Larry
Just to clarify your comment - 'But he insists on PayPal for those of us on this side of the pond'
This is NOT true - I also accept Moneygram, Postal Order, IBAN and Western Union. However, most people prefer to use Paypal as it provides them some protection with suppliers such as myself as I am a Verified Seller. After Paypal, most other people choose IBAN/Internet banking to pay.
Just wanted to clarify.
Regards
Paul Wright
BSc MEng PGDip CEng MIEE
<http://www.psionflexi.co.uk>www.psionflexi.co.uk
<http://www.revobattery.co.uk>www.revobattery.co.uk
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> This 'new psion' would seem to be a rebadged chinese made pda also sold
> badged as a EKING and elsewhere as Digicube.
> see
> http://www.pocketables.net/2009/10/eking-s515-mid-priced-and-shipping-from-ama
> zon-china.html
>
> http://www.pocketables.net/2009/09/willcom-d4-lost-a-lot-to-become-digicube-z8
> -mid.html
>
> So did Paul actually design it?
That´s exactly what it looks like......So I am also very curious, who is the actual designer????
Nowadays Chinese companies can do wonders.....We were designing an electric 4WD utility car, we just received the first prototypes from our chinese partner a few weeks ago, and guess what, a famous tractor company just showed one (although with petrol engine) on a local agriculture fair, where I happened to be working. It was exactly our model, even the engine was from our very first (then petrol engine fitted) version, where we tested the suspension,etc. Now it is called "Scout", comes out next year in production from this famous U.S. tractor company....... ;)
So, what is the truth about PsiXpda???
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009, Chris Kantarjiev <address truncated> wrote:
> I have lately been using the HTC G1 ("the google phone") and I have to say
> that the keyboard/screen are almost as useful as my Psion was. The calendar
> program stinks, but I have hopes that Pimlico will port their Pimlical, which
> is inspired by Agenda, in short order.
>
> I'm also quite uncomfortable with the restriction that backup/sync
> is only done with Google ... I'mafraid that I just don't trust them. But that
> looks to be changing soon, too.
Ive been doing the same kind of exploration on the HTC myTouch (aka G2 /
Magic / Ion). Whenever I evaluate a device as a possible replacement, one
area (apart from calendaring) that is always lacking is finding something
to replace Data. I used to have lots of databases on my Psion and there
doesn't seem to be much available in the Linux world that could be used as
a replacement.
However, I am now an Android developer so Im seriously considering writing something that I could use as a phone database application. (Funny how Ive
come full circle being a huge Psion advocate back in the 90s, leaving to
work in the web industry for 10 years and now things are coming back to
mobile computing and data again so I have switched back to mobile
development :-)
Really phones are the only platform out there right now that have instant
on and the fairly good battery life of the Psions - so Im thinking that's
the market where a Psion replacement will possibly materialize.
The Calendar app is fairly simple but it will do for most tasks. I dont
have a problem with my data being 'in the cloud'. If you dont like it,
there are other Android phones that are *not* Google branded (and so dont
have data in the cloud). The Maps app on Google phones is probably the
best on any phone (better than the iPhone Google Maps app too).
Incidently, if there are some Android phone people out there, here's a
list of some useful PDA-type apps Ive found:
StatusNote - make mini notes that sit in your status bar. $2
B-Folders - password protected database for snippets of information (I
used to use password-protected note attachments in Agenda for sensitive information). Free.
Astrid - to-do lists management. Syncs with dontforgetthemilk.com (free).
DroidWiki - simple wiki-like notes database (free)
Linda File Manager - explore your files and folders (free)
BeamReader - free PDF viewer. Correctly handles password-protected PDFs.
Did I mention it is free? :-)
PureRSS - RSS feed reader (free)
SnapTell - scan barcode or cover of product and get info (free).
SugarSync - allows you to sync files with sugarsync.com and 4 other computers/devices. Great way to share files between home computer, work computer, laptop and phone. Free - accounts on sugarsync.com are free and
you get 1Gb of space.
Aj.