iCal + Publish + P800 + Opera = Yum

harald · March 12, 2003 6:27AM

Now THAT's what I'm talking about. Opera on the P800 renders published iCals in a single window with dates to click on and beautifully simple layout. No mega graphics, nice and quick to load, up to the minute information.

I put something in my iCal ... it's on a mobile-friendly format straight away. In other words, synced.

Yum.

othello · March 12, 2003 6:39AM

yummy!

but what about the other way harald? can you enter...

(of course not, but wouldn't it be good if you could...)

escher · March 12, 2003 7:45AM

How about some screenshots, Harald, for those of us who are still on the fence about iCal and the P800.

Also, can you actually import the published iCal calendar? Or do you have to be on the air with your P800 to access the calendar?

Escher

[ 03-12-2003: Message edited by: Escher ]

othello · March 13, 2003 5:15AM

[I've been trying to find the P800 thread that Harald started a while ago, but it seems to have gone...]

Harald, can I ask you a question about the P800 -- what do you think of it as a PDA?

I have an old Palm IIIc, which is giving up the ghost (and looks like a brick compared to my wife's Sony Clie!). I want to have my PDA bluetooth-ed up to connect to my phone, so have been looking at getting a Palm Tungsten, but thought 'but a P800 would have everything in'.

So it all depends how it stands up as a PDA really...

escher · March 13, 2003 1:53PM

[quote]Originally posted by othello:

I want to have my PDA bluetooth-ed up to connect to my phone, so have been looking at getting a Palm Tungsten, but thought 'but a P800 would have everything in'.<hr></blockquote>

I've been wanting to replace my Palm IIIxe and enter the color, Bluetooth, GPRS age. But I'm still uncertain as to what to do. Right this moment, I'm trying to find a Palm-based smartphone, so that I could keep using Palm apps. But none of the Palm-phones seem to have Bluetooth.

Samsung just annoucned the <a href="http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=5108"; target="_blank">SPH-i500</a>, which looks sweet except for the lack of BT.

<a href="http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_story.asp?ID=5108"; target="_blank">

</a>

The Handspring Treo 300 (CDMA) or 270 (GSM) still look good, but also lack BT.

Dunno...

Escher

[ 03-13-2003: Message edited by: Escher ]

harald · March 14, 2003 3:35AM

[quote]Originally posted by Escher:

How about some screenshots, Harald, for those of us who are still on the fence about iCal and the P800.

Also, can you actually import the published iCal calendar? Or do you have to be on the air with your P800 to access the calendar?<hr></blockquote>

Who wants the screenies?

Nope, you can't import it.

As a PDA, it's better then my Palm used to be, no question. No question at all at all.

othello · March 14, 2003 3:41AM

show me the screenies!

harald · March 14, 2003 3:49AM

[quote]Originally posted by othello:

show me the screenies!

<hr></blockquote>

Avec plaisir. PM your email address. I don't have a way to host them.

paul · March 14, 2003 4:19AM

[quote]Originally posted by Harald:



Avec plaisir. PM your email address. I don't have a way to host them.<hr></blockquote>

harald just upload them to my iDisk again

othello · March 14, 2003 6:47AM

sorry harald, yet another question!

just had a play with the P800 *again* today while out at lunch. how do you find the stylus? i'm quite used to the palm stylus, but this one was very slim -- any problems with lots of use?

i'm so close to buying one and my wife is going to go mad...

<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

harald · March 14, 2003 7:03AM

The stylus is fine. Not as nice as a solid Palm one, but for what you use it for it's great. I've never complained about it.

producer · March 14, 2003 7:08AM

Well it's suppose to be in the US by the end of march if any of you guys hear of any deals let me know... I wish it was a bit smaller and was made by Apple

but I really need to replace both my palm and my phone and this looks like the best bet

othello · March 14, 2003 7:15AM

thats what i'm doing -- my IIIc is giving up the ghost.

so, for the same price as a palm tungsten i can get one of these. 299.99 with a new contract or 329.99 upgrade here in the UK.

escher · March 14, 2003 7:20AM

[quote]Originally posted by Harald:

Who wants the screenies?<hr></blockquote>

Thanks for getting us back on topic, Harald. It's a real shame that you can't import the published calendar. I really can't believe that Apple and SE haven't gotten their sync act together yet. I can't help but suspect that there are political/marketing motives holding up P800-Mac compatibility. For cryin' out loud, Apple can post scripts for SE clicker, but they can't make iSync work with the P800?

[quote]As a PDA, it's better then my Palm used to be, no question.<hr></blockquote>

I guess it depends on what you define as a PDA. I have no doubt that the P800 at least equals a Palm with the two traditional PDA functions - calendaring and contact-keeping. But what about running 3rd-party software? It's just a shame that the P800 (and many other smartphones) can't run the thousands of Palm apps available and that developers have to write all their software anew, in languages like Java (J2E) and Mophun.

Escher

escher · March 14, 2003 7:24AM

[quote]Originally posted by othello:

[I've been trying to find the P800 thread that Harald started a while ago, but it seems to have gone...]<hr></blockquote>

PS: Harald's original long P800 thread is <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000465"; target="_blank">right here</a>, othello.

othello · March 14, 2003 7:36AM

[quote]Originally posted by Escher:



PS: Harald's original long P800 thread is <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=8&t=000465"; target="_blank">right here</a>, othello.<hr></blockquote>

thanks and sorry for going off-topic...

escher · March 14, 2003 7:44AM

[quote]Originally posted by othello:

thanks and sorry for going off-topic...<hr></blockquote>

No worries at all, othello. I was just trying to help. It's a narrow topic and I'm about to go further off-topic.

It looks like the smartphone competition is heating up. The US FCC just released details of Motorola's upcoming A920 Smartphone. According to an <a href="http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/3244.html"; target="_blank">InfoSync.no article</a>, the A920 "runs on Symbian OS with the UIQ platform atop: the exact same combination as used in Sony Ericsson's P800."

Escher

steve · March 14, 2003 7:57AM

Sorry, but after looking at that old P800 thread, I have come to the conclusion that that thing is just too freakin' big. And I was kinda planning on getting one.

Does anyone know the size of the T610 in relation to the P800? Because that was kinda my next choice...

harald · March 14, 2003 9:17AM

[quote]Originally posted by Escher:

 But what about running 3rd-party software? It's just a shame that the P800 (and many other smartphones) can't run the thousands of Palm apps available and that developers have to write all their software anew, in languages like Java (J2E) and Mophun.<hr></blockquote>

Aha!

They've just made a booster available from AppForge ... which means all those VB programmes written for handhelds work out the box. So ... your cookery programme, timers, golf card, expenses ... bloody everything works out the box.

Have a <a href="http://scripts.appforge.com/app_exchange/samples.asp?action=showCat&cat=CAT00027&plt=plt000 05" target="_blank">peek.</a>

wmf · March 14, 2003 9:49PM

Lame. The P800 has a calendar app for a reason.

othello · March 20, 2003 7:20AM

my P800 has just arrived! wohoo!!

sorry, had to tell everyone!!

iCal + Publish + P800 + Opera = Yum

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