Recent content by mholmes7

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    Redfly and Android.. Can't Come Too Soon

    I would second Ed's comment for strategic reasons. As a terminal for someone else's product, the Redfly will always be hostage to the decisions of others; e.g., when/if to release new features, change APIs. Android support will not eliminate the problem, but it should limit it. Microsoft does...
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    pc viewer time out???

    I have had no problems since I installed the new version. Did you uninstall the first version before installing the new one? Are you sure you installed the right CAB file? (I have been known to make that mistake.) Good luck!
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    text editor?

    Please do not take this as being definitive since I am still in the free trial period for cedit, but so far I have seen no Redfly incompatibilities with my setup (C8, Verizon i760, WM 6.1).
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    Mobile Viewer Beta Plus new REDFLY Driver/Firmware

    Possible timing problem? Yesterday I had my Samsung i760 (WM 6.1) hooked up to the Mobile Viewer and needed to access a subdirectory on the phone. I normally use Total Commander (http://www.ghisler.com/) instead of File Explorer as my file manager. I found that by clicking THREE times very...
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    Review at Salon.com

    For those of you who do not normally read Salon.com, I thought it might be helpful to point out the review "Can a REDFLY Replace a MacBook?" at www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/gadget_gurus/2009/04/22/can_a_redfly_replace_a_macbook/index.html?source=newsletter . After a few positive words, the review...
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    Best Verizon Phone for Use with Redfly?

    I am currently using a Samsung i760 with my Redfly. I still like the i760 format -- esp., the slide-out thumbboard and separate number pad -- but I would like a unit with a faster processor and more memory. An improved i760 would be ideal but that's apparently not going to be available. For a...
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    Kudos on latest version!

    I thought bioart -- and others -- might be interested to know that I have been using the Mobile Viewer all day on a VMWare Fusion (latest version) instance on my iMac (Leopard, latest version) with a standard Verizon i760 running 6.1. So far, no problems. :)
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    Tips/Tricks/Hacks

    The Samsung i760 (Verizon, WM 6.1) uses the first and last of these -- tdwater_800_480.gif is not needed since there is no Touchflow or equivalent. Both tdywater_800_480.gif and stwater_800_480.gif need to be changed. (It occurs to me that mixing and matching might be interesting.) My phone is...
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    Spare power bricks?

    Please put me on the list for a 'travel charger', even if it's at a premium. For me at least, even the current charger WITH FOLDING PRONGS would a big improvement.:)
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    redfly/blackberry

    I understand mknollman's analysis -- and liked Laurie's comment -- but I have to comment that it's not just in the business world that BlackBerry is so important. At today's faculty meeting -- I am a professor of information systems -- I had several of my colleagues ask about my REDFLY. They...
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    any news on the smartphone dock?

    It's not been quite a month, but ... Any word on when it will be coming out? Whether there will be a public beta? Pricing?
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    Will the Redfly work with the Samsung Omnia i910?

    I am new to the Redfly and forum, so maybe I am missing something obvious; but when I go to the link, I don't see any mention of the Omnia. Has it been removed? Since I am using my Redfly, is there a difference between the PC and mobile pages? In any event, has any progress been made since...
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    What OS Do You Run on Your PC?

    I voted Mac OSX because that's what I run on my personal machines and prefer. However, my office machine is XP and I already run XP Home on my iMac (using VMware Fusion) and Win 2000 on my Powerbook (using Virtual PC 6) for specialty software not available for the Mac. So, I would still be...
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    Shift Key Placement in Keyboard Layout

    I really like mknollman's suggestion. The elimination of the right alt key variant would also be very good. If these two changes are too expensive, I would encourage you to swap the shift and up-arrow keys. The current position/size of the shift key is the only element of the Redfly that...