March 21, 2007

Nokia E61 podcast software

I just came across a nice podcasting application. You can find it here . Nokia says it works only on the N-Series but I tried to install it on my E61 and it works like a charm. I also was able to find my favourite podcasts out of this program. The download at home via wifi is also quite reasonable.

I also just found out that you can add a Google Calendar rss-feed to your list of podcasts. Now I am still looking for a way to import the iCal files from Google Calendar reminders to the mobile phones calendar.

March 15, 2007

Running NetBeans 5.5 in Ubuntu with Beryl

I installed Netbeans today, but when it started up I only saw a blank screen :( I am using Beryl so I supposed that Beryl is responsible for that mess.

So I was searching for a solution which I finally found here.

Basically you only need to install:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xephyr icewm

and then use this handy script to run netbeans.

#! /bin/bash
# You could use Xnest instead of Xephyr here
Xephyr :2 -ac -screen 1024x768 &
icewm --display :2 &
export DISPLAY=:2
~/netbeans-5.5/bin/netbeans &


March 14, 2007

V3x outsourced, welcome E61

I finally got rid of my Motorola V3x and switched to a Nokia E61. Now I am really wondering how I could survive with the V3x. With the E61 it is again possible to use features like Putty, Vnc and Acrobat Reader. It is really fast and the display is sharp and bright like a charm. I am really happy with that phone now. Ok it has no built in camera, but if I think about it I don’t really need it. Now I am just curious how long the battery will last. I am using different applications a day and also a lot of wi-fi.

Apps I am using so far are: Adobe Reader, iScoot, gmail, opera mini, putty, Nokia Maps, Nokia Search, DivX Player, VNCViewer, msn Messenger, widsets, Googlemaps, fring

I think I will have to make some firmware update because the usage of viopbuster with the built in SIP doesn’t work in my home network.

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