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Epoc Digest Sat, 17 Jan 2004 Volume 01 : Number 426

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In today's Epoc Digest 15 messages:

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- GPRS aircard/netbook

- Last Psion shop www.pulster.de :)

- Re: Malaybook Accessories

- Re: Re: USB printer - no go!

- Wireless Card, SitaShop, Malaybook Accessories,

- Sita / n-Dream / mBook

- Epoc Editor App

- Communicating with USB Port

- Looking for US Spell Files

- Re:Sita Shop

- Delivery Time, UK to US

- PsiWin connection alternatives

- SV: Epoc Digest V1 # 425 (4)

- PHONEMAN

- UK Power Supply for Netbok

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 01:08:25 +0100

From: Donald

Subject: GPRS aircard/netbook

Hello All!

I've been checking the digest out for some time now, hoping to hear some news about the GPRS aircard (T-Mobile in the US NEW YORK region) being used with the netbook (even an older netbook version).

Has anyone been using this service? And If so,

How well does it actually work?

Can I continue sending and receiving faxes an emails with no problems?

Is it worth getting this aircard or can I just use a newer phone that's GPRS enable with the IR port?

Will this IR port work with the 5mx as well? and If so,

Is the speed the same as using an aircard?

I know I'm hitting ya hard with allot of questions, but I am thinking of upgrading from my reliable I888 Ericsson World Phone that connects flawlessly to all units via IR Port and has so for many years now. (want better speed)

Any feedback is appreciated, Donald em

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 07:28:00 +0100

From: Chris Pulster

Subject: Last Psion shop www.pulster.de :)

Hello,

may I point to my shop http://www.pulster.de

Just to mention some points in the last digest, I have in stock: - netbook DIMM 32 MB Ugrade memory, new, 99 EUR

- Cisco WLAN card, new, 55 EUR

- the Sharp C700/750/760/860 series in english

- spares like LCD ribbon cables 5MX, new and with improved quality, 39 EUR - spares for netbook like LCD panel, PCB motherboard, keyboards etc.

- standard accessories like link cables, manual, batterie cells

In short, quite a lot for the Psion afficionado.

The bad side: the shop is in German language (please try google/ bablefish translation link)

The good side: I ship worldwide and for a flat 15 EUR.

We already have a lot of international customers and dont cheat people.

Christoph Pulster

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 09:51:50 +0100

From: Wong Koi Hin

Subject: Re: Malaybook Accessories

Reply to: Melvin Woody

Dear Melvin,

MW>Am I right in thinking the cable is necessary to connect to my desktop? I could use the IR to coordinate with my Mako and my laptop, but for day to day purposes, I would need to move files back and forth to my desktop. Is the cable involved peculiar to the Netbook -- or might I find something that would do the job at Radio Shack or the like?*

I would advise it as the cable is non-standard, IR does not work off-the-shelf with certain Windows OS versions, and cable would have a much more reliable connection (from personal experiences).

MW>If I have to buy the RS232 cable from Sita, I'll be charged a minimum shipping fee of $23. At that rate, I could have them add a Cisco Wireless card for $45 and save $15 of the $60 the seller of the Mbook is asking -- and add in a screen protector and ,perhaps, a CF card of some appropriate size.

I personally prefer the Orinoco Wi-Fi cards, less power consumption and works well. You dont have to get a CF card from them, CF cards are widely available and is one of the cheapest memory per megabyte.

MW>Finally, is there an archive of Epoc Digests?

http://www.psioneering.co.uk/

To the moderators of Epoc Digest: May i suggest you tack on the URL for the Epoc digest at the end, as I am sure this question comes up every now and then. I further suggest some very useful URLs on various aspects of our machines be posted there, such as Wi-Fi, CF compatibility or others, as the questions relating to them pop up quite frequently. Perhaps even an FAQ. Actually PDAstreet's Psion forum probably does a better job at this and is more newbie friendly, but I suspect many digestees are too busy (or lazy like myself) or have other difficulties that prevent them from keeping up with the postings there and rely on the digest.

Warm regards,

Koi Hin

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 12:23:52 +0100

From: Sergio Strati

Subject: Re: Re: USB printer - no go!

2) Color printers depend havily on the driver software, especially when dealing with photos. Even if you can make one of the current models work with your netBook, the quality of the photos will surely disappoint you.

Right!

Another question!

Beetwen Canon and HP witch potable printer (latest model) work with netBook!

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 13:25:46 +0100

From: Itamar Engelsman

Subject: Wireless Card, SitaShop, Malaybook Accessories,

Answer to: Manuel Campos Galvan

Re.: Wireless Card - I understand that downloading email is not a problem with Wifi connections, but how can you send email for example at McDonnalds if you don't know the SMTP server they use ?

Answer to: Andy Hayes

Re. SitaShop - Did not disappear at all, logged on in one try.

Answer to: Melvin Woody

Re. Malaybook Accessories - The RS-232 cable is the standard one that works for the 5MX, Revo, S7 and netBook (as well as the 3C and 3MX). You should be able to pick it up either on eBay or one of the many postal order Companies like Clove and Widget.

Re. Archive of digests - Yes, the archive is on our website which is at the bottom of each digest : http://www.psioneering.co.uk

Best regards,

Itamar Engelsman

London, UK

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 18:33:53 +0100

From: Andy Hayes

Subject: Sita / n-Dream / mBook

Hi All

It is guaranteed that as soon as you point out that something has disappeared it immediately comes back - Sitashop - !

n-Dream, or the lack of it, is causing me spam headaches too. After months of not even opening the mails I had a change of mind and decided to see what was on offer. I tried out a few packages to add a few extra inches and it works, honestly. My nose is now so long I can use it as a scarf!

I still think that the best antispam measure is to keep changing your email address. My address must be on one of the CDs twice as I get every wonderful offer twice. If everyone changed their email address say, four times per year, the ISPs might start to do something about the spam situation. They may of course just charge you for changing your email address so often!

Melvin told us all about his Ebay win of an MBook.

You can connect to the desktop by IR, but a cable or docking station is more reliable. Look at somewhere like www.serialleads.co.uk for a PsiWin cable.

You will need at least one compact flash for the OS. If you should have a complete power failure (both main and backup batteries) the operating system will be lost. The OS can be downloaded from several places on the net - just google for MalayBook OS.

PDF reader is freeware - just google for it. Someone here will be able to help you out with Opera and probably PDF reader too.

The MalayBook can be awkward about what CF it will load the OS from, mine took 3 different cards before I got a successful install. It finally worked from an "Integral" 512mb CF. It has to be said that it is rare for the MBooks to lose their OS' and it is usually down to lack of care of the battery levels from the user, or an intentional upgrade to memory or personality module.

Look at prices on www.expansys.com on the CF card front as well as Ebay, although a lot of the ones on Ebay may not come from the same country in which you live so importation duties might become an issue.

The Epoc Digest is at http://www.psioneering.co.uk/

There is actually very little indeed to be gained by buying a netBook personality module. If the netBook OS is ever upgraded it would be worth having bought one. This is about as likely as a jackpot win on the national lottery (or less). Its easier to see the install of the OS procedure going on if you have the netBook personality chip. You are at the moment less likely to be able to run Linux on a netBook than an MBook.

Andy Hayes

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 21:25:49 +0100

From: Andy Hayes

Subject: Epoc Editor App

Hi All

Has anyone got the URL for this. I am getting dizzy going around in circles looking for it!

Andy Hayes

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Date: 15 Jan 2004 23:03:22 +0100

From: Neil Ogden

Subject: Communicating with USB Port

This is still as a result of my ongoing communication problem that I am yet to solve. Can anyone tell me how I get my Revo connected up to a USB port and if this is easy to do? If it is, it may be an option to solve this problem in a roundabout way and at least end up with possibly a faster connection. I know you can buy COM serial > USB converters, but they are quite expensive so I don't want to go an buy one if this is something is hard to do or may just not work bearing in mind the ongoing communication problem.

I have tried deleting PSI win stuff from the registry and also renaming the stuff under "Psion" in the registry so that it creates that again, but I still don't get asked for the name of the Psion etc. as I do the very first time I installed it. IO am still totally baffled.

I wonder of the £1 per minute UK tech support telephone line will be of any use? Anyone had cause to try this?

Neil Ogden

Very Frustrated

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www.neilogden.co.uk

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Date: 16 Jan 2004 00:42:05 +0100

From: Woody B

Subject: Looking for US Spell Files

Have an Mbook with the UK Spell installed in the OS. Would like to install the US version, but haven't had sucess finding the file. Suggestions/hints? Woody

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Date: 16 Jan 2004 02:01:04 +0100

From: Melvin Woody

Subject: Re:Sita Shop

Sita Shop has not disappeared. They were redesigning their Web site. I found them again about 21 hours ago. (11:00 p.m. EST in the U.S. on Jan. 13th. I used sitashop.com in the URL. Keep trying. It didn't work one or two times -- but I may have made an error on those occasions.

Melvin Woody

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Date: 16 Jan 2004 02:35:55 +0100

From: Jim Watson-Gove

Subject: Delivery Time, UK to US

It's a good thing people like Scott Loyd are helping out (he solved my power supply problem for me). I finally got tired of waiting and contacted Expansis (I ordered December 23rd). They tell me that all is ok and that I should expect to see my power supply around January 20th. I knew it was a far piece between the UK and the US, but I had no idea....

jim - port townsend

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Date: 16 Jan 2004 03:12:40 +0100

From: Melvin Woody

Subject: PsiWin connection alternatives

As I've poked about trying to find where and how to connect my Malaybook to my desk top, I've found cables at reasonable prices at expansys -- and also some IR sensors to connect to the USB port. The cheapest wouldn't cost all that much more than a cable. Has anyone any experience with these? Wouldn't that be a simple, even portable way to make that connection and transfer files?

Might file transfer also be managed by using a CF card reader?

Would that turn a CF card into something like a Zip Drive disk? (My

experience with CF cards is limited to using them with my digital camera.

Melvin Woody

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Date: 16 Jan 2004 08:59:33 +0100

From: Trygve Henriksen

Subject: SV: Epoc Digest V1 # 425 (4)

Greetings!

About Mobile phones and roaming in other countries/continents...

On www.gsmworld.com you can find information on roaming agreements,

which services are supported by the networks and coverage maps.

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Kevin Collins asked:

> I was doing fine with spam until before Christmas, at which time

n-Dream ceased to

> work. It has been down so long now that I can only suppose that the

cessation is

> permanent? Does anyone have any info on this, please?

They've been known to be down for considerable periods of time before...

That's one of the reasons I stopped using them.

(The other was that harebrained 'verify sender' crap they started to

use)

> Also, any ideas on a possible replacement?

I now use www.spamache.com

It costs about $7/month, but for that it cleans out 98% of the crap,

including their own replies to support questions and the mails from the

credit-card company they use for billing...

The server is responsive, can be accessed with my netBook/Opera, stores

deleted mails for 30 days, and is located in Denmark(no need to worry

that the FBI or CIA have access :-)

You will need to make a 'white-list' or else this digest and lots of

other legit mail will be blocked.

And lastly, they have a 7 day free trial.

:-)

Trygve

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Date: 16 Jan 2004 16:58:34 +0100

From: Crumlish, Idris

Subject: PHONEMAN

Hi all,

I have read various postings regarding using 'Phoneman' with the Nokia 6310i phone.

I never registered my copy of Phoneman because I was unable to transfer multiple numbers for an entry on my previous phone which was a 7110 to my S5.

My mobile is used as my business address book so I decided to try again last weekend, after downloading various add-ons from the Zenobyte site. After 1 false start have succeeded in synchronising a total of nearly 200 entries a lot of which have multiple numbers & address details. My false start involved reading only the first number and / or part of the address details and I was not aware of it stopping after 31 entries.

I look forward to using this program and intend registering once the new version becomes available.

Regards,

Idris

Idris Crumlish

Specifier Services, Glasgow

Tel: 0141 425 4800

Fax: 0141 445 0122

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Date: 17 Jan 2004 20:40:30 +0100

From: Melvin Woody

Subject: UK Power Supply for Netbok

I'm offered a UK power supply with the Netbook (MBook) I just bought on ebay - in addition to the US power supply included in the price. I don't spend enough time in the UK itself to make it worth while. But it it could also be used elsewhere in Europe (Germany, Greece, France) and in South Africa, it would be worth buying. Is the UK power supply usable in the rest of Europe, with suitable plug end adapters?