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Of course megapixels don't mean much without the optics to match. Compare these two images, both taken at 640x480. Spotting the photo taken on the Treo isn't hard...

Consider the Apple Developer Guide

http://benroe.com/files/gui.html

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There are some OSS apps for Symbian - PuTTY, for example - but not many. I think the thing is that Symbian isn't that much fun to develop for, a lot of the development tools (emulator etc) are Windows-only and the Symbian market is quite good for selling software too, so a lot of the small utilities end up as pay-software rather than OSS.

At some point, I might port SiEd from PalmOS to Symbian, as I haven't used my Tungsten E in six months and I would like a decent editor on my phone.

My alternative (IXUS 50+ random small Nokia phone) to the N90, which would be cheaper, slightly smaller and a far higher quality camera.

There are plenty of cameras small enough to fit in a trouser pocket so that you can always have one with you, that's what I do with the IXUS 50.

I understand that it must be tricky with so many developers in the project to get decisions made. I find it difficult enough with my project, and I'm the only developer! I just felt the quote was indicative of the development mindset that led me to switch to GNOME.

I'm glad that KDE is taking this kind of issue more seriously - I switched to GNOME a while back, but I still check out KDE every so often. I think I still have about 30 lines of code in KImageEffect somewhere.

I'm not sure I'd have the time for working on KDE - I already run my own project and have a pile of feature requests going back months I never seem to get round to.

Even if it does not strictly adhere to Palm interface guidelines, it takes less than two mins to get used to, and it is a good .txt solution. Get it at: http://benroe.com/sied/index.shtml The program is good, but if you hate the icon, you can freely blame me.

It doesn't seem to want to deal with text files (there is no import feature for the Palm Desktop notepad or memo pad, for example).

I found the lack of a decent text editor so annoying that 18 months ago I started writing a text editor for PalmOS: SiEd. It opens text files straight from SD-Cards, as well as Palm DOC files in main memory. You can use it to convert between the two as well.

You need a system tray running - it looks like this.

If you take the palm with keyboard route as a lot of people are suggesting, I recommend SiEd for text editing, it saves files as normal text files on the memory card.
If you carry around a cellphone, you can then upload the files with VFSFTP. When I went to events before I got my laptop, I used this setup to update my webpage with live information. I could also upload photos as such.
Ah, one more handy program, Mocha Telnet, it has SSH-2 support. I used it to ssh in to make thumbnails of the photos I'd uploaded.

• why does it matter how long it takes to start? I just switch my computer on in the morning and off in the evening, so I only see the startup time once a day.
• Everything in KDE is configurable. Can you see a taskbar in this screenshot?. I have a window list bound to alt-X.
• The CLI is still there for when you need it. Transparently sftp connecting using konqueror to remote servers is useful and faster in most cases than a sftp in an xterm. If the CLI is faster for you, then use it. I think in many cases people just say that because it make them feel more 'l33t'.
• The apps in KDE are excellent - I like Juk, KMail and konqueror (as a file manager). All well integrated into the desktop.

I used to use windowmaker a lot - then I realised how much easier and faster to use KDE is.

• why does it matter how long it takes to start? I just switch my computer on in the morning and off in the evening, so I only see the startup time once a day.
• Everything in KDE is configurable. Can you see a taskbar in this screenshot?. I have a window list bound to alt-X.
• The CLI is still there for when you need it. Transparently sftp connecting using konqueror to remote servers is useful and faster in most cases than a sftp in an xterm. If the CLI is faster for you, then use it. I think in many cases people just say that because it make them feel more 'l33t'.
• The apps in KDE are excellent - I like Juk, KMail and konqueror (as a file manager). All well integrated into the desktop.

I used to use windowmaker a lot - then I realised how much easier and faster to use KDE is.