As we have seen in other areas, Palm Pilots are still most popular even when other PDAs have "better" features.... it's BECAUSE the form of the device fits its use... and BECAUSE its flexible (lots of uses) then it's popular. If the Iopener is a neat form factor x-term device with 800x600, sound and ethernet... I could see many of them around my house to serve the many uses of the internet (and networking). Form factor is the key to success.
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Handwriting analysis (like graffiti in Palm Pilots) makes them usable in situations when talking to your PDA could look silly -- I'm guessing that at some point there WILL be some times when it won't look silly! Then.. a headphone/mic jack would allow the little in-ear headsets (for a bit of privacy and improved voice recognition) *AND* would also allow MP3 player apps! OK.. needs handwriting-text entry.. and also audio in/out jacks. IMHO.
As a rather new linux user, I 100% agree. I'm using a new Debian release called Storm Linux >> http://www.stormix.com/ Storm Linux includes something that's a great idea and a step in the right direction. It's a package installer called Storm Package Manager. I've installed a few simple packages (in the same stable release)... each required installing under a dozen files and it worked fine (and was very easy). I've been trying to get my Soundblaster Live! card to work. Like it or not, it was working under W98 in 30 minutes. When I use Storm Package Manager, it resolves the dependencies on a rather new ALSA.deb bundle to 4 or 5 files. When I pick the "apply package changes and quit" button, the number of files to be installed balloons to about 180! I've gone through that upgrade twice and both times it's gone quite badly in the end. Again.. like it or not, a frustrating experience to any user. OK.. Storm has a/the right idea. I applaud them! In fact, I think I'll email their support line. Maybe they can help me through this. Let's fix this and not fight about our dists differences. You have to agree that many/most people wouldn't suffer through the learning curve. It really could be much easier. Thanks... no fancy sig.
Here's a neat site that has Pilot software for Hams >>> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/khark er/palm-ham/ and of course here for really neat Palm-APRS software >>> http://www.pocketaprs.com/ I've always thought that if someone could port AX25 from Linux to PalmOS, that would be very neat AND useful. PPP to a gateway box is neat but somewhat limiting. The Palm Pilot is a cpu (albeit simple)... why not just connect directly to the TNC and do the link management right on the Pilot? Makes sense to me.
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I've run each of the 8.2 betas and also the RC1 version. It's going to be a great release.
I hope they had time to catch some of the little problem issues.
I just joined up too. I've had really good luck with the 8.2 beta releases. I just pulled down 8.2-RC1 tonight.
Best of luck to you Mandrake. Good work guys.
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As we have seen in other areas, Palm Pilots are still most popular even when other PDAs have "better" features.... it's BECAUSE the form of the device fits its use... and BECAUSE its flexible (lots of uses) then it's popular. If the Iopener is a neat form factor x-term device with 800x600, sound and ethernet... I could see many of them around my house to serve the many uses of the internet (and networking). Form factor is the key to success.
Handwriting analysis (like graffiti in Palm Pilots) makes them usable in situations when talking to your PDA could look silly -- I'm guessing that at some point there WILL be some times when it won't look silly! Then.. a headphone/mic jack would allow the little in-ear headsets (for a bit of privacy and improved voice recognition) *AND* would also allow MP3 player apps! OK.. needs handwriting-text entry.. and also audio in/out jacks. IMHO.
As a rather new linux user, I 100% agree. I'm using a new Debian release called Storm Linux >> http://www.stormix.com/ .deb bundle to 4 or 5 files. When I pick the "apply package changes and quit" button, the number of files to be installed balloons to about 180! I've gone through that upgrade twice and both times it's gone quite badly in the end. Again.. like it or not, a frustrating experience to any user. OK.. Storm has a/the right idea. I applaud them! In fact, I think I'll email their support line. Maybe they can help me through this. Let's fix this and not fight about our dists differences. You have to agree that many/most people wouldn't suffer through the learning curve. It really could be much easier. Thanks... no fancy sig.
Storm Linux includes something that's a great idea and a step in the right direction. It's a package installer called Storm Package Manager. I've installed a few simple packages (in the same stable release)... each required installing under a dozen files and it worked fine (and was very easy). I've been trying to get my Soundblaster Live! card to work. Like it or not, it was working under W98 in 30 minutes. When I use Storm Package Manager, it resolves the dependencies on a rather new ALSA
Here's a neat site that has Pilot software for Hams >>> http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/khark er/palm-ham/
and of course here for really neat Palm-APRS software >>> http://www.pocketaprs.com/
I've always thought that if someone could port AX25 from Linux to PalmOS, that would be very neat AND useful. PPP to a gateway box is neat but somewhat limiting. The Palm Pilot is a cpu (albeit simple)... why not just connect directly to the TNC and do the link management right on the Pilot? Makes sense to me.