Hi All,
WOW ! I had no idea of Edo and his work on Psions. It is indeed truly
amazing how he continues this work for the Psion community. How big and
active is the Dutch Psion community ?
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
Hi All,
As every year I have prepared my calendar file with the Jewish dates,
festivals and weekly Torah reading portions again. If anyone is
interested in receiving this send me an email to
"itamar<at>post<dot>com".
I need this file for merging into my agenda's on the Ipod Touch and HTC
Compact V phone which I keep synchronised from time to time via Windows
Outlook. However, I can produce this file only on my Psion netBook (or
for example 5MX) due to the Macro5 and Assistant programs. Every month
the name of the month and year are the same and only the date differs. I
wrote several years ago a macro where I enter the date(for example
"12"), actrivate the macro and it closes the entry, moves a day forward,
copies the entry, opens it, deletes the old date and allows me to enter
the next date. If I would have to do this day after day by hand it would
take me many many hours and I would not do it. Last night it took me in
total just over one hour for the entries of the whole year. As you can
see, it is a unique feature of the Psions that has yet to be copied on
other platforms.
Bye,
Itamar Engelsman
On 30 Dec 2009, K.I. van der Straten <address truncated>
> Then I think about two phones.
> HTC HD2
> Nokia N900
>
> Does one of you own one of those models?
> If so, what is your opinion about that
> device?
I have owned the models preceding the N900 (770, N800 & currently the N810). The N900 is the first one to include phone functionality (the previous models were all web tablets). I am currently writing this post on my N810 :-)
However, I plan to upgrade to the N900 next year. A friend of mine bought it and allowed me to check it out. Its a very nice device! Physically it is slightly smaller and slightly thicker then the N900. I think its fair to see its the swiss army knife of devices because it can do everything (literally!) - some highlights:
+ Since its a phone too, it includes 3G data access as well as WiFi. In the US, its on T-Mobile's network, which also gives you access to their hotspots too I presume.
+ Even though screen is slightly smaller than previous models (3.9"), it maintains the same impressive 800x480px screen resolution. The 'desktop' consists of several virtual screens you can flick through. (There is a separate graphics chip so graphics and multimedia are rendered smoothly). Its the same chipset (OMAP) as the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre.
+ Slide-out keyboard is no better or no worse than previous models (Im used to it but its not for everyone). There's also two onscreen keyboards and basic handwriting recognition available.
+ Has both forward and backward facing lenses so it could be used for video chat (the forward facing camera features Carl Zeiss lens).
+ Includes IR transmitter so it can be used as a universal remote.
+ Includes an FM radio.
+ Web browser engine is based on Gecko rendering engine (same as Firefox). At some point the Firefox mobile browser (Fennec AKA Firefox Mobile) will also be available (if it isnt already).
+ Add-on software allows you to merge in contacts from online services such as Facebook. Instant messaging is built-in and can connect to several different services like Trillian or Adium.
+ The OS is Linux so there is a very active developer community and more and more software is being released all the time. Im looking myself to write some software for the Maemo platform next year.
+ Previous models had Skype and Gizmo available - I used Gizmo with great results while travelling in Spain to make very cheap calls back to the US. I imagine Skype will also be available at some point on the new model.
+ Built-in storage is 32Gb Flash - enough space for a plenty of music and/or video. There is also a micro SDHC slot allowing to add up to 16Gb more to get 48Gb of total space. That's a LOT of MP3s! Could probably replace my iPod and eliminate yet another device from my bag.
+ Recharging is via micro USB cable. Battery is a standard replaceable Nokia battery.
+ Ive used Bluetooth keyboards with my N810 and I think the N900 also supports A2DP so you can stream stereo music to a Bluetooth headset.
+ Also include TV out, so you can view images and play video on a big monitor if you want.
All in all, its a pretty impressive device.
Aj.
> Comparing a Psion
That's something else than this PsiXpda, I guess? Whouldn't it be great if they joined forces somehow? Maybe it would work out :-)
best wiahws and a great 2010,
vlad a
Hello digest users!
EPOC Entertainer 23, a brand new issue for January 2010, is now available from its home at the URL below. EPOC Entertainer is a magazine leaflet about games for the EPOC32 platform. Computers covered include the Oregon Scientific Osaris, the Psion Revo/Revo Plus and Diamond Mako, the Psion Series 5, 5mx and 5mx Pro, the Ericsson MC218, the Geofox One, and the Psion Series 7 and netBook. The magazine leaflet is published monthly (usually!) in PDF format, as an A5 leaflet to be printed on both sides of A4 paper.
In this month's issue, there is news on Purple Software's Bridge game. There are two reviews: Adelino Oliveira's Carpz, and Reuben Thomas' Mr. Matt. The series on emulating other machines on the Psion continues with an article on the EMAME arcade machine emulator. As usual, downloads related to this month's reviews are available at the web site.
Happy New Year!
http://psion.cyningstan.org.uk/