A couple notes: 1. I think you meant to say that you recommend using KNG on websites, not Eloquence. 2. Apparently, the files from the temp folder find their way into the none folder. At least that is where the person who brought this up found them. It is still not a good idea to name a folder temp, but you may not lose data if you forget and do that. This is definitely something hw should state in their upgrade instructions.
On 2/12/11, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > Glad to hear that some of us have managed to upgrade our unit - > congrats. > > Few notes and responses to recent threads: > * Downloading licenses: After you download the file, you should > get a message that says, "download of (file)" completed (where > file is the name of the license file). Download this to none > folder of any storage device - flash disk, SD card, thumb drive, > etc. To install the license properly, make sure there is no hwi > file in the location where hwl file is - otherwise, the thing > that Sabahattin described will happen - in my case, I've > installed the license from a thumb drive and the ROM image from > an SD card. > * Temp folder: You do not really want to create a folder named > "temp" on Flash Dim, as it is used to hold ROM image files. > After the upgrade is done, these files along with the ROM image > file will be erased - and possibly the data in the temp folder > along with it. > * Upgrade installation changes: As stated earlier, you can use > any storage device of any capacity to install the hwi file - no > capacity limits, no dependence on a stpecific card, etc. > * Wireless connection: The best way to reconnect using 9.1 is > trying reconnect option from Wireless Ethernet Menu or via > Connectivity Menu/Connect using existing configuration. > * Internet changes: You will not see connection config message > every time you send or receive an email, when you sign in for > KeyChat or when selecting Internet from Main Menu. > > The following is a response to Josh's query and the messages it > generated: > > The product comparison is, in my opinion, on topic. Sometimes, > we need to look at what the others are doing so that we will be > informed about what's going on. The product comparisons comes up > around convention time - ACB/NFB convention, CSUN conference, > etc. > > As for Braille Sense family and that of Apex, I'd say Apex wins > for now; however, when feature sets are compared, Braille Sense > Plus is "slightly" ahead. > > As for CE 5.0 and CE 6.0, it is sort of hard to comprehend the > comparisons between those two unless if you know the history and > specifics of embedded systems, programming and how computer's > memory works. Windows CE 5.0, the basis for PAC Mate Omni and > Braille Sense family, was launched in 2004. Back then, there was > no tablet cell phones or mass potentials of using more RAM than > 32 MB or 64 MB was not realized. By the time Windows Embedded CE > 6.0 came out in late 2006, the tablet systems were starting to > receive attention and mass potentials of using more features and > more RAM were realized. A typical RAM capacity on emaedded > systems (at least consumer products) was between 64 MB and 128 > MB. Nowadays, high-end devices reach 512 MB, or is projected to > reach a Gigabyte range before end of this year or next. > > The biggest change between CE 5.0 and CE 6.0 is "updated" memory > and process management facilities. First, under CE 5.0 and > under, a program running on a Pocket PC was limited to using 32 > MB of virtual memory (a memory type that allows more memory than > RAM to be usable). This placed one of the design challenges of > embedded devices - how can a programmer write feature-rich > software without using a lot of memory? As a consequence, even > with a device with 64 MB of RAM, one cannot utilize all RAM > resources (apart from partitioning some as RAM Disk). This is > the primary reason why I strongly advise using Eloquence on > mPower when browsing the web - and I wrote an tticle stating why > on my site. Similarly, on the Braille Sense, it cannot really > read a large document - typically above 2 MB or more - without > putting constraints on memory. > > The second change was that more programs can run on CE 6.0 versus > CE 5.0. In the old days, a smartphone running Windows Mobile 6 > (running on top of Windows CE 5.2, a version of 5.0 for consumer > products) would not allow more than a set number of programs to > run. If you do that, the program that was started the earliest - > perhaps the first user program will be closed. Quite a nasty > behavior - perhaps if you've used the first program to write > important documents without saving it. This is the reason why > Braille Sense family puts "seven programs" limit on multitasking. > >From a computer's point of view, multitasking means running > unlimited number of programs, provided that it has sufficient Not > in the case of Braille Sense and PAC Mate series: you can run up > to 32 processes at once, including system software, which places > limits on number of things you can use. > > However, with the advent of CE 6.0, these two "ugly" problems are > "gone." You can run almost unlimited number of programs - up to > 32,768 processes are supported; this means that Apex can handle > different tasks using their own dedicated executables - chief > example is apexzip.exe, the program which handles file and folder > compression (which is stored as part of the 9.1 ROM image). > Second, you can work with large files thanks to the fact that it > support up to 2 GB of virtual memory per process. This is the > reason why you won't get "virtual memory is below certain > percent" on websites on Apex. > > Along with these two fundamental things, CE 6.0 brings builar-in > support for WPA2 and AES, something CE 5.0 doesn't have (although > an update is availible), easier programmability through use of > Visual Studio and other things. > As for "stability" that Paul mentioned: When we (computer > scientists, software engineers and programming students) think of > stability, it means how stable a given software is. Hardware > counts - if we want to build critical hardware systems, disks and > memory chips, hardware stability (not losing information, giving > expected calculation results, etc.) would matter; but from > software perspective, we are looking for whether the program > works as advertised, any noticeable or unseen bugs and other > things. > > One more: I'm writing a crucial version of PBWorks (set to be > released next week), detailing features in KeySoft 9.1, upgrade > procedures and vast modifications to existing content. > Cheers, > Joseph > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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