Peter's Blog 3.1.2004

Omniremote gone too.

Omniremote gone too. Didn't work very well and it doesn't take long to realise that using a stylus to channel hop is going to be less than ideal.

Noviremote looks far more professional than omniremote which looks primitive by comparison. The latter allows buttons to be drawn and defined but I don't think that is enough of a reason for it to look like noddy shareware.

I'm being slightly more verbose than usual because l am still playing with textplus. The biggest problem I have with it is the boxes of words popping up:

• they appear where I am writing and I accidentally select a word that I then have to delete.

• I have to keep an eye on them for the word I am writing.

Tried Noviiremote but it kept locking up the palm..

Tried Noviiremote but it kept locking up the palm so it is no more. I'll give Omniremote a try.

After10 minutes playing textplus is something that..

After10 minutes playing textplus is something that will take getting used to. I think i am making fewer errors but i am not typing as fast. The automatically inserted space is a mixed blessing, sometimes I want to add more letters to a word to make it into a different word. It might be useful, I need to learn to live with it.

Giving textplus a try in an attempt to improve my..

Giving textplus a try in an attempt to improve my data entry speed. It works but it keeps popping up menus of suggestions that get in the way. It will take some getting used to. Also, the nag screens are displayed continually while using it.

Got Nokia 7250i for wife.

Got Nokia 7250i for wife. £35 a month for 250 minutes cross network any time. It's on O2 so reception at home should be much better than T mobile.