Contrary to what Slashdot has been reporting, it seems that the popularity of linux in general is actually decreasing and Vista is increasing. Google Trends: http://www.google.com/trends?q=linux%2C+vista&ctab =0&geo=all&date=all As a supporter of Dell adding Linux to their PCs, I find this to be somewhat alarming. Is there any particular reason why the search term 'linux' would be decreasing over the past couple years, despite increased news coverage and adoption worldwide by many companies and goverments? Perhaps I have overlooked something.
If I'm not mistaken, this technology has already been implemented in some Japanese phones. I recall seeing it advertised on the http://www.nttdocomo.com/ website more than a year ago. Other features at the time included what equates to our PayPass, except that it was inside your cell phone. Another more widely used feature was the barcode scanners that would allow you to take a picture with your phone's camera of a square-shaped barcode that could be found on many advertisements and products and then find more information using the phone's web browser.
Perhaps I misread the website a long time ago, but I'm pretty sure some other phone has already been released with that capability.
I have tried using my OpenWave browser and overall it has worked well. However, I did run into a few minor problems, mostly because Wikipedia does not output the format in WML/HDML when browsed by a mobile browser. I submitted this to the Wikipedia's feature request list, but it got turned down. If you do happen to have problems browing Wikipedia on your mobile device, don't expect it to get fixed any time soon. Let's keep our fingers crossed that wikipedia will soon realize the importance of supporting its web-based audience in todays world.
There's not really that big of a need to have the entire Wikipedia downloaded onto your PDA. I hope that most of Webaroo's users know that, as some of the links indicate, you can already access Wikipedia (or nearly any website for that matter) via mobile web on your cell phone / PDA. I suppose if I were going to be somewhere that did not have internet access, then downloading it would come in quite handy, but I've always thought the thing that distinguished Wikipedia from more traditional resources is that it is always up to date because any user can edit/post material. It did not appear as if the Webaroo Wikipedia supports editing, which is a major loss in my opinion.
Virtual CD is a much better program for things such as that, and in fact was made completely for that purpose. Although, it is demoware unless you buy it, but of course, you can just get a serial for it if you want. What, are they thinking people who pirate games will also be willing to buy the program. Seriously though, it is worth the money for those of you who actually do support programs you like. Buy it or not, your choice.
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Contrary to what Slashdot has been reporting, it seems that the popularity of linux in general is actually decreasing and Vista is increasing. Google Trends: http://www.google.com/trends?q=linux%2C+vista&ctab =0&geo=all&date=all As a supporter of Dell adding Linux to their PCs, I find this to be somewhat alarming. Is there any particular reason why the search term 'linux' would be decreasing over the past couple years, despite increased news coverage and adoption worldwide by many companies and goverments? Perhaps I have overlooked something.
If I'm not mistaken, this technology has already been implemented in some Japanese phones. I recall seeing it advertised on the http://www.nttdocomo.com/ website more than a year ago. Other features at the time included what equates to our PayPass, except that it was inside your cell phone. Another more widely used feature was the barcode scanners that would allow you to take a picture with your phone's camera of a square-shaped barcode that could be found on many advertisements and products and then find more information using the phone's web browser. Perhaps I misread the website a long time ago, but I'm pretty sure some other phone has already been released with that capability.
I have tried using my OpenWave browser and overall it has worked well. However, I did run into a few minor problems, mostly because Wikipedia does not output the format in WML/HDML when browsed by a mobile browser. I submitted this to the Wikipedia's feature request list, but it got turned down. If you do happen to have problems browing Wikipedia on your mobile device, don't expect it to get fixed any time soon. Let's keep our fingers crossed that wikipedia will soon realize the importance of supporting its web-based audience in todays world.
There's not really that big of a need to have the entire Wikipedia downloaded onto your PDA. I hope that most of Webaroo's users know that, as some of the links indicate, you can already access Wikipedia (or nearly any website for that matter) via mobile web on your cell phone / PDA. I suppose if I were going to be somewhere that did not have internet access, then downloading it would come in quite handy, but I've always thought the thing that distinguished Wikipedia from more traditional resources is that it is always up to date because any user can edit/post material. It did not appear as if the Webaroo Wikipedia supports editing, which is a major loss in my opinion.
Virtual CD is a much better program for things such as that, and in fact was made completely for that purpose. Although, it is demoware unless you buy it, but of course, you can just get a serial for it if you want. What, are they thinking people who pirate games will also be willing to buy the program. Seriously though, it is worth the money for those of you who actually do support programs you like. Buy it or not, your choice.