mode switcher

- new tool for palms webos popped out of nowhere: it automatically switches applications or modes on and off depending on where you are or what you are doing. socalled trigger events which can be time, location or charging based and those will automatical change wallpapers, sound status, messenger status, etc.
read: http://forums.precentral.net/homebrew-a ... tcher.html

a really great thing if you ask me: i can turn on wifi when im in my shop or at home, based on the gps information, i can go online with my instant messanger if the device is charging, otherwise power consumption is too high. just great. i think i hav4e 1000000 more ideas of what my phone should do in a certain situation ...

go, tell me what would your phone should do when and where!

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für alle gnu aktivisten:

mein 486...

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wer:~$ uname -a
Linux wer 2.2.6 #20 Tue Apr 27 15:23:25 CDT 1999 i486 unknown
wer:~$ uptime
3:42pm up 103 days, 5:19, 2 users, load average: 0.18, 0.07, 0.02
wer:~$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 6464 6172 292 4008 332 2916
wer:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/hda2 225M 152M 61M 71% /
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eigentlich ist es ja nur ein test gewesen um zu sehen ob die alte rotzkiste das schafft, aber ich hab ihn so lieb gewonnen dass ich ihn nicht mehr ausschalten möchte
er ist perfekt geignet um von der ferne einen computer zu starten. mehr leider nicht :-D

webdoktor

after 7 years of sueing the rest of the (linux-)world, Judge Ted Steward finally slayed SCO.
thanx.
read the whole story here:
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/ ... 20458.html
and here
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?stor ... 0161411160



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As you might have read in my prior posts i am the proud owner of a palm pre. i love this device: not only its linux os called "webOS" but also the userfriendly interface. its brilliant and i am very sure it will be beating up apfels shit very soon.

but it has (or had) 2 problems:
1. speed - well this is solved, read my last post :D
2. battery life

now. normally my phones akku lasts 14 hours till it starts whining. now both of my employees _also_ got a palm pre, as i was praising it all the time. now their akku lasts 2 days. bummer.

both do not use online connections, except wifi in my store when they really need it, so this must be a reason... I've googled a bit and found some tricks to double your uptime:

first use the telefones options to switch off 3g and only use 2g. thats enough, umts is slow anyway, and you can switch it back on if you need to, even more if you have wifi everywhere.
2. in your email options switch from push email to pull (every 30 minutes for example). ---reduced online traffic = longer battery life
3. switch off gps (as in 1: you can switch it back on with a wipe)
4. switch off instant messaging...

well give it a try or buy a bigger battery


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