Quickies: Palm Desktop 4.1 Beta, TealMovie, Themes

Huh???

1. Many more themes - like 14+ with a "Random" Option.
2. An "Auto Save" Data Feature that can be set for every X time period.
3. A "Check/Repair Records" Option.
4. Customized Alarm sounds from any "Browsed" Windows file - ex. "Musica Asterisk" "Chime" etc. I guess you could use "wav" file but I didn't try.
5. NO Notepad Desktop function was included in the Beta.
6. vCAL - Datebook "Send to vCal" VCalendar Option a la vCard of 4.0.
7. New icons for "Large Icons" option in Address - these are different for a "Company" Listing vs. a Person (Name) Contact. It shows a building (Empire State Bldg?) for a Company vs. a body for a person.
8. AUTO FORMAT of a contact when you "Send to MS Word" to a LABEL or MAIL ADDRESS! I suggested this to Palm a long time ago! I'm not sure if this was a result of my suggestion or not, but I LOVE this new feature! You can quickly, easily create a single MAIL ADDRESS and don't have to format it. Print it, cut it out, and tape it to the envelope. NICE.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

God Bless,
EnocH

I really would like email addresses in the pim to be linked to my email program.

[http://www.mediathreat.net]

Did you reinstall the software that the 515 came with, or the new beta?

I guess Outlook is on its way out the Window(s) after all.

BMAN

Or is there any third party option when it comes to syncronizing software?

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Roger W

To make sure you are not pushing your handheld too hard, make sure that your battery is above 30%, that you have at least 1.5 Mb of RAM free, and that the movie clip frame rate is not above 15 FPS unless it has no audio. Also, turn your hacks off to see if that helps.

If every thing above checks out, then it may a bug and should be reported to TealPoint.

I have done major testing on version 2.10, and only ran into problems if the data rate was too high for the processor to handle while streaming from an external card. Trying to process 24 frames per second at 3,000 bytes per frame and uncompressed audio my be workable if the clip is in RAM, but not on an external card. The picture would lock while the audio squealed, or the image would have corrupted pixels.

When I create a movie clip that will be run from a card, I keep the frame rate between 10 and 15 fps, and compress the audio unless there is music in the clip. I've found that I can run large clips created at maximum video and audio quality at 10 fps from the card with no CPU acceleration. Keeping the maximum quality and going above 10 fps requires that you crank up the processor speed using something like FastCPU, or you need to keep the clip in RAM. The longest clip I have made is about 30 minutes long and plays fine all the way through, but I had to decrease the quality to 2,500 bytes per frame to keep the file size reasonable.

Of course, none of these guidelines mean anything if the new version has a problem itself! :)

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[ Czzii ]

As for the notepad application, the beta didn't come with it. But then, it's the first beta, and notepad was just an add-on application to support that function on the PDA. It wasn't really integrated with Palm Desktop.