Phone and SMS:
In Spain: +34 620520079
In Norway: +47 92053097
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 13:16:22 +0000
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: Psion's future
>
> Meanwhile, Psion could be planning go back to the handheld market it > left in 2001, according to Tolley. "They still have the expertise and > others are not doing a good job," Tolley said.
http://www.vnunet.com/Analysis/1152894
T
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 14:41:40 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Atomic time & CronTab
Well, of course, Atomic Time will now work properly even though CronTab is switched on and my time will be adjusted each time I connect. Amazing !!
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 17:53:17 +0000
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: Mobipocket and ExAb conflict
Howdy!
"Chris Holly" wrote (> ):
> I dearly love ExAb if only for the Ctrl-spacebar
> access to open programs.
You can get this with Macro5 and Merlin as well, and probably a number of other task launchers.
> However, I notice that
> when I try to copy from Mobipocket, ExAb hangs and
> I have to kill it.
I seem to remember the author of ExAb is a digest member. Did you try e-mailing him? Seems like a nice guy, so I'm sure he'll do his best to help you. (I'm struggling very hard to try to remember his name! I don't use ExAb.)
Owen
Thought for the day:
Always acknowledge a fault frankly. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you opportunity to make more.
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°14.86'N 16°50.54'W
Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
http://home.no.net/naomij
Phone and SMS:
In Spain: +34 620520079
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 17:53:23 +0000
From: Owen H. Morgan
Subject: Re: Oxford English dictionary
Howdy!
I wrote (>> ):
>> It's 8487680 bytes.
Martin Guthrie wrote (> ):
> That's odd. My copy is 6981273 bytes (6.7Mb).
> Seems to be completely complete (well, it goes
> from a-z! Erm, no, I lie; it goes from "'cause" to
> "øre" - i.e. before "a" to after "z".).
So does mine.
> Could there be two versions?
It seems like it. I wonder whether it's a difference in compilation or a real difference in the contents? Anyone have both versions? I know David Lir has the same one as I do because I put it on a CD and snailed it to him, but I haven't heard from him on the list or in private since early January. I hope he's OK.
> It's a shame that the app doesn't let
> you count the number of entries - I've always
> thought that'd be useful...
Does anyone know whether it is possible to unbind a TR file? Then we could both export them as txt or something and at least get a definite number of bytes.
> The TR2 format was supposed to have better
> compression Owen - are you sure that you've not
> got it in TR1 format perhaps but being opened by
> your TR2-compatible EPOC client?
I'm pretty sure that when I upgraded from TR1 to TR2 on the Psion, it converted my files for me the first time I opened them. I can't remember whether I got hold of OED before or after this upgrade though, so I can't say whether it's a file created for TR1 and updated by the TR2 application or one created for TR2. Maybe that's the difference. Maybe files originally created for TR2 are more effecient than those updated from TR1 to TR2?.
Daniele Squarci wrote (> ):
> I'm not sure if the OED is full or abridged, but
> it has 45891 entries from 4to to zymurgy :-)
Maybe not abridged, but it seems to be slightly truncated both ends. As Martin said, the TR version or versions start at 'cause and end with øre. If I counted correctly, I have 452 entries before 4to, mostly suffixes preceded by "-". The K2 version has either skipped them or put them in their alphabetical place in the dictionary without the "-".
> No mention if you can make your own K2 files.
I'd be grateful if someone could research this further and also whether it's possible to unbind a TR file. Apart from the obvious advantage of file size, I really miss not being able to copy and paste from TR. It was a great way of winning arguments!
Owen
Thought for the day:
People usually get what's coming to them... Unless it's been mailed.
--
Owen H. Morgan, Yacht "Naomi J.", LD-928°14.86'N 16°50.54'W
Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands
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Phone and SMS:
In Spain: +34 620520079
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 18:31:10 +0000
From: Arent Kits van Heijningen
Subject: RE: Epoc Digest V1 # 451 (4) RE : - Potter, Psion, Linux, things are going to change
On 18 Feb 2004 13:19:38 +0000
Itamar Engelsman wrote about:
Potter, Psion, Linux, things are going to change,
>>Re.: Potter, Psion, Linux - Psion has been stripped down and does not have the development, R&D and other divisions anymore to develop new products. They would further need a huge investment in marketing, advertising and promotion to make any impact with new machines in the USA market where they failed last time and where Palm reigns as king.
Also it appears that EPOC will not return as it is now owned by Symbian and not Psion anymore.<<
indeed Psion has now completely divested itself from both Symbos 16 as well as Symbos 32 and is now a *CE-only shop
( Note : Symbos 16 = S3MX and last release of Workabout industrial handheld , Symbos 32 = S5MX/Ericsson MC 218/S7/Revo and Netbook Classic as well as smartphones such as Nokia Series 60, 80, and 90 )
This is a fiercely competitive market where they have to compete against players such as Symbol , Intermec , Itronix as well as a number of local upstarts
And the future of Symbian now that Nokia is in the driver's seat ?
My estimated guess is that Nokia is in a position to completely close off the native ( C++/OPL ) API's leaving Java as the only option for third-party applications
This is now already happening with their 3G offerings such as the 6650 and the 7600
Smartphones with open Symbian will remain available for years to come but eventually supplies will dry up and people have to move to other platforms , just as has happened with Psion ( this will - however -take a much longer time than with Psion , as the numbers will be much larger, unless MicroSoft successfully exerts its intellectual property rights on key parts of the OS )
>>From the same article, "Will dispensing with the need to pay royalties to Symbian save enough money to make Psion's new generation of robust mobile devices competitive?" <<
Unlikely , they have to work hard to bring *CE on par with Symbian 16/32 as used in the "old" Risc-based models and they have to work against an ( entrenched ) competition
This could easily eat up any cost savings
>> A sub-notebook is the like of the netBook ? Certainly a "miniature keyboard" is not a replacement of the
5MX ?<<
The market niche for a pocketable keyboarded machine has now been taken up by Sony with the PEG-UX and Sharp with the SL-B and SL-C models , not to mention the RIM Blackberry
Psion could position itself in the generic business as well as the "prosumer" markets but again competition will be fierce as they have no differentiator against their competitors
A bigger threat to the PDA/smartphone will be the ultrapersonal computer , a PDA or ( large i.e brick-style ) smartphone-sized PC ( PC as in Apple Mac or IBM -compatible ) ,these will run standard PC operating systems and applications and use standard PC peripherals
The initial cost may be greater , the TCO will be substantially less ( operating system and applications are the same )
Development has reached the point that mass production can begin
k
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 18:32:11 +0000
From: Astrid Stappenbeck
Subject: Re: Euro on a web page
Hi Simon,
> PS anyone tell me what to type in html to get € to appear on a web page? At present I just write "Euro 2.99". Also what happens if I put in code for € and a viewer's computer is too old to manage it? <
I tried pocketIQ's html program and just typed the Euro-symbol € and it displayed ok in web.
If the viewer doesn't know the sign it usually displays the code. (Some Guardian articles had a pound and a bullet symbol that came as code e.g.)
I am no programmer, so these are just observations from a user.
Hope that helps,
Astrid
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 18:33:47 +0000
From: Antony
Subject: replacements for WinXP apps?
To: Peter Rand
I forgot to include on my last message a good email client. This one is quite good as it has lots of support due to its cross-platform nature. Mozilla : http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/download/
It's not just an email client, it is more of an internet suite, including a browser, newsgroup reader, IRC client and HTML editor.
I think MS IE was based on it when first written, so it can't be that bad. Not that I'm endorsing IE, just stating there may be closer compatibility with IE than other browsers such as Opera.
Antony Booth
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 18:56:44 +0000
From: Antony
Subject: Psion's future?
Mobile communications have had 1 main problem, the interface. People want a device that fits in the pocket, but can then be used as a computer. So far, technology has either been a PDA with a keyboard that some consider too bulky or a PDA with a virtual keyboard that most people feel is impractical to compose anything of substance on them. Another technology of text recognition is either too slow or too unreliable. The main limitation with a small device, however, is the screen size. Even the trusty S3/5/MX/Revo and the others have smaller screens than most people are happy with.
There is a solution with the keyboards by having a soft keyboard that is foldable and now there is technology being developed to create 'floppy screens'. I think it was Philips that announced this technology is now going into mass production last week . At the moment, they can only create black and white models, but say they can be rolled up to the thickness of a pen as it is a thin plastic sheet. If this is the case, potentially there could be phones with screens that can be pulled out like a projector screen and similarly that same could be done with a keyboard.
When these happen, I believe the mobile telephony PDA will take off and eventually supercede the Laptop or at least 'merge with laptop technology'
Antony Booth
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 18:58:09 +0000
From: Rolf Vonau
Subject: Re: Russian dictionary
Reference is made to the mail in the Epoc Digest V1 # 453 (9) :
Daniele Squarci wrote at 19.02 2004 (> ):
> but note that
> there is also a K9 program mentioned, as the
> address
> http://www.mypsion.ru/k-9.php Is there any Russian
> speaker on the digest that can explain to us what
> the difference is?
Buon giorno, Daniele,
The 2nd line in the a.m. site says:
Attention! The new version of K-9 now is called K2 and is at the separate site, which you already know.
--
Best Regards
Rolf
Munich
http://home.arcor.de/rhvonau/index.htm
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 19:14:26 +0000
From: Rolf Vonau
Subject: Re: Compuserve & Cologne, Germany
Reference is made to the mail in the Epoc Digest V1 # 453 (9) :
Itamar Engelsman wrote at 19.02 2004 (> ):
> exhibition. Murphy's Law, Compuserve have
> conneciton numbers in various cities in Germany
> but ... not in Cologne (Koeln).
> Has one of the German subscribers any idea whether
> there might be an old Compuserve connection number
> in Cologne not published anymore
Hi Itamar,
you can use the Germany wide number 0191930
Obviously CompuServe do not like Murphy.
--
Best Regards
Rolf
Munich
http://home.arcor.de/rhvonau/index.htm
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 20:26:31 +0000
From: Carlos Rodriguez
Subject: Compuserve Cologne numbers
>Date: 19 Feb 2004 13:12:38 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Compuserve & Cologne, Germany
>In March I will be 5 or 6 days in Cologne for an exhibition. Murphy's Law, Compuserve have conneciton numbers in various cities in Germany but ... not in Cologne (Koeln).
>Has one of the German subscribers any idea whether there might be an old Compuserve connection number in Cologne not published anymore (just like the central London number which still works) but still active ? I will have free local phone calls from my hotel room <sigh>.
>Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
Dear Itamar,
my CS software 4.0.2. shows these two entries: (221) 2406202 1200-33600 baud (221) 924350 ISDN 64k_ISDN
They are listed under Cologne, not Köln. You could also try by searching for the prefix 221.
All phone numbers in the CS directory have so far shown to be correct...
Good luck!
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 20:44:31 +0000
From: Axel Moberg
Subject: Scandinaivan (last time?) and connectivity
Owen is right (in #450) that I am not great touch typist. But politics is the art of the possible. Facts of life are that I have to switch all the time between different Swedish and non-Scandinavian layouts. Key mapper may be the best, but it has disappeared from the radar screen. But if someone would be so kind to send it, it would be appreciated. If so as zip-file; my operator has blocked exe-files.
Please forgive another ignorant question. My old MC 218 has IR to some older Ericsson phones (but not newer ones with NSCSD or whatever it's called if I am correctly informed), and settings for some other modems. The netBook, that I haven't got yet, has IR and a PC-cardslot. Now, IR is OK if you are comfortably seated at a table, but not so great in a taxi, or an underground train (or the stairway in a hospital, which was not fun). My question is whether there is some other way to connect it to a mobile phone (apart from the latest version that has bluetooth), preferably a modern one. The connector cable to the PC is some kind of serial cable, after all. Could that be used somehow? Any other way? And how to connect it to modern mobile phones? And how about the netBook?
Have a nice week-end
Axel Moberg
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 21:33:45 +0000
From: vlad a
Subject: Itamar Compuserve in Köln # 453 (2)
> Epoc Digest wrote on 20.2.2004 16:24 Uhr:
> In March I will be 5 or 6 days in Cologne for an exhibition
I seem to remember there never was a Cologne #.
CIS switched a while ago to Germanywide numbers, afaik..
Try:
0191930
The old one for Düsseldorf (also try a 2 at the end):
98751001
might work in Cologne as well.
There's Internet by call. Hotels I heard of restrict access though and have
their own offers. There's free internet by call on weekends.
I'd rather recommend the local beer than Compuserve...
I live in Duesseldorf, so give a sign if you feel like (you're 20 min. by
Intercity away).
best,
vlad a
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 23:07:07 +0000
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: On-board Photography
On 20 Feb 2004, at 12:01, Epoc Digest wrote:
> Developing film and prints onboard would simply use too much water.
Can I recommend the Sony Cybershot UDSC-U60?
It's under 330 euros and is waterproof up to 5 feet. And is fast. I have it permanently with me and can take a good photo in a couple of seconds. Two mb but I have printed a4 prints with no problem.
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Date: 20 Feb 2004 23:12:56 +0000
From: Timothy H.D. Williams
Subject: TRaider
On 20 Feb 2004, at 12:01, Epoc Digest wrote:
> The TR2 format was supposed to have better compression Owen - are you > sure that you've not got it in TR1 format perhaps but being opened by > your TR2-compatible EPOC client? I thought it was only the Windows
> version of TR that could convert the files from TR1 to TR2?
I have noticed that TR installs two different apps folders in the System/Apps folder. I have deleted one with no deleterious effect.
Can't remember which.
Tim
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