Palm Pilot - Revision history

Marc Saric at 15:54, 1 May 2025

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	Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS. This is [[#Nokia\|deprecated]].		Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS. This is [[#Nokia\|deprecated]].

	~~== Nokia ==~~		= Palm Centro =

	~~Palm no more. I bought a [[Nokia E71]], which is really thin and made from stainless steel not black plastic. The organizer was slightly better on the Palm though.~~

	== Palm Centro ==

	Some time ago I needed a new phone, and because I always loathed Windows Mobile, it had to be something with a decent mobile operating system.		Some time ago I needed a new phone, and because I always loathed Windows Mobile, it had to be something with a decent mobile operating system.

Marc Saric at 21:29, 19 July 2014

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	And here is the (very hacky) script, which did the final data extraction:		And here is the (very hacky) script, which did the final data extraction:

	<python>		<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
	#!/usr/bin/env python		#!/usr/bin/env python

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	print line		print line
	out.writerow(line)		out.writerow(line)
	</~~python~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	The final file was merged by hand with the existing phonebook export in Open Office Calc. Unfortunately, J-Pilot insists on a very arcane csv-format, in which every field must be escaped by double quotes (also the empty ones), whereas the first line with the header names must not contain quotes.		The final file was merged by hand with the existing phonebook export in Open Office Calc. Unfortunately, J-Pilot insists on a very arcane csv-format, in which every field must be escaped by double quotes (also the empty ones), whereas the first line with the header names must not contain quotes.
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	Here's another hacky Python snippet, which did that job (reading the OO-Export and rewriting it for J-Pilot):		Here's another hacky Python snippet, which did that job (reading the OO-Export and rewriting it for J-Pilot):

	<python>		<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
	#!/usr/bin/env python		#!/usr/bin/env python
	# Fix broken csv output of OpenOffice for import into Palm (needs all empty fields quoted as well).		# Fix broken csv output of OpenOffice for import into Palm (needs all empty fields quoted as well).
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	print "Please open and edit the outputfile 'Phonebook_ok.csv' and remove the quotes from the first line."		print "Please open and edit the outputfile 'Phonebook_ok.csv' and remove the quotes from the first line."
	</~~python~~>		</syntaxhighlight>

	RIP Siemens S45 and Palm m100.		RIP Siemens S45 and Palm m100.

Marc Saric at 13:18, 17 April 2010

2010-04-17T13:18:17Z

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	Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS. This is deprecated.		Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS. This is [[#Nokia\|deprecated]].

	== Nokia ==		== Nokia ==

Marc Saric at 19:16, 16 April 2010

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	Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS.		Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS. This is deprecated.

	== Nokia ==		== Nokia ==

Marc Saric: /* Phone reliability */

2010-04-16T19:01:11Z

Phone reliability

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	Connection quality seems to be an issue too, there are frequent complaints about interrupted speech transmission. I'm not sure, whether this is due to my [http://www.simyo.de crappy provider] or the phone itself.		Connection quality seems to be an issue too, there are frequent complaints about interrupted speech transmission. I'm not sure, whether this is due to my [http://www.simyo.de crappy provider] or the phone itself.

	Bottom line: The Centro is a nice Palm device, but not really a nice phone. ~~Maybe~~ I ~~will replace~~ it with something more recent~~, e.g. with [http://www.android.com/ Android~~] ~~or so...~~		Bottom line: The Centro is a nice Palm device, but not really a nice phone. So I replaced it with something [[Nokia E71\|more recent]]

	== Data transfer to Linux ==		== Data transfer to Linux ==

Marc Saric: /* Palm Centro */

2010-04-14T22:29:40Z

Palm Centro

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	Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS.		Some Reviews regarding devices running PalmOS.

			== Nokia ==

			Palm no more. I bought a [[Nokia E71]], which is really thin and made from stainless steel not black plastic. The organizer was slightly better on the Palm though.

	== Palm Centro ==		== Palm Centro ==

	~~Recently~~ I needed a new phone, and because I always loathed Windows Mobile, it had to be something with a decent mobile operating system.		Some time ago I needed a new phone, and because I always loathed Windows Mobile, it had to be something with a decent mobile operating system.

	The iPhone is a bit expensive, can't be extended (currently) and comes bundled with a very expensive T-Com contract. No go (for me).		The iPhone is a bit expensive, can't be extended (currently) and comes bundled with a very expensive T-Com contract. No go (for me).

Marc Saric: /* Phone reliability */

2010-03-29T21:52:56Z

Phone reliability

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	Using the phone for 2 years now revealed some nasty glitches. Specifically the GSM-module seems to hang every now and then, requiring the user to wait several seconds or even needing a cold-restart.		Using the phone for 2 years now revealed some nasty glitches. Specifically the GSM-module seems to hang every now and then, requiring the user to wait several seconds or even needing a cold-restart.

			You can read a lot about guesswork and not-working fixes [http://treo.discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=176927&page=2 here].

	This can be especially anoying, if you want to answer a call, and the phone thinks, this is the right time to hang.		This can be especially anoying, if you want to answer a call, and the phone thinks, this is the right time to hang.

	Connection quality seems to be an issue too, there are frequent complaints about interrupted speech transmission. I'm not sure, whether this is due to my [http://www.simyo.de crappy provider] or the phone itself.		Connection quality seems to be an issue too, there are frequent complaints about interrupted speech transmission. I'm not sure, whether this is due to my [http://www.simyo.de crappy provider] or the phone itself.

			Bottom line: The Centro is a nice Palm device, but not really a nice phone. Maybe I will replace it with something more recent, e.g. with [http://www.android.com/ Android] or so...

	== Data transfer to Linux ==		== Data transfer to Linux ==

Marc Saric: /* Phone reliability */

2010-03-28T19:39:12Z

Phone reliability

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	==== Phone reliability ====		==== Phone reliability ====

	Using the phone for ~~some time~~ now revealed some nasty glitches. Specifically the GSM-module seems to hang every now and then, requiring the user to wait several seconds or even needing a cold-restart.		Using the phone for 2 years now revealed some nasty glitches. Specifically the GSM-module seems to hang every now and then, requiring the user to wait several seconds or even needing a cold-restart.

	This can be especially anoying, if you want to answer a call, and the phone thinks, this is the right time to hang.		This can be especially anoying, if you want to answer a call, and the phone thinks, this is the right time to hang.

Marc Saric: /* Badbads */

2010-03-28T19:37:01Z

Badbads

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	Not really bad, but then...		Not really bad, but then...

			==== Phone reliability ====

			Using the phone for some time now revealed some nasty glitches. Specifically the GSM-module seems to hang every now and then, requiring the user to wait several seconds or even needing a cold-restart.

			This can be especially anoying, if you want to answer a call, and the phone thinks, this is the right time to hang.

			Connection quality seems to be an issue too, there are frequent complaints about interrupted speech transmission. I'm not sure, whether this is due to my [http://www.simyo.de crappy provider] or the phone itself.

	== Data transfer to Linux ==		== Data transfer to Linux ==

Marc Saric: /* [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/4248/ IndexView] */

2010-03-28T19:28:50Z

[http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/4248/ IndexView]

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