On J2ME devices, they've not even gotten their browser small enough (although, they now have the necessary proxy technology) - ReqWireless WebViewer and TLogic PocketWeb. (Could someone PLEASE write an open source browser and proxy app so we can get a FREE J2ME browser?)
On BREW devices, they HAVE (finally) gotten small enough. Their only competition is from the traditional J2ME browser market, and they cost more, and have less features, IIRC.
On Symbian, Opera kicks Psion/Nokia Web's ass. Opera rules Symbian.
On Linux, Opera is one of the most popular, but Dillo, Konqueror (!), and MiniMo are gunning for it (especially MiniMo, but so could Konq).
On PocketPC, Pocket IE, and some others have the market cornered. MiniMo, of course, just got ported.
On Windows Smartphone, PIE still rules the roost, but MiniMo just got ported, and Opera has betas out for Smartphone.
On Palm, Blazer seems to have the market. Opera and Mozilla aren't even CONSIDERING it.
SMS == text messaging. Almost any phone made in the last 5 years supports it, even in the US.
Old AT&T (TDMA, GSM), Cingular (GSM), T-Mobile (GSM), Sprint (CDMA), Verizon (CDMA), Tracfone (CDMA), Alltel (CDMA), and Nextel (iDEN) all support text messaging.
I've thought of doing a Replica II(e) myself. The problem is ROMs, FWIW.
Even though Apple might not care if you put up INSTRUCTIONS, and say how to flash the thing, if you start selling it (unless it's missing ROMs), they'll be pissed. Even if it's not APPLE that's pissed, MICROSOFT'll be pissed if you use any ROM with Applesoft BASIC on it - Applesoft is a modified version of Microsoft 6502 BASIC. Not even Apple can license it to you anymore - as of 1997, their MS BASIC license expired.
As for the Laser 128, that was the only legal clone that came with ROMs. Apple tried to sue, but lost. Basically, the precedent had already been set by Phoenix beating IBM back when they created the clone BIOS.
IIRC, the Pineapple did NOT use pirated ROMs - you had to find your own ROMs from a real Apple II. That said, they got sued, because they called it the Pineapple. They renamed it to Pinecom, and kept selling it.
One of the biggest brands of Apple II clone was Franklin, and they got sued, because (again, IIRC) they used pieces of Apple code in their ROMs and software.
Actually, this project (or, at least, the Replica I that it is based on) is blessed by Woz, the original author of the firmware. And, the firmware was written BEFORE Apple Computer was founded, meaning it's Woz's code to do what he wants with.
I don't know where he got THAT one from, but any keyboard from an original Apple ][ or ][+ is a parallel ASCII keyboard, and will work with a Replica I.
Myself, I'd use Opera on that. After all, with all the spyware, that PMMX@233 will CRAWL...
Besides, I've used as recent Opera releases as 7.60P1 (haven't booted the box since then) on my PMMX@233 with 96MB of RAM and Mandrake 10.0 Community. It's certainly slower than Opera on a modern box, but last I checked, it kicked Firefox's ass (except for the memory leaks, but those have almost disappeared in the later 7.6 previews and 8.0 betas).
Nokia's got stuff like that in the firmware. I've gotta admit, I don't see the point in "real music ringtones" or anything like that. I DO see the point in being able to switch tones - I can tell that it's MY phone going off, not someone else's phone (although, I've also got it set to vibrate, so I can feel it going off).
Looking a little more closely, I now see why it's an Outlook window - the window title for the screenshot (I copied the image URL) is "remote access to a stationary PC".
Still CLEARLY a mock-up, though. If this (the other picture they had) doesn't look like a mock-up, I don't know what does.
Had a similar problem (not that badly, though) with a BJC-610. Found cleaning directions after a couple hours of digging on Canon's site (use a Q-Tip on the heads with rubbing alcohol), and it worked fine (until the printer board went screwy).
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I actually played around with a Xybernaut MA V (P3, ATI graphics) with a 800x600 HMD (apparently it's discontinued now), a 40-key wrist-mount USB keyboard, and a finger trackball (you know - those $20 ones that they sell as presentation mice). It was pretty nice.
I've considered building a wearable with a VIA EPIA N. The only problem is a screen - battery shouldn't be too hard, considering how widely available DC-DC PSUs are for other VIA form-factors *cough*Mini-ITX*cough*.
Yes and no. FSB overclocks are possible, as with every other Intel processor, and I've heard of as much as 3.1GHz on a 735 (1.7GHz). However, you can't simply throw a 1.7 up to 2.0 by cranking up the multiplier. You could probably do AXP bridge modification tricks to unlock the multiplier, but I've never heard of that actually being done on an Intel chip.
Exactly my point. The whitelist only includes the numeric IDs, so if the OS checks the textual description, it can still install the right driver, even with the wrong ID.
As I understand it, there's also a textual description of the device. So, the OS could realize that 8086:1043/8086:2551 isn't REALLY an Intel 2100B, but that it's a (let's say) Orinoco MPCI3A-20.
I get your point. However, if I'm just putzing around on Slashdot, do I REALLY need a 3.6GHz monster? I can get away with a 300MHz Celeron if that's all I'm doing at the moment, so why not clock my 3.6GHz chip down to save power?
Disclaimer: I would NEVER buy one of these chips. EVER. A64 or P-M for me, thanks.
How EIST REALLY works (P-M OCers have found this out):
EIST is simply on the fly multiplier and voltage adjustment. Voltage adjustment requires mobo support, but multi adjustment is via an MSR register, and doesn't need mobo support.
The P-M (well, 400MHz ones, anyway) has unlocked multipliers between 6x and (processor speed divided by 100 - a 2000MHz chip will have up to 20x multiplers). While your description of SpeedStep is accurate, it works by adjusting the multiplier. The multiplier CAN be adjusted in 1x increments, not just 2x-3x increments.
So, if I've got a 765, with the right software (or just putting the right things in the right memory addresses), I can go from 600MHz to 2100MHz in 100MHz increments.
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Opera's got competition.
On J2ME devices, they've not even gotten their browser small enough (although, they now have the necessary proxy technology) - ReqWireless WebViewer and TLogic PocketWeb. (Could someone PLEASE write an open source browser and proxy app so we can get a FREE J2ME browser?)
On BREW devices, they HAVE (finally) gotten small enough. Their only competition is from the traditional J2ME browser market, and they cost more, and have less features, IIRC.
On Symbian, Opera kicks Psion/Nokia Web's ass. Opera rules Symbian.
On Linux, Opera is one of the most popular, but Dillo, Konqueror (!), and MiniMo are gunning for it (especially MiniMo, but so could Konq).
On PocketPC, Pocket IE, and some others have the market cornered. MiniMo, of course, just got ported.
On Windows Smartphone, PIE still rules the roost, but MiniMo just got ported, and Opera has betas out for Smartphone.
On Palm, Blazer seems to have the market. Opera and Mozilla aren't even CONSIDERING it.
SMS == text messaging. Almost any phone made in the last 5 years supports it, even in the US.
Old AT&T (TDMA, GSM), Cingular (GSM), T-Mobile (GSM), Sprint (CDMA), Verizon (CDMA), Tracfone (CDMA), Alltel (CDMA), and Nextel (iDEN) all support text messaging.
But NT (and Win32) was based on Win16, which DID run on DOS.
I've thought of doing a Replica II(e) myself. The problem is ROMs, FWIW.
Even though Apple might not care if you put up INSTRUCTIONS, and say how to flash the thing, if you start selling it (unless it's missing ROMs), they'll be pissed. Even if it's not APPLE that's pissed, MICROSOFT'll be pissed if you use any ROM with Applesoft BASIC on it - Applesoft is a modified version of Microsoft 6502 BASIC. Not even Apple can license it to you anymore - as of 1997, their MS BASIC license expired.
I'll settle this one...
http://apple2clones.com/ has a LONG list of Apple II clones.
As for the Laser 128, that was the only legal clone that came with ROMs. Apple tried to sue, but lost. Basically, the precedent had already been set by Phoenix beating IBM back when they created the clone BIOS.
IIRC, the Pineapple did NOT use pirated ROMs - you had to find your own ROMs from a real Apple II. That said, they got sued, because they called it the Pineapple. They renamed it to Pinecom, and kept selling it.
One of the biggest brands of Apple II clone was Franklin, and they got sued, because (again, IIRC) they used pieces of Apple code in their ROMs and software.
Actually, this project (or, at least, the Replica I that it is based on) is blessed by Woz, the original author of the firmware. And, the firmware was written BEFORE Apple Computer was founded, meaning it's Woz's code to do what he wants with.
I don't know where he got THAT one from, but any keyboard from an original Apple ][ or ][+ is a parallel ASCII keyboard, and will work with a Replica I.
Actually, from what I've heard, the eMachines LAPTOPS are fine. It's the desktops that are crap.
Myself, I'd use Opera on that. After all, with all the spyware, that PMMX@233 will CRAWL...
Besides, I've used as recent Opera releases as 7.60P1 (haven't booted the box since then) on my PMMX@233 with 96MB of RAM and Mandrake 10.0 Community. It's certainly slower than Opera on a modern box, but last I checked, it kicked Firefox's ass (except for the memory leaks, but those have almost disappeared in the later 7.6 previews and 8.0 betas).
Myself, I've actually got that feature, but I don't use it (too lazy to set it up).
What brand is your phone?
Nokia's got stuff like that in the firmware. I've gotta admit, I don't see the point in "real music ringtones" or anything like that. I DO see the point in being able to switch tones - I can tell that it's MY phone going off, not someone else's phone (although, I've also got it set to vibrate, so I can feel it going off).
http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB1161ISA/intro.h tml
An ISA host AND slave mode controller...
Well, if people see that EULAs say that the spyware can do all of this, maybe they won't use the spyware apps.
I remember back in the mid-90's that everybody said that their shareware compilations were virus scanned, and all of that good crap.
Troll...
Sprint also uses CDMA. So does Tracfone and Alltel.
IIRC, Japan also largely uses CDMA...
My Nokia 6225 is pretty damn small, FWIW.
Looking a little more closely, I now see why it's an Outlook window - the window title for the screenshot (I copied the image URL) is "remote access to a stationary PC".
Still CLEARLY a mock-up, though. If this (the other picture they had) doesn't look like a mock-up, I don't know what does.
Actually, that's a mock-up, using an Outlook 97 or 98 screenshot as the window on it.
Look more closely.
Had a similar problem (not that badly, though) with a BJC-610. Found cleaning directions after a couple hours of digging on Canon's site (use a Q-Tip on the heads with rubbing alcohol), and it worked fine (until the printer board went screwy).
I actually played around with a Xybernaut MA V (P3, ATI graphics) with a 800x600 HMD (apparently it's discontinued now), a 40-key wrist-mount USB keyboard, and a finger trackball (you know - those $20 ones that they sell as presentation mice). It was pretty nice.
I've considered building a wearable with a VIA EPIA N. The only problem is a screen - battery shouldn't be too hard, considering how widely available DC-DC PSUs are for other VIA form-factors *cough*Mini-ITX*cough*.
http://dillo-win.sourceforge.jp/index.en.html is the site, and http://sourceforge.jp/projects/dillo-win is the project page.
Last update was in 2003.
I'm also e-mailing this post to you.
Yes and no. FSB overclocks are possible, as with every other Intel processor, and I've heard of as much as 3.1GHz on a 735 (1.7GHz). However, you can't simply throw a 1.7 up to 2.0 by cranking up the multiplier. You could probably do AXP bridge modification tricks to unlock the multiplier, but I've never heard of that actually being done on an Intel chip.
Exactly my point. The whitelist only includes the numeric IDs, so if the OS checks the textual description, it can still install the right driver, even with the wrong ID.
As I understand it, there's also a textual description of the device. So, the OS could realize that 8086:1043/8086:2551 isn't REALLY an Intel 2100B, but that it's a (let's say) Orinoco MPCI3A-20.
I get your point. However, if I'm just putzing around on Slashdot, do I REALLY need a 3.6GHz monster? I can get away with a 300MHz Celeron if that's all I'm doing at the moment, so why not clock my 3.6GHz chip down to save power?
Disclaimer: I would NEVER buy one of these chips. EVER. A64 or P-M for me, thanks.
How EIST REALLY works (P-M OCers have found this out):
EIST is simply on the fly multiplier and voltage adjustment. Voltage adjustment requires mobo support, but multi adjustment is via an MSR register, and doesn't need mobo support.
The P-M (well, 400MHz ones, anyway) has unlocked multipliers between 6x and (processor speed divided by 100 - a 2000MHz chip will have up to 20x multiplers). While your description of SpeedStep is accurate, it works by adjusting the multiplier. The multiplier CAN be adjusted in 1x increments, not just 2x-3x increments.
So, if I've got a 765, with the right software (or just putting the right things in the right memory addresses), I can go from 600MHz to 2100MHz in 100MHz increments.