Anybody home ?-> ... Has anyone touched their ZipIt since XMas ? Does this device have a future? What kind of things could it be hacked to do ? Is hacking this...
... Yes I took it on a tour of Downtown today hooking every network I ran across. Works great. Love it. ... Dunno. Statistically speaking there were only about...
don't sell this little item short tiger direct is now selling these puppies. I just snaged one up today. As mentioned Target does not have a clue locally. Feb...
Cool, they tricked me into buying a Linux PDA !-> Embedded Linux of course More technical info to come... ... Someone needs to ask them for a source release of...
This is a good thing... what makes you sure it's Linux? And which version? GPL violations are tricky, but as soon as you confirm what it's running (especially...
... Because it says so in the kernel ;-> "Linux version 2.4.21-rmk1 (root@sambaman) (gcc version 3.2) #15 Wed Apr 21 16:01:33 UTC 2004" Gziped kernel and...
Congrats! I've probably already have the kernel and rootfs source. I've got a few Cirrus Development boards (EP93xx based), the follow-on to the chip series...
... the flash ... The FCC photos lead me to using the wrong pins. I was getting ready to yank the chip....but I don't have proper BGA hardware ... However, I...
Uploaded to the files section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zipitwireless/files/Linux%20Raw%20data NOTE: contains both GPL Linux software, as well as Zipit...
What's in ROM? After a few false starts, I finally grabbed the ROM contents. Here's my prelim analysis. Embedded Linux / ARM Linux experts, please see "General...
Have a few questions? 1) Could the 2 ports on the back, by the headphone jack be capable of connecting to a dongle for wired access ? 2) someone mentioned a...
Answers within... ... of ... Doubtful since there's no NIC on the board. But I can't offer any other suggestion what it might be, other than controls for...
I'm working on it. The design is relatively simple. What i've done so far. Pull off the back of the Zipit, then peel off film from the back of the Zipit...
looks like the battery was scaled down a bit due to their spacer. it was mentioned the battery is 1100 mAH battery nicd??? was tested at 4V charger at 5.2V no...
So, if I have read things right - we're looking at a $99 handheld wi-fi-acessing, audio streaming, 320x240 (QVGA/monochrome?) with 16MB of ram and 2MB of flash...
Don't know when it happened (Zipit launced January 12th?), but they finally posted a real webpage. Check out some of the tips and tricks. I think we know most...
<a rhef="http://projects.o-hand.com/matchbox/">Matchbox<a/> is a window-managing project under handhelds.org. If someone plans to replace the firmware on this...
I DID A SEARCH ON YAHOO "WIRELESS INSTANT MESSENGER" AND FOUND A BUNCH OF INTERESTING ITEMS ONE OF THEM WAS A MOTOROLA IMFREE WIRELESS PERSONAL MESSENGER SOME...
larry, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00012BVGO/ref=pd_sbs_e_3/103-0387685-9447033?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846 i looked at this the other...
... First, thanks so much for getting the hack this far! That's truly excellent work! I hope everyone has had a chance to look at the filesystem posted in...
Hi, I saw this device at walmart before the zipit. before I bought it, did research on the web, and ebay, they all have the messenger, wich only connects to 1...
It is certainly competition for the kids who want to IM from within their own home. At 1/2 the price of a ZipIt. However, that's not the purpose of this group....
... Ditto. ... FWIW: Web browsing experience on the tiny screen would be lame. Personally I prefer using these size devices for remote control and other things...
... I was thinking that a small browser < 400K (Dillo?) would be handy to have for non-geek relatives to check email, but I see your point wrt resources. The...
has anyone thought of using an smc jack near the left side of the keyboard for an external antenna, possably getting better singal? the file internalphotos...
could someone who is tracing the circuits on the main board post some info on what address, data, control, and gpio lines are accessable via soldering? thanks ...
... via soldering? *chuckle* There are no address/data/control lines that are available to solder to using *regular* soldering techniques. Also we don't have a...
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