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Forum: Applications 2011-01-03, 21:55
Replies: 409
Views: 91,206
Posted By rlpowell
Re: New FBReader build in Extras-Devel

My n900 is broken and I probably won't be getting another one, but I just wanted to say thank you so much for making this available; it made my n900 experience way better.

As a random comment, I...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2011-01-03, 21:52
Replies: 0
Views: 1,598
Posted By rlpowell
Ebook reader (espeak based) in perl

Here you go: http://teddyb.org/rlp/tiki-index.php?page=Making+EBooks+Speak+On+Maemo%2FThe+Nokia+N900&no_bl=y

It's just a perl script that wraps espeak and reads by paragraphs.

I can't really...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-08, 20:50
Replies: 12
Views: 2,820
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Calendar Alarms broken post-PR1.3

I have created https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11556

Please add comments there if you are having this issue.

-Robin
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-08, 19:48
Replies: 12
Views: 2,820
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Calendar Alarms broken post-PR1.3

I'm afraid I found a workaround. I've rarely been this horrified by the behavior of a piece of software, and I wish I could say this was the first time for Maemo.

First, to see what I'm talking...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-03, 00:24
Replies: 12
Views: 2,820
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Calendar Alarms broken post-PR1.3

The *only* thing I've found that works is creating an entirely new event.

Even copying an extant event doesn't help.

-Robin
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-02, 17:49
Replies: 12
Views: 2,820
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Calendar Alarms broken post-PR1.3

Google Calendar -> Settings dropdown in the upper right -> Calendar Settings -> Calendars -> Find calendar in question -> Notifications

Uncheck the boxes, remove the default reminders. Should do...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-02, 17:40
Replies: 12
Views: 2,820
Posted By rlpowell
Calendar Alarms broken post-PR1.3

I use Mail For Exchange, via nuevasync.com (I have a post open with them too) to synchronize, well, everything.

I install PR1.3, did a complete resync, and now ... no alarms. On any calendar...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-31, 18:54
Replies: 4
Views: 1,447
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Desktop contacts disappearing

It just happened again. It didn't run out of power, it didn't reboot, nothing; I just used the phone.

I can't work like this.

Does anyone know how I can backup the links on the desktop so I...
Forum: Applications 2010-08-29, 19:21
Replies: 145
Views: 83,033
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Mappero voice navigation: submit your voice, in your own language!

That's *way* less helpful than when it used to use flite, which I made a script that used espeak instead.

With espeak/flite, it would actually say "turn right at exit 103 to Sand Hill Road", or...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-22, 02:29
Replies: 4
Views: 1,447
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Desktop contacts disappearing

Just happened again. No idea why; I think it was just a routine reboot, but I didn't notice they were gone for a day or so so I'm not sure.

Am I really the only person with this problem?

-Robin
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-08, 19:32
Replies: 4
Views: 1,447
Posted By rlpowell
Desktop contacts disappearing

I can't find anyone else with *quite* the same problem, so I thought I'd post in case it's just me.

This has happened a few times, but most recently was just a few days ago, post PR1.2

I was...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-27, 06:53
Replies: 6
Views: 1,624
Posted By rlpowell
Re: After PR1.2: N900 no longer boots.

Fantastic. And I'm on W7 64-bit, which apparently is the only OS that has real trouble with the flasher. -_-

-Robin
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-27, 06:41
Replies: 6
Views: 1,624
Posted By rlpowell
Unhappy After PR1.2: N900 no longer boots.

I tried to do the PR1.2 update today. My phone now just cycles through showing the white backlit NOKIA logo, vibrating once, and going to backlit black. Over and over and over.

Help?

-Robin
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-05-21, 19:01
Replies: 1
Views: 1,463
Posted By rlpowell
How to search brainstorm?

I don't want to duplicate a bug or feature request, but I can't find any way to search brainstorm at all!

That *is* the right place for bugs, isn't it?

-Robin
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-21, 18:02
Replies: 13
Views: 6,121
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Spoken directions, maemo-mapper, *without* using -devel

FWIW, I now use: /usr/bin/espeake -a 40 -s 120 "$@"

This works pretty well.

Now, if only I could figure out how to get "media player" to not totally take over the sound system. To get...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-21, 17:49
Replies: 13
Views: 6,121
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Spoken directions, maemo-mapper, *without* using -devel

Whoops. Try "shift 1" instead of just "shift".

-Robin
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-04-27, 21:01
Replies: 13
Views: 6,121
Posted By rlpowell
Spoken directions in maemo-mapper, *without* using extras-devel

People have been trying to get voiced turn directions on the N900 for a while. There's basically two ways to go, that I know of:

* get flite from *extras-devel*, which is scary, and use the trick...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-03-14, 00:29
Replies: 14
Views: 3,796
Posted By rlpowell
Re: How does a finder know it's my phone?

That's fantastic; how do you change the background for the locking screen? I can't find anything for that.

The other problem is that the slider on the right-hand side of the phone bypasses that...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-03-14, 00:25
Replies: 14
Views: 3,796
Posted By rlpowell
Re: How does a finder know it's my phone?

Do we know how an app would lock the phone but present its own lock screen? If someone can point me to that, I might even try it myself.

-Robin
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-03-13, 02:52
Replies: 14
Views: 3,796
Posted By rlpowell
How does a finder know it's my phone?

On other expensive phones I've had (my Treos, in particular), there's been a very obvious way for people to find out whose phone it is, such as owner information on the lock screen, in case I lose...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-03-10, 23:52
Replies: 2
Views: 928
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Wireless costs widget/warnings?

I already said that T-Mobile's service for this purpose is totally insufficient fro me; it doesn't alert on data charges or SMS charges, only voice.



But it *could*. :) That's the nice thing...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-03-10, 22:37
Replies: 2
Views: 928
Posted By rlpowell
Question Wireless costs widget/warnings?

I've got an N900 on T-Mobile in the US, and while most things are unlimited, but not everything, especially roaming.

I'd love something that would alert me any time I spend significant money on...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-03-07, 04:01
Replies: 2
Views: 1,215
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Web-based notes with sync?

Conboy seems to be almost there, but the web application to go with it isn't (the only one that's up at all is UbuntuOne, and their notes app is *painfully* bad).

Is there anything else even close...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-02-28, 08:37
Replies: 2
Views: 1,215
Posted By rlpowell
Web-based notes with sync?

Is there anything out there for simple text note writing that has local sync to the device for offline use, and also exists as a web site?

Evernote seems to require access to the site to work. ...
Forum: Applications 2010-02-24, 09:28
Replies: 295
Views: 750,869
Posted By rlpowell
Re: Maemo Mapper Repositories

This looks like a great app, and I'm hoping to be able to make it work.

So having fixed all the problem just mentioned with the Google Street repository, I still can't "Manage Maps...". It tells...
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