Questions for new Iliad owners!

[DHer]

Well, till now you can either get a file with point coordinates that determine the lines you have drawn or get an image file.

Direct communication with OneNote isn't possible, maybe you can import one of those two things.

[R2D2]

They also have ipkg. So should I be able to install some Zaurus X-application on the sd-card and run them???

Hmmm..I think it's time to find out how to backup the whole thing before something goes wrong...

[tribble]

You can use an secure ftp client to acces the machine.
And you can surf the net
But we need a address line and a back and forward button.

I wonder if we still get in once OS Version 2.5 hits us.

And i havent seen a screenupdate.sh

[Riocaz]

Thats a good point actually...

All this hacking about is being discussed in a public forum, that iRex claim to keep an eye on (I doubt this). So it's conceivable that they will keep an eye out for things they need to secure...

[deadite66]

machines that are hackable tend to be popular once the enthusiasts start coding cool apps for them.

[DHer]

which reason does iRex Technologies have to lock down the Iliad? Prevent us from creating cool new applications or using the Iliad for things he isn't supposed to be used for (yet)?

It's not like we want to break the DRM or something like this.

@tribble:
is wget installed?
running a recursive wget every morning on my favourite news site would make my day.

[R2D2]

Originally Posted by tribble

And you can surf the net

I just did and I have to say that due to manual screen refresh and invisible typing this is only for the hardest geeks...

But I might make a personal index page with links to some newsreaders and bulleting boards...

[R2D2]

Originally Posted by DHer

which reason does iRex Technologies have to lock down the Iliad?

I would not say that they locked it if they run a secure shell and don't use a root password. Maybe they should really join this forum. Would be interesting.

[DHer]

I think i expressed it wrong. Which reason does iRex have to change the current situation with the next software update? It's great the way it is at the moment.

Maybe they should really join this forum. Would be interesting.

thats's true. They could tell us how to refresh the screen, maybe even give us a make file for creating our own programs. Wait, that would actually be the content of the SDK they want to release

[Kristoffer]

Originally Posted by DHer

@tribble:
is wget installed?
running a recursive wget every morning on my favourite news site would make my day.

Your lucky
Wget is installed, just used it to get some pdfs from my server

[R2D2]

Just created a bookmark page with three, maybe useful links for online surfing on the iLiad to

mobileread.com - iLiad forum
heise.de - pda newsticker
buch.de - e-Book list

[DHer]

let's see if iRex makes the web browser official, finally

adding a forward button, a back button and an adress bar shouldn't be this hard.

[deadite66]

any one tried running a Zaurus app on it?

[NatCh]

I hesitate to ask this, but it's a question that I've had for a couple of years now: will a magnet cause the e-ink to switch states (black to white or reverse)?

Logically, it ought to work, as a magnetic field is an electrical field too. One end ought to "write" and the other "erase." If it does, then the next logical question is can the backplane be adjusted to read the marks and capture them -- without the use of a touch screen. 'Course, we won't be able to answer that one here.

I've never seen any suggestion that e-ink is damagable by magnetic fields, and I hope they would tell us if it were, so it ought to be safe enough ... but I'd use a weak magnet.

If anyone is brave enough to try it, please let me know what happens.

[R2D2]

Originally Posted by DHer

let's see if iRex makes the web browser official, finally

adding a forward button, a back button and an adress bar shouldn't be this hard.

I just created a frameset you can use for Browsing. Here it is...