RE: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Jakub.Pavelek
The N800 backup program is adequate for simple backups; however, it should include the ability to backup the storage cards and provide some level of compression. For example, I have two 2GB storage cards. On one I do backups. On the other I have photos, etc. I should be able to

Re: [maemo-users] GPE Tools

2007-01-26 Thread David
Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: I’m interested in the community’s thoughts. I have a N800 and am currently using gpe-todo and gpe-contacts and I tried gpe-calendar (very short period). I sent my observations/thoughts/recommendations to George France but thought I’d put some of them here to see if

Re: [maemo-users] Video on N800

2007-01-26 Thread Fabien Penso
On 1/25/07, Humberto Ortiz Zuazaga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been testing video playback on the N800. It's much improved over the 770. The native media player can play video encoded at very high rates, unlike the old video player on the 700. I've played back 400x240 @ 30 fps mpeg4 encoded

Re: [maemo-users] JAVA for the 770

2007-01-26 Thread Wahlau -
HI Sebas, thanks for your hint... since if not because of your blog, i would have not tried installing java on the 770 now. btw, mine works too... together with some tests AWT from Andrew. many have asked about using java applets.. which i myself have no idea. it would be nice if you can tell

[maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Jonathan Greene
What are the chances we'll be able to get the ability to read DRM'd books from either Mobipocket or eReader? I really miss this ability and while I know there is no actual DRM on the device -- and believe me I don't really want it either -- I would like to read some more current books or

RE: [maemo-users] Video on N800

2007-01-26 Thread Andrea.Ambrosioni
Hi Fabien, I tried to play a file from Elephant Dreams which I recoded myself : http://penso.info/tmp/N800/ED_1024.avi mplayer crashes, and the default multimedia player from N800 can't play it all, it crashes at different moment. Any idea ? I've just tried your clip on my N800, and I could

[maemo-users] [maemo-announce] New OS 2006 firmware released

2007-01-26 Thread Ferenc Szekely
Hello, The latest OS 2006 Edition for Nokia 770 tablets is available at: http://maemo.org/downloads/nokia_770 The release notes: * Improved quality of WLAN connections * Wi-Fi certification included On behalf of the team, ferenc ps: flashing instructions are in the wiki:

RE: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Dr. Nicholas Shaw
Jakub, Thank you for the information regarding e-mail. I'll try it out today. I would, however, recommend including an option to 'select all.' Again, this just saves the user from dragging across many e-mails. The option would work for whatever directory the user is in such as the 'inbox.' I

[maemo-users] Re: os2006 frequient vfat badblocks

2007-01-26 Thread Zoran Kolic
The unmounting took considerable time, around 2 minutes. In the past, unmounting it is almost automatically. Old unix sync should heal that behavior. On top of that I got 1 file corrupted (it wasn't the one that hanged during transfer). Any idea what could be going on and what steps should

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Kahlil Johnson
I would curse the day it gets implemented. I'll rather see that effort being pushed to better open standard applications like a good OGG Vorbis / Theora playback. Maybe even LaTex and OpenDocuments. On 1/26/07, Jonathan Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the chances we'll be able to get

Re: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Tuukka Tolvanen
select several e-mails and delete them. For example, I subscribe to two newsgroups and regularly receive lots of e-mails. In my office I scan the headers to see which are important and delete the rest. I do the same with the N800 except I have to delete each e-mail one-by-one. That's

Re: [maemo-users] Re: JAVA for the 770

2007-01-26 Thread Antonio Orlando
Can you please also share a URL ? I think it's there (google): http://sebas-nokia770.blogspot.com/2006/12/java-on-nokia-770-simple-and-easy.html -- Antonio ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

RE: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Karoliina.T.Salminen
Hi, Regarding 12- 24-hour time, I recommend, for the next update, you provide the ability of the user to choose which they desire. I was kind of campaigning for that back then it was specified (when we were making the 770), however, not everybody did agree with me and it was not me that was

[maemo-users] metalayer-crawler

2007-01-26 Thread william maddler
Hi all, first of all I have to say that I am *very* impressed by the N800, great device! By the way, I just found metalayer-crawler0 is eating up a lot of CPU, I have 4 processes, and at least one is eating at least 50% of my CPU, all the time. As far as I discovered, metalayer-crawler is in

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Adilson Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Greene escreveu: What are the chances we'll be able to get the ability to read DRM'd books from either Mobipocket or eReader? I really miss this ability and while I know there is no actual DRM on the device -- and believe me I don't

RE: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Simon Pickering
Military personnel in the US, for example, use a 24-hour clock as do many international corporations. Visitors to the US may see the N800 and decide to purchase one at a local CompUSA and be disappointed that it uses US time. Well, I use English language on my N93 and it does

Re: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Andrew Flegg
On 1/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do a lot of international travel and thus like to use the 24-hour clock, e.g. 1300 for 1:00PM, 1400 for 2:00PM, etc. This is the first OS I've encountered that doesn't allow for 12- or 24-hour clocks. I'd like to see that changed.

Re: [maemo-users] metalayer-crawler

2007-01-26 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext william maddler wrote: first of all I have to say that I am *very* impressed by the N800, great device! By the way, I just found metalayer-crawler0 is eating up a lot of CPU, I have 4 processes, and at least one is eating at least 50% of my CPU, all the time. How did you trigger

Re: [maemo-users] metalayer-crawler

2007-01-26 Thread Andrew Flegg
On 1/26/07, william maddler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: first of all I have to say that I am *very* impressed by the N800, great device! Ditto. By the way, I just found metalayer-crawler0 is eating up a lot of CPU, I have 4 processes, and at least one is eating at least 50% of my CPU, all the

RE: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Karoliina.T.Salminen
Hi, I'd vote for the ability to change that as even some English people use 24hr clocks (when they can) ;) Speaking of which, would it be that much extra effort to let people change the individual regional settings (e.g. decimal separator, date format). I can think of times when one might

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Jonathan Greene
Clearly I've touched a nerve here - I hate DRM as well guys... I just want to be able to use my Tablet to read more than web, email and RSS. Classic public domain works of literature and the Hacker Crackdown are not doing it for me. On 1/26/07, Adilson Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [maemo-users] Video on N800

2007-01-26 Thread Fabien Penso
Andrea, On 1/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to play a file from Elephant Dreams which I recoded myself : http://penso.info/tmp/N800/ED_1024.avi mplayer crashes, and the default multimedia player from N800 can't play it all, it crashes at different moment. Any idea

Re: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Jonathan Greene
You can do all this on Nokia phones... why not the tablet? On 1/26/07, Simon Pickering [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd vote for the ability to change that as even some English people use 24hr clocks (when they can) ;) Speaking of which, would it be that much extra effort to let people

Re: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Dave Cridland
On Fri Jan 26 15:43:41 2007, Andrew Flegg wrote: Apart from the fact it should be user choice, the UK does *not* run on 12 hour clocks. To be fair, the UK is spectacularly bizarre in most of these things, and hence runs on both. Computers, and electronics generally, and timetables, tend to

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Adilson Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Greene escreveu: Clearly I've touched a nerve here - I hate DRM as well guys... I just want to be able to use my Tablet to read more than web, email and RSS. Classic public domain works of literature and the Hacker Crackdown are not

RE: [maemo-users] N800 screen protector

2007-01-26 Thread Karoliina.T.Salminen
Hi, This film on top of screen is supposed to be removed, it is like you have all screens, including monitors when you buy them, and it is not supposed to be left there. I kept mine sometime on there until it got scatched. Best Wishes, Karoliina -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Marius Gedminas
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 11:07:52AM -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote: Clearly I've touched a nerve here - I hate DRM as well guys... I just want to be able to use my Tablet to read more than web, email and RSS. Classic public domain works of literature and the Hacker Crackdown are not doing it

Re: [maemo-users] Re: os2006 frequient vfat badblocks

2007-01-26 Thread Kahlil Johnson
Is it safe to just use ext3 formated RS-MMC? I am thinking about switching to RS-MMC since I work on linux both on desktop/laptop. Will this work out of the box or do I need to modify fstab? On 1/26/07, Zoran Kolic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The unmounting took considerable time, around 2

[maemo-users] audio format experiences on n770

2007-01-26 Thread Jorge Salamero Sanz
i've tested 3 audio formats on the n770. (not checked bitrates, but i think vorbis, mpc are the defaults for the encoder and mp3 192kbps) mp3 = 2-4% cpu usage vorbis = 18-22% cpu usage mpc = 94% cpu usage and sounds scratched (i've compiled libmpcdec3 and gstreamer-0.10-plugins-bad) so if

[maemo-users] Re: os2006 frequent vfat badblocks

2007-01-26 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi, On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:00:00 -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: On Thursday 25 January 2007 07:39, Levi Bard wrote: [...] Levi, I'm with you. Using scp works a lot better than the USB cable. The same thing happens to me. I'm using the WLAN to transfer large files because with _large_

Re: [maemo-users] metalayer-crawler

2007-01-26 Thread william maddler
Quick upgrade. If I'm not wrong, the crawler explore the *whole* filesystem, and thus eating so much CPU (and resources). A quick work around could be to watch only thos directoryes which are likely to contains media files: /home/user/MyDocs/.video /home/user/MyDocs/.sounds

Re: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread dsr
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 05:58:43PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd vote for the ability to change that as even some English people use 24hr clocks (when they can) ;) Speaking of which, would it be that much extra effort to let people change the individual regional settings (e.g.

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Michael P. Lococo
Clearly I've touched a nerve here - I hate DRM as well guys... I think you've also gotten a lack of useful responses because you're asking in the wrong forum. MobiPocket and eReader need to release their software for the 770, there's nothing that Nokia can do to facilitate that. Thanks, Mike

Re: [maemo-users] audio format experiences on n770

2007-01-26 Thread Kahlil Johnson
I have seen that the N770 had problems playing ogg podcasts, I wonder if there is a way to optimize the apps or the codecs. On 1/26/07, Jorge Salamero Sanz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've tested 3 audio formats on the n770. (not checked bitrates, but i think vorbis, mpc are the defaults for the

Re: [maemo-users] audio format experiences on n770

2007-01-26 Thread Brad Midgley
Kahlil I suspect only the mp3 decoding is done in the dsp. Brad I have seen that the N770 had problems playing ogg podcasts, I wonder if there is a way to optimize the apps or the codecs. On 1/26/07, Jorge Salamero Sanz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've tested 3 audio formats on the n770.

Re: [maemo-users] audio format experiences on n770

2007-01-26 Thread klaus
On 1/26/2007 Jorge Salamero Sanz wrote: mp3 = 2-4% cpu usage vorbis = 18-22% cpu usage mpc = 94% cpu usage and sounds scratched (i've compiled libmpcdec3 and gstreamer-0.10-plugins-bad) Hm... correct me if I am wrong (don't know exactly), but maybe its because mp3 main decoding threat is

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Jonathan Greene
Fair enough - was just wondering what others were doing. Seems there's an app that you can run on Windows which will let you actually strip the DRM from .pdb files, and given that you have to enter your username and credit card in the command to strip, it seems like it's on the good side of the

Re: [maemo-users] Google Calendar to GPE-Calendar.. the easy way

2007-01-26 Thread Jonathan Greene
I unfortunately have no idea ... suggest filing a bug report here -- http://bugzilla.handhelds.org/ On 1/26/07, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonathan Greene wrote: http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2007/01/25/getting-google-calendar-on-your-nokia-tablet I've filed bug reports for the

Re: [maemo-users] N800 screen protector

2007-01-26 Thread Mike Klein
N800 display seems to suffer from scratch syndrome something fierce...anybody else seen this? I have 4yr old ipaq that is less fubar than my n800 after only a couple of weeks of use...no I don't put it in my pocket with keys, etc. It is always in its sleeve when I'm not holding itscratchy

RE: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread Peter Bart
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 17:30 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Regarding 12- 24-hour time, I recommend, for the next update, you provide the ability of the user to choose which they desire. I was kind of campaigning for that back then it was specified (when we were making the 770),

[maemo-users] editor

2007-01-26 Thread Danny Milosavljevic
Hi, On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:40:20 +0100, Jean-Christian de Rivaz wrote: Programing directly on the device is interresting. Maybe porting TCC Tiny C Compiler http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/tcc/ is appropriate. I use it all the time to do small applications on my desktop computer. It's

Re: [maemo-users] N800 screen protector

2007-01-26 Thread Mike Klein
I've never needed screen protection for my stylus5yrs on my ipaq and display is just as good as my N800 after 2 weeks of usage. I guess I'll have to examine my stylus with a microscope or magnifying glass. CompUSA guy threw in free 1yr replacement policy...so I'll guess I'll be activating it

Re: [maemo-users] Premium eBooks?

2007-01-26 Thread Mike Lococo
Jonathan, Fair enough - was just wondering what others were doing. I think the consensus is that we're getting content from any one of the many sources that do not encumber it with copy protection. Obviously this does limit choice of content, but the alternative is having limited choice

Re: [maemo-users] dependencies in maemopad+

2007-01-26 Thread Kemal Hadimli
Hello, Released 0.23a, installs OK :) I also removed the dependencies-it2006 group, people will have to get sqlite3 from somewhere else (ie. the eko.one.pl repo) for the time being. Also maemopad+ is now in scirocco extras repository. Also posted simple installation instructions too:

Re: [maemo-users] JAVA for the 770

2007-01-26 Thread sebastian maemo
Hi Wahlau: minimo package is necessary only for a matter of dependencies. That is, you need the libraries that come with minimo, but you are going to use the default browser pre-installed in your 770. I don't usually run minimo browser. So you run your pre-installed browser (that is an Opera

Re: [maemo-users] N800 screen protector

2007-01-26 Thread Jonathan Matthews-Levine
On 1/26/07, Mike Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never needed screen protection for my stylus5yrs on my ipaq and display is just as good as my N800 after 2 weeks of usage. I guess I'll have to examine my stylus with a microscope or magnifying glass. CompUSA guy threw in free 1yr

Re: [maemo-users] Video on N800

2007-01-26 Thread James Sparenberg
On Friday 26 January 2007 05:29, Fabien Penso wrote: On 1/25/07, Humberto Ortiz Zuazaga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been testing video playback on the N800. It's much improved over the 770. The native media player can play video encoded at very high rates, unlike the old video player

Re: [maemo-users] Video on N800

2007-01-26 Thread Fabien Penso
http://penso.info/tmp/N800/ED_1024.avi mplayer crashes, and the default multimedia player from N800 can't play it all, it crashes at different moment. Any idea ? Just to compare I tried it on mplayer on my laptop (Debian Linux) as well as aviplayer ... both just sat there blank staring at

Re: [maemo-users] Some Thoughts Regarding IT OS 2007 and the N800

2007-01-26 Thread James Sparenberg
On Friday 26 January 2007 07:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Regarding 12- 24-hour time, I recommend, for the next update, you provide the ability of the user to choose which they desire. I was kind of campaigning for that back then it was specified (when we were making the 770),

[maemo-users] Usage

2007-01-26 Thread James Sparenberg
All, Just so I can see how my usage patterns and view of the 770/n800 mesh with the community I'd be curious to know if I'm alone in the way I treat my noki. It is to me a palmtop not a PDA. I use it to increase my mobility and decrease my load, carrying it instead of a laptop. To

Re: [maemo-users] Usage

2007-01-26 Thread Mike Lococo
To me my 770 is a laptop replacement. ... However I get the feeling most here see it as either a PDA (like a palm) or as a multimedia device (ala windows mobile or an iPhone). It's good for all those things, but there are more people that listen to music or use a calendar than that run

Re: [maemo-users] N800 screen protector

2007-01-26 Thread Mike Klein
Jonathan Matthews-Levine wrote: On 1/26/07, Mike Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never needed screen protection for my stylus5yrs on my ipaq and display is just as good as my N800 after 2 weeks of usage. I guess I'll have to examine my stylus with a microscope or magnifying glass.

Re: [maemo-users] Usage

2007-01-26 Thread Mike Klein
Why do you associate PDA w/necessarily having or not a PIM? PDA (to me) means same thing as palmtop. I look at N800 as PDA/palmtop...not UMPC/tablet. My iPAQ 4700 pda can do everything the N800 can do and more (at this point anyways). ssh, rdesktop, vnc, etc. I sure don't consider it a laptop

Re: [maemo-users] JAVA for the 770

2007-01-26 Thread Larry Battraw
On 1/26/07, sebastian maemo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Wahlau: (snip) So you run your pre-installed browser (that is an Opera version), and go to the maps.google.com webpage. You don't need to install anything. If you wait a few seconds for the webpage to download, you'll see the typical

Re: [maemo-users] Usage

2007-01-26 Thread James Sparenberg
On Friday 26 January 2007 17:29, Mike Lococo wrote: To me my 770 is a laptop replacement. ... However I get the feeling most here see it as either a PDA (like a palm) or as a multimedia device (ala windows mobile or an iPhone). It's good for all those things, but there are more people

[maemo-users] Re: os2006 frequent vfat badblocks

2007-01-26 Thread Zoran Kolic
Is it safe to just use ext3 formated RS-MMC? I use ext2. All is done from 770, no need for outer box. I am thinking about switching to RS-MMC since I work on linux both on desktop/laptop. Will this work out of the box or do I need to modify fstab? For sure. You need another mount point. Go