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General Discussion / Getting The Zaurus Sl6000l?
« on: October 18, 2007, 04:24:02 pm »
Glad you made up your mind and it is a good choice.

I gad a 6000L and the SLC1000 both and used them together - and it was very difficult to say which was better - in fact the 6000 was better in outdoors usage hands down, and as a PDA only (not all comuting tasks fit its form factor).

But its a different matter that ultimately I stayed with the C1000 - that was because I used it more as a small laptop replacement .. so had FTP, VNC etc on it. BUt again the 6000 screen is fabulous, and the keyboard not too bad, if you don't type a lot on it.

Even I wanted to mention the Nokia 810 to you, but didn't want to rake up things even more in decision making. But now that you have seen about it ... I think software wise and application wise the Zaurus has a lot going for it still.

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General Discussion / New Nokia N810 Tablet Coming Soon
« on: October 17, 2007, 10:34:39 am »
Here are some clear pics of the new N810.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/17/nokias-...nce-drops-jaws/

Nothing extra except the retractable Keyboard.

I kind of liked the pull out Camera from before instead of the fixed camera in this new model.
And what's with putting the D-PAD on the keyboard though ?

Doesnt seem too too exciting to me  ...

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Python / Using Mysql With Python
« on: October 16, 2007, 05:10:19 pm »
Thanks for putting in the solution to your own problem ..
It could help someone tomorrow ... so thanks.

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Python / Flickr Viewer For The Zaurus
« on: October 16, 2007, 12:53:45 pm »
Nice to see your interest in it ...

I was thinking of making more changes and putting in an upload feature too, but somehow, I didnt see enough interest (thats what drives such projects - interest) and I didnt get too much time too, so kind of fizzled off.

Will try resurrecting it and also porting for the Nokia devices.
Note : Had given out the code to some guy who was developing fpr the Archos and Nokia, but never heard back if he was able to port to the Nokia N770/800 devices ..

Planning to geta  Nokia N800 - the Flickr Viewer would be ideal for that device...

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General Discussion / New Nokia N810 Tablet Coming Soon
« on: October 15, 2007, 10:05:12 pm »
Sorry, that poll was more difficult to fathom - for lack of an appropriate choice, than to directly answer here.

I am thinking I will jump for the N800 - rather tan wait for the N810. The 800 is already quite cheaper than launch time. Nut will there be no Zaurus like device with Wifi and bluetooth and the works ? Please.. answer my prayers.

Well till then the Nokia is the closest to the Zaurus as I see.

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General Discussion / What Is The Best Rom For The Zaurus For 2007
« on: September 10, 2007, 10:23:51 am »
Somebody had to chip in for Cacko ...

Well, not to be playing sides - but objectively if you only need to have a stable PDA software (i.e PIM, Browser, music/video player etc) then Cacko comes out as a very good ROM. But again - its best as a PDA only ROM, unlike the others.

And did I say - very stable.

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Python / Twitter - Any Users
« on: August 24, 2007, 09:26:32 am »
Wow, that a lot of twitter clients already tere ... and even I thought Twitter was a recent phonomemonon. I just saw the Python code for Twitter  on Google Code.

Now I can understand why it is a such a rage.


Adf - like Twitter there are other apps also - like Jaiku.
But again, I have found these apps to be too connected ... to instant. I guess I like my time off from the internet sometimes.

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Python / Twitter - Any Users
« on: August 23, 2007, 10:42:06 pm »
So how many Zaurus guys also use twitter ? I sawa a nice pythonic wrapper for the Twitter api, and the thught crept into my mind...

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General Discussion / Is The Z, Archos Pma, Etc Dead?
« on: August 23, 2007, 10:38:41 pm »
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It's true about the dumb masses wanting and craving the UMPC's mostly for the "geek" effect, instead of a practical affordable device that can fit in their budget.
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Ah ! I am amused by the way you look down on the dumb-masses and make a summary judgement about "their" budgets.  

So while the dumb-masses try to be geekish, the geeks tell (or preach ?) them what is practical and can fit their budgets  - interesting twist  .. and did I say amusing too ?
 

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General Discussion / Is The Z, Archos Pma, Etc Dead?
« on: August 23, 2007, 09:50:34 am »
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I am not so sure ... if there are 4-5 companies bringing out UMPC's or UMPC styled PDA's, then surely its not for geeks anymore. You can bet your dollar that so many comanies will not be making products (or experimenting even) for a market whose time has not come yet.
The wince machines have always had quite a number of manufacturers making them, however it wasn't until Palm stumbled that the wince machines finally started to make headway and eventually dominate.

And there's always M$'s underhand tactics to consider. They could very well be using "marketing" dollars to bribe manufacturers to make these UMPCs even though most models never sell enough to make a profit.
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UMPC' may not necessarily mean Wince based UMPC's. Its too bad we don't see any other - but I am taking about UMPC's in a OS agnostic way - more about features and hardware.

While I know (and I indulge in it too) blaming Microsoft for market realities not agreeing with the way we see things is a natural and amusing pastime, I don't think either 3rd party mfrs or Microsoft will be spending big bucks unless there is a potential to sell it and for users to want it. Would you have though that people would go about buying $600 - $750 phones (yes mobile phones) 5 years back ? But Nokia says its N95 is its flagship product and Apple is about to make a kill in the next quarter with higher than expected (Wall street expectation) sales. Just examples.

A little bit of arm twisting on MS's behalf is true, but you can't arm-twist a whole market.
While it does take a shining product to lead the way, often times, its over several iterations of a product that market acceptance is finally achieved. That's the classic case of Wince PDA's (and I hate them). But reality is reality and more and more people are using them and smartphones.

So I don't see why the dumb masses will not accept PDA's with more features sometime in the future.
Talking about this dumb-masses term - ultimately in mass market economics, if the dumb mass market is endorsing a product , then there must be a quality to the product that is shining , irrespective of what geeks and niche-specialists think. In mass market, its the dumb masses who are the definitive specialist.

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General Discussion / Is The Z, Archos Pma, Etc Dead?
« on: August 20, 2007, 04:37:29 pm »
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Yes, but UMPCs aren't doing very well. I've never seen a UMPC out in the wild -- the smallest laptop I've seen is a Libretto. The masses just aren't geeky enough to spend that kind of money on something when they could get a laptop for much less. Maybe in 20 years everyone will have a very small UMPC that does everything they need and then they can just hook it up to a docking station when they get home and use it as a full PC. But that day has not come, and right now all of these gadgets are for geeks. There just isn't a market for it yet.
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I am not so sure ... if there are 4-5 companies bringing out UMPC's or UMPC styled PDA's, then surely its not for geeks anymore. You can bet your dollar that so many comanies will not be making products (or experimenting even) for a market whose time has not come yet. Yes, I do agree that not too many people are buying yet - thats mainly because of the price factor - but the day a UMPC breaks the $1000  barrier, it won't be too much more for it to become a consumer product.

Yes on the other hand the converged device like the smartphone (a PDA+phone) is more of a mass market product now. It must have taken some time for it to become so, cause many people did say that a phone and a camera and a pda  - an all in one device - just wouldn't work. It was too complex for notmal people.

20 years you say - I am sure that's just figurative speech.

Of course I am not future teller either and I could be dead wrong.

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General Discussion / Is The Z, Archos Pma, Etc Dead?
« on: August 20, 2007, 11:44:46 am »
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nilch> They will not consume a uber PDA in these days.

is it really the case that people won't buy a non-phone thumbable pda?
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Its just that a Uber PDA these days has morphed into a what is generally called as a UMPC. Juts a PDA with limited (moddable) function, is I guess a dying breed. Instead a UMPC (like the Shift) is moving towards a PDA + PC function combination.

So users have a choice between a phone+PDA (for those wanting a phone device) or a PDA+PC combo (for those wanting a power packed portable device), so then why would anyone ( the "common user") choose just a PDA in these days ?


This is what I mean in my post.

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General Discussion / Is The Z, Archos Pma, Etc Dead?
« on: August 17, 2007, 02:02:22 pm »
This topic is really getting pretty conplex - naturally so, since there are a lot of reasons involved - social, technological, functional etc for which the Zaurus is losing ground while devices like iPhone, and smartphones (Touch, Moto Q) etc are so much more prevalent.

While the Zaurus does a lot of thinks pretty well, it missing one major mark - its not a phone. That single ommision I beleive makes it a niche market device - more so with Linux on it. A phone is coveted by everyone - much more than a PDA. Hence largish devices are trying to converge to a smaller foot-print device like a smartphone or an iPhone to be able to cater to the phone-PDA market. That gives the mfrs a bigger market to play to.

And if we look beyond the techy, geeky goups, how many people really need a FTP server or Web server running on a PDA, or even understand its potential ?
As long as a manufactuirer can plug in a decent Opera or Safari on a phone and add some PIM, it becomes denoted as a "computer" as well as a phone. No wonder the dumb-masses will consume that - since it actually fulfills their "mobile computing" needs (essentially music , picture slideshows, video player, DOC editors and a browser) as well as server as a fashionable phone.

Now do you visualise the Zaurus as a phone, forget being fashionable ?So yes, while the iPhone, touch and Q's are moving away from the Z'is form factor - on the other hand, the HTC Shift, Uni's and UMPC's are moging up to a smaller but functional laptop replacement with more power to run full fledged OS's.

And that is where the Zaurus should have moved up to - cause it had the potential to become a great UMPC. Instead it got stuck in the PDA segment - which is essentually dead.

So no point in blaming the gurus and marketing  - cause both those factors are very dependant on what the general masses will consume.
They will not consume a uber PDA in these days.

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General Discussion / Is The Z, Archos Pma, Etc Dead?
« on: August 15, 2007, 11:31:35 am »
While I love the Zaurus as a PDA, but its slow-dying future seems to put me off and I am looking into getting a phone with basic PIM functions - and while a year back I( would have cringed at the though - even I am looking at a MS Windows Mobile 6 platform - since seems the only platform which has a future of continuing support and development for it.

A Linux phone has been so much talked about - but on the converged devices market, I still don't see Linux - and open like the Zaurus - anywhere on the horizon - hence the defection.

Its sad to see thw age of PDA's dwindling - cause even though I know my phone can do Opera, it still cant replace the PDA functions totally and as effectively as the Zaurus does.

Only if the Zaurus matured and iterated over different models with more functions to cater to the converged device market - but again, only if pigs flew !

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General Discussion / Htc Shift: The Dream Machine!?
« on: August 14, 2007, 09:43:21 am »
The concept of having a instant-on PDA and a PC feature on the same machine is indeed novel (never heard of it before).

While it does look too big, but as a PC replacement (or rather laptop replacement) it will suffice and also to have a instant on PDA on the same device is gratifying.

The point is with Linux on it (if ever) wil the touch screen functionality also work as well ?

I really liked the featuire set - they seems to have put in everything that usres want - a replaceble battery, Wifi, Bluetooth, expandibility and then some more.
The only thing is I still do not see the need for it as yet - in terms of the PC functionality. Without that - it makes no sence to carry this huge device only for its PDA functions.

Also, doesn't Pocket PC suck as a PDA OS ? Why did they pick that ?

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