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rotorhead
03-12-2003, 10:08 PM
The link explains it all, can't wait!!! http://www.softpocketsolutions.com/News.cfm
akfreas
03-12-2003, 10:12 PM
YES! Now if only we were sure that they complete it.
OcellNuri
03-12-2003, 10:41 PM
And I got all excited... I thought it was a new announcement or something. Almost as bad as all the "Launcher X is here!" threads.
akfreas
03-12-2003, 10:43 PM
What do you mean?
n2ifp
03-12-2003, 10:52 PM
It's old news is what he is trying to say. I thought for a minute that the CF driver was done when I saw the link, so I got excited to!
akfreas
03-12-2003, 11:07 PM
Do you think that this company is for real? Do you think that they really will have drivers by April?
nike33
03-12-2003, 11:26 PM
The company seems real enough. Problem is tight lipped, American customer bashing, head in hole were the sun don't shine SONY.

They offer NO incentive for third party developers to bring forth a set of CF drivers. It seems making a profit on their own ( MS )Memory Sticks, is FAR, FAR more important than having a satisfied customer base.
rotorhead
03-13-2003, 08:27 AM
Man, I was only trying to point out that we will have more than two options for CF memory compatibility. There are alot of head hunters out there, CHOP CHOP!
akfreas
03-13-2003, 09:05 AM
What is a NED?
Unregistered
03-13-2003, 10:13 AM
Originally posted by rotorhead
Man, I was only trying to point out that we will have more than two options for CF memory compatibility. There are alot of head hunters out there, CHOP CHOP!


I thought there was only one group "publicly" working on the drivers, much less two or more. I know there are supposedly some friends of some friends on this board working on some, but none who have released anything official. Who are the 2+ others?
n2ifp
03-13-2003, 11:34 AM
Originally posted by rotorhead
Man, I was only trying to point out that we will have more than two options for CF memory compatibility. There are alot of head hunters out there, CHOP CHOP!

What do you mean by more than two options?

http://www.softpocketsolutions.com/News.cfm

Is the only one working on a CF memory driver as far as I know.
rldunn
03-16-2003, 12:28 PM
So many of the posts in this thread went so off-topic that I split them into their own thread. You can continue the Nexio discussion there.

http://www.cliesource.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7401
Jonathan_2k1
03-16-2003, 04:50 PM
I am pretty sure that Soft Pocket will release this. Just by reading one Clie or Palm OS forum indicates the great desire for the driver. They are going to make a KILLING when they release this.Wonder if they're publicly traded. If so, better start buying their stock.
yOyOYoo
03-16-2003, 05:18 PM
just cuz they are working on it doesn't mean they will ever finish it.

I mean remember the cliesource contest? nothing happened.

Sure these soft pocket solutions fellas can have high ambitions of finishing working CF drivers, but just cuz you want to try to get something done doesn't mean it will get done.
n2ifp
03-16-2003, 05:35 PM
Originally posted by Jonathan_2k1
I am pretty sure that Soft Pocket will release this. Just by reading one Clie or Palm OS forum indicates the great desire for the driver. They are going to make a KILLING when they release this.Wonder if they're publicly traded. If so, better start buying their stock.

No they are NOT going to make a killing. In fact they hope just to break even. Too many negative people, it takes time to write apps, and sometime in April the developer will be looking for beta testers.
Take1
03-19-2003, 03:49 AM
What I think will happen is that the NX series will become more desirable when the CF driver is released. Perhpas Sony will see sales of the NX series jump once you're able to use the inexpensive, large capacity CF cards -- and have 2 truely useful expansion slots. Will they LEARN anything from this? Not likely, but you never know.


I just picked up the NX-60 beause of the promise of a CF driver . Hope to get a B/T mem stick for connectivity and a 512 MB CF card for storing .mp3 audio. Hopefully this will be a reality by July!
goyanian
03-19-2003, 04:32 AM
what a great news, the CF driver is finally here....
n2ifp
03-19-2003, 06:58 AM
Well almost, we'll see next month. Sony only promised WiFi card would work in the CF slot. I seriuosly doubt Sony will do anything. They are too busy making new clie models. What we have now is water over the dam for us.
davidy
03-19-2003, 09:48 AM
Originally posted by n2ifp
...water over the dam...

Larry, can you explain this figure of speech.
Alistar
03-19-2003, 10:12 AM
Isn't the expression 'water under the bridge'.

This expression refers to the movement of the water. It is going under the bridge you are metaphorically standing on and you can't do anything about it. Also I believe it also refers to the fact that the water under the bridge is no longer the water that was under the bridge, an its in the past so let it go idea. Something along those lines.
gyffes
03-19-2003, 01:56 PM
Water over the dam is similar but more potent an expression:

Not only is the water gone, the point is no longer worth discussing, but the water went OVER the dam, not through it, so we couldn' even use it to generate electricity. It is not only a moot point, but t'was a useless experience.
Alistar
03-19-2003, 02:20 PM
Ahh, thanks I had never heard it before. Though it makes sense now that you have explained it.
davidy
03-19-2003, 02:21 PM
THANKS very much for those two explanation.
JimnyCricket
03-20-2003, 03:50 AM
A question. CF ='s Compact Flash, right? A CF disk can fit in the Wire Lan Card? If this is so, what is the advantage of CF over MS...from a very new Sony owner.
Raybot
03-20-2003, 04:51 AM
CF memory cards are a LOT cheaper than memory sticks for the same capacity. There are also a lot more accessories designed for CF slots compared to MS slots. Having said that, given Sony's openness about the specs of that slot (or lack thereof), I don't like the chances of getting support for much else in the way of CF devices even if memory drivers do appear ...

- Raybot