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  1. Re:Within Ericsson... on Sony Ericsson P800 Reviewed · · Score: 4, Informative
    No, it costs $400 - as I wrote.

    /me - Symbian consultant

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  2. Re:It just looks so cool!! on Sony Ericsson P800 Reviewed · · Score: 1

    ... so why don't you do that - with the P800? It includes a stereo headset, wired though - but with built in bluetooth you can do exactly what you described.

  3. Re:Within Ericsson... on Sony Ericsson P800 Reviewed · · Score: 3, Informative
    Metrowerks Symbian OS developer studio, Personal edition, costs $400.


    The SDK in itself, with which you can compile for the P800, costs nothing - just download it from SonyEricsson.

  4. Re:It's the screen on Sony Ericsson P800 Reviewed · · Score: 1
    ... the screen is also so much _better_ that the small physical formfactor isn't a problem.


    Having the handheld computer and phone in one device really, really, makes up for a lot.

  5. I have one on Sony Ericsson P800 Reviewed · · Score: 4, Informative
    ... and it's wonderful.


    It's a bit bigger than my last two cellphones, but it packs a lot of functionality. I've always had a handheld computer since I work in the embedded/telecom/handheld-industry, but I've never carried it with me. With the P800 I finally do - it's the perfect replacement for the cellphone/palm-combination.


    Oh, and Symbian OS is the meanest, cleanest, leanest wonderful little operating system to run - and code for. Really.

  6. Re:Anticompetitive? on Opera Releases "Bork" Edition · · Score: 1
    http://www.xbox.com


    Try it, with Opera - set to identify as Opera.

  7. Re:Wrong. on Linux to Power Most Motorola Phones · · Score: 2, Informative
    "Symbian OS has been ported to many ARM cored system-on-chips. These include the PrimeXSys platform from ARM, the StrongARM and XScale architectures from Intel, the OMAP platform from Texas Instruments and the Dragonball platform from Motorola."


    link


    Motorola, of course, is one of Symbian's owners.

  8. Re:Oh dear on New Antitrust Complaint Filed Against Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Thanks for making my point for me. Microsoft have _not_ done what they say they've done - I still have to manually edit the registry (something I'm happy doing - but the average user isn't) to disable .NET-registration nagging.

  9. Re:Oh dear on New Antitrust Complaint Filed Against Microsoft · · Score: 1
    MS products being displayed before those of third party competitors, which was essentially fixed in SP1.


    Please tell me how I can get Windows Messenger to SHUT UP (stop nagging me about .NET registration) even though I have to use Outlook at work. I've already selected ICQ as my default messenger service.


    There might be a cool registry hack, but we're talking about average customers - and there's _no way_ SP1 "fixed" Microsoft pushing their own products all over the place.

  10. Re:the reason they are targeting opera on Microsoft Sends Broken Stylesheets to Opera · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Don't be so quick to judge. on Microsoft Sends Broken Stylesheets to Opera · · Score: 1
    Please use your Opera v6 and v7 browsers and go to http://www.xbox.com


    Microsoft does what, exactly?


    (This is a much better example than the one in the story .. )

  12. Re:The point. on Nicotine-Free Cigs, Genetically Engineered · · Score: 1
    ... except for about 10% of the population that _do not_ become physically dependant on .. anything.


    Sure - there are studies that claim the above and others that claim the opposite, but I'm one of those 10% so I'll gladly vouch for it.


    I quit smoking 4 days ago. If feel no different, my girlfriend hasn't noticed anyting different and .. I haven't done anything different. I just haven't smoked.


    (This isn't the first time I've "quit" - which some might say invalidates the whole thing. I do however normally "stop" for several years at a time .. I'm quite sure that's enough to say that I'm neither physically or psychologically addicted to cigarettes .. )

  13. Re:newtonquake on Doom For the SonyEricsson P800 smartphone · · Score: 1
    When I worked at Symbian another guy who worked there (hi Lars) ported Doom - including multiplayer over Bluetooth. I don't know why his port hasn't been released - but van Sebille is trustworthy and this is absolutely no hoax.


    (I'm getting my P800 this wednesday)

  14. Re:Console computing rocked on XBox Chip With Legal BIOS · · Score: 1
    Huh?


    Are you implying we didn't hack v1.1 of the Xbox? I'm quite sure I remember that we did ..


    According to some people working in videogamestores, about 2/3 of the Xbox-buyers ask about modchips at the same time ..

    .. few hundred?

  15. Re:How could this work? on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 1
    $4 for the modchip - I don't know where you get yours.


    (And no, there's no device that even comes near the functionality I get from the modded box available here)

  16. Re:Progressive Output? on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 1

    You can flip a byte in the Xbox dvd-software today to do 480p if it's modded.

  17. Re:you're a left wing asshole on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 1
    Oh I promise you that I as a software development consultant can afford all that - yet can't buy a TiVO - here in Sweden.


    Maybe you should learn about all those other countries besides USA, Iraq and binLadenLand.

  18. Re:selling these on How to change your Radeon 9500 into a 9700 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Ah, someone remembers this .. it was a friend of mine who dissected them and found this out. ATGW and .. um .. heck, I know one of my old FidoNet-posts about this is still somewhere .. *googling*


    http://usrfaq.koepke.net/usrfaq.txt


    (Search for "Troedsson" in that document)


    Proper credit to "Zaphod Beeblebrox" of old Atari ST-fame - he's the "guy" I'm referring to.

  19. Re:Unfortunately on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 2, Informative
    pogo-pins aren't meant for long-term use. Solder "crawls" over time, and you _will_ get the red/green-flashing problem and then you'll have to re-align your Matrix. Again, and again, and again.


    All that, while the chip is really a $4 cheapmod. You'd been a lot better of buying one of those and solder it in.

  20. Re:How could this work? on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 1
    Here's a clue - there are other countries in the world besides USA, Iraq and BinLaden-Land.


    Last time I checked, there were loads of countries with no TIVOs available.

  21. Re:Might work on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 2, Informative

    Complete rubbish - you need software running on the Xbox and for that software to run you need a modchip.

  22. Re:How could this work? on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 2, Informative
    The Xbox takes standard 3.5" IDE drives, and replacing the built in drive takes about a minute or so, and can be done by anyone with a Torx 20 + 15 + 10 screwdriver.


    120Gb works just nicely.

  23. Re:Unfortunately on The XBox as the Home Entertainment Media Hub · · Score: 1

    It's by far the crappiest modchip - everyone's better off asking someone who can solder to install one of the others instead.

  24. Re:Stopping piracy on Nintendo To Sell Old Consoles To China? · · Score: 1
    No.


    Just open the lid of your cube and see the disc spin down .. in the same direction as all other drives ..

  25. Re:Demo Scene on The Alternative Party 2003 · · Score: 1

    Red Fox of Sync (or Troed of I.C.S) here - nope. I do remember that someone from the ST demoscene was from Säter though .. we're probably thinking of the same person ;)