That's all well and good, but you can flash a Palm III, IIIx, or V (or any other model with flash ROM) up to 3.3 officially. If you're a developer, you can even snag an OS 3.5 ROM to bring your unit up to date. Minor patches (like v. 2.0.6) were a RAM-installed option back on the PalmPilot series of devices.
But what's nice about it is that the digitizer is plastic, not glass. While this makes it feel a little bit cheaper, it also makes the unit a LOT more durable. I've dropped my TI calculator (with its plastic screen) dozens of times onto hard floors, and it always survived; dropping a glass-screened Palm on the floor results in the instant death of the organizer.
IMO, this will be a nice selling point in bringing the Palm platform to the educational market. No more spending $100 for a replacement screen.
The original Pilot was renamed to PalmPilot, and then eventually Palm, because of a lawsuit from Pilot pens. They claimed that they had been using the name "Pilot" for an office supply for longer, and that there might be confusion.
Ironically, Pilot Pens now makes a series of accessories for Palm and other organizers.
The m100, also on Palm's web site came out today. It has 2MB of RAM and is designed to replace the Palm IIIe, and compete with the Handspring Visor. Despite not having the Visor's SpringBoard slot, the m100 sports a cover with a special hole so that you can see the clock through it, and changeable faceplates. It also allegedly has flash memory for OS upgrades, something the Visor lacks.
Also today, the Vx debuted in two limited-edition colors: champagne and "millennium blue." Kind of a shame that there wasn't any other innovation attached.
The Avigo was positioned to try and dethrone the PalmPilot (not the Palm III, V, or VII, mind you -- just the PalmPilot). Although it had some decent features, TI effectively killed its appeal to the geek set by announcing that there would be no third-party anything. That's right -- you couldn't develop any hardware or software for it, and there were no provisions to install new software at all. TI is a very control-freakish company. You can't even link your calculator to a PC without buying a ~$40 link cable, or building your own for about $5 in parts.
Compare this to the original Pilot, which had dozens of applications coded in gcc and other free tools before the official Windows SDK was even released.
Of course, what makes this thread most off-topic is the fact that this calculator that was just announced is made by HP, not TI.
Lisa: We'll help you.
Bart: I have a watch with a minute hand.
Smithers:[sighs] All right, you can come. What time is it?
Bart: 12:80. No wait. Wait. Wh-what comes after 12?
Smithers: One.
Bart: No, after twelve!
Smithers:[groan]
A search on PalmGear returns 260 matches for "calculator." This includes several RPN calculators, MathPad for evaluating many equations simultaneously (GREAT for Physics work) and even a powerful graphing calculator. Some of these tools aren't free, but for a professional they might just be worth the price.
That isn't a bad thing. Linux is just a ripoff of Unix, Apache is just a ripoff of the very first http server ever created, and the keyboard is just a ripoff of the typewriter. And they're all good products.
While that's true (insert typical raving about enharmonics in different instruments) do you think Britney Spears would want to be associated with ANYTHING labeled "flat"?
So you're saying that once a word processor is on the market, companies should stop writing word processors? Come on, the market has room for many word processors. Let's not knock Microsoft for coming out with Word when WordPerfect was available. Just look at how many word processors and typesetting programs we have in the Linux world, and there's still plenty of room for improvement (on the word processor side at least).
Happens in NY too... in fact, many CBS affiliates now show "simulcast in HDTV" on many programs, and the simulcast is underwritten by a manufacturer of HDTV sets. This is more like a commercial for the manufacturer, as it wasn't wholly CBS's decision to make the switch.
The MSG cable network, which is owned by television giant Cablevision and broadcasts Yankees, Knicks and Rangers (hockey) games, also does HDTV. They frequently advertise HDTV sets on sale at The Wiz, a chain of electronics stores owned by (surprise!) Cablevision.
Corporations will definitely buy their way into the public mindset wrt HDTV, but it'll be a few years before even upper-middle-class consumers decide to buy a 40" HDTV set instead of a 60" projection TV for the same price.
If they didn't mandate that broadcasters had to switch, in six years we'd have people whining that there are no HDTV stations. It wouldn't justify the cost of an HDTV set.
Pick one: either stick with old tech and don't whine about other countries leaping ahead, or jump to new tech and don't complain about the expenses you have to pay.
It's not quite the same, but the Ultimate Band List won a Webby award for music and has long been accepted as the One True Oracle for music information. Like IMDB (owned by Amazon) it's now more commercial, with "buy this!" links littered all over the place, but it still has decent information.
That wouldn't help either, since many of the browser emulators use JavaScript to imitate the functions of various buttons and widgets in the windows. The way they launch is a JavaScript method, even.
I keep JavaScript turned on -- it enables various web sites to function, both for good and for evil.
What's so hard to understand? The full name of the product includes the publisher's name. Microsoft will sell you Microsoft Excel. Hyundai a few years ago could sell you a Hyundai Excel. As long as you clearly note what your product's full name is, there isn't a problem.
Do a search on any keyword-compatible search engine for "samba." Apparently, the keyword has been purchased by the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. Who would'a thunk it?
This is exactly the reason why trademark dilution exists. Look at any company's corporate web site for details on how you're not supposed to make their trademark sound generic by using it out of context. Let's say I'm a journalist or a lawyer. Instead of "Palm" to refer to my PDA, I should call it a "Palm Connected Organizer." Instead of Kleenex, I should say "Kleenex Facial Tissue." Likewise, Microsoft always refers to its own products as "Microsoft Office 2000," "Microsoft Windows NT," "Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5," and so forth.
Companies can't force individuals to use these terms, but in business and legal correspondence only the official product names can be used.
"Samba" is being used on its own here, not with some company name preceding it. That's the big case here.
Coca-Cola in Chinese = Bite the Wax Tadpole
"Finger-Licking Good" in Chinese -> "Lick your fingers off"
"Pepsi, choice of a new generation" in Chinese -> "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave"
I could go on, but they're probably all made-up anyway.
Seeing as how trolls affect Slashdot discussions (assuming you browse at -1) I don't think this would necessarily be a good idea. Some wacko ultra-conservative or ultra-liberal leader could urge thousands of people to vote a certain way on certain sites. Not to mention the fact that if the trolls had their way, goatse.cx would be rated as the most family-friendly site on the Internet.:)
Of course, we could always vote on the voters to establish a trust metric. Then we would have to vote on those votes to see if they were valid, and so forth and so on.
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That's all well and good, but you can flash a Palm III, IIIx, or V (or any other model with flash ROM) up to 3.3 officially. If you're a developer, you can even snag an OS 3.5 ROM to bring your unit up to date. Minor patches (like v. 2.0.6) were a RAM-installed option back on the PalmPilot series of devices.
Yes.
But what's nice about it is that the digitizer is plastic, not glass. While this makes it feel a little bit cheaper, it also makes the unit a LOT more durable. I've dropped my TI calculator (with its plastic screen) dozens of times onto hard floors, and it always survived; dropping a glass-screened Palm on the floor results in the instant death of the organizer.
IMO, this will be a nice selling point in bringing the Palm platform to the educational market. No more spending $100 for a replacement screen.
The original Pilot was renamed to PalmPilot, and then eventually Palm, because of a lawsuit from Pilot pens. They claimed that they had been using the name "Pilot" for an office supply for longer, and that there might be confusion.
Ironically, Pilot Pens now makes a series of accessories for Palm and other organizers.
The m100, also on Palm's web site came out today. It has 2MB of RAM and is designed to replace the Palm IIIe, and compete with the Handspring Visor. Despite not having the Visor's SpringBoard slot, the m100 sports a cover with a special hole so that you can see the clock through it, and changeable faceplates. It also allegedly has flash memory for OS upgrades, something the Visor lacks.
Also today, the Vx debuted in two limited-edition colors: champagne and "millennium blue." Kind of a shame that there wasn't any other innovation attached.
OT, but...
The Avigo was positioned to try and dethrone the PalmPilot (not the Palm III, V, or VII, mind you -- just the PalmPilot). Although it had some decent features, TI effectively killed its appeal to the geek set by announcing that there would be no third-party anything. That's right -- you couldn't develop any hardware or software for it, and there were no provisions to install new software at all. TI is a very control-freakish company. You can't even link your calculator to a PC without buying a ~$40 link cable, or building your own for about $5 in parts.
Compare this to the original Pilot, which had dozens of applications coded in gcc and other free tools before the official Windows SDK was even released.
Of course, what makes this thread most off-topic is the fact that this calculator that was just announced is made by HP, not TI.
Almost.
:)
Lisa: We'll help you.
Bart: I have a watch with a minute hand.
Smithers: [sighs] All right, you can come. What time is it?
Bart: 12:80. No wait. Wait. Wh-what comes after 12?
Smithers: One.
Bart: No, after twelve!
Smithers: [groan]
Use the Simpsons Archive and spare yourself this whining.
Are you crazy? The license for Mathematica alone will push these calculators well over the $1,000 price point.
A search on PalmGear returns 260 matches for "calculator." This includes several RPN calculators, MathPad for evaluating many equations simultaneously (GREAT for Physics work) and even a powerful graphing calculator. Some of these tools aren't free, but for a professional they might just be worth the price.
That isn't a bad thing. Linux is just a ripoff of Unix, Apache is just a ripoff of the very first http server ever created, and the keyboard is just a ripoff of the typewriter. And they're all good products.
While that's true (insert typical raving about enharmonics in different instruments) do you think Britney Spears would want to be associated with ANYTHING labeled "flat"?
Save yourself a pipe and use "grep -c innovat" next time.
;)
Sorry for the OT post.
So you're saying that once a word processor is on the market, companies should stop writing word processors? Come on, the market has room for many word processors. Let's not knock Microsoft for coming out with Word when WordPerfect was available. Just look at how many word processors and typesetting programs we have in the Linux world, and there's still plenty of room for improvement (on the word processor side at least).
Happens in NY too... in fact, many CBS affiliates now show "simulcast in HDTV" on many programs, and the simulcast is underwritten by a manufacturer of HDTV sets. This is more like a commercial for the manufacturer, as it wasn't wholly CBS's decision to make the switch.
The MSG cable network, which is owned by television giant Cablevision and broadcasts Yankees, Knicks and Rangers (hockey) games, also does HDTV. They frequently advertise HDTV sets on sale at The Wiz, a chain of electronics stores owned by (surprise!) Cablevision.
Corporations will definitely buy their way into the public mindset wrt HDTV, but it'll be a few years before even upper-middle-class consumers decide to buy a 40" HDTV set instead of a 60" projection TV for the same price.
If they didn't mandate that broadcasters had to switch, in six years we'd have people whining that there are no HDTV stations. It wouldn't justify the cost of an HDTV set.
Pick one: either stick with old tech and don't whine about other countries leaping ahead, or jump to new tech and don't complain about the expenses you have to pay.
Computer, take away two of the wrong answers, leaving only one wrong answer and the correct answer.
It's not quite the same, but the Ultimate Band List won a Webby award for music and has long been accepted as the One True Oracle for music information. Like IMDB (owned by Amazon) it's now more commercial, with "buy this!" links littered all over the place, but it still has decent information.
That wouldn't help either, since many of the browser emulators use JavaScript to imitate the functions of various buttons and widgets in the windows. The way they launch is a JavaScript method, even.
I keep JavaScript turned on -- it enables various web sites to function, both for good and for evil.
Except it isn't anymore. The Rabbit stopped selling years ago. You can now buy a Golf in the US, and it's labeled as such.
What's so hard to understand? The full name of the product includes the publisher's name. Microsoft will sell you Microsoft Excel. Hyundai a few years ago could sell you a Hyundai Excel. As long as you clearly note what your product's full name is, there isn't a problem.
I don't get it. You're trying to use the people who read your post to launch a very slow ping attack against a server in Finland?
Do a search on any keyword-compatible search engine for "samba." Apparently, the keyword has been purchased by the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia. Who would'a thunk it?
This is exactly the reason why trademark dilution exists. Look at any company's corporate web site for details on how you're not supposed to make their trademark sound generic by using it out of context. Let's say I'm a journalist or a lawyer. Instead of "Palm" to refer to my PDA, I should call it a "Palm Connected Organizer." Instead of Kleenex, I should say "Kleenex Facial Tissue." Likewise, Microsoft always refers to its own products as "Microsoft Office 2000," "Microsoft Windows NT," "Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5," and so forth.
Companies can't force individuals to use these terms, but in business and legal correspondence only the official product names can be used.
"Samba" is being used on its own here, not with some company name preceding it. That's the big case here.
Coca-Cola in Chinese = Bite the Wax Tadpole
"Finger-Licking Good" in Chinese -> "Lick your fingers off"
"Pepsi, choice of a new generation" in Chinese -> "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave"
I could go on, but they're probably all made-up anyway.
Seeing as how trolls affect Slashdot discussions (assuming you browse at -1) I don't think this would necessarily be a good idea. Some wacko ultra-conservative or ultra-liberal leader could urge thousands of people to vote a certain way on certain sites. Not to mention the fact that if the trolls had their way, goatse.cx would be rated as the most family-friendly site on the Internet. :)
Of course, we could always vote on the voters to establish a trust metric. Then we would have to vote on those votes to see if they were valid, and so forth and so on.