Re: charger for the n800

2007-10-31 Thread Gary Baribault
I walked into the nearest Cellular store and asked for a Nokia phone charger and tried it. It worked great .. end of story, Gary B Peter Flynn wrote: > Mike Klein wrote: >> I would strongly suggest a "usb" recharging solution > > Useless if you don't have a USB powered device. One of the obje

Re: Media player: naming MP3s

2007-10-31 Thread DrFredC.com
Peter Flynn wrote: > Does anyone know how to change the play order of MP3 files in the > default media player? > I don't know how to do this on the default media player. I use the Kagu player on my n800. I find it a lot nicer to work with. However, as far as that goes, I haven't figured o

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread DrFredC.com
Peter Flynn wrote: Steve Yelvington wrote: Maybe just a tad optimistic, but I've had no issues on long airplane flights listening to the Greatful Dead You should have :-) Not bad overall. It's more stylus-friendly than finger-friendly overall, especially whe

Media player: naming MP3s

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Does anyone know how to change the play order of MP3 files in the default media player? It appears to order them alphabetically by the first capital, ignoring my carefully-placed leading digits. This is possibly irrelevant with song collections, but incorrect behaviour with -- for example -- mo

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Mike Klein
Here it is...goog'd on some keywords in tar I have and found: http://java.sun.com/j2se/embedded/survey.html?download=arm You must answer survey before getting access. mike Peter Flynn wrote: > Mike Klein wrote: > >> Hasn't sun recently released a java for linux/arm? >> > > I can't find

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Mike Klein wrote: > Hasn't sun recently released a java for linux/arm? I can't find that. There are 50+ links on java.sun.com to *building* Java and assorted variants for ARM on a Linux platform, but nothing about a product. Do you know of a link to it? ///Peter

Re: charger for the n800

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Mike Klein wrote: > Not true. There are a bazillion wall/ac adapters with usb > connector...producing a safe 5v. > > Use this (or a usb battery pack) in conjunction with a boxwave > (sync/charge) or javoedge (charge only) cable and you're set. > > You want this generic usb wall charger as it's

Re: charger for the n800

2007-10-31 Thread Mike Klein
Just pick up a VEC414S inverter (slightly larger than a cigarette pack and has ac plus usb) or an ac/usb wall chargeror a usb battery pack...or a micro usb powered pocket hub. No need for laptop. mike Peter Flynn wrote: > Mike Klein wrote: > >> I would strongly suggest a "usb" recharging

Re: charger for the n800

2007-10-31 Thread Mike Klein
Not true. There are a bazillion wall/ac adapters with usb connector...producing a safe 5v. Use this (or a usb battery pack) in conjunction with a boxwave (sync/charge) or javoedge (charge only) cable and you're set. You want this generic usb wall charger as it's useful for your other gizmos...ass

Re: charger for the n800

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Mike Klein wrote: > I would strongly suggest a "usb" recharging solution Useless if you don't have a USB powered device. One of the objectives of getting the N800 was so I *didn't* have to trug my lapdog with me... But as I said, if regular Nokia phone chargers can supply the power the N800 ne

Re: charger for the n800

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Jonathan Greene wrote: > I can't even tell you what charger I am using with which device. I > have quite a few N-Series phones and several tablets as well as the > Nokia GPS. They all use the same plugs and work just fine. I would > not suggest getting a no-name brand... I've had trouble there wi

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Steve Yelvington wrote: > Maybe just a tad optimistic, but I've had no issues on long airplane > flights listening to the Greatful Dead You should have :-) > Not bad overall. It's more stylus-friendly than finger-friendly overall, > especially when using some of the contrib applications (i.e. C

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Wahlau - wrote: > Hi PEter, > > have you tried Jalimo? I've got something running (CLI) when i last tried > it... That looks a bit off-to-the-side with rather too many bells and whistles. They appear to be pursuing the development of "Java-like" GUI packages, whereas all I want is a plain comm

Re: WPA difficulties

2007-10-31 Thread Peter Flynn
Kalle Valo wrote: > I think you should try with client auth disabled, because you have > disabled similar sounding setting (Client Cert) from Network Manager. I tried that today, everything else as-was, and it complained that I didn't have a CA certificate to validate the server. So "Require cl

Re: Nokia Maps on N800

2007-10-31 Thread Jonathan Greene
correct - we've got Wayfinder ... and Maemo Maps. Maps.google.com works quite well on the N810... been a while since I tested it on the N800 - though nothing saves locally of course. On 10/31/07, Wayne Fiori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From the two links, the N800 is not listed as a compatible

Re: Nokia Maps on N800

2007-10-31 Thread Wayne Fiori
>From the two links, the N800 is not listed as a compatible device. It looks like the Maps app is an S60 app. Since the N800 isn't listed as one of the compatible devices, why would you expect the application to work with the N800? -- =Wayne On Oct 31, 2007 10:03 AM, Acadia Secure Networks <[EMAI

Nokia Maps on N800

2007-10-31 Thread Acadia Secure Networks
All, is there a way to get the maploader from Nokia to download maps onto the N800? I can't seem to find an application called "Maps" to which the maploader refers, either installed on the N800 or available for download to the N800. Is Maps only available if the N800 user purchases the nav kit

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 10:15:19AM +0200, Eero Tamminen wrote: > If you want to use larger memory cards, please make sure that your > N800 contains the latest release. Earlier releases could corrupt > >= 2GB cards: >http://maemo.org/news/announcements/view/1191328183.html Hm, was that bug on

Re: Tethering N800 to Sprint phone

2007-10-31 Thread Acadia Secure Networks
Chris, my experience is with the XV6700 on Verizon Wireless's network and it does tether with the N800 via bluetooth. Sprint sells (sold?) this handset as the PPC6700. The successor to the PPC6700, which runs Windows Mobile 6.0 is the Mogul. This is an expensive handset, however. For more i

Re: Tethering N800 to Sprint phone

2007-10-31 Thread Jonathan Greene
just make sure it supports DUN and not PAN On 10/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use motorola razar with it, on sprint > > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:33:17 -0400 > Chris Mcnally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am considering switching to Sprint in the US, and I > >would lik

Re: Tethering N800 to Sprint phone

2007-10-31 Thread emailme
I use motorola razar with it, on sprint On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:33:17 -0400 Chris Mcnally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am considering switching to Sprint in the US, and I >would like to > choose a current phone that would support tethering >(phone as modem) > with the Nokia N800. I will bu

Tethering N800 to Sprint phone

2007-10-31 Thread Chris Mcnally
I am considering switching to Sprint in the US, and I would like to choose a current phone that would support tethering (phone as modem) with the Nokia N800. I will buy a data plan. I am not sure how to tell which phones will work with the N800. Under the "full features" tab, Sprint shows sever

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread ktneely
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 03:26:12PM +0100, Zoran Kolic wrote: > > flights listening to the Greatful Dead while playing Aisle Riot. > > Grateful Dead will solve all problems. Back side of future > device has to show Jerry's face in front and haze on the screen. Haha, I would by that special edition

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Zoran Kolic
> Maybe just a tad optimistic, but I've had no issues on long airplane > flights listening to the Greatful Dead while playing Aisle Riot. Grateful Dead will solve all problems. Back side of future device has to show Jerry's face in front and haze on the screen. Zor

non-English blogs on Planet maemo?

2007-10-31 Thread Laurent MARTIN
Hi there! Months ago (ie. before the re-skinning of maemo.org), non-English feeds where available through a specific link on planet-maemo: am I wrong or they've disappeared with the current layout of the site? Any chance to see them back? Not that I'm not happy with English feeds (planet-mae

Re: problems with installing tapioca client

2007-10-31 Thread Jonathan Greene
Assume you have the terminal installed? Try running apt-get update Should either fix or reveal the problem ... On 10/31/07, harini satyanarayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, >I am new to using nokia N770, and i was trying to install the tapioca > client on it, but every time i add that r

problems with installing tapioca client

2007-10-31 Thread harini satyanarayanan
Hi, I am new to using nokia N770, and i was trying to install the tapioca client on it, but every time i add that repository it says unable to refresh the packages. I did try to look up for some help on their forum but looks like there are many others with the same issue and i couldn't find a cl

porting to N800.

2007-10-31 Thread pradeep MN
Hello Everbody, I've done a C program for devloping GUI in ubuntu (maemo 3.1, scratchbox 3.1) , now I need to port to Nokia N800, since for C program we'll be getting .exe instead of .deb, hence difficulty in porting to the device can anybody help me in this regard. __

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Michael Stepanov
I use N800 as a control panel for open source home automation systems Plutohome and LinuxMCE. It works much better then 770. Moreover, one friend of mine managed to setup it as Asterisk soft phone. It works like a charm. As I see N810 is more appropriate choice for personal using: slide keyboard an

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Jon Dodson wrote: > ive checked the specs and pricing on the n800 and i was wondering if anyone > had some honest feedback after using it for a few months++. The review > sites rate it based on a few days of use(if that) and thats not a really > good review of how good or bad it is. > >

Re: n800 user reviews

2007-10-31 Thread Wahlau -
Hi PEter, have you tried Jalimo? I've got something running (CLI) when i last tried it... regards, wahlau. On 31/10/2007, Peter Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fred Chittenden wrote: > > > My n800 has almost replaced my laptop. > > I'd be set to go that far...if I can find a Java that runs on