On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Hugh Dibley wrote:
> Running ubuntu, it is not an "instant on" 5mx/phone type device taking 45 > secs to boot up the the Username/Password, and 45 secs to shut down.
Just to clarify:
Psions have instant on because they dont actually shutdown - they sleep (if you recall, the first time you switch on a Psion it takes 2 minutes to boot the OS, after which you have instant off and on because you are
merely putting it to sleep). You can also do the same with Ubuntu - my laptop takes 5 seconds to put to sleep and about 10 seconds to wake up.
What you're doing is the Psion equivalent of doing a hard-reset which in fact shuts down EPOC and reboots it (which is why it take 2 minutes
again). So you need to find the sleep option, not shutdown option.
Aj. (Linux user since 1992!)
Hi,
I have just got a great 9300 from ebay to replace the 9300i which died in the washing machine (!).
In the 3 or so years since I got the 9300i things have changed dramatically for the S80 platform and I can't seem to get a registered version of Powerdesk Pro. My old code won't work as it's based on the IMEI, and Rock Your Mobile won't reply to any of my emails.
Does anyone know of a similar app? I could reluctantly pass up the today view if I had to, but the CTRL + Spacebar task manager is something just can't live without.
Hoping someone can help :)
All the best
Craig
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2009, Larry De Coste <address truncated> wrote:
> And from AJ
>
> > 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. >
> That's the key point after keyboard for me: Instant... NOT fast,
> Instant.
> AND ... Instant switching between multiple tasks... all there waiting
> for me.
Its ironic that a lot of these phones have slideout keyboards and look
like PDAs...
Aj.
Hi All,
I just downloaded a program called Swype from
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/for windows mobile phones, for more
details read http://www.swypeinc.com/product.html.
It is an input program instead of handwriting recognition or keyboards.
Instead of pressing each letter separately you swipte your stick or
finger over the keyboard and touch the letters of a word and the program
will automatically write the word. If there are more possibilities you
can choose from a list. It will also put the spaces in between words. It
really works very well, far above my expectations. I think it is quite
revolutionary and speeds up the writing of texts or emails considerably.
For those with the right phones, have a try.
Bye,
Itamar