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Apr
07

Tip #15-Sena Case tip

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April 7, 2003

I know this tip is VERY specific, but it has been VERY useful to me. I own a Sena Case from SenaCases.com for my Clie NX70V, and while I think it is a good quality case, one of its shortcomings is that over time, the leather “pouch” that holds the the Clie into the case has stretched making it a lose fit.

So, to remedy this, I just cut a two inch piece of adhesive-backed Velcro and applied the “hook” side to the case and the “fuzz” side to the Clie. I mounted it right over the Clie logo on the back near the top. Now when I put the Clie into its case, it secures very nicely.

The Velcro doesn’t interfere with the cradle nor the operationo of the flip-screen.

It’s unobtrusive and makes a decent case into a more secure and reliable case.

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Apr
07

Tip #14-Try an Alternate Picture Viewer

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April 7, 2003

The included Clie Viewer program, while good intentioned, suffers from lethargy. Take more than a handful of pictures with your Clie Camera, and you sit and wait, and wait, and wait for the Clie Viewer to generate thumbnail images. It doesn’t cache these thumbnail images, so the next time you want to view images, you have to wait, and wait, and…

An alternative is to purchase one of the several third-party Imager Viewer apps. One such app is AcidImage from RedMercury.com These third-party viewers add functionality and speed not available to the native Clie Viewer.

For example, AcidImage adds a “file manager” function that lets you choose to view pictures stored anywhere on yout Memory Stick. This is very handy because you can organize your pictures into folders either on-board using a program like ClieFiles or “externally” using MSImport and opening a Windows Explorer window to manage the files on the memory Stick. You can select one, selected, or all photos to view. You can view the thumbnails in various sizes or view a text list of the photos. Very flexible.

Another nice feature is the ability to view “other” image types imported to the Memory Stick using MSImport. The Clie’s camera takes pictures in .jpg format, but AcidImage can display .gif and .bmp, and several other graphic file types. This is especially useful if you want to carry graphical information with you. You are no longer limited to viewing just Photos taken with your Clie, but you can carry with you and view images from just about any source.

For example, say you are Web Surfing and go to MapQuest.com to find a map of a specific place. Once it displays on your PC, just right-click on the image, and (in Internet Explorer) select “Save Picture As…” and save the picture to your PC. Then, use MSImport to load the picture onto your Memory Stick. Viewing the image in AcidImage lets you Zoom, Pan, and Rotate the image quickly.

There’s also a slideshow function that cycles through your images.

Admittedly, one nice thing about the Clie Viewer is that you can use it as a “launching point” to view Photos, Movies, listen to Voice Recordings, etc. but these functions can be easily done by launching the associated apps separatly. This integration is something I would gladly give up to have an image viewer that is quick and simple to use.

A Third-Party image viewer can open the door to many other uses for your Clie!

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Nov
11

Tip #1-One-handed Launcher operation

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November 11, 2002

True one-handed Launcher operation:

I don’t like the default CLIE Launcher and I can’t wait for new OS 5 compliant launchers. I tried to like the new launcher, but it seems to take too many jog dial turns to find and select a program, and I find it hard to navigate from category to category using the jog dial–it really requires stylus tapping. I REALLY am stuck on the Launcher iii, Launch’em, LauncherX style of launchers. So, what to do? None of the “good” launchers are fully OS 5 complient (yet.) So, why not go back to the “Classic” style.

But wait…don’t use the default settings! In my opinion, by default, the preferences aren’t very friendly: There is no way to easilly change categories short of clicking the dropdown and selecting a category.

-Go into Options and select “Go To Standard view”
-Next, go into “Options” and click “Preferences”
-Check all boxes and change the “Jog Select” dropdown to “PopUp”

Finally, edit the categories and rename them to whatever you want, and use the “Categories” menu item to assign categories.

OK, what does this give you?

Pressing the jog dial cycles you through the categories in the order that the categories are sorted (see bonus tip below to sort otherwise unsortable categories.) The “Unfiled” category is ignored, which is nice because it allows you to “hide” unused or infrequently used programs. Rolling the jog dial brings up a popup list of all apps in that category through which you can scroll and select. Pressing the jog dial on the selected entry in the popup starts the app. Is the popup displayed, but you want to go change categories? Press the “Back” button and it will dismiss the popup allowing you to then press the jog dial to cycle the categories.

Also, pressing and holding “Back” from within any application takes you back to the launcher.

Bonus tip:

Don’t like the way the categories are sorted? Rename the categories by prepending numbers to the names. For example, “Main” becomes “1. Main”, “Games” becomes “2. Games”, etc. Adjust the numbers to your liking, and you can determine the sort order!

It’s not perfect, but I can actually select any app from within any category with just a couple jogs and presses.

More tips coming as I uncover them!

Update:

Even if you don’t enable the “PopUp” function, you can still use the Jog dial to scroll through the apps. Now, this is my preferred setting. If you have an app highlighted and want to go back to selecting a category (because pressing the Jog Dial will launch the app) just press the “Back” button! So simple!

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