Nokia N800 Internet Tablet PC

[Myles A. Braithwaite]

You could just port something to it like http://www.openvest.org/Databases/ovpyq? The N800 has Python and pyGTK installed. So this wouldn't be that difficult.

----- "Stan Witkowski" <Stan-PAleLrdANoqY+5vIsb+96wC/G2K4zDHf at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I bought my Nokia N800 from Nokia Canada (nokia.ca).
> CDN $470 + tax + shipping (around $7) several weeks ago.
> Ordered it online on a Wednesday, got it delivered to my door
> two days later on Friday morning.
> 
> It runs Linux, and is slightly smaller than a paperback.
> Also has an FM radio tuner, MP3 and video player + web cam built in.
> It uses two SD cards for storage. Presently limited to
> two * 4GB cards, but future OS upgrades are expected to allow the
> use of higher capacity SDHC cards. ie 2 * 8GB, 2 * 16GB, etc.
> 
> I have:
>    - reflashed the OS to the latest version
>    - gotten the WI-FI and Bluetooth working
>    - downloaded what few applications are curently available for it
> 
> I'd REALLY like to develop stock market charting software for it
> (100% of the reason for buying it), but finding software
> development info has been a complete pain. Bit and pieces are
> all over the map. (If you can help me, please email ASAP! Thanks!)
> (Item: I want to do development on a Windows XP Pro SP2 laptop.)
> 
> 
> (LYBNIZ - The only thing I've found that even comes close to
>   onscreen graph plots...
>   See:  http://maemo.org/downloads/scientific/
>   Quick desc:  Lybniz is an easy to use mathematical function graph
> plotter 
> using pyGTK.
> )
> 
> 
> If you have one, please let me know. We can start our own mini user
> group
> just for Nokia 770s and N800s.
> 
> 
> Note: I was told by a Carlos at Nokia Canada that Tigerdirect (the
> only other
> place I've found selling them in Toronto) imports them directly from
> the USA,
> and hence they have NO Canadian warranty validity from Nokia Canada.
> 
> Stan.
> 
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Myles A. Braithwaite
Monkey in your Soul
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