Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah)

2007-11-28 Thread Cocoy
On Nov 28, 2007 11:29 AM, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Considering that specs and build of the EEE, I doubt it was ever intended > for novel-length writing. Besides, if that's your main income source, the > entry-level "real" laptops are more suited. Or a macbook, if you can sprin

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah)

2007-11-27 Thread Michael Tinsay
From: Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:41:20 AM Subject: Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah) those have a terrible 'feel', and besides the whole id

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah)

2007-11-27 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
e in CDR-King that rolls up. > > > > - Original Message > From: Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List < > plug@lists.linux.org.ph> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:35:04 AM > Subject: Re: [p

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah)

2007-11-27 Thread Michael Tinsay
plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah) On Nov 26, 2007 6:11 PM, ricardo gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, anyone bought one yet? :D Have one since Thursday last week. Small gripe on the right hand shift key being the same size of the direc

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah)

2007-11-27 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
On Nov 26, 2007 6:11 PM, ricardo gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So, anyone bought one yet? :D > > Have one since Thursday last week. > > Small gripe on the right hand shift key being the same > size of the direction arrow keys. 7 out of 10 times >

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-26 Thread Jun Martin
Most probably. And now they're selling like (or even better than) hotcakes! One every 6 seconds?!?! Amazing! I'll wait until they drop prices drastically. Heh. Twit listener... Hmmm... sounds like a lunatic. hahaha... but I do listen to Security Now, Daily Gizwiz, and TWIT. Way back, I was

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-26 Thread Gideon Guillen
On 11/27/07, Jun Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I heard it from Leo Laporte who said "this (4G) is what people are buying. > When the 8G comes out I'm gonna feel really bad." > > He sounded sure... TWIT listener? :) Anyway, IIRC, the original announcement made by Asus earlier this year was th

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-26 Thread Jun Martin
Yep, but only if you use the drives in your office/home/someplace... I wouldn't want to carry around my external drives all the time, as they're prone to shock... I'd only get an EEE PC if I want more convenient portability than with a notebook PC... :-) YMWV. :-) On Nov 27, 2007 10:18 AM, Daniel

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-26 Thread Daniel Escasa
Sabi ni Jun noong Nov 27, 2007 10:00 AM: > I heard it from Leo Laporte who said "this (4G) is what people are buying. > When the 8G comes out I'm gonna feel really bad." > > He sounded sure... Regardless of an 8G (or higher) Eee, I myself wouldn't feel so bad if I got a 4G now. Since it's got USB

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-26 Thread Jun Martin
I heard it from Leo Laporte who said "this (4G) is what people are buying. When the 8G comes out I'm gonna feel really bad." He sounded sure... On Nov 26, 2007 8:25 PM, Dax Solomon Umaming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 26 November 2007 9:24:56 am Jun Martin wrote: > > I heard they'll be

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-26 Thread Dax Solomon Umaming
On Monday 26 November 2007 9:24:56 am Jun Martin wrote: > I heard they'll be making a larger-screen (10") version with double the > amount of storage space (8GB?). I thought those were rumours. -- Dax Solomon Umaming http://knightlust.com/ GPG: 0x715C3547 signature.asc Description: This is a d

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee (Elijah)

2007-11-26 Thread ricardo gonzalez
Hello, --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, anyone bought one yet? :D Have one since Thursday last week. Have had all my siblings (Windows users) try it out and they seem to be able to do whatever they need to do with it. However, it should not be sold or bought by a person that will use the e3pc

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-26 Thread Andres Montiel
Someone from the office just got one. The interface is quite basic - no toolbar, no start menu. Programs are grouped together via a tabbed interface. Also, although the OS is Linux, the top bar and window operators (_, X, etc.) look like XP. On Nov 26, 2007 10:19 AM, Elijah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-25 Thread Elijah
So, anyone bought one yet? :D Here's a demo: http://honeypothack.com/eee/internet.htm Elijah http://pinoguin.com On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:24 +0800, Jun Martin wrote: > I heard they'll be making a larger-screen (10") version with double > the amount of storage space (8GB?). > > On Nov 23, 20

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-25 Thread Jun Martin
I heard they'll be making a larger-screen (10") version with double the amount of storage space (8GB?). On Nov 23, 2007 9:35 AM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > or ill just do the smart thing and wait for next years model which would > hopefully work out any bugs and maybe even ch

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-22 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
On Nov 22, 2007 11:52 AM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes I checked it is 17K at PCCorner.com.ph > > Presyong Ipod Touch! pero much lower build quality daw... Actually yeah nakakatakot yung feedback re low build quality. If its anything like the somewhat questionable build qualit

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-21 Thread Orlando Andico
Yes I checked it is 17K at PCCorner.com.ph Presyong Ipod Touch! pero much lower build quality daw... On Nov 22, 2007 11:40 AM, Gabriel H. Mercado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 20, 2007 12:57 PM, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 11/20/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-21 Thread Gabriel H. Mercado
On Nov 20, 2007 12:57 PM, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/20/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this thing even available locally? > > You mean the Asus EEE PC? In PLUG-Misc, someone posted that it is > already available at PC Corner. by golly i want one. --

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-21 Thread Ian Dexter R. Marquez
On Nov 20, 2007 12:57 PM, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/20/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this thing even available locally? > > You mean the Asus EEE PC? In PLUG-Misc, someone posted that it is > already available at PC Corner. > > As for the wireless card

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Tinsay
The Huawei E220 usb HSDPA modem works well with Ubuntu. --- mike t. - Original Message From: Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 12:57:54 PM Subject: Re: [plug] 3G support

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-20 Thread Gideon Guillen
On 11/20/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems midway between the two devices that I use heavily: Nokia > Communicator, and Toshiba M6. The Communicator is small, 3G, 800-pixel [snipped] With that hardware you have, I don't think the EEE PC is for you. It would be better if you

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-19 Thread Orlando Andico
hmmm... 17k! It seems midway between the two devices that I use heavily: Nokia Communicator, and Toshiba M6. The Communicator is small, 3G, 800-pixel screen, has Safari, etc. etc. etc. but not Linux-based, very slow, and doesn't work with EAP-enabled wireless AP's. The M6 is mid-sized, resumes fro

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-19 Thread Gideon Guillen
On 11/20/07, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this thing even available locally? You mean the Asus EEE PC? In PLUG-Misc, someone posted that it is already available at PC Corner. As for the wireless card, I believe that particular card (Sierra Wireless 875U) is not yet available fro

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-19 Thread Zak B. Elep
On Nov 20, 2007 12:04 PM, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is this thing even available locally? I dunno about the AirCard, but the I saw an EEE up for sale at Robinsons. Around 17k. Probably Globe Visibility will work (using the Huawei E220 HSDPA USB modem; its just a matter of getti

Re: [plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-19 Thread Orlando Andico
Is this thing even available locally? On Nov 20, 2007 9:27 AM, Daniel Escasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/11/3g-wwan-support.html > > _ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.linux.o

[plug] 3G support working on the 4G Eee

2007-11-19 Thread Daniel Escasa
http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/11/3g-wwan-support.html -- Daniel O. Escasa independent IT consultant and writer contributor, Free Software Magazine (http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com) personal blog at http://descasa.i.ph If we choose being kind over being right, we will be right