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Epoc Digest Tue, 20 Jul 2004 Volume 01 : Number 564
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In today's Epoc Digest 09 messages:
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- Windows replacement fot Agenda
- Re: Nokia takes on Microsoft in mobile laptop market
- Free ISP in Ireland (was: Free ISP in Italy)
- Re: Free ISP in Ireland
- SE P910, SyncTalk, Anfi Del Mar de Gran Canaria, New Phone/ PDA, Clove 5mx,
- GPS navigation, CF Cards, Attachments,
- MBook wirelss card doesn't work
- RE: Ericsson phone
- SD-CF1 Adaptor
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 09:39:37 +0700
From: Stephen Convery
Subject: Windows replacement fot Agenda
Hi All,
In answer to Kevin Thorne,
> Now that I've got my laptop at last, it has now taken over most of
> the tasks that my S7 once did. There are still a couple of areas
> where I find EPOC much better and one of these is diary management.
> Snip
I had the same dilemma when I recently switched from an S7 to a Windows XP
laptop and after trying out lots of different programs for XP have finally
found one that I think comes closest to Agenda on the Psion. It is IBM
Lotus Organizer v6 - costs about ?45 but is very good - lots of different
views in the calendar - day,week,month etc plus a year planner, notes
section, contacts, todos plus more, all in one package. Unfortunately I
don't think that there is a trial version that you can download but you
should be able to find some reviews if you google for them.
Available as a (approx 21Mb) download when bought direct from IBM.com.
No connection to IBM. Just a happy user.
HTH
All the best,
Stephen Convery
Douglas,
Isle of Man.
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 09:49:33 +0700
From: Korbinian Demmel
Subject: Re: Nokia takes on Microsoft in mobile laptop market
Hi Martin,
Martin Maxwell wrote at 6 Jul 2004 08:03:56 +0700 in
Epoc Digest V1 # 556 7
> In brief, this means that whenever you talk about
> Symbian devices you will need to specify *both*
> the OS version and the user interface (UI).
> ...Here is a
> short list of the user interfaces have existed on
> Symbian OS in real devices
> until today:
>...
Thank you for that very good piece of information!
regards
Korbinian
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 10:32:31 +0700
From: U Hornstein
Subject: Free ISP in Ireland (was: Free ISP in Italy)
Hi Kevin,
Reference is made to the mail in the Epoc Digest V1 # 558 (4) : Kevin
Collins wrote on 11 Jul 2004 10:21:41 (> ):
> To Peter Mohn (>):
> > If you go to www.freepass.it and click on "abbonati >
> subito" (register
> Thanks for that info, Peter. I did as you said and
> managed to register an email address. Am I correct in
> thinking that this is purely webmail? I didn't come
> across any POP3 or STMP settings.... basically it is the
>
> latter, plus a dial up number, which I require: I just
> wish to use the ISP to get online and retrieve my own
> email. I am only going on holiday.
Unfortuantely I cannot help with your Italian question.
However #1, once you have the ISP, can't you hook up to any pop or SMTP
account, even your own? Why use a new one?
However #2, I have the same question for, guess where, Ireland. I will be
going from 14th August to a 3 week Ireland trip by car. I would like to be
able to pick up and send some mails and maybe looking up a very few www
pages on the way - whatever my MC218 web browser allows.
Until now i did this with my Mobile phone on my travels, using my German
ISP and account with international calls and Roaming prices - they are VERY
high.
What solution would you suggest? My ideal choice would be: a prepaid Irish
Mobile card without a fixed base tariff (*) and a free ISP, to which I can
make contact to my usual SMTP and pop mail accounts.
If that is not possible, a cheap Irish fixed line ISP account would do,
since I own a travel modem as well. For this case, where can I find
Information on the telephone plugs used there?
(*) I learned that for Germany such a thing is available via Ebay: 15€
worth of prepaid airtime for 15€ + postage.
Last not least: From your personal point of view: Are there any "must-sees"
in your local area? Ring of Kerry is on our agenda already. Any hints
welcome, not necessarily from Kevin alone (best via PM; Irish music
festivals?)
--
With greetings from Germany
Ulrich Hornstein
For spam protection: Please NEVER type my mail address into a www page
('send to a friend' or similar)!
Sent by MC218 (EPOC palmtop)
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 13:15:38 +0700
From: Kevin Collins
Subject: Re: Free ISP in Ireland
Hi folks...
To Ulrich (> ):
> However #1, once you have the ISP, can't you hook up to > any pop or
SMTP account, even your own? Why use a new
> one?
Absolutely. I will use the ISP just to get online at local, rather than
international, rates, and access my own account.
> However #2, I have the same question for, guess where,
> Ireland. <SNIP>
> What solution would you suggest? My ideal choice would
> be: a prepaid Irish Mobile card without a fixed base
> tariff (*) and a free ISP, to which I can make contact
> to my usual SMTP and pop mail accounts.
The main two mobile providers here are Vodaphone and O2 (Meteor is a third,
but coverage is not as good outside the cities.) Both sell prepaid SIMs for
about 20 Eu. These can be topped up in units of 10 Eu. They can be data (or
GPRS) enabled simply by calling. Once you have your number, you can
register a free e-mail account.
> If that is not possible, a cheap Irish fixed line ISP
> account would do, since I own a travel modem as well.
> For this case, where can I find Information on the
> telephone plugs used there?
My ISP offers a free service, see www.eircom.net. Regarding telephone
plugs, ours are different to UK (ours are smaller), and a UK plug requires
an adaptor to work here. I am not familiar with German plugs, but I would
be fairly sure that an adaptor could be purchased.
> Last not least: From your personal point of view: Are
> there any "must-sees" in your local area? Ring of Kerry
> is on our agenda already. Any hints welcome, not
> necessarily from Kevin alone (best via PM; Irish music
> festivals?)
I will mail you off-Digest on this.
--
Regards,
Kevin [Cork, Ireland]
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 14:58:41 +0700
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: SE P910, SyncTalk, Anfi Del Mar de Gran Canaria, New Phone/ PDA,
Clove 5mx,
Answer to: All
Re.: SE P910 - Thanks for all the answers about the P910. While it is of
course not a 5MX or nB / mB keyboard, it will certainly help with the
occasional shortish diary inputs I tend to make. I am still not convinced
about a phone/PDA combination so I'll think some more about it. Can anyone
comment about synchronisation between the 800/900 and an EPOC machine ? Is
anything the same at all ? What about a DATA program for the 800/900 ?
Answer to: Christopher Holly
Re.: SyncTalk - It still appears on all usual websites as a demo but the
link to the home page gives a "cannot be displayed" message. I think it
would be unwise to pay for it at this stage.
Answer to: Owen
Re.: Anfi Del Mar de Gran Canaria - Hi Owen, good to see you ar ein contact
with the world again. Where in the world is this place ?
Answer to: Kevin Collins
Re.: New Phone/ PDA - I used to think like you to keep them separate.
However, I am not really happy with my Palm PDA and if I want to return to
a Symbian PDA these are just about the only options. Nokia also makes them
but these phones are more like a brick. The 800/900/910 you can still hang
on your belt without discomfort.
Answer to: Kevin Thorne
Re.: Clove 5mx - I don't know the answer, I just saw it on their website.
Why don't you send them an email or phone them ?
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 14:58:42 +0700
From: Itamar Engelsman
Subject: GPS navigation, CF Cards, Attachments,
Answer to: Axel Moberg
Re.: GPS navigation - I'll start with your last question. The first series
5 was the original machine called "S5" with 8Mb internal memory. The
upgrade was the "5MX" with 16 Mb and some other improvements, amongst them
the speed of the processor. The 5MXPro was only issued in Germany ahd
instead of ROM it had all the Operating System in RAM which had to be
reinstalled with each hard reset you would do. The MC218 was a 5MX brought
out by Ericsson.
Now as to the GPS navigation questions : 1) It is possible on all Psion's
from the series 5 and above. I used it on the 5 first and now on the
mBook. 2) Most GPS makes can be used that are NMEA compatible, but you
will have to buy a connecting cable as well and I am not sure for which
these are available. I use a Garmin eTrex with a cable that both connects
to the Psion and powers the GPS from the cigarette lighter. 3) Route- and
Streetplanner are specifically meant to find your way on the road, the
first between cities, the latter in cities. There are European and UK
versions. The first edition of Citymaps works as well. There are a variety
of other programs that will do similar functions, and I seem to remember
there is even a program to download your own maps with. Search the usual
sources. 4) The program Psimapper and RealMaps were two programs that you
could use with your own designed maps if I am not mistaken. Look for more
at http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk.
Answer to: David Steer
Re.: CF Cards - I note on that website that a normal Scandisk 1 Gb one is
only Gbp 129.-. Prices are truly coming down !
Answer to: Melvin Woody
Re.: Attachments - Kindly note you cannot attach anything to your messages
to the digest. Any attachment will be ignored by the program.
Best regards,
Itamar Engelsman
London, UK
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Date: 19 Jul 2004 15:07:24 +0700
From: Philip
Subject: MBook wirelss card doesn't work
Melvin Wood wrote about problems getting a MalayBook Netbook to work with a
wireless card.
I had endless trouble with my German NetBook -until, in Ethernet settings,
I tried putting rLAN in the current settings box.
Now it works, and I don't know why.
Good luck,
Philip
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Date: 20 Jul 2004 04:00:46 +0700
From: Martin Maxwell
Subject: RE: Ericsson phone
Answer to: Bernard Hill
Subject: RE: Ericsson phones
>Now I note that Sony-Ericsson do Epoc driven mobile phones running
things >like TomeRaider. Eg P800, P900. Will these also act as IR contacts
for my >netBook and Ps5?
Yes they will. You can also use GPRS with these phones from the netBook,
Revo or 5mx (not the 5).
>I use 3 pay-as-you-go Sims with the SH888 simply on account of the vagaries
>of reception here in Scotland. Do the Px000 etc also offer changeable PAYG
>chips?
>Where would I see reviews of these phones?
For specs of all Symbian/EPOC phones, why not visit
http://www.symbian.com/phones/index.html. Here you will find a complete list.
As for reviews, why not visit http://www.allaboutsymbian.com. It's a good
start.
Kind regards
Martin Maxwell
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
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Date: 20 Jul 2004 11:11:21 +0700
From: A. Bernard Olij
Subject: SD-CF1 Adaptor
Hi all,
Some time ago I posted the following question. I know this is not Psion
related (but it was mentioned here in the first place): I really would be
helped very
much if somebody (off digest?) could give me an address in England, where I
could buy a Minolta
SD-CF1 Adaptor. In the meantime I learned that the art. number is
8700-9500. Anyhow, in Holland that is the Minolta Europe number. Your help
is much appreciated, certainly if you knew how much time I already have
spent to order this
adaptor around the world.
Bernard Olij
Indonesia (where the adaptor is not sold :(
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