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The Digest Wed, 20 Oct 2004 Volume
02 : Number 615
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In today's The Digest 10 messages
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- RE: Q re web-access in San Diego/US
- Subject: New Truly Pocket PC
- Macro5 for revo beta, UIQ Phones,
Date: 18 Oct 2004 18:41:04 +0100
From: Bob
Subject: RE: Q re web-access in San Diego/US
Hi Vlad,
I am in Washington State, at least we are on the same coast. I have been
using Earthlink ever since my first Psion in 1994 and it works great. Actually
it started as Sprynet, then into Compuserv, and then Mindspring and then
Earthlink. You know how everyone keeps buying everyone out. So you
really have to pay attention to who you have on anything any more. I will
say that Earthlink is very helpful with very good customer service. Hope
this helps.
Thanks,
Bob
Date: 18 Oct 2004 20:09:11 +0100
From: Bob
Subject: Re: new TubeRoute released
Hi Chris,
I have downloaded your new TubeRoute, even thought in the states, I travel to
England quite often as my wife is from England. So the Tube thing is kind
of cool. I downloaded it looks like line 4 for example, do you have to do
the same for all of it, download all the lines on your .sis file or is there a
way to down load the whole think as a package or folder of its own. If not I
can download it all and make a folder for it.
Thanks,
Bob
Date: 18 Oct 2004 21:01:14 +0100
From: Julie A Campbell
Subject: Re: The Digest V1 # 613 (3)
Reply to Bernard Hill:
I used to have the reset problem with my P800, a couple of times a week at
least. It seems to have been fixed since I had the firmware upgraded to
latest version.
Julie
Date: 19 Oct 2004 00:39:05 +0100
From: Kate Head
Subject: #614 - Trying to find
Date: 18 Oct 2004 08:38:41 +0100
From: Steve Richardson
Subject: Trying to find
>>There was once a small app that allowed you to set up reminders so
every time you opened the psion it told you of some things >>you needed
to to..
Hi there Steve,
Would that be Neuon's nOrganiser?
All the best,
Kate!!
Date: 19 Oct 2004 00:42:04 +0100
From: Jack
Subject: Re: trying to find
To: Steve, trying to find
>>>.......in "freebie" mode it allowed 3/4 reminders - in
paid for mode it allowed you more flexibility.
I used to popup in a corner for a few secs then go..
I for the life of me can't find it in my archives...anbd I could really do with
it..
wondered if the owners might let it go public domain.... <<<<
RE:
Not in public domain
Last version =1.6
Quote from its .hlp =
"(c) 1998-2000 Denise Pope and PocketIQ
Internet http://www.dspope.net
Email denise....pope.net
To register this product simply visit the Pocket IQ internet site and follow
the registration instructions."
HTH
Jack
Date: 19 Oct 2004 07:34:05 +0100
From: Norbert Fernkorn
Re: new TubeRoute released_x003c_ _x002f_p>
Hello John, hello Cris,
Who is the programmer of TubeRoute?
Next Week I'm in Honkong again.
Is it possible to create a TubeRoute map for Honkong?
Or - how can I do it by myself?
Best regards from the Harz hills
Norbert
Date: 19 Oct 2004 10:04:05 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: P800 points, 'Active Desk',
Answer to: Bernard Hill
Re.: P800 points - I don't have the P800 but still would like to make some
remarks.
If you change a battery, how long will the data on the internal disk be safe without
a battery (also interesting to know if you are out of town without charger with
a very low battery) ?
I have my P910 for a week now and no request for resets at all. I have not yet
worked out all the different beeps and signs, still have to streamline these.
I suppose they gave the P910 a new handwriting program as on the P910 it is
very fast in my experience, more so if you get the hang of how to write the
letters. I find that what helps is also to write as much as possible to the
left of the screen to avoid hitting other text input lines on the screen, that
is when the cursor jumps.
The diary program is indeed poor, but there are alternatives available for not
that much money that will make your Tunsten T obsolete.
Answer to: Mike Dyer
Re.: 'Active Desk' - Well, why don't you give us a decsription of this program
to let us know why this is the case ?
As to the keyboard, for serious text input of course I agree with you but to
enter or amend a contact detail, enter an appointment etc. it is more than
acceptable.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, U
Date: 19 Oct 2004 10:54:04 +0100
From: Franco Cozzani
Subject: Subject: New Truly Pocket PC
Reply to Toodrick
"Hi
Has anyone else come across the OQO pocket PC. It looks to be very cool
although it is expensive and doesn't have great battery life. Still a
definite step in the right direction as far as I'm concerned."
Hello Todd,
Actually it seems to me not very good.
What I would like like to see produced - and miss much from the demise of
"our" Epoc machines is:
* something in the form factor of the OQO, the old Psion 5MX, the Jornadas 720
/ 728,
* perhaps a bit smaller than the Psion 7/Netbook, but larger than the Revo and
the Sony UX 50, but
* with a fully usable touch-type keyboard
* an OS which is at the same time powerful enough for managing files,
sophisticated PIM, instant on/off, auto saving and going back to appls, has
rather powerful Word & Excel-like appls + good communication
* larger battery life than a laptop.
To get that, I am ready to forego (I the sense that I can pay the price, not in
the sense that it would not be nice), an OS which can burn CDs and DVDs, run
Photoshop or can sequence DNA sequences. For that you have lots of
Windows machines (at one dime an ounce, or one pound a pound, or a few euros a
kilo - depending on where you live) and a few Apple OS X likely doing all of
that better for more money and - likely for now - often a bit slower - perhaps
G5 sequences proteins in a cluster faster ??? Ask Virginia Tech...
From what I gathered, the OQO has an awful thumboard, it takes ages to run, is
of course not instant on/off because indeed runs XP etc.
Note that I am not Window-bashing, I have a Toshiba laptop running XP and it is
a good machine and a decent OS.
But it seems that OQO offers precisely (XP) what I do not need in a mini laptop
replacement and none of what I have in my aging and still kicking MC 218 (the
clone to the 5 MX). But still miss colour in my MC 218.
Perhaps the good step - I am striving to be an optimist - is that OQO pushes
the idea of something small with a keyboard, away from the Palm form-factor. But
no more than that.
Sony-Psion anyone ?
Cheers to anyone on the digest,
Franco COZZANI
Brussels
Date: 19 Oct 2004 16:41:00 +0100
From: Bernard Hill
Subject: Re: The Digest V1 # 614
>>Reply to Bernard Hill:
I suspect your p800 battery is not a Sony Ericsson original and although
working perfectly does not 'talk' to the phones operating system properly?
<<
Quite possibly, thanks.
>>My p800 clicks three times once a day when logging onto GPRS perhaps
your phone is set to disconnect from GPRS when an incoming call appears, and
then to reconnect afterwards, hence your multiple clicks?
<<
I'm not on GPRS and the phone clicks at times without an incoming call.
Strange.
>>My p800 has never asked me to reset it in the 4 months I've owned it.
<<
It may be connected with the fact that I move through areas of no
connectivity quite often?
Bernard Hill
Date: 19 Oct 2004 17:42:06 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Macro5 for revo beta, UIQ Phones,
Answer to: Martin Guthrie
Re.: Macro5 for revo beta - Sorry can't help you. However, when will the
Symbian UIQ version be in beta ? There I can help ! <BG>
Answer to: Mike Dyer
Re.: UIQ Phones - After my initial reporting I have hit a busy time at work and
can't give it the same attention at the moment. I have not yet used Quickword,
also as without a proper keyboard what is the use of it ? I'll try
and copy the T610 ringtonesw to my P910, but the annoying thing is that the
T610 will not do anything without a SIM card in it, and so have to switch
around to do that. I have used email once, but did not get
around yet to playing more with it (do all my emailing on the
mBook). Asto Active Desk, checking my index file of all the digests
I can't find a subject of neither active nor desk. Are you sure it was in this
digest you discussed it ?
Is the bug with the keyboard software particularly to that make keyboard or is
it the same with all makes ?
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK