- new Communicator from nokia

- Re: Psion and GMail

- DATA to Macintosh

- Future scope of the Digest

- Nokia E90 *Communicator*

- Samsung Apple Prada: in many points less advanced than the MX5series?

Date: 12 Feb 2007 11:29:45 +0700
From: "Cozzani Franco" <address truncated>
Subject: new Communicator from nokia

http://www.nokia.com/press



Dear all, the long awaited new Communicator from Nokia has been
announced today.

Have a look.

Kind regards,



Franco COZZANI
Brussels

Date: 12 Feb 2007 12:25:53 +0700
From: Howard Weissman <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Psion and GMail

For K.I. van der Straten

I use a work around for Gmail-

Using a Psion compatable ISP, my Gmail accounts- I have several- are set as forward to my ISP email address. Outgoing messages are sent with the necessary Gmail address. It helps to set upseveral email accounts with your ISP logon information and your gmail address.

Hope this helps.

Howard W.
New York, NY 

Date: 12 Feb 2007 17:17:04 +0700
From: Michael Kosarin <address truncated>
Subject: DATA to Macintosh

Has anyone had any success with transferring DATA files to an Apple Macintosh Address Book? I've taken a look at that "Psion and Apple Macintosh Connectivity" website, and it's useful to a point, but I keep ending up with records split into two or three, or data missing, or whatever. It's kind of a mess. I've experimented with a few different settings for the (admittedly confusing) export options. Anyone found the magic text qualifier/label separator/entry separator to make this work? Maybe porting it over to a Contacts (vcf) file first? Any help is much appreciated.

Michael Kosarin
New York City

Date: 12 Feb 2007 17:32:56 +0700
From: "Lars-Olov Eriksson" <address truncated>
Subject: Future scope of the Digest

I have been a careless reader of The Digest for quite some time. I did not notice until now, that there has been an issue of the future scope of The Digest. Here is my view, if the issue has not already been resolved.



Although I have always been a Psion lover and still is striving on with my Revo Plus, I realize that it will not ascend from the dead and that new technology at some point in time will unite in a super "Psion". So far I have not seen any, but today I read about a new communicator attempt by Nokia and there was a short description of one E90. My curiosity was triggered and instinctively I turned to The Digest for advice, but found no mentioning of the creature.



Now, to the subject. I think it would be a shame that such an impressive, accumulated competence as that of The Digest would either disappear in thin air or be solely devoted to moarning of the Psion and to nostalgia (I do not say that it has been). So I would hope The Digest to widen the scope to "stuff that 'Psioneers' would like to dwell on", open ended towards the future.



Best regards,



Lars-Olov Eriksson

Date: 12 Feb 2007 18:43:48 +0700
From: Chris Handley
Subject: Nokia E90 *Communicator*

This won't be to everyone's tastes, but seems like Nokia haven't abandoned their Communicator line just yet:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/4891_Welcome_to_the_future-the_Noki.php
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/From_Psion_Series_3_to_Nokia_E90.php
http://my-symbian.com/s60v3/review_e90.php       (I've not actually read this yet!)

Of course, Steve Litchfield can look suitably smug about predicting this!

Key points to note, when comparing to the 9500:
* Thinner (while somehow gaining functionality!).
* Massive 800x352 full-colour screen outside (compare to the 9500's restrictive 640x200).
* And a full 200x320 S60 external display, which you can supposedly switch to/from seamlessly.
* Robust (looking) hinges, unlike the 9500.
* Vibrate function!  Apparently Nokia does listen, sometimes :)
* S60 (bleugh, but hopefully it's not that bad as a Psion replacement).
* Built-in GPS *and* Nokia Map software.  But is it as good as a Tom Tom?
* Quick Office 4 replaces original Symbian office apps.
* Still no touch screen.

Certainly looks like a reasonable way to replace a 9500, or even a Psion, but I don't expect to be doing so any time soon, because (a) I'll wait till the price drops, (b) wait until they get the bugs out of it, (c) wait until some software gets produced for it, (d) my 9500 isn't that old, and (e) no OPL or other self-hosted programming language for it (yet).

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Chris Handley

Date: 10 Feb 2007 10:29:44 +0700
From: Vlad A <address truncated>
Subject: Samsung Apple Prada: in many points less advanced than the MX5series?

Hi!

Samsung announcements:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/09/ap3413158.html http://samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/PressRelease.asp?seq=20070208_00 00320566#

"Samsung Unveils IPhone-Like Cell Phone" etc. Is noone here a journalist with acces to mainstream-media? I'd like to see the publication of a feature-length article titled: Smartphone and PA market Prophet Psion still unsurpassed.

best,

vlad a