Ouch! It's $11.95 CAD at the imax here.. a dollar more than the regular theatre. I have to see the matrix, if nothing else, to be able to bitch about it to my friends, so I figure the dollar will be worth it for the big-ass screen.
In "Destruction", the hot-academic-chick-techie threatens some governmental MiB types with a robot script that will automatically submit classified information to slashdot if she isn't allowed to leave the archeological dig site they're studying (and presumably kill -9 it). I almost fell out of my chair when I read it...
No, think about it. They can claim their product doesn't "Spy", but when it comes to arguments about its crap-like qualities, they haven't a foot to stand on.
Not exactly true. The P800/P900 only support one north american GSM band, GSM1900. AT&T and Cingular have GSM1900 and GSM850, because they've converted some of their TDMA spectrum to GSM. If you use the P800/P900 on AT&T or cingular, you won't be able to utilize all of their coverage footprint.
T-Mobile has an all 1900mhz network. Stick with them.
Remember, the P900 only supports GSM1900, not GSM850 (gsm that was converted from TDMA spectrum.) That means the old tdma providers who are rolling over to GSM (AT&T and Cingular) will likely not offer or support the P900, because it won't be able to utilize half their network.
If you want the P900, you're going to want a network that has pure 1900mhz gsm.. that's T-mobile in america and Fido/Microcell in canada.
You wouldn't want it on cingular. The P900 is a triband phone that supports 900/1800mhz (Overseas) and 1900mhz (north america) GSM. Cingular has GSM on the 850mhz and 1900mhz bands, depending on where they're licensed in the area, and how much of the TDMA spectrum they've cannibalized for GSM. If you got a P900, you'd only be able to use it in cingular areas that have 1900mhz gsm..
If you want the P900, use T-mobile. Their network is pure 1900mhz gsm.
Ive been really looking forward to this phone. I placed my order the moment I heard they were available and now received it less than a week later. The discount for existing Treo users is a really nice touch. The Treo 300 was the best PDA Ive used and a decent phone, but the Treo 600 is improved in every regard I can think of.
Ok, on to the first look . Changes from the Treo 300:
SMALLER!
No flip cover. This is a huge win in my opinion. The screen isnt protected as well, but the keyboard and screen are accessible and most of the time they need to be. With the flip open, the Treo 300 is a real beast.
Everything is more responsive. The new OS and faster processor result in a big performance boost.
Much brighter screen, I havent tried it out in direct sunlight yet but it is a huge improvement over the Treo 300.
The 5-way navigation pad is really fantastic. One handed operation works exceptionally well.
It has a little camera. Id much prefer to have built-in Bluetooth than a.3 megapixel camera. I guess Ill probably use it occasionally but if Id had the option to get one without this, Id have done so.
The network connectivity is much faster. SnapperMail absolutely screams. Id read that the Palm OS 5 internet libraries were much faster and they are.
A Save this Page feature in Blazer (the web browser) will save a copy of a web page on the Treo. This is something Im really thrilled about; it means that if you have a page of bookmarks or the like, you dont have to request that page and wait for it to load before selecting the link. Also, Ill be using this for fast access to the New Task screen in tasks (using the mobile version of course).
Outgoing SMS messaging - I still cant believe that wasnt in the Treo 300.
SDIO slot allows you to add memory or a bluetooth card (when they are available).
The numeric keypad is moved from the right half of the keyboard to the left - this makes sense for right handed users since the device is narrower. The distance from the right edge of the device is actually similar to the Treo 300.
The Alarms and Ringers sounds are much nicer, but the Delete button shouldnt be in the same spot on the screen as the Edit button in the list. I deleted one of the ringtones by mistake by double tapping.
The UI widgets and overall interface feels much more polished.
When it is charging or when youre talking on it, the Treo 600 stays much cooler than the Treo 300 did. The Treo 300 would get pretty hot.
Here are a couple of things upgrading users should be aware of:
The cables that came with the Treo 300 are compatible with the Treo 600, the cradle for the Treo 300 is not.
The Treo 600 headset jack is different than the Treo 300 headset jack, your Treo 300 headset will not work with the 600.
The Keyguard function seems to break if you are in an application that does not support the 5-way nagigation button. I just ran into a nasty problem where an Alarm popped up over an application that doesnt support the 5-way nav and I was stuck there. I couldnt unlock the keyguard and I couldnt dismiss the alarm to let it change applications. Had to do a reset - bummer.
The keyboard is smaller and it a little tougher to use. Im getting used to it but right now I make more typos than I did with the Treo 300.
So my overall first impressions are extremely positive. The size is good, it is much faster and the software ha
Paper will last far, far, far longer than any electronic media. I can still read the masters thesis my dad wrote in the 70s, but the box of punch cards to go along with it is utterly useless.
Whats weird is, my old Texas Instruments 486 Winbook had a glass cover over the LCD.. it was durable, scratchproof, and increased the sharpness of the screen a great deal. Wonder whatever happened to that school of laptop design?
One of the more idiotic quips I've heard (more than once, I'm sad to say) from creationists is, "If humans evolved from apes, then how come there are still apes around?" I can't speak for the creationists' immediate ancestry, but mine runs something like this: one of my great-great-grandfathers was named Ross. Among his offspring, one married a Thompson and produced children who were Thompsons. One of those children had children of her own who were neither Rosses nor Thompsons, but Icenogles. An Icenogle daughter produced me, who am none of the above, but a Riggins.
Thus, Rosses gave rise to descendants who are no longer Rosses. Some have become Rigginses. But some Ross descendants are still Rosses! There are still Rosses around, even though some of their descendants "evolved" into Rigginses, and a lot of other "species."
This isn't biological evolution, of course, but the principle is exactly the same: an ancestor can produce descendants which are very like itself (of the same species), while at the same time having other descendants which have become something else. The existence of descendants which have varied widely doesn't mean the original type has ceased to exist, or that there wasn't, in fact, a common ancestor. That's as true of anthropoids and Homo as it is of your ancestors, you, and those third cousins who retain the ancestral name that your branch of the family no longer uses.
And further:
Actually, the creationist quip of "if humans evolved from apes, how come apes are still around?" has a much more serious flaw than the fact that a species can still exist after another has descended from it. Humans did not evolve from apes. Humans share a common ancestor with apes. So a better analogy is that both I and my 3rd cousin are around, regardless of the fact that we share a common ancestor (our great-great-grandparents).
Well now, it's your right to sit aside and watch someone breathe their last, rationalizing all the while. What's saving a life compared to nasty things?
HIV can't be transmitted through mouth to mouth contact, especially not during CPR where you're *blowing* into the other person's lungs. (Shoving your tongue down someone's throat may be slightly riskier, but how often do you ask the girl at the bar if she's been tested?)
1) IBM buys SCO
2) IBM liquidates all of SCOs assets
3) IBM reassigns SCO legal team, senior management, and chief officers to "Big Blue Janitorial Duty" under the "Really long term contract" clause of SCO's purchase
Slashdot Mirror
I was talking about the IMAX at the famous players paramount at ste-catherine and metcalfe, downtown montreal.
Got that price by looking at the online ticket prices and subtracting the 1 dollar online ticket fee.
Ouch! It's $11.95 CAD at the imax here.. a dollar more than the regular theatre. I have to see the matrix, if nothing else, to be able to bitch about it to my friends, so I figure the dollar will be worth it for the big-ass screen.
In "Destruction", the hot-academic-chick-techie threatens some governmental MiB types with a robot script that will automatically submit classified information to slashdot if she isn't allowed to leave the archeological dig site they're studying (and presumably kill -9 it). I almost fell out of my chair when I read it...
Or you could use the open source PDFCreator.
It installs as a printer driver. From any windows app, just hit file:print.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Open source, windows pdf writer driver. Just select print, PDFCreator, save.
Great idea.
No, think about it. They can claim their product doesn't "Spy", but when it comes to arguments about its crap-like qualities, they haven't a foot to stand on.
Not exactly true. The P800/P900 only support one north american GSM band, GSM1900. AT&T and Cingular have GSM1900 and GSM850, because they've converted some of their TDMA spectrum to GSM. If you use the P800/P900 on AT&T or cingular, you won't be able to utilize all of their coverage footprint.
T-Mobile has an all 1900mhz network. Stick with them.
Remember, the P900 only supports GSM1900, not GSM850 (gsm that was converted from TDMA spectrum.) That means the old tdma providers who are rolling over to GSM (AT&T and Cingular) will likely not offer or support the P900, because it won't be able to utilize half their network.
If you want the P900, you're going to want a network that has pure 1900mhz gsm.. that's T-mobile in america and Fido/Microcell in canada.
The P800 is currently running $950 canadian with new activation on fido/microcell, the only gsm network in canada that supports it.
I figure the P900 would probably come in about $200 more, unless there's some fancy early adopter rebate.
You wouldn't want it on cingular. The P900 is a triband phone that supports 900/1800mhz (Overseas) and 1900mhz (north america) GSM. Cingular has GSM on the 850mhz and 1900mhz bands, depending on where they're licensed in the area, and how much of the TDMA spectrum they've cannibalized for GSM. If you got a P900, you'd only be able to use it in cingular areas that have 1900mhz gsm..
If you want the P900, use T-mobile. Their network is pure 1900mhz gsm.
My Treo 600 showed up today. Yummy!
Ive been really looking forward to this phone. I placed my order the moment I heard they were available and now received it less than a week later. The discount for existing Treo users is a really nice touch. The Treo 300 was the best PDA Ive used and a decent phone, but the Treo 600 is improved in every regard I can think of.
Ok, on to the first look . Changes from the Treo 300:
Here are a couple of things upgrading users should be aware of:
So my overall first impressions are extremely positive. The size is good, it is much faster and the software ha
You could always mount a cd-rw with packet writing software (I recommend incd for windows) and set that as your download directory.
One such publisher is Visualware. Their software phones home on each traceroute.
Real licenses their codecs. They use ATRAC for audio, i'm not sure what they have for video.
They *can't* GPL them.
Print it out.
Paper will last far, far, far longer than any electronic media. I can still read the masters thesis my dad wrote in the 70s, but the box of punch cards to go along with it is utterly useless.
Whats weird is, my old Texas Instruments 486 Winbook had a glass cover over the LCD.. it was durable, scratchproof, and increased the sharpness of the screen a great deal. Wonder whatever happened to that school of laptop design?
Sorry, off topic, but wasn't Boromir son of Denethor, steward of Gondor and brother of Faramir, prince of Ithilien?
The adobe ebook format is readable on PalmOS, using Adobe Reader 6 on the desktop and Adobe Reader for Palm 3.0.
Well now, it's your right to sit aside and watch someone breathe their last, rationalizing all the while. What's saving a life compared to nasty things?
One word: Tuxissa.
HIV can't be transmitted through mouth to mouth contact, especially not during CPR where you're *blowing* into the other person's lungs. (Shoving your tongue down someone's throat may be slightly riskier, but how often do you ask the girl at the bar if she's been tested?)
linkage
1) IBM buys SCO
2) IBM liquidates all of SCOs assets
3) IBM reassigns SCO legal team, senior management, and chief officers to "Big Blue Janitorial Duty" under the "Really long term contract" clause of SCO's purchase
(verb) see: Jump the shark.
Thank goodness I'm a gupta. ;)
And yet, they seem to get it wrong *so* bloody often...