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  • Category: Wireless
  • Founded: Dec 23, 2004
  • Language: English
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Hi, all. I've noticed that people seem to be fine running Lynx and naim on a modified ZipIt, but I wonder.. it is possible to have both installed in the small...
7 Jan 6, 2006
5:48 pm

Kevin Winter
therebelcountry
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Greetings, I just tried a 5-wire mod on my zipit. The zipit didn't seem to come out the other side. When I push the button to turn it on, the green light...
2 Jan 5, 2006
3:59 am

M. Warner Losh
bsdimp
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The message archive shows discussion 6 months ago... has anyone learned more since then? thanks....
1 Jan 4, 2006
7:21 pm

stephenipc
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I'm fascinated by this device, the ZipIt Wireless Messenger. I first stumbled upon news of the thing while searching for a solution for my g/f. She recently...
6 Jan 3, 2006
8:13 am

dcgrendel
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Hey everyone, Bad news: I got my SD socket working great, I even wrote files to it and stuff from my ZipIt, but when I tried to re-assemble my ZipIt, I found...
7 Jan 3, 2006
2:37 am

bryan_let
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Happy New Year, Thanks to Chris, the mmc driver works a whole lot faster now!! I have added a bit to it: 1) automatically determine if the mmc card supports...
1 Jan 2, 2006
8:42 pm

Ken McGuire
cynfab
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Hi everyone, I think I finally managed to successfully solder and mount the SD socket tonight. I owe everyone who gave me advice a HUGE thanks - The advice...
4 Jan 1, 2006
11:49 pm

dcgrendel
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I have been lurking for awhile on this list, and I don't have a Zipit yet. It seems that the Zipit is missing a neat feature, Bluetooth. I have been ...
8 Dec 31, 2005
7:23 pm

wing newton
wing_newton
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Is there a IM to Email (SMTP) gateway available ? Can I use the Jabber server for the job ? I just want to send an receive gmail using the Zipit. Thanks....
1 Dec 31, 2005
5:58 pm

wing_newton
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I dont understand in middle of a IM it freezes up and you lose conversation cuz you have to power off the power back on. wonder what makes this happen? ... ...
1 Dec 30, 2005
10:37 pm

Larry Henderson
biglar314
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Anyone yet wire up some i2c devices? I'm wondering what voltage levels are used on the i2c bus and what range can be expected from various vcc access points on...
1 Dec 29, 2005
11:09 pm

dcgrendel
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Anyone else have experience with pivot_root on zipit? so far I have a working system with familiar on my sd card, and a modified version of adam's initrd...
3 Dec 29, 2005
11:09 pm

dcgrendel
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I know that the Zipit does not have support for foreign language support. Is there a way to have it support using other languages on zipit for chatting? If it...
1 Dec 25, 2005
11:36 pm

minimay7
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Hey everyone, I've been trying to do the SD/MMC socket soldering job with my brother, and we both can't quite manage to get ANY solder joints to the resistors...
5 Dec 25, 2005
5:18 am

MigraineMan
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Hi, I've been hacking on my zipit for about a month now and I figure it's about time I share some of what I have, so I've set-up a web page with all my zipit...
8 Dec 24, 2005
4:53 pm

bomberman0
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At the moment I have the Motorola IMFree, which works very well for the low price I got it at. Though it seems like the zipit is an even better quality device....
5 Dec 23, 2005
11:56 pm

M. Warner Losh
bsdimp
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Hi... does anyone out there know how to force a reboot of a non-flashed (pre-linux) ZipIt? I'm having some issues with a dropped network connection and think...
2 Dec 23, 2005
5:40 pm

zipitpet
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Hey, i'm going to be getting a zipit soon, i was interested in doing the backlight and SD/MMC mod and i was curious to know where ppl have purchased their El...
10 Dec 21, 2005
7:09 am

Stephanie Maks
va3uxb
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Hey , I just flashed my zipit with the burn3 firmware. unfortunatly here at work we use a Key index of 4 on our wireless. Has anyone been able to connect to a...
2 Dec 20, 2005
8:49 pm

Warner Losh
bsdimp
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Hi everyone, I'm the owner of zipitlinux.com. I'd like to give it to someone that currently runs a zipit site. I don't have a use for it, and I don't want...
3 Dec 20, 2005
8:16 am

David Davis
teknikill_net
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Hey, I just got my zipit ... i couldnt figure out how to bypass the update when i was setting it up. So now im running the 2.01 firmware .. ive read recently...
1 Dec 19, 2005
7:27 pm

bryan_let
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I've got Ken's audio drivers from OpenZipit loaded into my Zipit now (the three modules in the go2 script), and got the matching /dev entries as well. I don't...
4 Dec 19, 2005
11:53 am

jayk806
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Hay alguien en el grupo que hable espanol?...
2 Dec 19, 2005
4:42 am

icarus902
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All, Have been following this device activity for a while now. Have had 2 zipits for about a year. One is still original one has been hacked. I have had...
1 Dec 18, 2005
11:31 pm

gene101small
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Hey all, I haven't gotten around to reflashing my ZipIt yet, but I got an update screen today. It now has an information screen, called 411, and the...
28 Dec 17, 2005
11:05 pm

Ken McGuire
cynfab
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Im here in Houston, but it caught my eye and thought it worth mentioning on here. But in the Comp USA advert this week I noticed the Zipit. Still at 99$...
1 Dec 17, 2005
8:42 am

craig statham
traveler359
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I am not a lawyer, but I would imagine the whole reason to ADD such language to the "contract"; is stimply to save their own rear ends when something goes wrong...
1 Dec 16, 2005
4:19 am

Jeffrey D. Shaffer
oyume
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Well after getting back another email from the company. the zipit suddenly on a reboot had sound. The update had been install about oh 6 reboots ago. Makes no...
2 Dec 15, 2005
3:55 am

devmist
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New update 2.01 put on zipit from aeronix and enable sound... but no MyTunez for music.... if I remember for flash unit the version is change for 1.99 for...
1 Dec 14, 2005
11:51 pm

milesxp_1
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Despite being one of the moderators of this group, I have yet to buy my own ZipIt. *hangs head in shame* However, I would like to remedy this situation as soon...
4 Dec 14, 2005
6:51 pm

Tom Collins
tomcollinsaz
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