Reggie is asking if anyone likes the idea of having a Wiki or Blog hosted by 1src. You can give your input in a thread here. I personally think the Wiki is a great idea. Some places have tried similar endeavors, but being hosted by the largest Palm forum site will ensure that this idea succeeds.
-Brad
Most Palm Os developers probably never even heard of OnBoardC. However, when travelling, you will get to love this program. It is a pretty decent C compiler for Palm Os and can create PRC files-right on the Palm OS handheld!
Anyways, while most of the world was chatting about the Treo releases, this was posted to the OnBoardC developer mailing lists:
OnBoardARM assembler was released.
Download here: http://onboardc.riot.ru
You can do armlets for onBoardC now
directly on your palm!
You can use variables from OnBoardC
when you do your armlets!
A little example:
peres9i:
//if(NZ==2)if(Q1>6){
ldr r0, [r12, NZ]
cmps r0, 2
bne #peresend
ldr r0, [r12, Q1]
cmps r0, 6
ble #peresend
So, to cut a long story short: you can now create ARMlets using OnBoardC. While I currently lack the knowledge to test this out myself, I only heard positive voices so far.
Thus, the program was archived on Tamoggemon.com in case it ever disappears.
Finally, here is a link to the current homepage of the program:
http://onboardc.riot.ru/armassem/index.html-ARM assembler for OnBoardC
Do you use OnBoardC? Does the assembler work for you?
It’s Sunday again and the new summary is available. Just take a look at TamsPalm.de!
Thomas
A few years ago, there was a company caled ellula that marketed a nice set of inflatable speakers for portable use. The company has ceased to exist quite some time ago, but-luckily-TamsPalm was capable to find a cooperative distributor that had enough stock and wanted to have the boxen reviewed-its ThinkGeek.
Anyways, the boxen shipped from the US in a huge crate that contained a bit of ThinkGeek advertising:
The boxen themselves are packed up carefully:
For sure a lot of packaging. However, there is more in the box then just the speakers. You get a nice little 5W/channel amplifier that is powered by either a power cord(120V AC to 9V DC with a standard plug, so useless for me as an Austrian) or 6 AA batteries(the battery box can be removed). However, one can also use the power cord that shipped with older Palm handhelds(the one that connects to the cradle). The little machine weighs approximately 100g(measured with a standard kitchen scale) without the battery box that can be removed from its bottom. It has little knobs on its bottom that hold it on its place, however, these go of pretty fast. BTW, the input is a standard 3.5″ headphone jack that worked with my Tungsten T3-the cable is approximately 140cm long:
The speakers themselves are easy to inflate if you abide to the instructions provided. You need to squeeze the vent to open the air path. One of the boxen weighs approximately 200 grams and has a 140 cm long cable that ends in a 3.5 mono jack. BTW, the speaker is about 22cm high in inflated state:
You can power the amplifier on the go using a battery box that can be mounted below it and uses 6 AA batteries. I can personally reccommend AccuPower rechargeable NiMH batteries as they are extremely reliable if charged properly and also allow for long operation times:
There also is a carrying bag and a vinyl repair kit included.
The sound quality of the boxen, um… . They sound different(higher) than the Sigma AX6903 boxen shipped with my workstation. But-dont be fooled! My Quakesounds, telephone terrors, podcasts and music all sound enjoyable. The speakers offer stereo and are much louder than my T3. They may not be able to compete with Altec Lansing or Bang&Olufsen stuff, but the tones aren’t bad here. This image shows the boxen in action:
I have carried those boxen with me for quite some time and inflated/deflated them often. It looks as there are no reliability problems!
A little usage hint last: if you use RealOne on the handheld, set it up to about 50% of the maximal volume. RealOne seems to digitally enhance the sound if the volume is set above 50%-and this disturbs the amplifier. And, of course, volume boosts in other player software arent really helpful either!
So, to cut a long story short: this is a funky accessoire for handhelds that have a 3.5 stereo jack. The whole set weighs about 600 grams in its carrying bag and looks unconventional. The sound it emits is of decent quality and can be pretty loud. Long cables make positioning the speakers in a room an easy task. ThinkGeeks 39.99$ price isnt really expensive, because the set works fine for more than one handheld generation as it does not rely on proprietary connectors like some other audio solutions for T5/Treo 650 do. If you use your handheld at the same place for extended periods of time and want to boost your internal speaker, get these while supplies last…
Dear readers, this is a great day. On the 17th of November 2004, TamsPalm was born-and it looks as if it was a right decicion to create a blogger account back then. While most other sites would use this opportunity to create a huge fuzz about themselfes, lets recapitulate for a moment!
We had multiple cutting-edge stories, hardware reviews, software reviews, gave many hinjts about the PODS and other things in the PalmOS and other markets. We somehow even managed to post most of the news that were considered important in the PalmOS world. Hundreds of anonymous comments helped us evolve and improve our content and coverage-a big thank you goes out to each and everyone who produced a useful comment! It doesnt need to have perfect grammar-as long as it is english and we all understand it the comment is superb!
We were hosted by Google for almost a year-a big thank you also goes out to the folks at blogger’s for hosting us for almost a year. A big thanks also goes out to the folks at my new host HostLoco for answering all our support calls….
Of course, the migration will give us new challenges this year! We lost quite a bit of PageRank in google and will still need quite a few links to get back in place. Our content hasnt been fully moved yet, and the old comments probably never will be. The new WordPress system gives us much more control-but also much more possibilities to break something. So, this year will remain challenging-but I am sure that we will make it through together!
Overall, a big thank you goes out to everyone of you-all readers, commentators and authors that helped create the TamsPalm experience! Please tell us what you like and what you dislike about TamsPalm! All comments are welcome!
-The TamsPalm Team
I am watching Domino Day(the show where dominoes fall) in german TV right now-and permanently ask myself why those ‘challenges’ were allowed to be so risky. A few technicians have to assemble stones against the clock-if they fail, the world record is gone.
While I can see the intention of the head designer(action), I still wonder about how one can risk tons of cash and manpower foolishly. One could design the ‘challenges’ to contain only very few stones-not enough to risk the world record. Listeners wouldn’t note any difference, and the risk would be minimized.
Today’s last post’s conclusion is short and logical: while risk increases your PR exposures, it needs to be managed. You are the chief of your development-and you can create fictional risk easily.
Welcome back to our art of beta testing column. Just in case you forgot what the first part was all about, feel free to read it up here:
The art of beta testing-structured beta testing
Completely outsourcing tests is dangerous
Man, your old-style. Having five handhelds at home is stupid! I dont have a single one at home or in my office-Developer of Censored, on ICQ
This impressive person apperently trusts his beta testers even though he does not give them test cases or anything. If he has extremely committed testers, this will work fine. However, if not, goodnight. A beta tester usually is not paid (much) and is a plain user interested in either the new program, getting a serial for free or showing off to his friends that he runs the latest and greatest apps! His interest in your well-beeing is rather low. Exceptions exist-guard them like a treasure, people!
Anyways, a beta tester has a higher probability to overlook things than the original developer has. It doesn’t have to be lack of interest or typing effort, he can also treat this as o.k. as he discovered a workaround.
Anyways, there is an old german proverb saying that control is better than trust. Keeping at least a mid-end box like a Tungsten T or E2 in your labs definitely wont bust your budget-but it would keep you at least theoretically capable to test your software yourself. If you are too lazy to do it though,…
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TapSmart KeyLink, made by MobilityWare, may be the most over-looked Palm OS software to date. When I initially heard of the functionality of the product, I was amazed and wondered why I had never heard of it before.
KeyLink connects your PC keyboard to your Palm for fast and easy typing of data directly into any Palm application. KeyLink allows you to connect to your computer through your HotSync USB, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi.
My review of the product is a very favorable one. I anticipated that I would have to deal with a slight lag from when I typed on my laptop keyboard to when I saw the text on my Palm screen. However, the lag was so minimal I barely even noticed. Even while connected over a network with Wi-Fi, I still experienced minimal lag.
The program installs first to your computer and then to your Palm. All that is required is that the Windows portion of the program is running while you connect to it using your Palm. The Windows program then displays a live screenshot of your Palm and gives you a helpful list of keyboard shortcuts that allows you to control your Palm with your computer keyboard! This impressed me the most, because I could navigate to different applications on my Palm by just typing on my computer. I could have my Palm completely out of sight connected through Wi-fi and type away as I view the live feed of my Palm’s screen. The only problem I came across is that I needed to make the Keylink program an exception in Windows firewall since it was blocked.
This program does everything that it promises. It really is a shame that this impressive piece of software has gone unnoticed by so many consumers.
Some of you may think I am going crazy, but I AM NOT. In all truth, this is what Google is saying now. Just yesterday Google released their system called, “Google Base”. This is a searchable database that anyone can add info to. You can add anything from cooking recipes, to classifieds. I know this isnt PDA related, but its Google, and everything they do is interesting. You can find it at base.google.com
Recently, Ed Hardy at BrightHand’s wrote an editorial about Palm Inc beeing bought up by RIM, the maker of the popular BlackBerry handhelds.
Ed definitely has a good argument. The Palm OS is an advanced OS platform that supports touchscreens-something RIM hasnt acomplished so far. The OS can do multimedia and everything-RIM cannot! But why do you need to buy Palm for this-get PalmSource give you a licence and have Handera build you a handheld.
However, I can darkly recall that RIM made a statement a few years ago that it plans to transition away from hardware and to software. RIM can licence its BlackBerry client to just about anyone who wants to port it to his own handhelds. If RIM could live off the revenue made with software licencing, they could eventually kill their hardware segement and save loads of cash and risk.
So, if the way is away from hardware and to licencing software, why purchase Palm? If you want to kill your hardware on the long run, why invest loads of bucks into a hardware manufacturer???
I beleive that this will not happen. What do you think?
This is just a quick ping that MetaView managed to launch PalmPDF 0.6. According to 1src, the following improvements were made:
0.6 (11/15/05)
- fixed a memory leak in the launcher form
- fixed display error because of not implemented qsort function
- fixed some issues with not found fonts
- PalmPDF is more robust in finding its own work directory (PALM/Programs/PalmPDF)
when more than one volume is present
- more zoom values
- adding initial zoom
- remembers last page for last visited document
- can open files everywhere on every card
- pre-rendered tiles are stored in the storage ram, if possible
- most resets are gone, PalmPDF will automatically reduce rendering mode
and zoom until the page can be displayed (but you better use the correct
mode from the beginning)
- better readable in b/w mode, let’s say it’s usable now…
- files can be deleted using the launcher form’s menu
- possibility to skip large images (faster rendering)
- PalmPDF starts after receiving of a PDF file
- Conversion to PalmDOC and start of a doc reader (Hardcoded: Palm Reader, Palm Fiction, TiBR, CSoptRun)
If I interpret this correctly, PalmPDF can now receive and open PDF files beamed or received from other applications!
You can visit MetaView at his web site:
PalmPDF at MetaViewSoft
Does the program work for you?
Peope who are new to the C programming language hate the need for terminating each line of a program with a semicolon. If you forget one of them, you get a dreaded compiler warning and need to search for it. However, as you grow better and better in the programing language, this problem gets unimportant.
Anyways, you then will encounter an entirely different semicolon related problem-I found this in code in a program from Mr. Stuttner, who is attending a C class with me as tutor and himself organzies an excellent LAN party in Bisamberg, Austria.
.......
printf("Give me a number smaller than 32767.");
scanf("%a", &b);
while (a>32767);
{
printf("The number is too big!!");
scanf("%d", &a);
}
.......
When you recall how while loops are defined, you will soon see the error. The semicolons between the while loop and the code block acts as empty instruction, and the compiler creates his loop around it or optimizes the loop away(happened here). So, the erroneous line was:
while (a>32767);
If you remove the semicolon, the program works well.
Not only while loops are afected by these nasty errors! If blocks, switch statements, for loops, are all affected too. So, if you see a iteration/selection related bug next time, and if the program compiles well-check the semicolons.
Has this ever happened to you?
It’s Sunday again and the new summary is available. Just take a look at TamsPalm.de!
Thomas
When DocsToGo 8 hit the market, users all over PIC began debating about how memory usage had increased or reduced. The best way to create a horse shoe is still from the horse’s mouth-thus, here are the values DataViz itself states on its homepage
Version 8 Premium
Documents To Go 386K
Word To Go 773K
Sheet To Go 619K
Slideshow To Go 382K
PDF To Go 530K
Inbox To Go (Win only) 191K
Pics To Go 165K
SmartChart Technology 281K
Word To Go Fonts 266K
Spell Checker 348K
DGraphConverter (Shared) 548K
GraphicsLibrary (Shared) 12K
DTTFonts (Shared) 523K
If you sum all of this up, it makes about 5024 KB…
Will you install DocumentsToGo 8 on your handheld?
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