- Advantage 7501 > x7510

- LiveBox with Nokia 9300i

- RE: Dell XPS M1330

- Blootooth on a netBook or 5mx

- ASUS eeepc

- Pocketable and several text files

- Re: Asus eee PC

Date: 25 Feb 2008 11:16:29 +0100
From: Arabbitte <address truncated>
Subject: Advantage 7501 > x7510

> Thanks very much for your thorough discussion re the HTC 7501 and your thoughts and advice. No problem - that's what the community is for!
> I think I may then wait a while, perhaps one of those manufacturers gets some common sense for a change and builds a unit with both a decent keyboard AND a decent size screen.
Just be careful you don't slip into "nextversionitus"! If you really can wait for - say - 6 months, then I'd recommend the Sony Ericsson X1.

It has the following "everything including the kitchen-sink spec":
o 800 X 480 screen
o GPS
o Slide Out keyboard
o Smaller size and lighter than the TTYN II (despite having a screen thats 800 X 480 rather than my 320 X 240!)
o FM Radio
o Yet to be launched, next version of the WM OS - 6.1 (NOT Symbian)

Check it out at http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/
I'd be interested to see how well that screen works in practice. The pixels will be tiny, so good "reading" eyesight will be essential if you want to make use of all that resolution. If I hadn't already purchased&nbsp;my TTYN II, this would definitely be my next phone.
Just don't expect it to be cheap...

All the best from Dublin Ireland
Alan

Date: 25 Feb 2008 11:47:14 +0100
From: Timothy H.D. Williams <address truncated>
Subject: LiveBox with Nokia 9300i

I have a Mac and a Nokia tablet and have no problem getting onto the 
net. But the Nokia 9300i for some reason, after accepting the WEP 
code, tells me it can find no internet connection.

I suspect that I am not giving the correct information in the Advanced 
page of the internet control panel. Can anyone suggest the correct 
entry? I use an Orange LiveBox wifi connection.

T

Date: 25 Feb 2008 20:22:34 +0100
From: "Daniele Squarci" <address truncated>
Subject: RE: Dell XPS M1330

Moshe wrote:
> It's interesting that for a (light) laptop you suggest a Dell, which I just decided to order the other day (Dell XPS M1330). If you have any advice re its purchase (components, etc.) and/or use I would greatly appreciate hearing about it.

Moshe,  I just got a Dell XPS M1330 as a replacement for an ageing IBM Thinkpad. It's an excellent piece of kit, with a brilliant 13.3" LED screen, and wonderfully legible - I hardly notice the difference switching from the 15"! It weighs just over 1.8 kg with the standard six cell battery. Get the extra 9 cell battery - well worth it to get a complete day's work without having to recharge.  It connects to Wi-Fi networks in a flash and I'm a fan of the quick Vista restart from hibernation. Looks great too.

My Malaybook has by now earned its retirement: I could not use it for work purposes anymore as it would not connect to modern Wi-Fi, and PsiWin synching had simply become a pain...

Ciao

Daniele Squarci - Italy

Date: 25 Feb 2008 22:11:24 +0100
From: David Steer \(Plus\) <address truncated>
Subject: Blootooth on a netBook or 5mx

Has anyone tried one of these on a netBook, Series 7, 5mx or Revo:

http://www.netpcdirect.co.uk/bluetooth_serial_adapter.php
I am increasingly finding that mobile phones are lacking IR ports and was wondering if anyone had had any success in using a blouthooth RS232 serial adaptor to connect to a mobile for calls or to any other bluetooth device for file transfer - perhaps even to PsiWin.

Regards

David

Date: 26 Feb 2008 22:41:04 +0100
From: John Spillett <address truncated>
Subject: ASUS eeepc

I have followed the observations about this with interest. However none of the ones I have seen have an internal modem fitted so how do you send / receive emails away from a wifi hotspot? I have not seen a Linux USB modem for sale nor a Linux USB Infa red port.

Have I missed something?

Regards John.

Date: 27 Feb 2008 08:34:25 +0100
From: ROUQUIER Denis RD-TECH-GRE <address truncated>
Subject: Pocketable and several text files

Hello,

I am looking for a device with the following specs :
- pocketable
- complete keyboard (AZERTY)
- text editor with OUTLINE mode
- ability to keep two or more text files open at the same time,
  and to easily switch from one to the other

The Psion 5mx is of course the perfect answer (with many more features)
but mine stopped working (cable problem ...) ; the Nokia 9500 is a
decent
candidate ; the E90 is not (only one text file at a time !) ; can anyone

here suggest other answers ?

Thank you

Denis Rouquier (Orange)<address truncated>

Date: 27 Feb 2008 22:56:17 +0100
From: Ajai Khattri <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Asus eee PC

On 20 Feb 2008, Chris Handley wrote:

> The Asus Eee certainly looks like a terrific little machine, but it > doesn't do *everything* a Netbook does:
>
> * No touch screen - but a future Eee model is rumoured to have one.

You might like to look at this "TangoX" machine from Asia - it has a touchscreen and a built-in VOIP handset (!) as well as being quite tiny.

http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/sunggi
(Or Google for TangoX - nice pics on Gizmodo).

--
Aj.