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khyasad
03-17-2003, 02:32 PM
Sorry if this was posted elsewhere, but I wrote to Brayder inquiring when JackSprat will be available for the Sony (OS 5 ) Clies. This is the official statement from the email :

"While JackSprat will be supported on the Tungsten|T, Sony
has made it impossible for us to support it on the OS5 Clie
line".

You can read that how you will, but it *strongly* implies that it will *not* be available for the Sony NX Clies ... I just have one thing to say to Sony ...


Sony ... why do you do this ???
*YellowRose*
03-17-2003, 02:35 PM
Odd . . . it's mentioned in the NZ forum that it will be available in the next two weeks . . . maybe it's only the NX it won't work for?

 

 :(
khyasad
03-17-2003, 02:38 PM
Really ?? I actually willing to risk using JackSprat on my NX ... Hmmm, can't wait then :) Thanks YellowRose for renewing my faith :)
rhart00
03-17-2003, 03:39 PM
someone had a quote from brayder a couple weeks ago that said they are having a lot of difficulty getting jacksprat to work with the NX and that they probably won't be releasing jacksprat for nx.
UI018397
03-17-2003, 03:46 PM
Does that mean you can only add apps in ROM, but never delete them?
sstrasser86
03-17-2003, 03:46 PM
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo when i get enough money i wanted to buy thoes :(
ballistic
03-17-2003, 03:50 PM
That's funny, geek.com is reporting that it will be available specifically for OS5 and the NX/NZ series.


http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Mar/bpd20030317019130.htm
sstrasser86
03-17-2003, 03:53 PM
rldunn, are moderater is in the article o how nice
rhart00
03-17-2003, 04:51 PM
Originally posted by ballistic
That's funny, geek.com is reporting that it will be available specifically for OS5 and the NX/NZ series.


http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Mar/bpd20030317019130.htm

that article says nothing about jacksprat.
frasej
03-17-2003, 04:51 PM
Originally posted by UI018397
Does that mean you can only add apps in ROM, but never delete them?

No.  It means you can't delete the applications that Sony (or any other manufacturer) put into ROM.  Anything that JackFlash puts into ROM can be deleted or returned to RAM vial JackFlash.
n2ifp
03-17-2003, 05:01 PM
Originally posted by khyasad

Sony ... why do you do this ???

Cause Sony thinks we are all stupid and can't be trusted. Sony has been pushing copy protection and everything else on us. Sony wants total control of us and our toys, make no mistake about it.

There were users of the earlier series clies who messed them up and then wanted Sony to fix them. I can only imagine that Sony fixed it so no one could mess up the ROM, there by making a clie inoperable.
nike33
03-17-2003, 05:37 PM
You know I gata tell you, other than making some of finest PDA's, some real fine Vid Cams and even some respectable Dig Cams.....

I REALLY HAVE NO USE FOR SONY!!!.....

Ahh, love/hate relationships, aren’t they just frustrating?????
d
03-17-2003, 05:51 PM
Originally posted by khyasad
Really ?? I actually willing to risk using JackSprat on my NX ... Hmmm, can't wait then :) Thanks YellowRose for renewing my faith :)

beware. i've seen many a PDA ruined by using JackSprat/JackFlash on unsupported models!
UI018397
03-17-2003, 08:02 PM
Does this also mean that our NX is not OS upgradable??
cbulock
03-17-2003, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by UI018397
Does this also mean that our NX is not OS upgradable??

Not nessisarily. Sony probably knows how to change the data on the Flash ROM, but just isn't releasing the info to other devlopers.