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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: Meanie on April 25, 2006, 08:31:15 pm

Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: Meanie on April 25, 2006, 08:31:15 pm
This appears to be a book about pdaXrom. Has anyone bought it and does it have any useful info?

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4...1437066-3001827 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4774124850/kspress-22/ref%3Dnosim/250-1437066-3001827)
Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: karlto on April 25, 2006, 11:56:47 pm
Can you tell from that page if it has any english in it? Not so hot on the Japanese myself...  
Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: reni on April 26, 2006, 12:37:11 am
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This appears to be a book about pdaXrom. Has anyone bought it and does it have any useful info?

I didn't buy it but had some look at it at a bookshop, and it turned out to be merely a list of FAQs or HOW-TOs you can easily find on the net.  The active readers of this forum shouldn't need it, unless you are keen on learning Japanese language :-)

reni
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Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: Meanie on April 26, 2006, 12:46:36 am
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This appears to be a book about pdaXrom. Has anyone bought it and does it have any useful info?

I didn't buy it but had some look at it at a bookshop, and it turned out to be merely a list of FAQs or HOW-TOs you can easily find on the net.  The active readers of this forum shouldn't need it, unless you are keen on learning Japanese language :-)

reni
(visit my website at http://park15.wakwak.com/~eire/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi) (http://park15.wakwak.com/~eire/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi))
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Thanks, that's the kind of info I was looking for. So I won't be ordering that book then.
Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: Antikx on April 29, 2006, 02:09:45 am
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This appears to be a book about pdaXrom. Has anyone bought it and does it have any useful info?

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4...1437066-3001827 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4774124850/kspress-22/ref%3Dnosim/250-1437066-3001827)
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I've scratched my head a few times at this... I've seen numerous references to pdaXrom on Japanese websites. Did Sashz begat pdaXrom or does it's origins pass beyond Sashz? Or something else that I don't understand?
Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: Meanie on April 29, 2006, 02:35:27 am
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This appears to be a book about pdaXrom. Has anyone bought it and does it have any useful info?

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4...1437066-3001827 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4774124850/kspress-22/ref%3Dnosim/250-1437066-3001827)
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I've scratched my head a few times at this... I've seen numerous references to pdaXrom on Japanese websites. Did Sashz begat pdaXrom or does it's origins pass beyond Sashz? Or something else that I don't understand?
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The japanese sites you see are projects by the japanese to turn pdaxrom into japanese since it by default is in english and many japanese people don't know english.
there is also a chinese version of pdaxrom for each model!
maybe the pdaxrom site should link to all these localisation efforts so people who dont know english well can easily find a pdaxrom version in their native language.
Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: clofland on May 04, 2006, 04:36:32 pm
Wow, that is amazing. We take a Japaneses PDA, convert it to English and then Sash writes an almost entirely new OS for it in English and then the Japanese want to port that OS back to Japanese. Crazy!

pdaXrom is bigger than I thought it was.

Sharp should just hire Sashz!
Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: scoutme on May 04, 2006, 05:06:46 pm
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Wow, that is amazing. We take a Japaneses PDA, convert it to English and then Sash writes an almost entirely new OS for it in English and then the Japanese want to port that OS back to Japanese. Crazy!

pdaXrom is bigger than I thought it was.

Sharp should just hire Sashz!
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I DO really think so

pdaxrom is far better than any other distro; as long as you need/like a tiny laptop, obviously (as I do  )
Title: Has Anyone Bought This Book?
Post by: adf on May 04, 2006, 05:19:22 pm
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Wow, that is amazing. We take a Japaneses PDA, convert it to English and then Sash writes an almost entirely new OS for it in English and then the Japanese want to port that OS back to Japanese. Crazy!

pdaXrom is bigger than I thought it was.

Sharp should just hire Sashz!
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I DO really think so

pdaxrom is far better than any other distro; as long as you need/like a tiny laptop, obviously (as I do  )
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I dunno... Pdaxrom is a decent pda--for basic pim type stuff fltdj works fine for me.... it can be hotkeyed what else does one need, though it could stand polishing?
(I guess a power pda user might use kopi, and keep it minimized for fast starts)