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2007-07-06 , 13:23
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#101
Python works for me too, but I thought it stood in the way of Canola installing. I reflashed and installed Canola first. No problem. Strange.

@Benny: No it's not just you, I think the only good thing in this 'minor update' is a bug fix: the screen responsiveness seems to be good now.

O yeah, they included a chat client: Skype without video to me is just another chat client. It's a waste of good memoryspace, so no install for me.

Makes you wonder what some in-the-know Nokia employee from Texas was hyping about in his -o so funny- riddles...
A buggy Flash 9? Skype without video? Yippee-ki-yay, bud!
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2007-07-06 , 13:28
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#102
Originally Posted by rheve View Post
Skype, along with MSN/AIM is one of the things I hate on Internet those days.
Why should I register to a all those proprietary services?! I don't need to register to Yahoo or GMail to exchange emails with Yahoo or GMail accounts!
I will start a SIP client development/porting of my own. If anybody has good advices of an open source client....

Well said. I couldn't agree more. It's a shame we now have Skype on the 770/N800 while the long awaited SIP support is still not available natively. (Of course, there's SIP-support in Gizmo...)

I'd be more than happy if somebody who can do the coding would try to do something about it. OTOH, I'm not sure if porting an existing SIP-client would be The Right Thing(tm) to do: To be really useful, the client should integrate with the telepathy framework. Google for telepathy sofia and sip - there seems to be slow progress on this and it might be wiser to join these efforts than to port somthing like linphone etc.: These clients do their jobs well SIP-wise, but they have the same drawback Gizmo has: they dont integrate with the address book and the rest of the IM framework.
 
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2007-07-06 , 13:29
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#103
Originally Posted by rheve View Post
Skype, along with MSN/AIM is one of the things I hate on Internet those days.
Why should I register to a all those proprietary services?! I don't need to register to Yahoo or GMail to exchange emails with Yahoo or GMail accounts!
I will start a SIP client development/porting of my own. If anybody has good advices of an open source client....
Bon courage!
 
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2007-07-06 , 13:29
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#104
Originally Posted by benny1967 View Post
Is it only me or is this firmware update a little disappointing overall? There was such a hype about it, people kept dropping hints there'd be great things ahead... And now? SDHC support, improved touch screen handling. Maybe a few bugfixes, probably some new bugs. No more video chats. 2 new/updated proprietary applications. I would have hoped there would be something really, really big in it, something that makes me want to switch from 770 to N800 for good....
My take is that the biggest feature is the Flash 9.

Talking about the video chat support, I never used/tried it before. What's my understanding is that it has not been removed... in fact it should have been improved! But to test that you need to make Gtalk call to another Gtalk user and after that you "should" be able to open the video. (I never used this feature... so someone who did please confirm this with this new firmware...) This is based on the fact that internal software testers were especially asked to test the video call feature of this new firmware...

And the SDHC support, yes, it is there. While this is good I was slightly disappointed to notice that the transfer speed is about half of the speed that I had with old firmware and SDHC kernel patch. I assume in this firmware the bus clock speed is capped to 24MHz instead of 48MHz? Oh, and one more thing: The famous memory card corruption bug is claimed to be solved in this firmware... But we'll see...
 
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2007-07-06 , 13:33
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#105
Nice idea. You should try it!

But my guess is that the plugin is optimized for the
N800's CPU (esp. soft float) and will thus not work
on the 770. But it's worth a try.
 
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2007-07-06 , 13:33
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#106
Has some tried BT headphones + mike? Not necessarily stereo. I d like to know if I can say good bye to those cables
 
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2007-07-06 , 13:36
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#107
"A lot of work has been done into increasing the battery life of the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. Most of the improvements have been done around the wireless connection, resulting in remarkably longer online usages."

To me, probably the most important feature, especially if we start using the N800 for intensive telephony.
I guess we ll notice the difference after one day or so.
 
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2007-07-06 , 13:38
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#108
Can't this update be done much more simply?

Originally Posted by maemo update docs
[sbox-SDK_X86: ~] apt-get update
...
[sbox-SDK_X86: ~] PAGER=less fakeroot apt-get dist-upgrade
...
Why is everyone reflashing?!

Read more: http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/3.2/INSTALL.txt

Or, am I wrong?

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2007-07-06 , 13:38
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#109
So far, pretty nice. I adjusted the screen sensitivity and it seems to work a bit differently now, but a slightly firm press will bring up the thumbboard reliably -- before it was too unpredictable (since the update).

Flash 9 supports webcams, so if there is a way to get it to see our nokia cams, we should be able to video conference using flash web apps (interoperable with all systems).
 
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2007-07-06 , 13:39
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#110
The long awaited upgrade has finally arrived. Nokia just announced the new Internet Tablet 2007 update v4.2007.26-8. Nokia N800 owners can now enjoy three new much anticipated features: Skype client support, Adobe Flash 9 browser plug-in, and 8GB SD memory card support. Battery life has also been improved on this update, as well as a better touchscreen sensitivity. Nokia however decided to end the beta version of the Call Invitation app by August of this year. Read more at Maemo.org. Download the new Firmware.
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