Well, I was going to point that out, but you beat me to it... since you can link any app in the menu, it's not like having to "open Garnet to use the PIM" is a separate operation. Now some stuff (alarms) still isn't where it ought to be; that does need to be out of emulation so it can run all the time; but I think Access is likely to work on improving things.
The main point of this is for their complete gvm-on-Linux platform, but the response they get with these betas should be a flag that they can make this a commercial app if they get the maemo integration down.
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You can jump directly to the home screen and bypass the launcher by using the command (in xterm or personal menu)
~ $ /usr/bin/gvm/gvm -a lnch -n ************ -z 1.5 -B /usr/bin/gvm/gvm_bg.jpg
what this does is:
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-n ************ -- stores your chosen number as the palm ID (used for software that requires DRM/other identification to work)
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Sorry, but what is the "chosen number"? Do you mean the HotSync name one gives to their Palm?
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If the GVM is so hot, why do you need Nokia to provide equivalent functionality? Seems like if they focus on the browser and hardware, and Access focuses on the GVM, the N900 would be at least as good a fit as if Nokia wastes time reimplementing a PIM that winds up being a clone of PalmOS stuff, and leaves the browser to stagnate?
If Nokia wants to provide a PIM, GREAT! But the waste of clock cycles they are trying to pass off is laughable. I agree that the Garnet VM is not a perfect solution, but compared to the junk Nokia has been putting out for 3 years in the way of PIM functions, it is better that sliced bread with cherry jam!
Rather that re-rant, this thread has my feelings on the subject of Nokias software skills. http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...d=1#post185998
Please keep in mind, I don't fault the developers. They do the job layed out for them by their bosses. Somewhere above the devs is an exec, or a group of them saying "Yeah, the PIM sucks, but we didnt build a PIM. If the users want a PIM, let them go buy a Palm!"
Sorry, but what is the "chosen number"? Do you mean the HotSync name one gives to their Palm?
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http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=12297 thread #6, has examples one can copy
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Under FileZ, View and Edit File>Internal (ROM)>Creator will list the ID of the file. Maybe ListPro can do the same.
Epocrates /usr/bin/gvm/gvm -a ep25 -z 1.5 Run in terminal checked
Zlauncher same as above and -a ZLCR
stopwatch -a J_SW
SC-123PU -a Rec4
Converter -a CNvt
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So I saw this video: http://www.styletap.com/product_apple.php of Styletap running on an iPhone, so for curiosity's sake, I downloaded the same benchmark and ran it on my n800 with beta 2, and scored 551%. The iPhone running Styletap, on the other hand, scored 423%.
I'm sure a great deal of that is because the actual creators of Garnet (well, they bought the company who wrote it at least) wrote the GVM, and Styletap is an unrelated third party, but still, I thought it was interesting.
Yes, it seems to me that I've seen bs about how the tablet wasn't designed to be a pim about a hundred times here. It would be nice if the Palm emulation causes that attitude to vanish.
It's not BS; Nokia's plan does not include functioning as a PIM. Nokia couldn't care less whether someone else (such as Access) does it, but it's not on their plan. They intended it for other purposes, and put the resources they had towards those; that defense of why Nokia didn't write a decent PIM will stay as valid as it always has been.
But we probably won't have to say it as often, anyway, since people will be complaining about it less.
Anyone else have a sound problem? I have installed games where the sound/music works but this is only when I do it when Garnet VM is in a clean state with nothing initially installed in RAM. If I exit out of this Garnet session and then rerun Garnet, the sound/music is gone. Rebooting the tablet sometimes helps but most of the time doesn't. I always get sound back by reformating the storage and doing a reinstall of the game. The sound then works, but then of course if I exit out of Garnet and and then run Garnet again the sound is gone. I have uninstalled ane reinstalled Garnet and that doesn't help. Any suggestions? And does anyone else have this type of problem?
My fav game PAC-MAN is running just as strong as in my Atari. PM me if one wants a copy. I do not want to post it, as it is NOT my software.
Edit: I am totally totally ambarrass, the version of Pac-Man I have is a locked version and my key is, of course, long gone. So much about it, I apologize to all the requests. I did send you a copy, you can either play with it for 15 second or send in some $ to unlock it. Sorry.
You can also play the real, honest-to-Atari arcade version using xmame (in the extras repo I believe) and the Pac-Man roms available from dozens of places around the 'Net.
