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Full Discussion: Mini Review: Samsung Galaxy S (Android 2.1) v. Nokia E63
Operating Systems Linux Android Mini Review: Samsung Galaxy S (Android 2.1) v. Nokia E63 Post 302455902 by Neo on Thursday 23rd of September 2010 10:35:42 AM
Old 09-23-2010
I think I have wifi and gprs working ok now, after I installed a wifi switching app.

---------- Post updated 2010-09-23 at 01:44 ---------- Previous update was 2010-09-22 at 20:50 ----------

Update: Good news and bad news for GPS on the Galaxy S!

I found an app in the Android Market called Bluetooth GPS that works with the Samsung Galaxy S phone and my Holux M-241 works great, much more accurate (cannot compare) than the built-in Samsung GPS. There is a Google Map-type application in this app, but standard features like Directions and Layers are missing.

Unfortunately, the version of Google Maps that is installed on the Samsung Galaxy S phone does not have a configuration option to use an off-phone GPS device, so I still don't have navigation capabilities yet.

I'll search for another app or see if it is possible to install a different version of Google Maps for Android that is not crippled like the one that comes with the phone.

More to come ....

---------- Post updated at 02:30 ---------- Previous update was at 01:44 ----------

Found another app called Bluetooth GPS Mouse. With this program, Google Maps works very well. However, other GPS programs don't seem to work very well with this app. I sent an email off to their tech support to find out why.

---------- Post updated at 14:35 ---------- Previous update was at 02:30 ----------

Mini Review Update:

With the exception of the on-board GPS fiasco, the Samsung Galaxy S is a very fine phone. This is my first "iPhone-style" smart phone and I realize that I have much more in my hand than a phone. Basically, I'm walking around with a small Linux computer with an OS called Android that has an amazing UI enhanced by a Super AMOLED display.

With 10s of thousands of Android apps, this device is really more of a PDA or small tablet computer than a "smart phone" but I guess the term "PDA" is out of vogue and a 4" display cannot be called a "tablet".

I really like this phone. I really like Android. This is a revolution in personal computing that is just beginning. Never mind the on-board GPS is not very good. Never mind the SSH app is not yet great. This is only the beginning of a very exciting future in mobile computing!

Thanks for reading!
 

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pbmtonokia

pbmtonokia(1)						      General Commands Manual						     pbmtonokia(1)

NAME

       pbmtonokia - convert a portable bitmap to Nokia Smart Messaging Formats

SYNOPSIS

       pbmtonokia [options] [pbmfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Reads a portable bitmap as input.  Produces a Nokia Smart Messaging (hexcode, .nok, .ngg) file as output.

OPTIONS

       -fmt   Specifies the output format (default is HEX_NOL).

       HEX_NOL
	      Nokia Operator Logo as (uploadable) hexcode.  Use option -net to specify network code.

       HEX_NGG
	      Nokia Group Graphic as (uploadable) hexcode.

       HEX_NMP
	      Nokia Picture Message as (uploadable) hexcode.  Use option -txt to specify optional text message.

       NOL    Nokia  Operator  Logo  as  .nol  format.	This  is  editable  by the Group-Graphic Editor from Kessler Wireless Design (www.kessler-
	      design.com)

       NGG    Nokia Group Graphic as .ngg format. This is editable  by	the  Group-Graphic  Editor  from  Kessler  Wireless  Design  (www.kessler-
	      design.com)

       -net   Specifies the 6 hex-digit operator network code for Operator Logos (Default is 62F210 = D1,Germany).

       -txt   Specifies the text message for Picture Messages. Default is no text message.

LIMITATIONS

       Currently limited to rows<=255 and columns<=255. Supports only b/w graphics, not animated.

SEE ALSO

       pbm(5), Nokia Smart Messaging Specification (http://forum.nokia.com)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 2001 Tim Ruehsen <tim.ruehsen@openmediasystem.de>.

								   26 June 2001 						     pbmtonokia(1)
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