12:24 PM by Zire in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

The old thread can be found here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1200 thought that I would keep it alive with some new information.

What is WhatsOn?
WhatsOn for the Palm Computing Platform is a tool that allows you to display TV listing data in an easy-to-use grid format. Carry your TV Listings schedule with you everywhere you bring your Palm. WhatsOn comes with a utility, XMLTV, to download TV listing data from the world wide web. Using this tool, you can regularly and automatically update your Palm Organizer with current TV listing information. WhatsOn also comes with a conduit that allows you to effortlessly hotsync your TV listing data to your Palm Organizer. And best of all, WhatsOn is FREE.

I have been using whaton for about a year and I have to say it is sweet. I only had a small problem with it. Sometimes it does not download the update to xmltv and gives an error message but still works. All you need to do is download the latest version of xmltv from sourceforge. The cool thing is is that the xmltv file is updated quite often. Which makes changes to the channels frequently. At present there is support for the USA, Canada, the UK, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Denmark. The main advantage of this program is that during setup you are able to pick your cable company or if not broadcast and choose which channels you want listed or not. This feature reduces the size of the database that is transferred during your palm.

I had some trouble with the way xmltv.exe grabs data at the moment and there were some configuration issues. Usually when you download the new version of xmltv from sourceforge all you have to do is put the new version of xmltv.exe in the whaton folder in your palm user folder. Yesterday I did this and got errors saying that the format is right but it could not grab any data. This is because the file tv_grab_na is not valid anymore, tv_grab_na_dd replaced it. Also you need to sign up with zap2it labs at http://labs.zap2it.com/ztvws/ztvws_l...01-1-0,00.html and set up a profile in order for xmltv.exe to be able to download tv data to your computer. To add you also need to edit configure.bat and grab.bat by opening it with notepad change any reference of tv_grab_na to tv_grab_na_dd. One more thing I promise You have to copy the folder called share from the xmltv folder into whatson. You then should be ready to go. Run configure.bat go throught the prompts and that's it. If you are not worried about security after the configuration you can edit tv_grab_na_dd.conf to include your password so you won't have to input it in each time you grab data to go to your palm.

This is one of the best programs for the palm. I highly recommend it. Find it at www.zookware.com

11:30 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge

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09:36 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Digital China and ECS Technology (China), two of PalmOne’s sales agents for the China market, will stop selling PalmOne products in China due to decreasing profits. According to Digital China, margins on a PDAs made by Taiwan-based Asustek Computer are 2-3 times higher than Palm PDA margins, even though marketing costs are higher for Palm products. ECS Technology complained that PalmOne is not serious about the China market, as the Palm PDA is not really Chinese-language based like Hewlett Packard (HP) and AsusPDAs.

09:31 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Sony Ericsson announced the availability of the K700i phone yesterday. The VGA-resolution camera phone features a 65,536-color 176-by-220-pixel TFT display on one side, and a digital camera on the other side with a 4x optical zoom lens. The special design, called a "dual-front", offers customers the ability to take pictures horizontally to help reduce shaking hands.

09:21 AM by Alexander Turcic in Miscellaneous | Announcements

Our Six Gmail Invite Contest is over and the winners have been drawn.

To every winner: Please PM me your working e-mail address, so that I can send you the invite!

Contest #1: Most active (non-team) members from June 15 to June 29:

doctorow winner
cbarnett winner
alexstapleton winner
Montalvo winner
cyberax
DaNDeE
gadgetguru
derekweb

Contest #2: Two forum feedbacks that each deserve a free Gmail invite:

cbarnett (again ) winner
derekweb winner

Thank you everyone for participating!! I hope you enjoyed the contest as much as we did. Looking forward to the next contest with you!

04:11 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Asus's new MyPAL A730 PPC will be out by the end of July, according to this news at pdabuyersguide. The A730 will have a 520MHz Intel PAX 270 processor with 64MB RAM/64MB ROM.

My favorite addition: it will feature a 3.7-inch transreflective VGA display!

The Asus will also come with built-in Bluetooth and a 1.3MP built-in camera (and a WiFi model is expected to be released sometime later in August/September).

09:23 AM by sUnShInE in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

Rumors of the Tungsten T4 have been floating around since last Fall, before Palm OS6 (or Cobalt, whatever you wanna call it ) was even announced. The rumors are really heating up right now, perhaps for a deadly thin Summer marketing season. Here are the two latest:

Rumor #1: The T|T4 will have a 450MHz processor, a 480x320 color LCD screen, integrated 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, 96Mb of RAM, and a single SD expansion card slot. Source: atmaspheric endeavors.

Rumor #2: A device running Cobalt with a T3 form factor including 64Mb RAM, two SD slots, and integrated Bluetooth with a retail of $400. Source: PalmInfo Center.

Are these rumors just to give us hope in a dwindling market? Perhaps. There is, however, better news in the burgeoning cell arena.

It looks like a new Treo will be released soon, that seemingly would replace the popular Treo 600. The device has not been announced yet, but rumored specs include a 320x320 high resolution display, 1.2 megapixel camera, faster 312MHz processor, and integrated Bluetooth.

The Sidekick II has also not yet been announced, but several photos are available online thanks to the FCC. This updated Sidekick has the same flip-screen design and thumb keyboard, with supposedly more memory in a slightly thinner package. There were specs in the manual from the FCC site.

09:06 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones

The Inquirer has mentioned a rumor (originally from "The Business" -- next time a link would be nice) that Nokia is interested in the PDA business. According to article, Nokia is developing a number of portable computers which will run the Symbian OS and utilise the company's own Series 60 software. The source at Nokia also suggested that one solution being considered is a ruggedised sub-notebook.