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2007-06-25 , 11:47
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Any software made in the last couple years to read documents has automatic word wrapping.

The only document you still have to scroll with is html. As far as I know.
 
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2007-06-25 , 11:50
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You are right. There is no comparison. Get back to me when the iPhone has a properly sized display, has removable SD cards, has ssh access, and can connect to a GPS mouse.

Till then, there is no comparison.
Have we agreed to disagree? Actually I do not disagree on the IT concept. I just disagree on the N800. I am quite sure there will not be any iPhone users screaming over SSH access, or GPS mouse connectivity. The memory card maybe but then again they know what they are getting when they pay for the device. What do you think?
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2007-06-25 , 11:53
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Originally Posted by dbec10 View Post
Any software made in the last couple years to read documents has automatic word wrapping.

The only document you still have to scroll with is html. As far as I know.
it is the other way round. HTML can wrap (if the webpage is designed properly)

PDF is device independant and has a fixed format. You need at least 800 pix horizontally to read a PDF, the tiny iPhone screen is in many cases not suitable.
 
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2007-06-25 , 11:54
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Ok now a carefully measured response.... Think think think...
 
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2007-06-25 , 11:58
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There is software that will convert PDFs so that it wraps. But you are correct pdfs do not wrap by default. They zoom.

html can wrap, but sites are not generally designed to do so. Hence the current mobile browser madness.
 
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2007-06-25 , 12:34
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Xhtml handles size quite well. For mobile browsing regardless of screen resolution I collect and surf only sites coded with X...

Or make my own >>> http://home.comcast.net/~fynspy/YoDude_PDA.htm

It is much faster too.


The real question is: Aside from auto rotate, could Maemo apps be developed that incorporate iPhone gestures and such?

I agree they are two different things and the main difference is developability (<< new word?)

New apps and conceivably a new OS can be run on a N800 device as they are developed. Development can be independent of the manufacturer.

On the iPhone, not. To get more you need to buy a new phone.
 
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Originally Posted by Rider View Post
it is the other way round. HTML can wrap (if the webpage is designed properly)

PDF is device independant and has a fixed format. You need at least 800 pix horizontally to read a PDF, the tiny iPhone screen is in many cases not suitable.
Whoa. This I didn't know. Cool. Does .pdf use SVG or any type of engine to render it smaller? This is just for my own info now. I had no idea about the 800 pix thing with .pdf files.
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2007-06-25 , 12:49
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Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
Xhtml handles size quite well. For mobile browsing regardless of screen resolution I collect and surf only sites coded with X...

Or make my own >>> http://home.comcast.net/~fynspy/YoDude_PDA.htm

It is much faster too.
Surly you jest about your site. It is no fast. It is stupid, ridiculous fast. If I had a few URL's would you mind including them?
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2007-06-26 , 22:01
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Originally Posted by sapporobaby View Post
Surly you jest about your site. It is no fast. It is stupid, ridiculous fast. If I had a few URL's would you mind including them?
No problem.
 
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2007-06-26 , 23:25
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Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
Xhtml handles size quite well. For mobile browsing regardless of screen resolution I collect and surf only sites coded with X...

Or make my own >>> http://home.comcast.net/~fynspy/YoDude_PDA.htm

It is much faster too.


The real question is: Aside from auto rotate, could Maemo apps be developed that incorporate iPhone gestures and such?

I agree they are two different things and the main difference is developability (<< new word?)

New apps and conceivably a new OS can be run on a N800 device as they are developed. Development can be independent of the manufacturer.

On the iPhone, not. To get more you need to buy a new phone.
Even better: the N800's screen is pressure sensitive, which means that freakishly funky stuff could be developed for it, just to make iPhoners (<spit!>) go green with envy.
 
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