iCal + Publish + P800 + Opera = Yum

yummy!

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

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

[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...

[quote]Originally posted by Escher:
<strong>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?</strong><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.

[quote]Originally posted by othello:
<strong>show me the screenies!

:D </strong><hr></blockquote>

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

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]" />

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

[quote]Originally posted by Harald:
<strong>Who wants the screenies?</strong><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]<strong>As a PDA, it's better then my Palm used to be, no question.</strong><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

[quote]Originally posted by Escher:
<strong>

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.</strong><hr></blockquote>

thanks and sorry for going off-topic...

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...

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

Originally posted by othello
my P800 has just arrived! wohoo!!

Congratulations on the arrival, othello. Play with it and then report back to the AI smartphone crowd! It will be nice to supplement Harald's extensive reports.

By the way: Did anybody else see the article on O'Grady's PowerPage about (obviously long-expected) P800-compatibility (http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=10760) in an upcoming version of iSync? Unfortunately, Jason doesn't seem to know anything we haven't already figured out here.

Escher

Originally posted by Harald
They've just made a booster available from AppForge ... which means all those VB programmes written for handhelds work out the box.

Sure. But this still requires that developers write in VB, take the time to recompile for Symbian/Java/P800, and distribute the recompiled program to the public.

On a semi-related note: Does anybody think that the moving of WWDC from May in San Jose to June in San Francisco has anything to do with the purely hypothetical iPhone? Harald?

othello: Good luck with the setup. We all look forward to your success and report. ;)

Escher

[OT] Can anyone tell me exactly how big the P800 is in comparison to, say, the Nokia 7110? It's hard to tell from the pictures on the web and I will have no way of viewing a real one before placing my order.

Those Emame screenshots from one of links above just swung it for me!

Thanks!

everything harald said about this beauty is true...

oh my gawd! its is fantastic and i only have minor niggles at the moment (like i hate the way the power charger connects -- its inviting someone as ham-fisted as me to snap the plastic clips)

blue-tooth file exchange is a joy. dragging vcards or .sis files (symbian apps) onto it is cute. uploads them then the P800 asks me if i want to install them -- it knows what they are and what to do with them.

i'm hoping that the 10.2.5 update, which has bluetooth updates, allows address book to recognise the phone. even though its not syncing, i used to use the send and receive SMS messages facility a lot with my 6310i.

now for isync...

:D

So I've ordered my P800. Wile I'm waiting for that, are there any must-have extras I should get? I'm thinking the largest Memory Stick - would that be 128Mb? are all Memory Sticks the same or do I need a special type?

Thanks!

thats a memory stick DUO and not the normal type. the 128mb ones are due out this week i believe, so you may not be able to get one right now...

oh to be able to get my .ics files into the bloody thing! :mad:

at least getting the contacts in was sweet, but i keep putting off the idea of re-entering them. i'm following harald's suggestion of just viewing my ical online for the meantime