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SIMpad forum / Simpad As Picture Viewer... Questions

« on: August 29, 2006, 11:19:38 am »

I would then invest in an adapter for memorycards that would fit in the PCMCIA-slot. These memory-cards would then contain the JPEG'S. Simple as that right?

yes

Does Windows CE 3.0 come with picture-viewing software?

Not sure - does internet explorer do the job?

Is Resco Photo Viewer compatible with windows 3.0 on the SIMpad?

if it's a windows program then probably not - wince is not to be confused with windows.

Are the other programmes available for viewing JPEG's?

Bound to be, except you might have problems trying to get wince software that's not dll-hell (I know I did).

If anyone would like to give their opinions, reckommendations or experiences regarding viewing comics (in my case appx. 1000x1500 pxls per page, obviously the lower resolution of the SIMpad would result in quality-loss but I believe the text will still be readable...) please feel free to do so.

If you can get a simpad with linux (or get a wince and replace with linux) you'll find any amount of software for viewing pictures... for photos I don't think I needed any software outside of a normal install.

HTH,

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SIMpad forum / Simpad Sl4 For...

« on: July 08, 2006, 02:04:10 pm »

I wanted to be able to do a quick online booking of train and airplanes tickets.... this last thing involves credit card data to  be transmitted...

I don't want to say this is difficult - I don't know... Opie's konqueror is really quite good but I prefer to stick to the deficiencies of GPE, and can try out a website or 2 if you want.

all of this without powering up a desktop PC or deploying the notebook I always close and store inside a carrying bag because either I need to leave the room clean

Then the simpad is ideal - I hope I've conveyed that it takes seconds to get online and you can browse for hours with the thing no more cumbersome than a book.

From this point of view I "fear" that the Nokia 770 could be a more secure

Possibly, but, for instance, wouldn't it quite largely depend upon the browser?

My opinion would be to get one (as cheap as possible) whilst you wait for a nokia. Then, next year when they're cheap, get a nokia and come back to the forum and do a comparison - and sell the one you don't want, probably for as much as you paid...

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SIMpad forum / Wifi Scanning

« on: July 07, 2006, 11:27:18 am »

Thanks,

do an iwconfig to see which device comes up when you insert your card, and then look at gpe-aerial to work with that device.

The first thing I did was upgrade the feeds and I seemed to have got ip2 and ip addr show shows wlan0 (working perfectly btw)

How would I get gpe-aerial to use wlan0?

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SIMpad forum / Simpad Sl4 For...

« on: July 07, 2006, 11:22:37 am »

Actually, looking almost everywhere, I found out that to buy everything I needed(the simpad, the wifi card and some accessories), I could spend around $ 350....

Simpads are pretty much keeping their value and I'm surprised to learn that they cost more on ebay today than they were when I got one a few years ago. Perhaps if you don't like it you'll be able to sell it on without any depreciation...

I needed the smallest, yet comfortable enough, device possible for quick browsing and a bit of e-banking without prepairing and powering up my other pcs...

Well I see them as 2 completely separate tasks - quick browsing can be done without a secure connection. Banking is something I would prefer to do on a fixed PC, and is not casual at all. The simpad is pretty good for browsing but lacks flash and java, and gpe-mini-browser doesn't even show opensimpad.org (I think opie konqueror is better). If you want the simpad to just do simple browsing then it's pretty good.

But it is really starting to be a bit too expensive... especially with the Origami-based devices showing up...

Do you mean like Q1? I intend to get a sony ux180 (or an oqo) to replace my desktop but they will not beat the simpad on speed of suspend/resume... to check mail I switch it on, open sylpheed, get an SSL IMAP connection and that's it. seconds. The same goes for a website; turn it on, read, turn it off before a PC has finished it's memory check...

The main disadvantage of the simpad is it's too bulky to carry around - a pocket size one would be better for settling arguments at the pub, and if that's what you want I'd get the nokia. If it's indoor browsing as a coffee table accessory then the largeish screen of the simpad beats just about everything else.

HTH

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SIMpad forum / Wifi Scanning

« on: July 07, 2006, 09:53:36 am »

I remebered it was gpe-aerial that was causing the problem:

bnb@simpad:~$ gpe-aerial
Can't connect to localhost.2947: Connection refused
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
eth1      no private ioctls.

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; No such device.
Detection failed: Can't open pcap device: No such device

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apparently this is a logged bug

so what else can I download and use instead?

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SIMpad forum / Wifi Scanning

« on: July 07, 2006, 09:34:13 am »

I'm very happy with GPE on my simpad - a significant improvement on an (opensimpad) Opie that crashed on every suspend.

The wifi was so easy that I configured it once and it works everytime, but now I'm a bit confused how to turn it off and go searching for free hotspots. The other day I took it down to the beach where we have free wifi and realised I didn't have a clue how to make gpe's version of prismstumbler work, and prsimstumbler itself doesn't seem to be doing anything and I recall somewhere that you can't scan with hostap driver?

So - using a dlink dwl 650 that works perfectly in the simpad, how do I get GPE to scan for networks other than my own?

Any advice before the weekend would be appreciated and I'll take the simpad with me...

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SIMpad forum / Download Bootloader

« on: June 29, 2006, 11:50:10 am »

Hi,

Before I go and brick my simpad I thought I'd confirm that the wiki is right and the instructions for downloading the 253 bootloader:

2.5.3 bootloader blupdater.img @ http://opensimpad.org/images/3/35/Blupdater.img

are meant to be identical to the hh one:

Installing the hh.org bootloader
    * blupdater.img @ http://opensimpad.org/images/3/35/Blupdater.img

It just strikes me as odd...

Thanks,
Brendan