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 Run Fitaly on a Palm T|X!
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09:43 PM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
Alexander is also the author of FontSmoother. He is releasing the required Fitaly skin loader for the Tungsten X in conjunction with Jean Ichbiah, who I believe is the developer of Fitaly. This is provided as-is with no guarantees or support, but I think that it will still be welcomed warmly by a many users. I am not too familiar with the topic, so you'll want to check out details for yourself. You can find more information here, and you may want to read through the information to ensure that it is what you want. This is just one more nice example of the great developer community we have in the mobile device world, and for PalmOS in particular. And, of course, be sure to do a backup just in case. In fact, that's a good practice whenever you add new software. |
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It seems that Alexander Pruss has accomplished the adaption of Fitaly to the Palm T|X, something that has has been missed by many T|X users who are fans of the Fitaly virtual keyboard as an input method. Fitaly has been a very popular input method for both Palm and Windows Mobile, but is no longer supported for new PalmOS devices due to the amount of effort required to adapt it for each new model.|
Tiny 500gig Quantum Disk storage - Too good to be true?
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06:12 AM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
It's a very small quantum computing storage device from a company called "Atom Disk" claiming 500gig storage and 4gig/sec transfer rates. "They work in Linux and Windows XP... Sizes of up to 4TB come in something the size of a book of matches (the laptops weigh 4.18 pounds)." A bit expensive right now because a laptop using this storage is expected to sell for $17,500 but you know how fast new technology prices drop. Wasn't the first videotape recorder more expensive than that? But you can easily buy one now for less than $100. With the pent-up desire for large scale storage on mobile devices, a true technology fan cannot help but be excited by the thought of such a storage product, but I'm pretty sure there's a catch -- you know, some small detail like a release date in the year 2040. The Gizmodo folks promise to investigate further, so maybe we'll find out more soon. If you want the official company scoop, take a look at this page. (via Gizmodo ) |
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Some products are quite compelling even when you don't know if they are for real. This one was found by the folks at Gizmodo buried in the depths of the exhibition hall, and it really does sound almost too good to be true.Fri January 06 2006
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Television scripts for your handheld
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09:53 PM by Bob Russell in Miscellaneous | Lounge
One such site is TwizTV and you can download entire zipped seasons of scripts. They are in HTML pages, so it's simple to get them onto your mobile device with programs like Sunrise, Plucker, iSilo, or Publish eBook. I'm sure there are more sites with this sort of thing, so let us know all your favorite sources. |
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We've been hearing a lot of talk recently about watching TV on your internet connected mobile devices. But did you know that many television scripts are available online for your favorite shows? |
Yahoo! Go Mobile for Nokia Series 60 phones
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09:09 PM by Brian in Miscellaneous | Lounge
With Yahoo! Go Mobile, emails, phone numbers and pictures synch with your account. So your stuff is always with you and easy to use. Contacts — Stored phone numbers are automatically synched On the mobile phone side, Yahoo! Go Mobile is available for owners of Nokia Series 60 phones, and it will soon be pre-installed on the upcoming Nokia 6682 from Cingular Wireless. You can find out more about Yahoo! Go here. |
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Google Local for mobile now available on select phones
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08:30 PM by Brian in Miscellaneous | Lounge
Local for mobile works with most Java-enabled (J2ME) mobile phones offered by Cingular and Sprint, and all color BlackBerry devices regardless of carrier. At this time, Local for mobile doesn't work with Nextel, T-Mobile or BREW-enabled phones (e.g. Verizon, Alltel, U.S. Cellular), or Palm devices. To see whether the application will work on your phone, simply visit http://www.google.com/glm/getstarted.html and answer a few questions about your mobile phone. Here's what it does have to offer in terms of mobile search to those fortunate souls who possess a compatible device with a data plan: Combining directions, maps, and satellite imagery, Google Local for mobile is a free download that lets you find local hangouts and businesses across town or across the country — right from your phone. Detailed directions: Whether you plan to walk or drive, your route is displayed on the map itself, together with step-by-step directions. Integrated search results: Local business locations and contact information appear all in one place, integrated on your map. Easily movable maps: Interactive, draggable maps let you zoom in or out, and move in all directions so you can orient yourself visually. Satellite imagery: Get a bird's eye view of your desired location. You can find out more about Google Local for mobile and download it here. |
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Have you ever found yourself out and about and in need of the full power of Google Local search in the palm of your hand? Your wish has just been granted with |
Get the Google Pack for Windows XP
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07:11 PM by Brian in Miscellaneous | Lounge
The Google Pack uses an application called the Google Updater for installation, launching the individual applications, and uninstalling. An icon for the Google Updater will appear in the system tray, notifying the user when updates and new software become available. Download the Google Pack here. |
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The rumors were true. Google has |
Palm CEO live on Bloomberg TV - transcript
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12:30 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
---- BOWDON: I'm here with Ed Colligan of Palm. Welcome to Bloomberg Television. COLLIGAN: Thank you. BOWDON: Let's first talk about the last 12 months, which have been positive for Palm. Your stock is up about 13 percent. And for a lot of people, it has to do with the problems over at RIM, because they've had difficulty with intellectual property suits, with this NTP, the NTP company claiming that they had taken intellectual property away from RIM. For many there was a chilling effect, that some companies may be moving away from RIM and towards Palm because of that. Did you see that? COLLIGAN: No. We've seen enormous growth in our business, really, I think, as a result of our products and the success they've had in the marketplace. We had a 34 percent growth year- over-year last year. We have great revenue growth this year. We've had 10 consecutive quarters of profitability. And it's really driven by people turning to the Treo, mostly, in competition with RIM. Certainly we've seen some companies who have become aware of those - sorry - become aware of those suits, and certainly are more interested to look at our solutions, but they have been for some time. Good Technology, a solution provider of ours, has more than 8,000 installations of Treo-Good combinations, which is a competitive product to the RIM solution. BOWDON: OK. So, you've heard them mention that as a possible reason, but you don't think it's the main reason. COLLIGAN: It's not a - it really hasn't been a driver for our business. We've seen some recently good wins in the enterprise marketplace. BOWDON: Can you give us examples? COLLIGAN: But frankly - well - but RIM had a reasonable quarter this quarter. So, you know, it's not - I don't see them not having some successes. Well, I think what you're seeing is just overall growth of people turning to solutions like this as productivity tools in their enterprise. BOWDON: Give us an example of some of the recent ? COLLIGAN: Oh, boy. Starbucks, Cisco. These are companies that have deployed this to their sales forces out in the field. They use them to get instant access to e-mail, yes access to e-mail. It's a phone too. It makes it really easy to, you know, manage your calendar, your contacts, your tasks. It's a really powerful computer in your pocket. It basically allows you to do all the core activities. BOWDON: Sorry about the announcements. Thanks, you're a good sport for continuing through this. Let me ask you about the new Treo you're coming out - you're working on with Microsoft. COLLIGAN: Yes. BOWDON: Is it CE-based? COLLIGAN: Well, it's Windows Mobile-based. CE is an old term that they use for talking about their platform. They now name it all Windows Mobile. It's a Window Mobile 5.0 version of the platform. And one of the great advantages of it is we've been able to differentiate on top of it. So, we bring the Palm user experience to that Windows Mobile platform, which is really unique. Most companies just take the software from Microsoft and put it in the ROM, and whatever you get out of that is what you get. What we've done is added our secret sauce on top of it to make it easier to be a phone and to interact with the applications on the device than any other Windows Mobile device. BOWDON: Now, talk about the - I understand you're planning on continuing to sell the Treo 650, which is Palm OS-based. But will you be developing further Palm OS based Treos ? COLLIGAN: Absolutely. BOWDON: ? or is this the end of that line? COLLIGAN: No. Absolutely. We will have further Palm OS-based products. We really think one of our advantages is the multi-platform nature of our business, especially in regard to our carrier partners, you know, the operators that sell our products, like Verizon and Cingular and Sprint. They want to come to a company that has both of those, you know, platforms so they can offer a solution to their customers, but have a consistent user experience so that their training and their call centers and all of these guys know how these devices work and can help their customers with them. BOWDON: We're out of time, but Ed Colligan, President and CEO of Palm, thanks for being with us on Bloomberg. COLLIGAN: Thank you. |
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A day before the Consumer Electronics Show opened, Palm CEO Edward Colligan talked on Bloomberg TV about the Treo 700w and competitor RIM. Here is the transcript:
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