My treo is set to automatically connect to GPRS when it starts up. Chatter itself can set this preference. Then the messages are pushed to the treo using the IMAP IDLE capability. How is that NOT true push? It functions quietly, in the background, and only uses network bandwidth when the server has mail to push down the IMAP connection to the treo. The IMAP connection is truely in the background... I can use other applications and recieve phone calls.
Using 'PTunes' on my treo 600, I already bring 12 albums of music around and play them using an SD card... And I can play them on my desktop also if I want. As SD and other media get cheaper, this will get easier and easier. I also can listen to shoutcast streams. All that on a tiny little OS like Palm. Why should I worry about Windows on my handheld device when Palm works and will boot up in seconds.
The second thing I noticed in the article was this quote:
"The BlackBerry is great but we're bringing a new approach," he said. "With BlackBerry you need to link to a separate server, and that costs extra. With us, the e-mail function will already be part of the server software."
With Chatter, I get IMAP email pushed in real time to my treo.No extra server needed here either, just a _standard_ IMAP server which supports IDLE, and my treo can get email pushed to it in the background.
Hmmm... I use T-Mobile with my Treo and have few of these problems. Connections are generally solid, I ssh, telnet, get my e-mail, and surf at reasonable (but not blazing speeds). Cellular data transport is NOT like being back at 300 baud, I know, I have an old 300 baud modem in the basement. It _is_ like being on a 28K modem though. With proper browsers, surfing is extremely workable on GPRS.
I have a decent minute plan for the voice part of my T-Mobile usage and was able to add on unlimited data transfer for $19.95 more. Not bad for nearly ubiquitous coverage.
"Should the SCO suit turn up any offending code, the open nature of Linux â" and the many programmers working on it â" will ensure a quick solution, according to open- source software experts."
This is a very obvious reason to _stay_ with Linux. If there are sections of code that have IP problems, they can be rapidly replaced by the community. Closed source OS's would not allow such discovery or remediation.
Of course, such a solution would require SCO to actually reveal publicly where the 'offending code' is so we (the community) could check it out and replace the parts in question.
Installed fine on a RH 9.0 box here. Took quite a while to download;).. but after that there were no real issues... except that blasted top menu.. I want it on the bottom. (I'm sure that'll get fixed 'real soon'.
Now to see if I can get another copy installed here at home.
SGI's XFS still occasionally hangs my machine under heavy load. Plus, by the time they have a release out for 2.4.20 (they still don't), I'm sure I'll be running 2.4.21. In addition, it's still not part of the standard kernel sources. XFS would have to be considered the least supported choice of the three.
The current CVS tip of XFS is at 2.4.21-rc7.
Kernel source 2.4.21-rc1-ac (and later? dunno... I don't commonly download and compile Alan's kernel sources) includes XFS now. It is the least supported of the three, but it's popularity and use is increasing.
I have had both Palm PDAs (Visors and Treos) and a Zaurus running Linux.
I enjoy running Linux on the desktop and on my servers, but found the Zaurus overkill for what I wanted in a palm-sized unit.
I want a device that will last for _days_ on a charge, plug into a regular wall socket to recharge, keep my appointments and contacts, get my e-mail and net access (nearly) anywhere (not just where there is WiFi or BT), let me get on my other machines in a pinch, play a game if I'm bored, etc.
Of course, with my little treo, I can do all that and more.. IM, Browser, e-mail, PQA's, Word/Excel, E-Books, Games, ssh, IRC, Games, DBs, etc.
Palm regains Hawkins, Colligan (and Dubinsky?). They also get the treo product line, which is a nice, functional pda-cell-phone combo, that actually can last for a reasonable period of time.
The new treo 600 will include an expansion port, which was sadly missing on the earlier treo line. The battery size has been increased too, if early reports can be believed.
XFS doesn't implement those permissions because they are not part of the POSIX permission set. There are ways (using extanded attributes) to add these types of permissions into XFS, but it isn't trivial and still does not match NTFS ACL semantics and behavior completely.
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My treo is set to automatically connect to GPRS when it starts up. Chatter itself can set this preference. Then the messages are pushed to the treo using the IMAP IDLE capability. How is that NOT true push? It functions quietly, in the background, and only uses network bandwidth when the server has mail to push down the IMAP connection to the treo. The IMAP connection is truely in the background... I can use other applications and recieve phone calls.
Using 'PTunes' on my treo 600, I already bring 12 albums of music around and play them using an SD card... And I can play them on my desktop also if I want. As SD and other media get cheaper, this will get easier and easier. I also can listen to shoutcast streams. All that on a tiny little OS like Palm. Why should I worry about Windows on my handheld device when Palm works and will boot up in seconds.
The second thing I noticed in the article was this quote:
"The BlackBerry is great but we're bringing a new approach," he said. "With BlackBerry you need to link to a separate server, and that costs extra. With us, the e-mail function will already be part of the server software."
With Chatter, I get IMAP email pushed in real time to my treo.No extra server needed here either, just a _standard_ IMAP server which supports IDLE, and my treo can get email pushed to it in the background.
Here is a direct quote: "From a scientific point of view, it has to be stated very clearly that the REFLEX data do not prove a causal link between EMF exposure and any adverse health effects." And then, of course, a call for more research... The summary report can be found here: http://www.itis.ethz.ch/downloads/REFLEX_ProgressS ummary.pdf
The full report here:
http://www.itis.ethz.ch/downloads/REFLEX_Final%20R eport_171104.pdf
Hmmm... I use T-Mobile with my Treo and have few of these problems. Connections are generally solid, I ssh, telnet, get my e-mail, and surf at reasonable (but not blazing speeds). Cellular data transport is NOT like being back at 300 baud, I know, I have an old 300 baud modem in the basement. It _is_ like being on a 28K modem though. With proper browsers, surfing is extremely workable on GPRS.
I have a decent minute plan for the voice part of my T-Mobile usage and was able to add on unlimited data transfer for $19.95 more. Not bad for nearly ubiquitous coverage.
One telling comment in the NY Times article says,
"Should the SCO suit turn up any offending code, the open nature of Linux â" and the many programmers working on it â" will ensure a quick solution, according to open- source software experts."
This is a very obvious reason to _stay_ with Linux. If there are sections of code that have IP problems, they can be rapidly replaced by the community. Closed source OS's would not allow such discovery or remediation.
Of course, such a solution would require SCO to actually reveal publicly where the 'offending code' is so we (the community) could check it out and replace the parts in question.
Installed fine on a RH 9.0 box here. Took quite a while to download ;) .. but after that there were no real issues... except that blasted top menu.. I want it on the bottom. (I'm sure that'll get fixed 'real soon'.
Now to see if I can get another copy installed here at home.
SGI's XFS still occasionally hangs my machine under heavy load. Plus, by the time they have a release out for 2.4.20 (they still don't), I'm sure I'll be running 2.4.21. In addition, it's still not part of the standard kernel sources. XFS would have to be considered the least supported choice of the three.
The current CVS tip of XFS is at 2.4.21-rc7.
Kernel source 2.4.21-rc1-ac (and later? dunno... I don't commonly download and compile Alan's kernel sources) includes XFS now. It is the least supported of the three, but it's popularity and use is increasing.
I have had both Palm PDAs (Visors and Treos) and a Zaurus running Linux.
I enjoy running Linux on the desktop and on my servers, but found the Zaurus overkill for what I wanted in a palm-sized unit.
I want a device that will last for _days_ on a charge, plug into a regular wall socket to recharge, keep my appointments and contacts, get my e-mail and net access (nearly) anywhere (not just where there is WiFi or BT), let me get on my other machines in a pinch, play a game if I'm bored, etc.
Of course, with my little treo, I can do all that and more.. IM, Browser, e-mail, PQA's, Word/Excel, E-Books, Games, ssh, IRC, Games, DBs, etc.
Palm regains Hawkins, Colligan (and Dubinsky?). They also get the treo product line, which is a nice, functional pda-cell-phone combo, that actually can last for a reasonable period of time.
The new treo 600 will include an expansion port, which was sadly missing on the earlier treo line. The battery size has been increased too, if early reports can be believed.
XFS doesn't implement those permissions because they are not part of the POSIX permission set. There are ways (using extanded attributes) to add these types of permissions into XFS, but it isn't trivial and still does not match NTFS ACL semantics and behavior completely.