cradle and it syncs via usb.

if your at home, plug your jornada directly into your sync cable and it syncs via serial (which is slower than usb, but still decent).