Re: [HS] Re: Styletap

Thanks, Jim. I did manage to figure it out and test it. The problem for 
me is that my main use right now is shopping list which I then beam to 
my Wrist PDA (Palm OS watch). It's the perfect shopping tool... no worry 
of dropping it while loading/pushing the cart. :)
Unfortunately, there's no easy way to get an updated database OUT of the 
Android device and into my Wrist PDA. I'd have to go through the 
complicated database copy/download process and then install it to my 
WristPDA with a good old fashiond HotSync. Sure, I could use it on my 
Android phone itself, and it would still be useful for all those lists I 
don't beam all the time, but yeah... $50 is a bit hard to swallow for 
that. If my traditional Palm OS devices all completely die (unlikely, 
since I still have a few battery powered ones), then I'll drop the cash 
for StyleTap.
-Greg

wookie833 wrote:

>Hi Greg,
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>Thought I'd follow up on this thread...I've an HTC 1S, which is a largish screen android phone and I have recently downloaded Styletap ...the palm emulator for android discussed below.  
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>You don't need to root your phone to load it but you do need to check the option on your phone settings to allow applications other than from Google Play Store to be loadable.  You can then download it from Styletap's website directly onto the phone.  I've then loaded Handyshopper using the instruction son the website and although only half way through my 14 day trial, it works really well, practically no issues in how it works and the screen on the HTC 1S is large enough for the check boxes etc. of Handyshopper to be finger-selected using the touchscreen ...a real problem, for example, with the emulator on the Palm Pre as the screen was too small for this to be done accurately.
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>The only issue I have had is I was using some high-res icons which didn't display for some reason, but using Icon Manager (thanks again, Chris!) I was able to convert the whole icon set to low res 16bit  and they now all display fine, with no visible difference.  Exporting to notepad as well doesn't work, but only because notepad isn't provided as one of the installed applications for Styletap...should be possible to add it though, I would imagine.  All the databases are in any event exportable to Windows desktop, so data can be extracted that way.
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>The only big issue with Styletap is the price..it's US$50, which is steep just for Handyshopper (there are scarcely any other Palm progs I'd want to use at this stage)...perhaps this usergroup can negotiate a discount with Styletap!
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>Hope this is of use.
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>Jim
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>--- In [email protected], Greg Gaub  wrote:
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>>Bill Redmond wrote:
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>>>Isn't Chris using iOS now?  Last time I checked it was quite relevant in the general marketplace.  Not the OS I'm using but that doesn't make it generally irrelevant.
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>>Is he? I don't remember that. I thought he was still using an older 
>>Windows Phone that still ran the old version, but I have a bad memory 
>>for some things.
>>Even if he is, that doesn't mean he'll make a new HandyShopper for it. 
>>HandyShopper was not only something he did for himself, but also as a 
>>fun thing to do in his spare time. As you can imagine, tens of thousands 
>>of people depending on him, many of whom making repetitive demands on 
>>his time, might have gotten a bit old. Even if he did make HandyShopper 
>>for his new phone, I wouldn't fault him for keeping it to himself. ;-)
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>>As for Styletap, it's not in the Google Play Store for me for some 
>>reason. I'd love to try it, but not if I have to root my phone to do it.
>>-Greg
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