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RE: So he has a real name?
"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."
RE: So he has a real name?
"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."
RE: So he has a real name?
-Bosco
NX80v + Wifi + BT + T637
RE: So he has a real name?
At least I'm not just any old Kent, I'm the Kent. The one and only. All others are cheap facsimiles. Copyright infringers.
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Editor, http://Pocketfactory.com
Contributing Editor, http://digitalmediathoughts.com
RE: So he has a real name?
RE: So he has a real name?
"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."
RE: Pig
"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."
RE: Pig
Time is not a luxury that Palm has. The MSFT waves are getting bigger and the big tsunami is coming - and Nagel and Company are frolicking on the beach - oblivious to it all.
RE: Pig
Anyway, there's just one thing that I think pa1mOne could do to help save themselves, offer a <$300 Treo. And make it cool. Can you imagine what that would do to bolster their sales/marketshare?
I suppose I could make broad statements as well: They must innovate again. The TT was a landmark device for Palm, practically their rennaisance, but since Sony withdrew from the USA PDA market, pa1mOne was left with no competition (Palm OS), so thus no need to innovate. Unfortuantely, now the WM2003 crowd has encroached into Palm territory, ie being emminently more cool hardware-wise, and I hope that pa1mOne is going to wake back up.
"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."
Pigs may fly someday
PS - Gekko is your PDA memory half empty or half full :P
-Ryan
RE: Pig
This is another typical post by him.
RE: Pig
Sounds like a pretty fulfilling career when ones life is over. :-(
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: Pig
RE: Pig
Yeah, this stuff drives me nuts. There are several ways I deal with this kind of crap.
1) Research elsewhere
2) Take it in stride
3) Make snide comments (a favorite of mine)
4) Read the slant, process it, reguritate, and push the back button.
Don't let the fanatics get in your way! I'm a fan, not a fanatic, so you can let me get in the way. ;) Seriously, though, each handheld OS has its benefits (Palm, WM2003, BB, Symbian), and I'll admit that. But I'll still beat you until you're bleeding Palm. I'm simple that way...
"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."
RE: Pig
Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami (song)
Please think of those that are suffering, and will continue to do so. It is not a matter to joke about.
-Ryan
RE: Pig
How much time do we have to give Palm to mature? Just curious. I mean when did the first Palm Pilot come out? Wasn't it something like 1996?
We keep talking about them like they need some growing time to get it right. No. They've been in business long enough and have been consistently loosing their market share. Giving them time is obviously not the answer.
I love my Treo 650, but you gotta wonder where this company is headed. I feel like they're heading to get bumped out of the main stream and into the realm of an eccentric few. Like the group who still likes toying with my old TI 99/4a. Fun, but not a viable business. And all by Palm's own hand.
I hope I'm wrong.
RE: Pig
One Palm to rule them all!
RE: RE: Pig
Apparently some people take stupid things like "posts on a blog" too siriously.
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
PalmOne's dishonesty
We should make a race. See how many people can successfully hack PDA's to make them better than the OEM can. I believe this fellow and his T650 are already in the lead, but "Deez" from Brighthand also has a few points to his name for the Toshiba VGA stuff. I'm sure there are a few hardcore Japanese coders that have done things only imaginable in dreams with their Clies. Control that robotic dog with the UX50's Wifi? What the hell? These men are braver than I, and all deserve some appreciation.
-Bosco
NX80v + Wifi + BT + T637
RE: PalmOne's dishonesty
"People who think they're smart annoy those of us who are."
treo 650 / shadowmite
the fact that it is only a two byte patch doesn't surprise me.
the treo 650 also has the exact same kernel as the tungsten|t5, so, it also doesn't surprise me that the wifi drivers work by changing the device id/hal id checks in the application.
palmone could have released such drivers; but, are reluctant to due to limited quality assurance testing that has been done on all the products. of course, you do this at your own risk :)
i remember earlier versions of the ROWDY (rest of the world) rom image for the treo 650 had DUN support - however, the latest versions do not. this could also be disabled because of bugs. if you run into problems using the DUN patch, maybe it was disabled for a reason?
all in all - it should be clearly noted that these modifications should be used at your own risk. the plugged in program has had support for reflashing rom images way before the device was released (EVT and DVT units) - however, redistribution of these tools will be in violation of the plugged in program NDA; users make mistakes - and, palmone probably doesn't want to be responsible for them :)
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Aaron Ardiri
PalmOS Certified Developer
aaron_ardiri@mobilewizardry.com
http://www.mobilewizardry.com/members/aaron_ardiri.php
RE: treo 650 / shadowmite
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RE: treo 650 / shadowmite
- What? A GSM 650? DO TELL! Which carrier is your model based on? I'm desperately awaiting Cingular.
no carrier :) ROWDY unit (rest of the world unit) - no simlocking.
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Aaron Ardiri
PalmOS Certified Developer
aaron_ardiri@mobilewizardry.com
http://www.mobilewizardry.com/members/aaron_ardiri.php
RE: treo 650 / shadowmite
pls let us know the way how to get treo 650 gsm version ! I am desperately waiting 4 it !
V
That is so cool.
It's even making me look at the 650 in a new light.
(It is kinda cool looking...)
If the handheld manufacturers are going to not enable stuff with no other reason than so they can make more money, weeeelll they are just begging for folks to do this kind of stuff to 'em!
It's an interesting topic on it's own, but my main interest is the mods!
I know some foks are going to mess things up and ruin their units by trying these, but great results often happen from great risks taken.
You could also think of it as evolution in action.
Wheres the Sandisk WIFI card driver hack
However, there is one thing that gioes on my nerves a little bit. The Tapwave Zodiac accesses both PalmOne and Sandisk WLAN SDIO cards with the SAME driver. There's only a hard-coded device ID string in the driver that makes all the difference. Can't one good hacker/cracker change that and get the SanDisk cards working? This would increase the platform's hardware support, and also make users and companies more adept to buy Palm powered stuff!
Just my 2 cents..
Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
RE: Wheres the Sandisk WIFI card driver hack
ps - great work on your blog Tamog
RE: Wheres the Sandisk WIFI card driver hack
thank you for the compliment!
I would definitely throw more than just my change into the fountain. I would sacrifice my time, body and my Tungsten T3 for it. Anyone provide me with the card, and I shall try my best! Will just be a 50byte-Patch if I am correct(device ID) I am even willing to return the card afterwards....
Tam Hanna
Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
The proper question is: If you're so rich, why aren't you SMARTER?
Microsoft products.
p1's 32K Memos and 1K Clipboard.
TV.
Q.E.D.
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
Two mindless comments in less than 24 hours, real slick.
"The Anglo-Saxon-Scots-Irish people are the most warlike people in history, and their enemies forget it at their peril. "
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
2005 will see the end of this website if this continues.
2005 will see the end of this website if this continues.
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
Can't you EVER stop bickering at each other. Mike gets bashed, and Gekko too.
Seems like an olr friendship here, but to no good of the Platform and the PIC. Either the two guys are paid by another portal, or they are just plain crazy IMHO.
If you want to stop a flame war, you don't participate. One must always do the first step! What about all of us making a ignore-all-nasty-comments round in 2005? PIC forum quality, etc will go up miles again!!
Just my 2 cents...
Tam
Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
And that is THEIR moronic, stuffed-shirt, hard-backed problem.
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
sorry to say it in such a rough matter-you don't sem to get it either.
Finger-pointing and calling the other dim, smarta$$,etc won't help anyone! Ignoring is the key! If anyone writes junk(about you), just ignore it. Don't react.
Lets take this equasion:
If a user foo writes junk 3 times, and each time 10 users bash him, we have 33x junk in the hoard...
Just my 3 cents
Tam Hanna
Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
What PIC *MUST* do to get it's cred back.
You are absolutely right. It's not like these jokers haven't been told before.
This will continue for as long as it's allowed to continue by the folk(s) who run the place.
It appears to be just fine, so why try to buck it?
If Ryan is happy with this situation (and he appears to be) then I suppose he can deal with the results too. He's in charge, it's his sinking ship.
I, for one will be looking for my PalmOS news and info elswhere.
Lord knows PIC hasn't broken a real story since Ed Hardy left anyway.
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
Zodiac2/T616
2.128 gigs under the hood.
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
Zodiac2/T616
2.128 gigs under the hood.
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
I think that you are doing Ryan great unjustice here. While the daily gadget rarely gets an update, this page updates more than my blog sometimes.
*** et al are stupid, but one cant make the PIC responsible for this.....
Censorship never is good, altough sometimes, it is neccecary!
Just my 2 cents(make me moderator and see what happens)
Have fun
Tam Hanna
Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
How about all you friggin babies stop all your biitching and moaning?
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
The world will end in 2006. Just as it was predicted in the bible along with the release of Microsoft Longhorn.... :p
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
One Palm to rule them all!
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
If I get a place offered, I am glad to take it... . However, nobody will be bashed. Just the background noise shall be reduced....
Best Regards
Tam Hanna
Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
Yeah. What he said.
RE: What palmOne *MUST* do to survive
Gekko says a lot when the day is long....
To all others-Sorry, but I just had to throw that in for ths sake of it
Find out more about the Palm OS in my blog:
http://tamspalm.blogspot.com
Memory
All this sounds really nice and all that, but there is still the problem of memory. Palm dropped the ball on this. It's the major thing holding me back from consolidating my T3 and Sprint PCS phone into a Treo 650. I'd really have liked to see more memory 64 mb or more built into the phone.
D. Martin
Former Amiga/Commodore Author/Writer/Reviewer
RE: Memory
Now let's get back to the topic at hand: personal attacks on all of our fellow Treo users!
RE: Memory
The world will end in 2006. Just as it was predicted in the bible along with the release of Microsoft Longhorn.... :p
RE: Memory
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So he has a real name?