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Re: Wakefield (second attempt)

From Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk>
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject Re: Wakefield (second attempt)
Date 2012-05-04 23:20 +0100
Organization timil.com
Message-ID <528acb14bbtim@invalid.org.uk> (permalink)
References <5289868527richtnews@uwclub.net> <6f5e8c8952.chris@o2.co.uk> <528990e30brichtnews@uwclub.net>

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In article <528990e30brichtnews@uwclub.net>, Richard Travers
<richtnews@uwclub.net> wrote:
> In article <6f5e8c8952.chris@o2.co.uk>, Chris Hughes
>    <news@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
> > In message <5289868527richtnews@uwclub.net> Richard Travers
> >           <richtnews@uwclub.net> wrote:

> > > Can I just confirm that nobody other than Charles had any contact
> > > with the new R-Comp tablet? I'm really looking for more details on
> > > the thing.

> > I held it in my hands near the end of the show, its quite good.

> > Its a scroll extreme 10" model if I remember correctly, it had
> > various apps running on it and including Goggle Maps. They prep the
> > device and provide necessary cables. It has a camera front and back.
> > Its rotates the display on rotation of the device - sometimes with
> > slight pause.

> > Can handle HD movies apparently to your TV when connected via its
> > micro HDMI connector to the TV.

> Thanks Chris - that's helpful.

If it's a Scroll Extreme, I coincidentally bought one from Ebuyer for
£180-1p. Free delivery.

It has its 'disadvantages' if it's the same one, as my Scroll Extreme is
not an approved Google Play Store device so you have to obtain your apps
elsewhere. I can install the Play Store app but it won't install other
things. There are other places to download apps such as
www.freewarelovers.com/android and as the thing is and has to be set up
to install from anywhere, anti-virus may be wise. Mine has ICS 4.0.3 and
many Developer options in Settings! 'Show Touches' is cool. I actually
prefer the format of freewarelovers as the download and install are two
distinct processes.

If you have an Android phone and Play Store is essential to you, it is
possible to download an app from the store to the phone, back it up with
(e.g.) Astro and then transfer the .apk file to the Tablet by email. I
did this with Astro itself and its SMB Module and can now access my
Transient folders on the NAS from the Tablet as I do with every machine
in the house. This makes excluding it from the Store a bit daft. It tells
you which apps can be updated but I have only a simple-but-convoluted
solution to install updates. Sometimes these updates deliver only foreign
dictionaries or esoteric bug fixes so aren't as urgent as some people
think.

Other niggles include the default browser's inability to play more than a
minute of a YouTube or other video clip. Such things can be fixed with
other browsers such as Dolphin. The YouTube app itself is brilliant and
is called by Opera Mini in preference to inline rendering. Developers:
this is a good idea.

Other essential apps which work include Dropbox, Kindle, WiFi Analyser,
GMail and Tweetcaster. The facebook app I found is an old version: a
browser is better.  I have tried it with various video clips from various
sources and its own player seems to cope well. I will try it with a telly
soon. A cable is included.

My Iyonix set-up which includes Fat32FS opens the Scroll Extreme as a USB
drive once the correct behaviour is set on it but in reality I connect
wirelessly to today's Transient folder on the NAS to exchange files with
RISC OS. Or I email them.

I wander around the house reading my 'PADD' and sipping Earl Grey.
http://db.tt/aWEjVBva
(Netsurf users: ignore the JavaScript message and select 'download')

J.L.

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Wakefield (second attempt) Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> - 2012-05-02 12:15 +0100
  Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-02 13:19 +0100
    Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> - 2012-05-02 14:08 +0100
      Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-05-04 23:20 +0100
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 05:23 +0200
          Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-05-05 21:13 +0100
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> - 2012-05-05 10:26 +0100
          Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 12:10 +0100
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Bryn Evans <d@a.invalid> - 2012-05-05 12:31 +0100
          Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 13:03 +0100
    Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 13:14 +0100
  Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Geoffrey Baxendale <thebears@sarno.freeserve.co.uk> - 2012-05-03 16:51 +0100
    Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-03 18:57 +0100
      Re: Wakefield (second attempt) M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-05-03 20:08 +0100
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@t-online.de> - 2012-05-03 21:46 +0200
          Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@t-online.de> - 2012-05-03 22:04 +0200
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Evans <chris@cjemicros.co.uk> - 2012-05-04 16:48 +0100
      Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-05-03 21:22 +0200
    Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Richard Travers <richtnews@uwclub.net> - 2012-05-04 09:20 +0100
    Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Brian <brferris@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 12:11 +0100
      Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-05-05 12:39 +0100
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 13:01 +0100
          Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-05-05 13:18 +0100
            Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-05-12 11:34 +0100
      Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 12:31 +0100
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Brian <brferris@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 13:32 +0100
          Re: Wakefield (second attempt) charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 13:43 +0100
            Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Brian <brferris@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 15:06 +0100
              Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@btinternet.com> - 2012-05-05 15:23 +0100
              Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 16:41 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 18:59 +0200
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2012-05-06 11:28 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Fred Bambrough <fred@[127.0.0.1]> - 2012-05-06 14:58 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Dev <spam-addy@no.spam.invalid> - 2012-05-06 15:04 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-06 20:00 +0200
              Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 18:50 +0200
              Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 19:43 +0100
            Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 15:18 +0100
              Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Brian <brferris@orpheusmail.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 15:48 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Alan Wrigley <spamhater@keepyourfilthyspamtoyourself.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 17:54 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-05-12 12:12 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Matthew Phillips <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-12 22:05 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-05-13 06:53 +0100
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-13 13:14 +0200
                Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-05-15 11:40 +0100
          Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 16:36 +0100
            Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2012-05-12 11:54 +0100
        Re: Wakefield (second attempt) Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-05-05 18:28 +0200
  Re: Wakefield (second attempt) charles <charles@charleshope.demon.co.uk> - 2012-05-03 17:36 +0100

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