TheDigest Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Volume 02, Number 1448


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Topics

  1. Re: Swype
  2. cf corrupt
  3. Subject: Instant on
  4. Nokia 9300 & Powerdesk Pro
  5. Ubuntu Question
  6. Psion Instant On
  7. Instant On,

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Date: 16 Dec 2009 22:54:08 +0000
From: Alastair Wiggins <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Swype


The Swype link has been removed, but I found another one that works (for now):

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=598633
Looks interesting and I shall certainly be trying it on my Sony Ericsson Xperia X1.

Alastair

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Date: 17 Dec 2009 06:04:32 +0000
From: Gianluca Gallino <address truncated>
Subject: cf corrupt


Ciao All

For the first time ever i experienced the Fact of a corrupted cf yesterday

I was working on an epoc word file on the disk C of my netBook and I decided to close it, move it on D and rename it

Than i started working on it again and gave the command Save

After That, i got a soft reset and the D disk was descripted as corrupt

Any chances to get back my files?

Any hints?

Thanks in advance

Gianluca Gallino

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Date: 17 Dec 2009 08:16:25 +0000
From: Wong Koi Hin <address truncated>
Subject: Subject: Instant on


Hi Aj,

Aj wrote> 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.

I think it depends on the definition of the terms we use. On Windows
PC, the 'Sleep' mode frequently called Hibernate saves the current
state of your system/memory, writes it to disk and actually does shut
down power. Restoration time is dependent on a number of factors
including how much RAM you have (the more the slower), and I/O access
times of various devices. For example a SSD will likely restore faster
than a HDD.

A closer equivalent to a Psion's 'sleep' might actually be Standby on
a Windows PC where power is only supplied to memory to allow it to
keep its state. A resume from Standby will be faster than from a
Hibernate on the same system.

I too would like Instant on for all my computing devices and I believe
it is a matter of time before we do take it for granted on most
computers.

Warm regards,

Koi Hin

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Date: 17 Dec 2009 09:32:56 +0000
From: Martin O'Neill (IOL) <address truncated>
Subject: Nokia 9300 & Powerdesk Pro


On Date: 15 Dec 2009 14:42:08 +0000 Craig Price wrote:

>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.

Craig,

I use iDesk in a similar way as I find it easier to use than Powerdesk.  I have the following hotkeys set up:

Chr+Del to pop up task list
Menu+LeftShift to switch tasks

Don't forget that the basic system also allows you to switch tasks using the hotkey Chr+Tab.  However, I find this an inconvenient key combination, unless I have the 9300i on a desk.

I hope that this helps

Regards,

Martin O'Neill

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Date: 17 Dec 2009 20:58:54 +0000
From: Jim Watson-Gove <address truncated>
Subject: Ubuntu Question


In preparation to changing the os on my eee pc, I popped an ubuntu disk into my desktop to get familiar with ubuntu.

I have two versions.  Both locked up.  9.10 gave me:
(initramsf) unable to find a medium containing a live file system

8.10 gave me:
(initramfs) 107.2640131 ata1;srst fail (errno:16).

Any help?

The price on the Sharp Zaurus and the psiXpda are both giving me problems.  That and the 4 hour and 10 hour battery times.  I would take black and white scree to get cost down and battery time up.

Sent one of my 5mx's to flexi yesterday.

jim - port townsend, wa, usa

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Date: 17 Dec 2009 23:07:07 +0000
From: Jacques Michel <address truncated>
Subject: Psion Instant On


>
> answering Ajai Khattri. Answers are in the text.

> *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 *

[ certainly not. Any Psion that boots from scratch takes only about 15s to get the whole system loaded ]

> *, 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.
> *

[yes, correct. But then a Psion would still wake up after a two week sleep! Any other computer would not, even under Linux!]

> *
> 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). *

[I thought the 2 minutes reference was a typo error! It seems Ajai has never used a Psion before]

> PsionForever, user of Psions since 1984 (Organiser One) ! www.PsionForever.com , the French site for second hand Psions and a fast repair service.

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Date: 18 Dec 2009 01:08:09 +0000
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: Instant On,


Att.: Ajai Khattri

Re.: Instant On - Yes, I had one like that, the Qtek 9100. However, it is not really a keyboard, more a thumbboard and I for one could not really type on it and hardly ever used the keyboard. So I got rid of it and now have a much lighter and slimmer phone.

Best regards,

Itamar

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