User Guide Online

[rob_figlabs]

I don't know if everyone was aware, but the user guide we produced for the Cx000 models running Sharp's ROM is available for free online here:
Figlabs User Guide

If you want you can get a printed copy along with on-device help here: Printed manual

[GadgetGuy]

I don't know if everyone was aware, but the user guide we produced for the Cx000 models running Sharp's ROM is available for free online here:
Figlabs User Guide

If you want you can get a printed copy along with on-device help here: Printed manual
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I have found a much better ( AFAIK ) guide here (PDF version, can be printed easily, and is free) here: [a href=\"http://www.trisoft.de/en_c3100howto.htm]http://www.trisoft.de/en_c3100howto.htm[/url]

The figlabs manual describes details ( for a fee- if you want to print) which are really easy to figure out. The Trisoft one is much more useful, since it discusses details related to synchronization, backups, conversion to English etc...

Also, Trisoft provides for free the download to convert your Zaurus to English (plus many extras )

[rob_figlabs]

The figlabs manual describes details which are really easy to figure out.
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I think this is the point - everyone who buys a zaurus doesn't necessarily have the time or the ability to work these things out. Which is why we made our manual - not for the hackers like you and me but for the other people.

[GadgetGuy]

The figlabs manual describes details which are really easy to figure out.
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I think this is the point - everyone who buys a zaurus doesn't necessarily have the time or the ability to work these things out. Which is why we made our manual - not for the hackers like you and me but for the other people.
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That is a good point. The question is: would a "non hacker"  buy a Zaurus in the first place? I would think not...

Still: if there are "non hacker" types, who do not want to learn about linux, who do not want to use their Zaurus inside -out : for those your guide can be of great help... I agree with that

[Meanie]

well both the figlab and the trisoft manuals have areas where they shine and areas where improvement is needed. however, if there was some collaboration between the two, then the combined effort would create something really great and useful for the community.

[rebski]

Thanks for making this available. There is a lot of useful information in there.

[bam]

the most useful book I've found is Meanies Book

[TRIsoft]

Rob,

nice guide and well done.

But why haven't you simply asked us before you copied nearly all images
from our documentation?

You should make an update (a customer from us told us that we made a
mistake): Look at inserting the battery. The poles (+) and (-) are wrong.
It's corrected in our last version (here). Sorry for this.

Also on ...ug-specifications.php you say:

...Lithium Ion battery Trisoft: EA-BL11 provides 7 hours of use on ...

?? huh ??  

OK, serious now: We know that our guide ignores the applications and
concentrates on handling and hardware. You have done a very good
job on this part and we like it.

Public offer here: How about some official code-sharing between us?
This will be an improvement for you, us and our customers.

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan + Robert Fischer

[rob_figlabs]

But why haven't you simply asked us before you copied nearly all images
from our documentation?
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Marc, Robert - we absolutely would have asked if we had used your images, but I scanned all those images in myself out of the C3000 manual and photoshopped them a bit to clean them up  
Thanks for pointing out the errors,
Cheers

[scheck.r]

The best combination(IMHO) is Trisoft's Manual for Hardware and Meanie's Zbook3k(awesome) in pdf for dealing with the rest (applications, configurations, network, formatting,...).
Plus Trisoft even provides a NAND Backup already full of useful apps, converted to english.

[scheck.r]

I like very much Figlabs user guide too, just sad it cannot be printed fro free as a pdf file.

[GadgetGuy]

I like very much Figlabs user guide too, just sad it cannot be printed fro free as a pdf file.
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It is quite easy to download and convert into one file, if that is what you need...

You could just use copy - paste into a Word document, takes probably 10 minutes.
Maybe I will do it one day, and I will convert it into a PDF, so that others can use it .

Of course, it would be easier if Figlabs would follow Trisoft's and Meanie's example, and would share it with the Zaurus community...

[markm_figlabs]

Public offer here: How about some official code-sharing between us?
This will be an improvement for you, us and our customers.

Marc, Robert,

Our objective is to make the most usable and useful Zaurus possible for our customers - both in terms of software and user-guide, so we welcome your offer.

We'll contact you to see what we can do together.

Thanks

Mark

[rob_figlabs]

if Figlabs would ... share it with the Zaurus community...
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GadgetGuy, I respectfully refer you to the post that started this thread

I don't know if everyone was aware, but the user guide we produced for the Cx000 models running Sharp's ROM is available for free online here:
[a href=\"http://www.figlabs.com/catalog/ug.php]Figlabs User Guide[/url]

[icruise]

I think he meant that you should make a printable version freely available.