See Bob standing on a darkening expanse of naked landscape, waving
goodbye to modern culture as it follows the sun into another day. All
of which is to say, Mike, that I'm damned if I can make any sense of
this at all. Phew! Seems I can rage all I want, but the effing light
is _still_ dying. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
"Art's just fart without the eff."
www.bobwhitmire.com
On Jun 7, 2010, at 6:24 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> AG says:
>
> "Nice to see HP get Palm, just maybe that OS will see a revival of
> sorts. Don't tell anybody, but my Palm Centro (which isn't even the
> latest WebOS version) does a lot of things the iPhones/iPods/iPads
> don't. At least with my Centro, I can send Alt-Codes."
>
>
> I hope not too little too late. Droids and all the apps seem to be
> taking off. One other advantage of the Pre and is that the whole old
> phone can be run in emulation till any app you have and other stuff is
> ported properly or if you just like it. The PIM is good (should be
> given Palm's history). One major gripe in people who travel to GSM
> areas and want to use VZW as the carrier there is no clear way to make
> VOIP on wifi. I would already have one if that were the case. Don't
> want to pay the tremendous roaming fees with one of their phones
> witha
> GSM chip..
>
> Skype was taking a wait and see attitude before porting to WebOS.
> Palm
> stock was taking a nose dive---good thing HP bought them, though may
> just delay the demise.
> (Hope I'm wrong.) There is no SIP server that will work as there is
> no
> API for the microphone. People have succeeded in dialing a number but
> no mic is a bit of a problem. Voxofone may port their app to the Pre
> using wifi but that could be many moons. One has to make a local call
> to an access number now--bit of a problem with a CDMA phone in Europe.
> Perhaps others here more knowledgeable about this stuff may have an
> answer.
>
>
> Seems SipDroid 1.1.8 beta using Gizmo5 on Motorola Droid may work
> ---
> put it in airplane mode, then turn on WiFi and likely can make VoIP
> calls. If no progress soon, hello Droid.
>
> An Outta Touch in GSM areas, Mike
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