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Epoc Digest Mon, 15 Sep 2003 Volume 01 : Number 339

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In today's Epoc Digest 15 messages:

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- Re: How do the list members

- Re: Restoring too much

- Re: Alternative pda

- Re: Word wrap and Database

- RE : phoneman & t68i

- Re : Different databases

- 5mx with apparently no power.

- Administrative message

- Thanks Itamar!, TubeRoute,

- RE: Sony's Hot Crossover PDA

- Data recovery

- Drivers for Bluetooth

- Message for Malcolm

- Re: REAL alternatives to the Netbook?

- 5MX to USB phone

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 00:39:20 +0000

From: Owen H. Morgan

Subject: Re: How do the list members

Howdy!

Jack (> ):

> How do the list members manage with their Owner

> Information window? Any hints, design,

> usefulness...

> Just curious.

Mine simply contains the following:

PLEASE RETURN FOR CASH REWARD!

Owen Morgan, Yacht Naomi J. c/o Idrettsveien 6

NO 3188, HORTEN, Norway

Phone: +47 00000000

E-mail: naomi.j

The text is all centered, everything in Bold, and the top line is in a larger font than the rest. The phone number is my mother's mobile number in Norway (my old Norwegian mobile number) which will remain a constant as I meander around the world.

It may be prudent to remind everyone that if you have too much text in your owner information, you'll have problems with PsiWin. I can't remember what the limit is though. Anyone know?

Owen

Thought for the day:

To be happy for a night, get drunk;

To be happy for a month, get married;

To be happy for life, get a sailboat.

Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-953°27.22'N 6°09.05'W

Malahide, Ireland

http://home.no.net/naomij

Phone and SMS:

In Ireland: +353 (0)87 7474173

In Norway: +47 92053097

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 00:48:36 +0000

From: Oscar Fuentes

Subject: Re: Restoring too much

Epoc Digest writes:

> Date: 12 Sep 2003 16:04:21 +0000

> From: Philip Carlisle > Subject: Restoring too much

> This is a very late response to a correspondent complaining that > restoring from PsiWin gave back too many old files. Sorry I cannot > remember who asked, but I remember this was discussed about , what, > 9-10 months or so ago.

I was the original poster. Thanks for your response, Philip.

The real problem is that, from time to time, PsiWin Backup reverts the number of backup folders from 6 (my setting) to 3 (the default). This causes that some backup folders are not re-used until I revert the setting to 6 and make several backups. If, in the meantime, PsiWin changes the setting to 3 again, some folders are not used at all, but the files remains there. When a restore is performed, all folders are taken on account.

I thought that having several folders was for providing several choices in case the user wants to revert to a state different of the last backup. Restoring the newest copy of every file that existed on the previous N backups is weird, to say the least.

Regards,

Oscar

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 03:38:20 +0000

From: J

Subject: Re: Alternative pda

Sony's Hot Crossover PDA August 11, 2003

Street price: $700

Requires: Pentium II/400 equivalent processor or better (PIII/500 recommended); 96MB RAM (128MB recommended); 200MB hard drive space (350MB recommended); Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000 Professional, or XP

www.sony.com/handheld

Once again, Sony makes us reconsider what PDAs are all about. The Clié PEG-UX50 ($700 street), billed not as a PDA but as a PEO (personal entertainment organizer), combines a digital camera, an MP3 player, a thumb-style keyboard, and two flavors of wireless connectivity for entertainment and communications. The landscape screen—which makes the unit look like a doll-size laptop—really shows off Sony's superior interface for the Palm OS.

Yet even with all its features and software, the question is: Should you spend $700 for a personal entertainment device? We vote yes.

Sony packs the UX50 with productivity, PIM, and entertainment software, with accompanying desktop software for data conversion and editing. We particularly like the PDA's—er, PEO's—image viewing and editing software, Clié Viewer. The utility displays both image and video files with accompanying photo-editing and photo-album software.

The 480-by-320 (also known as half-VGA) color TFT display proves quite good for viewing Web content using the included NetFront 3.0 browser.

With the screen up, you can use the keyboard in the unit's miniature laptop configuration, or you can swivel the screen 180 degrees and fold it flat against the keyboard for PDA functions that don't require typing.

Control keys along the edge of the case work well in either configuration. And despite the keyboard (and camera), the clamshell case weighs just 6 ounces (other Cliés top 10 ounces) and measures 0.7 by 4.1 by 3.4 inches—easily fitting in a pocket or bag.

The integrated wireless works well—connecting to the Internet over our home wireless network using the UX50's 802.11b adapter took only three taps.

And Sony's Bluetooth manager, which makes the built-in Bluetooth reasonably simple to use (given that technology's realities), comes with presets for connecting to leading Bluetooth-enabled phones.

The on-board camera is easy to use. The lens, which is built into the hinge, swivels freely for capturing images in front and in back of the PDA. Resolution is only 640-by-480 (about a third of a megapixel) though, so don't expect to print or enlarge photos.

The UX50 uses Sony's new proprietary CXD2230GA Handheld Engine PDA processor and chipset and includes nonvolatile memory for data backup should the battery run down completely. In all, there is 104MB of onboard memory including 16MB available for backup, 16MB for user files and programs, and 29MB reserved for multimedia files.

As with Cliés before it, the UX50 has raised the bar for all PDAs—both Palm OS and Pocket PC—in terms of features, connectivity, and multimedia applications. It's not cheap, but being in a class by yourself lets you command a premium.

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 05:27:51 +0000

From: Jaan Sass

Subject: Re: Word wrap and Database

I do not think you can get the fields to wrap. If I am write the database program in the 5mx is similar to the one in the 7/netbook. I also use mine heavily I heavily define my categories so I do not have to worry about it. I use mine primarily for casenotes and job development stuff ( I am a Employment Specialist/Job Coach for the mentally disabled and other disabilities).

> I've started using the standard 5mx database to store

> case briefs (just started law school). Since I am not

> expert in whittling down the data in each field to the

> barest essentials, I chose to make each a memo field.

> Only problem I am having is that when I print it, the

> fields don't wrap. I hate to put a bunch of line breaks

> in. Is there some way to get these fields to wrap when

> printing. If not, is there a database application that

> will do this on my 5mx and netBook?

> --

> Chris Holly

> Bloomington, Indiana, USA

> Living in the wasteland of the free . . .

Bye bye

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 08:40:43 +0000

From: Jack

Subject: RE : phoneman & t68i

To: Gianluca Gallino

>>>>...Phoneman PRO with the latest release available on the Zenobyte site. Unfortunately, it seems to me that I have lost much functionality if compared an old, previous version i was using. for istance, I cannot change "basic gsm phone" and even set the clock of my t68i....<<<<

With recent version 2.100 (build 451 = engine v068) + Ericsson112F plugin, Zenobyte suggested to use, with a SEt68i :

Preferences/general/Phone 520 beta2 which shows more complete phonebook entries.

But I prefer the look and feel of Ericsson (generic).

For the clock and a more complete phone setting choose SH888 in Preferences. HTH

Jack

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 08:56:25 +0000

From: Jack

Subject: Re : Different databases

To: Itamar Engelsman Subject: .........Different databases on Psion, >>>>.............What does ContactsPlus add to the Contacts program ?<<<<

Re.:

Hello Itamar,

Contacts+ (now free) is hard to summarise.. and to set up.

I use it to "group" all my contacts data files ("2 differents "Contacts" and 2 others Data containing references to people), under one only extra icon just beside the Contacts silkey.

Jack

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 12:37:06 +0000

From: jgthomson

Subject: 5mx with apparently no power.

Can anyone out there help me to solve another problem?

My 5mx shows power to the machine when plugged into the mains, but the computer will not switch on. Neither will it switch on on battery power (yes - all batteries have been replaced).

I wonder if the screen cable has broken - although with an old 3a, when this happened some of the screen drivers still functioned and I just got blank lines displayed in both the horizontal and the vertical; or maybe it has become detached in the manner in which that on my netBook did.

Can anyone tell me how to detach the base or top cover so that I might check all connections and the ribbon cable, before I take the drastic step of sending it off for an expensive repair? The tiny screw under the battery compartment just turns, but does not seem to want to come out on a thread.

Regards,

Jim Thomson.

160 Main Street, Carnwath, Lanark, ML11 8HR.

e-mail address: jgthomson

Tel: 01 555 840 832 / 07 050 074 336

-- All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure that this message is virus-free.

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 14:05:46 +0000

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Administrative message

To: Ian Roberts & Robertsont & Rene de la Rie

Your mailbox returned the digest 3x in a row and we had no other choice but to unsubscribe you for a week. We trust you will get the digest from another source and sort out the problem with your mailbox.

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

London, UK

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 14:05:48 +0000

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Thanks Itamar!, TubeRoute,

Answer to: Gary Jenkinson

Re.: Thanks Itamar! - Well, the aim of my message was not to push anyone out of the Psion range of products <G>, but I am a firm believer in using the machines that fulfil your requirements and if this is the way to go, than success with it. Looking at the specs however I find it somewhat lower specified than for example the Sony Clie. You made a quick choice on the basis of your familiarity with Dell, but did you check that this machine fully fullfilled your requirements ?

Answer to: Chris S Handley

Re. TubeRoute - Maybe it would also help to give more specific instructions how to add maps and other details to your program ? [if I missed something and it has been done already, forgive me].

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

London, UK

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 14:51:50 +0000

From: Janet I. Fine

Subject: RE: Sony's Hot Crossover PDA

After reading posting about the Sony Clié PEG-UX50 in Digest #338 I went to

the web site to check it out. Although it seems to have a lot of exciting

features, it looks like you cannot edit Word or Excel on this machine - only

view the documents. If this is so it would seem that the only Clie's on

which you can edit these documents would be the ones without the built in

keyboard. Am I right about this? If so, it wouldn't be the device for me.

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 20:20:29 +0000

From: Lord Wodehouse

Subject: Data recovery

> Essential Disk Utilities: CheckDisk. Unfortunately shareware, from Atelier > - which afaik is not among us anymore.

I have a copy somewhere - whether I can find it and any registration info is another matter.

However the company does still exist:

http://www.ateliersoftware.com/epoc/index.html

Yours John.

Tel: +44 1763 289 732 e-mail: mailto:w0400

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 21:05:41 +0000

From: Kevin Thorne

Subject: Drivers for Bluetooth

David Steer wrote:

If it's possible I'm just wondering how much work would be involved. I'd be more than happy to buy the drivers along with a PC card to use Bluetooth on my S7! I assume (though possibly incorrectly) that the reason no one has done this yet is because it's just not worth the effort to write these drivers.

Regards

Kevin Thorne

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 21:54:29 +0000

From: Buzzjazz

Subject: Message for Malcolm

Hey Malcolm!

Did you say that POS told you that flexing the cable (opening and closing the 5) would cause it to HARDEN, or otherwise become brittle, and

BREAK? Seems odd.

Manifest More Mirth

So Sayeth Buzz Brooks

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Date: 14 Sep 2003 22:44:25 +0000

From: Korbinian

Subject: Re: REAL alternatives to the Netbook?

Hi Simon

Simon Wolf wrote at 8 Aug 2003 08:31:52 +0100 in EPOC DIGEST V1 # 314 (11)

> I will post another full update on how things are

> going shortly but, in brief, it's still a big

> thumbs up!

I don't no if you have already done that, I'm very far back reading the digest.

Providing so, sorry!

> To answer your final question, since getting the

> iBook I have only rebooted a handful of times (all

> but one due to having to after installing system

> updates ...

I'm also in the mood to buy, in my case, a PowerBook which fascinated me since I saw it the first time. Somebody of my college owns one.

> After almost two weeks I still smile when I open

> the case and up pops everything exactly as it was

> left.

*g*

My question is now: How does it work together with your Psion (was a netbook?). How do you transfer data and how do you sync.

In my case, I own an 5mx, wifi is of course not available. I don't think any other network. Infared is also not supportet if I'm right. Remains a USB to serial converter? Or PCMCIA to CF. If I remember correctly there are an update for OS X which remove the problems writing to a CF with both systems. Therefore this could be a good solution to move much data...

Can you please write you experiences. And of course any other Apple-Psion User :)

regards

Korbinian

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Date: 15 Sep 2003 03:04:09 +0000

From: Bruce Ferrell

Subject: 5MX to USB phone

I've been able to use my 5MX with a null modem adapter on my motorola timeport P8167. However my old faithful motorola is dying and I will porbably have to replace it. To date, all I've been able to find are phones with USB interfaces.

Can anyone suggest an adapter that I'd be able to use? Any other suggestions for keeping my 5MX "alive"?