- Re: AardWord

- Netbook PC, Netbook Epoc or Netbook Pro...?

- Re 9300 E62 E71 and 5mx modem

- IR mobilephone as modem

- Psion's claim to "netbook" - again

Date: 8 Feb 2009 11:45:24 +0000
From: Steve <address truncated>
Subject: Re: AardWord

Regarding Harold's question on Aardword :

> Date:  Saturday, 7 February 2009
> From:  Harold Fuchs <address truncated>
> Subject:  Where is AardWord ?

> Does anyone *know* if Nick Hoggard and/or Aardword is still around ?
> Or if the program is still supported or has been enhanced (and by whom) ?

Well I bought this program (AardWord Plus UK
edition) for my Sony Clié way back in December
2002, along with AardMemo, AardSpell, AardTimes. and AardTris (Game).

Yes, the main site no longer exists, but all
these programs are still available on Handango
(http://www.handango.com)..just do a search on
"All of Handango" and they all show up !

The latest version I have of AardWord PLUS (UK Edition) is V1.9.5.

Hope this helps !

Kindest Regards,
Steve

Date: 8 Feb 2009 21:44:59 +0000
From: Stéphane Sage <address truncated>
Subject: Netbook PC, Netbook Epoc or Netbook Pro...?

Hello all

With a 5mx as agenda, contacts and database, I still want to be able to surf on the web + use PowerPoint, Word and Excel  with a (not too cramped) colour screen which I can carry around at home, in the garden or in the train...thanks to its small weight and footprint.

Netbooks PC get more and more powerful and sophisticated (or will soon), with apparently increasing autonomy, Netbook Epoc would allow me to have all my programs on both machines (5mx and Netbook) but with no  "modern" connectivity (WiFi, Bluetooth,...) and need for converting "office"
files to Micro$oft programs so that my correspondents can open and read them.

Netbook Pro could then look like the ideal compromise. But what of Windows CE.Net ? Has it not become rather extinct, with not too many software around (as opposed to Epoc 32 or XP -see Mozilla and the amount of freeware available) ?

Thanks for yr views on that.

Greetings from Grenoble.

Stephane SAGE

Date: 9 Feb 2009 19:14:13 +0000
From: Peter McCafferty <address truncated>
Subject: Re 9300 E62 E71 and 5mx modem

Bobby,

I think you're out of luck, as all the later Nokia phones, AFAIK, use a different Infra Red protocol, which although it allows file transfer etc through 3rd party software such as PIBeam.

Simply, this allows a one time only transfer between your 5mx and your phone, but not a continuous on-demand IR flow as required by a modem.

Psion did release a successor to the Netbook, the Netbook Pro, which I found out just now with a bit of Googling, they released an updated IR driver for. I assume this is for the Windows CE onboard OS. Prob not much good for us Epoc dependent users.

see this: http://www.hpcfactor.com/news/?iid=269
I hope someone else can add some more info on this.

regards

Peter
     

Date: 9 Feb 2009 22:17:01 +0000
From: John Spillett <address truncated>
Subject: IR mobilephone as modem

I do not have any experience of the 9300 or the E62 however I do use either a Nokia 6310i and a Nokia N73 as a modem for my Psion 5MX for email on a daily basis. Indeed this is being typed on it. I use GPRS by dialing *99# instead of a dial up number. Setting up the modem and a User on the Psion is explained in the Psion Email getting started guide.
Receiving text based email is a doddle and does not need WIFI hotspots just your mobile phone. BUT HTML emails which are becoming more and more prevalent as Banks etc think we need pretty pictures will require a macro to get them copied to a file and read in WEB . (Or cut and paste to a text file with a .htm extension)
Macro5 comes into its own here and the necessary macro comes with it.
The main issue is in sending email with the inbuilt Mail application now that SMTP authentication is almost universal.
This is easily overcome on the 6310i on Virgin Mobile by subscribing ( very cheaply ) to an email server such as SMTP.com who do not use this type of authentication. You do not change your email account only who you send emails via.
The other alternative is to instal SMTPAuth which is a piece of Java software that sits between "Mail" and your server provider and handles the authentication. This works well with the N73 on Vodaphone as Vodaphone do not like SMTP.com and bounce them.
Another option is to move to the only more modern Email program XJmail which works well but is "different" to "Mail". Receiving mail is much faster on XJmail and the emails are stored as normal text files not in an unexplained Psion format .

In summary, it works, especially for simple text . You can use the Psion keyboard ( a big + ). You can send attachments, but not too large as GPRS is not Broadband. There are however some issues to bear in mind.

Another path is an EEPC or look alike and a USB mobile phone dongle.

Regards

John

Date: 10 Feb 2009 10:37:15 +0000
From: Chris Cooper
Subject: Psion's claim to "netbook" - again

From
http://domainnamewire.com/2009/02/08/think-twice-before-registering-netbook-domain-names/
>>

.. Now Google is weighing in on the term. Psion asked Google to not
allow companies to use the term netbook in their Adwords ads. After
investigating, Google decided to comply.

There have been a handful of domain sales including the word netbook,
including netbooks.de ($3,222), netbooksinc.com ($5,556), and, just this
month, ThinkNetbook.com $75. ...

>>

and from
http://jkontherun.com/2009/02/06/google-to-psion-netbook-is-indeed-a-protected-trademark

>>

Google to Psion- “netbook” is indeed a protected trademark
Late last year we were covering the news that Psion was informing folks
that they owned the trademark for the term “netbook” and that it should
not be used generically.  Psion subsequently responded to our coverage
and stated that they were only going to go after those who were using
the term “netbook” in ventures for profit.

It’s been quiet for a bit about this but today Psion let us know that
Google has investigated the trademark claim and determined that
“netbook” is indeed a protected trademark.  Google does these
investigations as they are impacted when they run ads on their network.
The determination by Google that the term “netbook” is duly registered
and protected has prompted them to inform their ad customers that the
term can no longer be used in Google ads.

It will be interesting to see how Intel reacts as they are openly using
the netbook term in their promotional material and in fact run a web
site at that domain.  Can I hear a mini-notebook from the crowd?  Or
sub-note?