Population of PDA Users

[1/19] from: gmassar:dreamsoft at: 7-Apr-2001 11:21

Hi folks, I am curious how many PDA users are in the list and what country they live. I, for one, own a EPOC-based PDA (Psion 7) and live in US. Hope many of you would reply. This would give us some idea how much percentages in population among the PDA users. Thanks for replying. Geo Massar, Independent developer

[2/19] from: chrismorency:videotron:ca at: 7-Apr-2001 15:57

Hi Geo, Consider me a PDA-Geek, I've had : Nec MP400, HP 620LX, Nino 300, PsionS5 (shameless plug : check http://www.palmtime.com for some nice games/utilities for EPOC) I currently own : HP 680LX, Casio E-125, Handspring Prism I used to write for Team Palmtops, a french magazine about palmtop computer. I've did PDA development for the company I work for and I'm currently exploring Rebol as a way to develop small utilities as a scripting language. I'm sure Rebol would be a great pda language : it's fast, the runtime is small, it's multiplatform and it does a lot of things with less lines that I'm used to ;) From an idea in the subway, to the coding on the pda right away, and to further develop the script on my desktop is really neat. It's become a way for me to test things out when I'm on the road ! The fact it has some OOP support let me try things and see if they would work either under Rebol or another language. Strangely, it's implemented faster under Rebol ;) btw, I live in Quebec, Canada ! Chris

[3/19] from: pa:russo:perd at: 7-Apr-2001 22:08

>Hi folks, > >I am curious how many PDA users are in the list and what country they >live. I, for one, own a EPOC-based PDA (Psion 7) and live in US. > >Hope many of you would reply. This would give us some idea how much >percentages in population among the PDA users. > >Thanks for replying.

A very satisfied Palm user from Italy. Too bad REBOL doesn't work on Palm :-(, it'd be the IT consultant's paradise to me. I'm seriously considering to buy a Jornada just to use /Link on it... -- Paolo Russo [pa--russo--perd--com] _________________ PERD s.r.l. Virtual Technologies for Real Solutions http://www.perd.com

[4/19] from: ralph:abooks at: 7-Apr-2001 19:03

I could not function without my Handspring Prism. I just wish there was a version of REBOL for it. --Ralph Roberts author REBOL FOR DUMMIES http://www.rebolpress.com/#RFD

[5/19] from: casiello::ultranet::com at: 7-Apr-2001 19:31

Agenda VR3 owner from the US here.

[6/19] from: phil:harris:zope at: 8-Apr-2001 0:37

Jornada 548 in Wales.

[7/19] from: brett:codeconscious at: 8-Apr-2001 11:33

> Hope many of you would reply. This would give us some idea how much > percentages in population among the PDA users.

Palm III.

[8/19] from: rebol:programmer at: 7-Apr-2001 19:27

I use a PalmIIIxe here... And currently program for it in assembler... I wish I could use Rebol on it, but there is a good reason why rebol has not been ported to PalmOS: palmOS does not allow apps to use much RAM as heap space (less than 32k as I recall). Rebol normally uses a few megs I think. It would be theoritically possible to do a Rebol port, but it would be VERY slow (due to page swapping between the heap and storage RAM, and the fact that the Palm only has the equivelent of a 68020 processor) - Cal Dixon

[9/19] from: c:brizell:worc:ac at: 8-Apr-2001 9:23

I use an HP 620LX and have been running the 2.2.0.15.1 version since it was released. I find it invaluable for trying out ideas on the road, train or plane. I just wish that version 2.5 would work for me. It would also be great as I've mentioned before if there was a version of Rebol/View Cheers colinb Geo Massar wrote:

[10/19] from: bo_rebol:mailandnews at: 8-Apr-2001 4:55

Psion Series 5 in the US. Formerly Sharp Zaurus and before that Sharp Wizard. -Bo On 7-Apr-2001/11:21:30-7:00, [gmassar--dreamsoft--com] wrote:

>Hi folks, >I am curious how many PDA users are in the list and what country they

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[11/19] from: fsievert:uos at: 8-Apr-2001 10:54

Psion S5 MX/Pro (EPOC) in Germany On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Geo Massar wrote:

[12/19] from: chrismorency:videotron:ca at: 8-Apr-2001 14:12

Colin, Did you get my message on which I said it worked on HP 680 ? so AFAIK, it should work on HP 620 Best, Chris

[13/19] from: c:brizell:worc:ac at: 9-Apr-2001 8:18

Hi Chris, Thanks for the info, I get a "Fatal Application Error" as soon as I try to run the 2.5 exe. Thse pop-up window states the following:- Program: rebol.exe Exception: 0xc0000005 Address: 00000000 I have downloaded the correct version (core151.zip) more than once!! Cheers colinb

[14/19] from: davidv:angliaed at: 9-Apr-2001 9:28

Psion 5mx, England

[15/19] from: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 9-Apr-2001 9:50

I own a Symbol SPT-1500, which is basicly a Palm III with a barcode scanner. Geo Massar wrote:

[16/19] from: brian:hawley at: 9-Apr-2001 12:59

Hi all, Geo Massar wrote:

>I am curious how many PDA users are in the list and what country they >live. I, for one, own a EPOC-based PDA (Psion 7) and live in US.

I live in Chicago, IL and have an HP Jornada 820. Most of my friends have Palms and Visors, as does my mother. They have more than 60 Jornada 820s at my father's work - he is another REBOL user. Paolo Russo wrote:

>I'm seriously considering to buy a Jornada just to use /Link on it...

You may be out of luck for the moment. /View has yet to be ported to WinCE. There are some architectural factors that make even /Core a bit memory-hungry by standards of WinCE programming languages - these should be resolved before /View would really fly. But then, watch out :) If you want to get a Jornada for REBOL, I would suggest the 720. I like the 820, but you will much appreciate the 720's extra RAM and more updated OS and software. It has the speed of the iPaq (alas, not the flash ROM), but you will really like the increased battery life and keyboard, particularly for programming on the machine. If you really want to buy handhelds for /Link you might consider getting an Agenda VR3 or some other Linux rig. It would be a lot easier for RT to get /Link running on something like that. Not that I don't want you pushing for /View and /Link to run on Jornadas like mine :) Brian Hawley Yes, I'm back :)

[17/19] from: ronald:gruss:libertysurf at: 10-Apr-2001 22:43

At 11:21 07/04/01 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi folks, >I am curious how many PDA users are in the list and what country they

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Hi, I'm a Handspring Visor user and I'm living in France. Why isn't Rebol able to run on my PDA ;-(((

[18/19] from: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 10-Apr-2001 14:53

Palms, thus Handsprings, are very limited. Though they tought 8 MB these days, they only have 32K of fast RAM available for programs. The memory to which they refer operates slowly and is intended for program storage and records. You can still use this memory as you do RAM, but it is much slower. I am sure REBOL could work on the Palm, but it would crawl in comparison to other ports. To further deter, they likely would have to do extensive porting, since the Palm OS seems so much different than other operating systems that I know. Keep in mind that the Palm was originally designed to be a robust handheld organizer. I think, and many would agree, that they are overdue for a new OS and hardware archetecture to meet developers increasing desires. I hope REBOL would reconsider there decision not to support the Palm, but I can understand their decision not to do so. Maybe a cut down, compileable?, REBOL like language, for cell phones and PDA's? A REBOL PDA dialect? Carl could probably write it in a weekend. : ) Till then I will keep on using Satellite Forms, which I am skepticle is more productive than C since I spend sooooo much time dealing with thier interpeter's bugs. For now I can only hope Carl gets a PDA itch, --Ryan ronald wrote:

> At 11:21 07/04/01 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi folks,

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-- Ryan Cole Programmer Analyst www.iesco-dms.com 707-468-5400 I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. -Einstein

[19/19] from: rishioswal:y:ahoo at: 9-Apr-2001 21:16

I use a psion revo and series 5 in the U.S. (San Diego, CA). For my pc, I use QNX. I only hope one day soon that View will become available for these operating systems...especially Qnx. rishi

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