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AnnaOnTheMoon 2008-09-12 16:56

Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
I'm looking for a program that will hopefully convert Celsius to Fahrenheit as well as metric to whatever it is they call the way we measure things in America. (standard?)

Google has been no help, all I can find are applications that check the temperature of the unit.

Does anyone know if something like this exists?

Nelson L. Squeeko 2008-09-12 17:09

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
I know theres plenty of sites that you can use to do conversion. You can see if you can save the page to your tablet and just load it in the browser. I haven't tested this to see if it works.

Nelson L. Squeeko 2008-09-12 17:17

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
I just tried it out, it works fine.

Visit http://onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm and then in the tablet browser go to Menu > Webpage > Save as... and save the webpage to your device. To use it, open up the File Manager, find the .html file and open it. Works fine when disconnected from the internet.

darethehair 2008-09-12 17:22

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
Also (not very fancy, but easy) is Google's own 'converter' right in the search bar.

e.g.

"32 f in c"

...produces:

"32 degrees Fahrenheit = 0 degrees Celsius"

http://www.google.ca/intl/en/help/fe...tml#calculator

klinglerware 2008-09-12 17:54

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
If you have Garnet VM on your tablet, there are several Palm apps (some free and some not so free) out there that should do the trick...

allnameswereout 2008-09-12 19:28

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnaOnTheMoon (Post 223376)
I'm looking for a program that will hopefully convert Celsius to Fahrenheit as well as metric to whatever it is they call the way we measure things in America. (standard?)

Its called Imperial (unit/system), in effect in UK & Commonwealth + USA.

You can also use Google to convert one format to another. Go to Google.com and fill in e.g. 5 inch to cm and you'll get the answer in cm. Caveat: you have to be online for this to function.

dfinch 2008-09-12 19:54

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
This is a great converter that is free. You have to add GVM (Garnet) which is a Palm emulation (also free) but it does open the tablet to many useful (and otherwise unavailable ) applications.

Download Unit Converter Pro for Palm (UCPPalm.zip) here:

http://www.unitconverterpro.com/download.html

AnnaOnTheMoon 2008-09-12 20:09

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
The only problem with google, is you have to be at a wifi point for it to work, so I wanted something I could use regardless of if I have a connection to the internet or not. I've never heard of GVM....can I easily get it?

Matan 2008-09-12 20:19

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
Command line: GNU units - I compiled it from debian package:

http://my.arava.co.il/~matan/770/units_1.87-1_armel.deb


GUI: there is gonvert:

http://unihedron.com/projects/gonvert/index.php

This is a python program, so assuming you have python (and the necessary python modules) installed, it should work. Download the source package, open it and run from command line

python gonvert

tekplay 2008-09-12 20:47

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
Have a look a tthe below link.

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...gonvert&page=2

dfinch 2008-09-13 01:25

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnaOnTheMoon (Post 223412)
The only problem with google, is you have to be at a wifi point for it to work, so I wanted something I could use regardless of if I have a connection to the internet or not. I've never heard of GVM....can I easily get it?

Go to this thread and use the link in the first post.
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ght=gvm+garnet

Install garnet
get the app you want onto your memory card
Open Garnet (GVM)
Select install and browse to your mem card and select the app.
Done.

Now go and find loads of other useful apps at
www.freewarepalm.com

:)

prk60091 2008-09-13 01:28

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
isn't installing garnet vm a bit much just for a conversion program????

dfinch 2008-09-13 02:15

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
Certainly, that's why I suggested taking advantage of the many others (including a great PIM)

tso 2008-09-13 02:23

Re: Temperature/Metric Converter Software?
 
hmm, the gonver seems to be incompatible with diablo (at least that was app managers claim).


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