[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-03-01 Thread Masterbaron
I use the above combination in a MAC environment and I have to say it rocks. Salling Clicker permits remoting of all media functions (iTunes, iDVD, iPhoto, etc.) plus Indigo for home automation to the Lifedrive with Bluetooth. Add a Class1 Bluetooth dongle and you can roam the house and control

[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-02-28 Thread Michaelwagner
I think the question meant: Can the server chose automatically to display different things depending on the browser. The answer is yes, it is theoretically possible. The http protocol does deliver to the server the name of the browser being used. It's up to the web server whether it makes any

[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-02-28 Thread cshaida
Made an impulse buy this summer of an axim, although I didn't really need a 'pocket pc'--what I needed was a handheld device that would let me browse any website plus would function as an sb3 remote (hmmm, what device does that sound like?). The axim doesn't work well as a browser for me (only

[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-02-27 Thread ShorinSean
I also use a Dell Axim as a remote using the handheld skin, and it does work well. But it would be nice to use a different interface when you access it via another browser type. I don't know anything about this, but certainly commercial websites (stellar example is the BBC) exhibit different

Re: [slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-02-27 Thread kdf
On 27-Feb-06, at 8:19 PM, ShorinSean wrote: I also use a Dell Axim as a remote using the handheld skin, and it does work well. But it would be nice to use a different interface when you access it via another browser type. I don't know anything about this, but certainly commercial websites

[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-01-17 Thread Michaelwagner
mherger Wrote: Didn't know Canada was as unimportant a market as Switzerland :-). Welcome aboard! Thanks for the welcome, Michael. Sorta wish I didn't need it :-( Yeah, for many things, Canada is an unimportant marketplace. I think I'll have to order the 770 somewhere abroad... (I do not

Re: [slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-01-17 Thread Jacob Potter
On 1/17/06, Michaelwagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How is the 770 programmed? It's a linux box, right? Yep, it uses GTK+ and X just like any other Linux system. There's a cross-development environment, so you can build apps on a PC pretty easily without having the hardware itself.

Re: [slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-01-17 Thread Mark Lanctot
Michaelwagner wrote: What about the ones based on Pocket Windows or whatever it's called, like the iPAQ? How are they programmed? Is there any high-level-language support for them? Even C or (sigh) basic would be better than itsie bitsie machine language. I have a Dell Axim X30

[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-01-17 Thread Kyle
I've been using a Sony CLIE and the handheld skin with no problems at all. I use the built-in browser, and it works fine. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-01-17 Thread Skunk
I've a Hitachi HPW 600 etm with the SH4 processor running windows ce 3. I walk in my house and it synchs my mail, contacts, to do etc (theoretically). It does have USB out too, which made me consider getting a USB dac at one time. I posted a pic in the thread above, I would have posted it here

Re: [slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-01-17 Thread Michael Herger
How is the 770 programmed? It's a linux box, right? Mainly C/C++, I guess. What about the ones based on Pocket Windows or whatever it's called, like the iPAQ? How are they programmed? Is there any Oh, this is MS, it must be C# then :-) high-level-language support for them? Even C or

[slim] Re: Handheld as UI for SlimServer

2006-01-17 Thread ceejay
Michaelwagner Wrote: Has anyone any experience using HP iPAQs for this? If so, how well do they work? Any gotchas, things (or models) to avoid? I have an HP iPaq which I use occasionally for controlling slimserver. I use it with the handheld skin and it works pretty well. Having