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General Discussion / Flashing a SL-5500

« on: November 07, 2004, 08:52:57 pm »

Scarab,

Yes you will need a CF card for flashing with SL5500 - I made the exact same mistake as you with mine - but like yer man says, CF cards are cheap now

As for choice of Rom - I have only tried a few, namely Sharp, OpenZaurus and TheKompany

TheKompany rom is my favourite so far as all my accessories worked straight out of the box with this, including getting my aircable paired with my SonyEriccson z600 phone for GPRS connectivity  

HTH,
Dtwilson

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General Discussion / Using a Zaurus as Cell Phone

« on: November 07, 2004, 08:39:14 pm »

Interesting thread.

I've just recently resurrected my old SL5500 and had been wondering about using it as an alternative mobile handset also.
After reading through the thread I did a cursory google search and came up with the following card, which looks interesting.

It claims to "support Unix" and includes an integrated rechargeable battery (so no drain from your PDA battery). It's also available from expansys, so should be available to US/Canadian buyers out there.

http://www.totalpda.co.uk/Pretec-CompactGPRS-CF-Card.aspx

Unfortunately my wallet is fixed on house renovations these days so can't afford to buy one of these for testing, however, hopefully someone may find the info useful.

dtwilson.

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Accessories / Telephony headset/microphone for SL5500 - Does it exist?

« on: May 02, 2004, 03:50:26 pm »

Thanks Karapta,

I\'ve also, since discovered that a standard pair of in-the-ear phones will work equally as well, using the left earplug as a microphone!  

I guess my confusion began when realising that most telephony headsets, I\'ve seen for PC\'s come with two separate plugs (one for phones and one for mic)

dtwilson

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Accessories / Telephony headset/microphone for SL5500 - Does it exist?

« on: May 02, 2004, 10:55:05 am »

Hi I\'m wondering if anybody knows of telephony headsets that can be used with the SL5500? I\'ve been searching the net for a few hours and can\'t seem to find anything about a combined headphone and microphone device with a single 3.5mm jack plug for the SL5500. Does such a beast even exist?

I\'m also curious as to whether a 3-pole jack plug would provide such functionality, i.e. what are the specifics of the headphone/microphone socket on the SL5500?

Any/all input would be appreciated, thanks

dtwilson