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| From | Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Smartphone |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.acorn.misc |
| Date | 2011-12-24 17:15 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <5246b4c858cvjazz@waitrose.com> (permalink) |
| References | <524653714ecvjazz@waitrose.com> <4ef563c8$0$2522$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> |
| Organization | None |
In article <4ef563c8$0$2522$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>, Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 24/12/2011 00:32, Chris Newman wrote: > > I have recently dragged myself into the 21st century& acquired an Android > > smartphone. > Cool. > > The specs say it has Android 2.3 Gingerbread. > Not the latest, but good. [mine's stuck on 2.1 - thanks Motorola/Orange!] > > Hopefully, I can use it in place of my Acorn Pocket Book II > > (which connected nicely to my RiscOS machine). I'm hoping my Windows machine will see the micro SD card as a mass storage device. > As far as I'm aware, probably not. I guess it depends on whether you > have a physical keyboard That's OK. I'm now used to the on-screen type > Let's see now, I had exactly the same thought, given my little eeePC has > no serial port and hence won't talk to the PocketBook. My new phone is a San francisco II. Available from Orange only. Bought it outright SIM free for £89. Brilliant phone for the price. There is a nice little man in our local market who unlocks phones for a tenner. (I believe you can find the necessary codes on-line & do it yourself but I'm a little nervous of messing things up). Then I can use it abroad with a different SIM card. > Text editor? You can find them. There exists better software (like MS-WORD > compatible stuff), but it'll cost you. Yep! Discovered that but I think a simple text editor will do. > Database? Still looking for one that is free and competent. > Spreadsheet. Ditto above. > Calendar. Don't have much experience with the stock calendar, but many > people say it sucks. > If you have a limited number of megabytes data access, beware the "Data > Saver", for it will happily disable syncing and RSS feed updates, but > will do nothing to stop the email client trying to fetch a 10Mb > attachment...useful. I've discovered I can use its Wi-Fi to connect to my own router when at home so I can get apps that way with no download cost. <Big snip> > > I have several files in the "Cards" database on the Pocket Book& > > would like to export them to the smartphone. > I exported some of mine as text. Not a good approach, but there are > 'issues' with getting the browser to access local HTML files. Yes, I thought about that. If the text editor I choose has a decent search facility (Like StrongEd's) that will do me. Thanks for replying. Bah! Humbug! / Merry Christmas (Delete as applicable) -- Chris Newman
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Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-23 23:32 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-24 06:31 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-24 17:15 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-24 20:53 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-26 16:02 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-27 01:32 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-31 00:35 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 05:45 +0100
Re: Smartphone druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2011-12-31 11:01 +0000
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-12-31 18:01 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-01 06:44 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-03 21:20 +0000
Re: Smartphone cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-01-04 09:44 +0000
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-06 14:44 +0000
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-03 21:38 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-04 14:23 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-07 14:57 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 17:34 +0100
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-09 20:02 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-10 17:40 +0000
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-12 16:23 +0000
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2012-01-12 16:11 +0000
Re: Smartphone Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-30 21:08 +0000
Re: Smartphone "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 00:14 +0100
Re: Smartphone Chris Newman <cvjazz@waitrose.com> - 2011-12-31 00:56 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-31 06:48 +0100
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-12-31 18:01 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-06 08:07 +0100
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 12:02 +0000
Re: Smartphone Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-08 14:16 +0000
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 16:12 +0000
Re: Smartphone Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-01-08 16:59 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 18:19 +0100
Re: Smartphone Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 18:00 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 18:17 +0100
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 17:39 +0100
Re: Smartphone Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 20:13 +0000
Re: Smartphone druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-01-08 21:22 +0000
Re: Smartphone Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-10 20:17 +0100
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