So it is only logical that Sony will add their previous Clie functions into the Sony Ericsson phones instead.
That will be quite a challenge. The Sony-Ericsson smartphones (P800 and P900) run Symbian whereas the Clies are PalmOS devices. And no, the two OS'es are not close cousins at all.
Still, if they do, it could be exciting. I used EPOC (forerunner of Symbian) PDAs for about five years. It is the most stable OS I've ever used.
wxPython changed its architecture in version 2.5, dropping the wx prefix. Check the migration guide. Boa Constructor apparently relies on an older version
Seems that the Boa Constructor team hasn't discovered that the world has moved on...
I tried to get BoaConstructor running and...
Did you install wxPython before BoaConstructor?
Yup.
I have installed BoaConstructor successfully. BoaConstructor has prerequisites that don't come in the install package.
Yup. Specifically:
C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wxPython\tools\boa boa.py Starting Boa Constructor v0.2.3 importing wxPython reading user preferences running main... Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wxPython\tools\boa\ boa.py", line 603, in ?
main() File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wxPython\tools\boa\ boa.py", line 585, in main app = BoaApp() File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wxPython\tools\boa\ boa.py", line 408, in __init__ wxApp.__init__(self, false) File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wx\core.py", line 5042, in __init__ self._BootstrapApp() File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wx\core.py", line 4791, in _BootstrapApp return _core.PyApp__BootstrapApp(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wxPython\tools\boa\ boa.py", line 417, in OnInit conf = Utils.createAndReadConfig('Explorer') File "C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\wxPython\tools\boa\ Utils.py", line 295, in createAndReadConfig confFile = os.path.join(Preferences.rcPath, '%s%s.cfg' % (name, NameError: global name 'wx' is not defined
Look at the install docs agains and figure it out.
It would help a lot if the install docs mentioned the global name 'wx' not to mention its meaning...
This book teaches a lot about logic, patterns, complex systems and (as a side effect) the basic structures of programming (sequence, iteration and choice) - and a lot of other fascinating things. If she reads this book and finds it interesting she has a chance of learning how to program. Otherwise, I'd suggest that she picks up other pastimes that will more easily hold her interest
The only solution I can see to this problem is the summary execution of the bosses and clients.
And you will then be hired and paid by whom?
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Totally agree - I'm also freelance and have a good old SonyEricsson T68i (no camera)
Ah yes, the successor to the R520m. Good phone but too small for my hand.
one site even freaked out when I plugged in the USB charging lead because they thought I was firing up a comms connection to my laptop, which was also connected to their network.
Over the years I have collected a bunch of (Sony-)Ericsson chargers (five to be precise) so I just take one of them along.
Some banks in eastern Europe have been testing a system that sends an SMS with details every time a transaction takes place for a card.
Now that is a very good idea. Maybe I should nag my bank a bit about this.
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Nokia 6310i? It does the job great
You are probably right. But what I forgot to tell was that since my wife has a Sony-Ericsson T100 and I have a Sony-Ericsson HBH-30 Bluetooth headset, I wanted an Ericsson. That way, we only need one charger for mobile phones when we go somewhere for a longer period of time.
But I cannot fathom why anyone would want to send text messages rather than TALK on their PHONES
For the exact same reason that people send an email instead of picking up the phone and make a call: asynchroneous communication. Also, here in Europe sending an SMS is far cheaper than making a call. This is quite important for the heavy-duty SMS-users, i.e. teenagers.
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I work as a free-lance software developer. While it is not a problem with my current customer, I can easily foresee that I will get a job that involves a ban on cameras on-site.
Have you tried to find a high-end GSM phone (Tri-band, GPRS and Bluetooth, decent contact manager and calendar, etc. etc.) without a camera lately? It's simply impossible if you want a recent model.
So I ended up buying another Ericsson R520m phone. It's gone out of production years ago but it still does the job I need done better than any other phone I've been able to find.
The other, and better, alternative is that society, as the consensual, self-regulating aggregate of its individual and corporate agents.
Unfortunately this just doesn't work - which is why we have governments. No, governments aren't perfect but then again nothing produced by humankind ever was.
For example, if people are wise enough to refuse to do business with convicted monopolists, MS looses big.
But people are not that wise. If they were MS would never have existed because their first big customer (IBM) would have been put out of business before they got as far as making the first PCs.
Also, for someone to be convicted it takes a legal system. But such a system cannot exist in a vacuum (okay, it can - if you can live with a Judge Dredd type system), there must be a government that, among other things, passes the laws the legal system enforces. And how would anyone be convicted unless there is a legal system? By opinion polls? And if so, who should conduct them?
and had two sales people tell me that an unlocked phone will lead to more roaming charges since it will auto-switch over to another provider's network if the signal is better. Is there any truth to this?
No, there isn't. It's FUD to make you buy a locked phone.
Most newer GSM phones will let you create a list of preferred networks - my now rather old Ericsson R520m has this option - so you just make sure your service provider is on the only entry on that list.
I use this function when I'm abroad to select the roaming partner that gives the best rates and GPRS access.
While in Norway last week I discovered that even GPRS roams perfectly, much to my surprise. I was able to use my cell phone for internet service through my Swedish operator, without changing any settings. Talk about mobile internet!
I was in Norway last week too and I had exactly the same experience with my Danish GSM/GPRS phone. No setup changes needed, just call up and check the email. I've used GPRS in France, Germany and Great Britain without problems and I fully expect it to work when I go to Italy next month.
Bluetooth devices are available now and have been for a couple of years. Will someone please tell me where I can get Wireless USB replacements for my:
Ericsson R520m BT enabled mobile phone
Sony-Ericsson HBH-30 BT headset
Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket LOOX 600 BT enabled PDA
Fortuna GPSmart BT GPS receiver
Oh, and BTW, I need a Wireless USB interface for my PC as well.
Bluetooth may not be with us for all time but for now it serves its purpose very well and has no serious competitors in its niche. Wireless USB may become a competitor if it can get its power requirements down to the same levels as Bluetooth devices have. I promise I'll take a look at it if that happens.
Bluetooth headsets are highly addictive. Once you get one, you will never want to be without one again. Alas, I know this only too well....
It all started about four years ago when I bought an Ericsson R520m mobile phone. That's when the temptation started. I held out for about a year before my willpower crumbled and I bought a second-hand HBH-10 BT headset. Ahhh, making phonecalls was so much more pleasant and life was good - until the battery standby time went from mediocre to bad. I was beginning to get severe abstinence symptoms so I bought an HBH-30 and once again making phonecalls is bliss.
But now the future looks dark. What will I do when Bluetooth dies and I can no longer get my Bluetooth headset? Is there a Betty Ford clinic for this?
And your phone is vulnerable too. At least when it's discoverable.
Normally it isn't. It uses too much power if BT is on all the time so I normally keep it on Automatic. That way my BT headset still works but the phone is not discoverable.
Learn to use Google (and Google Groups). Learn to search text files so you don't *need* to read all 400 pages.
All well and good. I do know netiquette and can use Google. I know my way around Windows - but I've yet to keep Linux (Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake etc. etc.) on a PC for more than a few days. There are several reasons for this:
It's b****y difficult to find your way around on a Linux PC, being it the menu system or the file system. I'm lucky if I can make do with three guesses.
There is no one way of configuring things. The not-invented-here principle really thrives in the Linux community
And last but not least: Most of the time I don't know which question to ask. That makes it very difficult to find something in the documentation. Where is the Linux/Windows dictionary? The place where I can see what the things I know from Windows are called in Linux?
Slashdot Mirror
Everything else I get on-line.
Let the users ask when the next bus arrives by SMS. Already in use in Leicestershire.
And if you use Outlook, you can also use SpamBayes
That will be quite a challenge. The Sony-Ericsson smartphones (P800 and P900) run Symbian whereas the Clies are PalmOS devices. And no, the two OS'es are not close cousins at all.
Still, if they do, it could be exciting. I used EPOC (forerunner of Symbian) PDAs for about five years. It is the most stable OS I've ever used.
Seems that the Boa Constructor team hasn't discovered that the world has moved on...
I'll try that. Thanks for clueing me in :-)
Yup. I have installed BoaConstructor successfully. BoaConstructor has prerequisites that don't come in the install package.
Yup. Specifically:
Look at the install docs agains and figure it out.It would help a lot if the install docs mentioned the global name 'wx' not to mention its meaning...
This book teaches a lot about logic, patterns, complex systems and (as a side effect) the basic structures of programming (sequence, iteration and choice) - and a lot of other fascinating things. If she reads this book and finds it interesting she has a chance of learning how to program. Otherwise, I'd suggest that she picks up other pastimes that will more easily hold her interest
And you will then be hired and paid by whom?
Ah yes, the successor to the R520m. Good phone but too small for my hand.
one site even freaked out when I plugged in the USB charging lead because they thought I was firing up a comms connection to my laptop, which was also connected to their network.
Over the years I have collected a bunch of (Sony-)Ericsson chargers (five to be precise) so I just take one of them along.
Now that is a very good idea. Maybe I should nag my bank a bit about this.
You are probably right. But what I forgot to tell was that since my wife has a Sony-Ericsson T100 and I have a Sony-Ericsson HBH-30 Bluetooth headset, I wanted an Ericsson. That way, we only need one charger for mobile phones when we go somewhere for a longer period of time.
For the exact same reason that people send an email instead of picking up the phone and make a call: asynchroneous communication. Also, here in Europe sending an SMS is far cheaper than making a call. This is quite important for the heavy-duty SMS-users, i.e. teenagers.
Have you tried to find a high-end GSM phone (Tri-band, GPRS and Bluetooth, decent contact manager and calendar, etc. etc.) without a camera lately? It's simply impossible if you want a recent model.
So I ended up buying another Ericsson R520m phone. It's gone out of production years ago but it still does the job I need done better than any other phone I've been able to find.
Unfortunately this just doesn't work - which is why we have governments. No, governments aren't perfect but then again nothing produced by humankind ever was.
For example, if people are wise enough to refuse to do business with convicted monopolists, MS looses big.
But people are not that wise. If they were MS would never have existed because their first big customer (IBM) would have been put out of business before they got as far as making the first PCs.
Also, for someone to be convicted it takes a legal system. But such a system cannot exist in a vacuum (okay, it can - if you can live with a Judge Dredd type system), there must be a government that, among other things, passes the laws the legal system enforces. And how would anyone be convicted unless there is a legal system? By opinion polls? And if so, who should conduct them?
No, there isn't. It's FUD to make you buy a locked phone.
Most newer GSM phones will let you create a list of preferred networks - my now rather old Ericsson R520m has this option - so you just make sure your service provider is on the only entry on that list.
I use this function when I'm abroad to select the roaming partner that gives the best rates and GPRS access.
I was in Norway last week too and I had exactly the same experience with my Danish GSM/GPRS phone. No setup changes needed, just call up and check the email. I've used GPRS in France, Germany and Great Britain without problems and I fully expect it to work when I go to Italy next month.
And when they get that done, they still have uillieann pipes to contend with.
Pros:
- It has excellent battery stand-by and operation times.
- You can use voice-controlled operation with any Bluetooth enabled Sony-Ericsson mobile phone.
- It stays on your ear very well, even if you are running.
- I got it at a good price.
Cons:- It is an older model so it may have gone out of production.
- It is a bit difficult to put on using only one hand.
- It has a fairly log microphome boom so it is not exactly inconspicious.
All in all: I am quite satisfied with it.Bluetooth devices are available now and have been for a couple of years. Will someone please tell me where I can get Wireless USB replacements for my:
- Ericsson R520m BT enabled mobile phone
- Sony-Ericsson HBH-30 BT headset
- Fujitsu-Siemens Pocket LOOX 600 BT enabled PDA
- Fortuna GPSmart BT GPS receiver
- Oh, and BTW, I need a Wireless USB interface for my PC as well.
Bluetooth may not be with us for all time but for now it serves its purpose very well and has no serious competitors in its niche. Wireless USB may become a competitor if it can get its power requirements down to the same levels as Bluetooth devices have. I promise I'll take a look at it if that happens.10? Make it 15.
DON'T DO IT!!
Bluetooth headsets are highly addictive. Once you get one, you will never want to be without one again. Alas, I know this only too well....
It all started about four years ago when I bought an Ericsson R520m mobile phone. That's when the temptation started. I held out for about a year before my willpower crumbled and I bought a second-hand HBH-10 BT headset. Ahhh, making phonecalls was so much more pleasant and life was good - until the battery standby time went from mediocre to bad. I was beginning to get severe abstinence symptoms so I bought an HBH-30 and once again making phonecalls is bliss.
But now the future looks dark. What will I do when Bluetooth dies and I can no longer get my Bluetooth headset? Is there a Betty Ford clinic for this?
Normally it isn't. It uses too much power if BT is on all the time so I normally keep it on Automatic. That way my BT headset still works but the phone is not discoverable.
Firmware update. Twice.
All well and good. I do know netiquette and can use Google. I know my way around Windows - but I've yet to keep Linux (Redhat, SuSE, Mandrake etc. etc.) on a PC for more than a few days. There are several reasons for this: