- Netbook screen problem/loose circuitboard components

- Re: Treo 650

- E61 User's View Part 4

- CHARITY

- RE: E61 User's view part 3

Date: 8 Oct 2006 18:28:51 +0700
From: Ian Colvin <address truncated>
Subject: Netbook screen problem/loose circuitboard components

Dear all,

I'll assume from the silence on my last question that no-one else on the list recognises this problem of losing a component from their netbook/7book's circuit board. But I still wonder if others who have had these coloured jailbars on the lower half of the screen might not have had a similar experience. The component is so small it would be easily missed. Or does all this seem unlikely to those who know more about screen circuitry than I do?

Anyway, thanks for listening.

Best regards,
Ian

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I found a small flake of solder loose in the machine and as I put the circuit board back onto the machine I noticed that where it had been lying on the screen there was a minute component.

This component is about 1mm by 1mm by 1.5mm long and comprises a small green rectangle (of plastic?) on top of which is a (very slightly) smaller white rectangle (of plastic?). Around the middle of the white rectangle is wrapped some copper (possibly a very fine wire coil but I didn't have a magnifying glass to check and it might just be sheet copper with a slight grain). It occurs to me that the detachment of this component from the circuit board might well be causing my problem.

Can anyone more familiar with circuit board componentry tell me what it probably is?
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Date: 8 Oct 2006 19:55:38 +0700
From: Steve Hodgson <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Treo 650

On 8/10/06 at 16:26 Michael wrote:

>I've had a Psion 3a, then Revo and am still using a Revo plus (Diamond
>Mako.)  I've been following the Treo line with great interest since
>before the 600 but my decision to leap keeps getting trumped by a
>combination of either a new Treo (650, 700,) other new alternatives
>(SE M600i, Nokia E61, M50, etc.) and the price/availability reality
>here in Israel.
>
>I feel the Treo is a very mature and well-thought-out platform and
>what you wrote about your 600 supports this, but I am uneasy about the
>lack of multi-tasking, reported volume/call quality problems,
>spontaneous reset and OS end-of-life issues and size/weight.
>
>Then, there are the new alternatives, each of which seems attractive
>in its own right.
>
>I'm a fan of what I would call the Treo synergy - the elegance of the
>melding of the software and hardware - but the physical elegance and
>smaller size/weight of some of the alternatives also appeal to me
>greatly.

My advice at the moment would be to hold on for slightly longer before you consider the Jump to a Treo. The Treo 650, as you mention, is pretty much at the end of its life, is no longer imported into the UK (due to ROHS compliance) and new machines are about to appear.

Rumour has it that there will be an announcement from Palm fairly soon on new machines. The 700 (Windows) is now available for pre-order but I would favour the Palm OS. My experience is that Palm OS makes it easier to do things than the equivalent Windows Mobile software.

I switched from a netBook to a Tungesten T5 then a Treo and have not regretted it. The machines do not multitask, as you say, and the software is less powerful. The major advantages for someone who uses their phone a lot are the fact that the device includes everything you need. Forget about the built-in apps and use Datebk6 or Agendus (I favour the former) for your scheduling - that way you can combine appointments and tasks in a single view in the way that Psionistas know and love.

Hope this helps.

Steve Hodgson

Date: 8 Oct 2006 21:54:27 +0700
From: William Fuggle
Subject: E61 User's View Part 4

Syncing with Mac:
This is easily achieved with calendar - iCal and contacts - Address Book via isync (on latest version of OS X 10.4.8). Sync has to be done via bluetooth and you need to patch a file manually or buy a patching prog from novamedia as the OS doesn't know about S60 3rd edition yet. I chose to pay Novamedia just under €10 although it is easy to add the relevant text lines to the isync application if you are careful. Not had any problems with the sync either way. For other files you can either send them via bluetooth file exchange or use the "browse" menu item in the bluetooth top menu which opens a finder like window for drag & dropping in either direction. It is much faster, however, to connect the supplied usb lead and connect the E61 in data transfer mode when the memory card appears as a removeable disk in the finder with usb 2.0 transfer speeds.

MS Office:
Transferring MS Office files have been fine in my limited experience and simple powerpoint files run fine on E61 (originally Keynote files for you Mac fans). Sheet is slow. My laptop is in for repair so I can't let you know more on this at the moment.

Data:
Nothing like this available that I know of.

Next time - why the E61 has had as much impact on me as my first psion Series 3.

Bill Fuggle
Birmingham, UK

Date: 8 Oct 2006 22:23:21 +0700
From: David Steer \(Plus\) <address truncated>
Subject: CHARITY

Dear Digest,

I think the charity idea is great so I have made a couple of donations -

A one off payment of £25 to Oxfam's Unwrapped

A commitment of a monthley payment to NSPCC for £5.

I would like to thank the team for their efforts and look forward to issue 2000!

Regards
David (Sent from my netBook)

Date: 9 Oct 2006 02:44:40 +0700
From: Bob <address truncated>
Subject: RE: E61 User's view part 3

Hi Bill,

I was using for a year or so Papyrus on my N-Gage QD and it's a great program.  Yes it brings your stuff from calendar right in to Papyrus.  I highly recommend it for a Series 60 machine.  I asked them if they did the same program for the Series 80, as I liked it so much, but they said no they don't.  If they did I would buy it right away.  I think it also comes with a task manger program and it was also very good.  I used it all the time to status my various installed programs and it was a great place to delete files.



Thanks,

Bob