- Re: HTC TyTn II or Touch or Symbian

- PsiWin CopyAnyWhere

- Re: NetBook batteries

- Re: netbook battery

- HTC TyTn II or Touch or Symbian, Windows Vista and PC Suite,

- Windows Mobile device,

- Re: Re: File corrupt!

Date: 7 Nov 2007 17:42:16 +0100
From: Arabbitte <address truncated>
Subject: Re: HTC TyTn II or Touch or Symbian

TyTn - a former P910i user's experience:

I retired my trusty P910i last month when my HTC TyTn II arrived. As some regular contributors may recall, I have been through the entire Psion handheld family (ignoring the netbooks) over the years and was very impressed with the P910i during my 3 years of ownership. It didn't replace the functionality of the Psion 5mx but - especially considering it's size and the fact that it was also a phone - it was a welcome replacement.

I moved to Windows Mobile as much for a change as for any particular technical reason. I suppose the options for me were between a Sony Ericsson P1  and the TyTn. My perfect phone was to have :
WiFi
3G
GPS
FM Radio
IR
Qwerty Keyboard
Reasonable form factor - no bigger than the P910i.

The Tytn doesn't have IR or FM radio but it has everything else. I have used the inbuilt GPS (along with TomTom) quite often and am very impressed. Software availability is a big plus for WM6 - there is tons of stuff available, certainly more than was there for my P910i. Having said that, my much loved Java personal banking application - JABP - will not work on this platform as I can't get a Java VM for WM6. You would have thought that it would be possible to pick up a replacement banking app, but I have yet to find one that meets my (simple!) requirements.

WM6 is a good and stable OS but that's all. My P910i was more responsive for most common usage and seemed to make more out of what it has got. It is also - on balance - probably more intuitive and easier to use. That said, the newer Symbian environments are much more complex and may also suffer at the hand of "advancements" made over the years. In summary, I am happy with the TyTn and would recommend one.

If you need a keyboard, I suppose that would rule out the Touch? I understand there is a Sony Ericcson P5 Symbian device due to be announced any day soon and that will have GPS built in along with a qwerty keyboard hidden under a slider. That could be nice. For me, the P1 came close, but I wanted GPS and a full (well, nearly full) keyboard so it was ruled out. The Nokia E90 is almost perfect, but it is too big, too heavy and has had some very well publicised quality issues on the first batches. I would not be interested in any other non-touchscreen Symbian devices.

Just my 2 cents worth ...

All the best from Dublin, Ireland
Alan

Date: 7 Nov 2007 19:39:27 +0100
From: Martin O'Neill (IOL) <address truncated>
Subject: PsiWin CopyAnyWhere

Anthony Cartmell wrote on 7 Nov 2007 12:47:02 +0100

>FWIW, the shareware Remote S80 program has clipboard sharing. It's a bit 
>slow to use, but allows you to view the Nokia's screen on your PC's one :)

Yes, I have a registed version of Remote S80 but I have problems with it:

1) It does not work with my bluetooth connection at all
2) It needs a USB cable which is somewhat inconvenient when I have a working BT connection
3) It frequently stops working and cannot be got working again - it seems to have "moods" and then it will start working again.

My PC has Windows 2000.

Best wishes,
Martin O'Neill
http://www.iol.ie

Date: 7 Nov 2007 22:36:28 +0100
From: Bruce A.Knox <address truncated>
Subject: Re: NetBook batteries

Donald - You will probably find what you want on the following sites: 
www.pulster.de/engl/index.html; www.sitashop.com. NetBook Pro battery 
is sold by Pulster; Sitashop offers 2 original NetBook batteries for 
US$45.
> Long Live Psion netbook/5mx :): I agree!!

BK

Date: 7 Nov 2007 22:52:00 +0100
From: Chris Handley
Subject: Re: netbook battery

Hello Donald,

> a little distrube about comments written about the netbook battery, One reason is that > I still have a brand new spare netbook purchase months before they pull out of
> production, and I only used it once when I had to send my main netbook into repair.
> My concern is I never charge this battery only the one time - from what I just read in the > previous digest is this battery would no longer hald any charge (at this moment I am
> giving it a full charge to see if that is true)

I guess you must be referring to one of the things I said, but I think
you aren't taking it quite the way I intended (probably my fault).
While it is true that leaving a Netbook battery flat for a long time
is a bad thing, I can't say *how* badly it will affect it's capacity (maybe not much, but it's a likely explanation of problems seen with
Netbook battery capacity).

Like most Lithium batteries, it is best if you keep your spare (Netbook) battery topped-up, but occasionally fully discharge it.  You
could achieve this by switching the battery you use every few months.

> How can I get my hands on a Brand New netbook Pro  battery - and can I used the
> netbook Pro's battery with the netbook and the orgional netbook's charging cable?

From what I read, yes a Pro battery works perfectly fine in an
original Netbook, and it actually has a significantly higher capacity
than the original Netbook.  So this is the ideal replacement for a
failing Netbook battery...

Regards,
Chris Handley

Date: 8 Nov 2007 00:53:13 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: HTC TyTn II or Touch or Symbian, Windows Vista and PC Suite,

Att.: K.I. van der Straten

Re.: HTC TyTn II or Touch or Symbian - Hi Kees. I don't think there is any reason to have to go for a Symbian phone. Today the Windows Mobile platform has come of age and is quite stable. Also, there is a lot more software around for this platform than you will ever find for Symbian. I think you should look around and buy what you think will work best for you according to your personal requirements and what you do and do not want to do with it. I for one still write this on my netBook and don't use my phone for WORD or spreadsheet files. However, I do keep a lot of data on the phone and use it for my diary, notes, database and phone of course. Ah, and I run TomTom on it, great fun in the car.

Answer to: Bob

Re.: Windows Vista and PC Suite - As long as I will be able to buy computers with XP I will avoid Vista. I think Windows Vista has lost some of it's backward compatibillity and that would be a pitty for several programs that could not work on my PC or laptop.

Best regards,

Itamar

Date: 8 Nov 2007 00:53:13 +0100
From: Itamar Engelsman <address truncated>
Subject: Windows Mobile device,

Att.: Eric Lindsay

Re.: Windows Mobile device - While I agree with you that the EPOC machines were far superior in many ways, I must say that Windows Mobile has come a long way. I use the Qtek 9100 for the last year and bit and it really works very well. Of course I don't use it like my Psion but whatever I do on it it does without problems. The phone works well, Agendus is a reasonably good diary program, I now have PocketCM for using my contacts which works really well (and is free for now) and I hardly have to reset it (but it is done automatically every morning at 4 am after the back-up.

Best regards,

Itamar

Date: 8 Nov 2007 09:19:34 +0100
From: Jan G Gmail <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Re: File corrupt!

Dear old Psion friends!

Thx for all your tips and suggestions to solve the problem with the corrupt agenda file in my wife's MC 218. The positive side of posting about this to The Digest is to find that the same helpful attitude prevails, the negative that the agenda data probably is gone for good or so damaged that it only partly can be restored. It seems to my wife (and me) that the outcome of such an operation does not match the cost and effort needed.

So she has given up the restore solution and also decided to leave the Psion user community: she will soon be one of the first lucky Swedish owners of a HTC S730. She thinks that this is a logic step to take as the form factor and features of this new phone / pocket computer with keyboard suites her needs perfectly. Another advantage is that the IT system and department of the governmental agency where she works will support this Smartphone and allow push mail and synch with her office calendar app etc, which was not the case for the MC 218.

I must admit I will envy her that new super Smartphone.
I have been waiting for it myself, but perhaps I now 
have to upgrade my aspirations to a HTC Tytn II.

Thanks again and best regards,

Jan G
Stockholm, Sweden