[oguesswhat]

I am considering buying a pda. A girl I know has one (palm tungsten t3) she barley used it and would sell it cheap to me. Anyways what I was wondering was if after I used it for a while and it got old and I needed a new one...could I transfer all my nursing programs that I had paid a lot of money for to a new pda? Cause I wouldn't want to buy the programs...the pda break (I drop things a lot) and then have to buy a new one plus more programs! I would find it extremely useful since I almost managed to loose my drug book 1st day passing out meds cause I set it down for a sec cause I had been holding it for about 4 hours!

[dusky1228]

The honest answer is: maybe.
Many programs that you buy have registration codes, so save all of those. If you get a new PDA (assuming that it uses the same format-i.e. Palm OS vs Windows Mobile for example) you usually can load the programs onto the new PDA then activate them with your registration code. If that doesnt work, I have contacted the "owner" of the program I bought and told them I would like to load it onto my new PDA and usually they will then send a new registration code (after they check their records to make sure you bought it).

[fragino]

Skyscape usually lets you reload your programs to a new PDA.

As for losing things, it's a lot easier to lose your PDA than a drug book. Thats why I have mine tethered to me with one of those ID reels. I almost lost mine a couple of times the first month when I had to stop in a hurry to do something. Now when I forget it reminds me as I drag it along on the string because the reel is not strong enough to lift the weight of the PDA and it's case.