101 questions from a NX Newbie

[RedSlug]

Does the NX70 emulate a Dragonball CPU?
Does the MS bluetooth card work with NX70 or not (I've seen contrary arguments, and the NX70 is not listed as an official compatible device)
If the BT card does work, will if work with all BT phones, or is there a list of compatible phones?
What is netfront like? Is it as good as opera for handhelds?
Is Opera coiming out for palm?
If I have Bluetooth and a GPRS phone, do I need an ISP too, or can i access the net directy via my Phone provider? (UK O2)
Can I use the standard OS5 launcher? Can I turn off the Clie one?
Whats the faster, a NX70 or a Tungsten T?
Can I install (not run) Palm apps directly from a MS?


Well not quite 101 questions, but it's early days :)

Thanks for any answers :)

[timw_de]

Can I use the standard OS5 launcher? Can I turn off the Clie one?

yes - under options, standard view

[poisonberry]

> Can I install (not run) Palm apps directly from a MS?

Yep. Hot sync them onto the stick and they'll appear in the 'Launcher' folder. Most apps work absolutely fine this way (bar a short delay as they load up) - though many will store their databases/prefs/working files in internal RAM.

[cbulock]

Does the NX70 emulate a Dragonball CPU?

Yes, but some apps have native ARM code to run faster.

Does the MS bluetooth card work with NX70 or not (I've seen contrary arguments, and the NX70 is not listed as an official compatible device)

I believe the Bluetooth card works.

If the BT card does work, will if work with all BT phones, or is there a list of compatible phones?

I only have heard of people using it with the T68, not sure if other phones are compatible.

What is netfront like? Is it as good as opera for handhelds?

It's alright. It does a decent job of rendering pages on the small screen. Lots of Page Too Large errors though. Not quite as good as Opera.

Is Opera coiming out for palm?

I have no idea, but I would certainly buy it(if it cost money). Nothing can compare to the Small Screen Rendering it does.

If I have Bluetooth and a GPRS phone, do I need an ISP too, or can i access the net directy via my Phone provider? (UK O2)

You don't need an ISP. The cellular provider takes care of the data service.

Can I use the standard OS5 launcher? Can I turn off the Clie one?

Yes and Yes

Whats the faster, a NX70 or a Tungsten T?

Hard to say. The NX has a higher speed processor, but doesn't nessisarly mean it's faster. Depending on the benchmark used, they are both really close in speed.

Can I install (not run) Palm apps directly from a MS?

Not sure what your asking, but you can run apps off of the MS.

[caipro]

the bt ms works great.. just can be a pain to set up.. depending on the dongle you use.. and i know it works with Sony Ericsson phones and Nokia's, the best thing to do is find a support site for your phone, i used the www.esato.com site to get the info for my cell (T68i)
02 are a pretty decent provider i am on vodafone when i am back in the UK never had any problems with them

[michael1960]

Yes, the Bluetooth MS works great on the NX70. I use it in connection with a Nokia6310 phone. Unfortunately the BT MS comes with an old set of drivers that doesn't run under OS5. You have to download the newest drivers from the SONY website.

Netfront is a nice piece of software but tends to freeze my NX70 from time to time. In addition it is really big (2 MB+) and eats a lot of memory.

[RedSlug]

Thank you all very much. This is a very helpful community which is very rare these days.

You're all great!