Comments on: Using The N800 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/using-the-n800/ Random thoughts from a chaotic mind Mon, 25 May 2009 22:52:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: etherguardian http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/using-the-n800/#comment-9 etherguardian Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:56:53 +0000 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-9 There are a combination of solutions that I use. If I am at home I will tend to just grsync the n800 to my buffalo linkstation (theres a post on that here) which exports all the backup directories as NFS shares so I can pick the notes file up from my laptop. If I am away I use a Bluetooth File Sharing Gnome applet on my laptop to just ping the nce file back and forth when needed. There are a combination of solutions that I use. If I am at home I will tend to just grsync the n800 to my buffalo linkstation (theres a post on that here) which exports all the backup directories as NFS shares so I can pick the notes file up from my laptop.

If I am away I use a Bluetooth File Sharing Gnome applet on my laptop to just ping the nce file back and forth when needed.

]]> By: Kevin http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/using-the-n800/#comment-8 Kevin Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:01:14 +0000 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-8 What do you do about getting your notes from the tablet to your PC? Notecase looks nice, and it would be great to have the same notes on both the tablet and your laptop, so you can continue where you left off, no matter what you're carrying with you. What do you do about getting your notes from the tablet to your PC? Notecase looks nice, and it would be great to have the same notes on both the tablet and your laptop, so you can continue where you left off, no matter what you’re carrying with you.

]]> By: Duncan http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/using-the-n800/#comment-7 Duncan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:24:08 +0000 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-7 Not for writing novels, but if I'm in a meeting and want to jot down notes then I use Xournal: it turns the screen into a pad of (lined) paper and I can scribble on it almost as easily as any pad of paper including simple diagrams. At the end I can either keep the xournal file or save to pdf. Ok, so it doesn't do character recognition, but most notes I take in meetings don't need to be more than a scribble anyway. (It does work with the tablets handwriting recognition, but that is slower and loses the ease of use.) Not for writing novels, but if I’m in a meeting and want to jot down notes then I use Xournal: it turns the screen into a pad of (lined) paper and I can scribble on it almost as easily as any pad of paper including simple diagrams. At the end I can either keep the xournal file or save to pdf. Ok, so it doesn’t do character recognition, but most notes I take in meetings don’t need to be more than a scribble anyway. (It does work with the tablets handwriting recognition, but that is slower and loses the ease of use.)

]]> By: etherguardian http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/using-the-n800/#comment-6 etherguardian Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:14:58 +0000 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-6 DSS, I am currently using OS2008 and have done since the first 2008 beta. I have never had such problems with the iGo keyboard at all. The connect and disconnect is virtually seamless and there is no lag that I can appreciate on typing. I have seen some lag on any text input into javascript heavy form pages such as hotmail but I don't use that all that often from the tablet. DSS, I am currently using OS2008 and have done since the first 2008 beta. I have never had such problems with the iGo keyboard at all. The connect and disconnect is virtually seamless and there is no lag that I can appreciate on typing. I have seen some lag on any text input into javascript heavy form pages such as hotmail but I don’t use that all that often from the tablet.

]]> By: DSS http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/using-the-n800/#comment-5 DSS Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:30:19 +0000 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-5 Out of curiosity, are you using OS2007 or OS2008? I ask because OS2008 seems to have several glitches with connecting/disconnecting bluetooth keyboards and the input from the bt keyboard seems to lag on it too, something I don't recall OS2007 doing. Just saying that if you are doing lots of typing on OS2007 you might not want to upgrade until they get around to fixing it. See my bug report https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2850 Out of curiosity, are you using OS2007 or OS2008?
I ask because OS2008 seems to have several glitches with connecting/disconnecting bluetooth keyboards and the input from the bt keyboard seems to lag on it too, something I don’t recall OS2007 doing. Just saying that if you are doing lots of typing on OS2007 you might not want to upgrade until they get around to fixing it.

See my bug report https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2850

]]> By: Nseries WOM World » Blog Archive » Jotting, noting and writing on the N800 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/2008/03/05/using-the-n800/#comment-4 Nseries WOM World » Blog Archive » Jotting, noting and writing on the N800 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:23:01 +0000 http://etherguardian.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-4 [...] on his blog the Ether Guardian has written about his experiences using the N800 as a tool for just such things. He finds the on-screen keyboard fine for quick notes [...] [...] on his blog the Ether Guardian has written about his experiences using the N800 as a tool for just such things. He finds the on-screen keyboard fine for quick notes [...]

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