Hi,
For those among you who want a really functional open-source HP42S calculator. The calculator is a fully working implementation of the programmable (!) HP42S RPN. It's pretty functional: solver, graph app, integration calculatinos, matrix, conversions, statistical functions, complex numbers, etc.. This calculator saved me through school and university when I was younger. Above all, it's free and donations can be made to the author.
It has a realistic skin (which you must select first). However, this skin is not a WVGA resolution, so the screen will not be filled up completely. There's also a skin package for PocketPC on the same website, choose Ehrling42ssv.gif and its layout file, copy them into the program files\free42 folder, then in Free42, select the skin. Even though it's in 480x827 resolution, it will still not cover the whole screen but at least it is sharper than the original one.
Install the Free42Decimal.cab. (see explanations on the website for the reason)
Check it out here:
http://free42.sourceforge.net/
P.S.: works on the Touch HD (with screen not fully filled up).
Here's another link for other free HP calculators (see section: Emu48 for Windows CE Source Code 1.23 Release 2) :
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp49/pc/emulators/
Also important, the information on this page :
http://www.educalc.net/881486.page
The two links here seem to look like legal downloads (no warez), however, if you find out that it is not, please be so kind to inform us.
Even though Windows Mobile 6.* is coming to it's end, there still isn't a decent PDF Reader. Adobe Reader LE 2.5 is fast & efficient, but lacks outline & text-only views, and PocketXPdf v0.5.0 is slow as F*&%!! & seems to've lost support eons ago, but has outline and text-only views. So, what I'm requesting, if the devs of this here xda-developers community of ours are willing, is for the development of a PDF Reader that melds the best from the two, leaving behind the gross, and possibly adding support for multi-touch. I think we all need it to be --
# fast & efficient, able to open large .pdf files quickly
# with outline view, so we can browse by chapter, rather than only by page
# & a text-only view for even speedier performance in .pdf files that may be image-heavy, but one only requires the text
# multi-touch zooming (pinch to zoom)
So, here's to hoping at least one dev out there is in the request-taking mood.
::cheers:: \(^_^)/
I often searched for good pdf-viewers.. we have 600 dollar phones, but they can't handle pdf.. the mobile adobe viewer sucks. Would definitly like a replacement.
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... we have 600 dollar phones, but they can't handle pdf...
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My sentiment, exactly. And, I'm sure devs've gotta feel the same.
I had the same problem. Try Foxit Reader.
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... Try Foxit Reader.
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Tried it, and although it's quite fast, it still lacks outline view, and pinch to zoom would be nice, too.
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Just bumping to show my dedication to this thread here. Devs ... we all need your help. Adobe & Foxit've failed us, mainly, because they're lacking outline view & multi-touch. So, a fresh, new app is totally necessary at this point.
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Might as well've called this thread Pong, as I see I'll be doing a lot of ::bump:: 'ing for this topic.
Well, I see no devs are interested in this. Does that mean there is already a PDF Reader that...
Opens .pdf files fast & efficiently
has outline view
and, supports multi-touch???
Touring Machine is an innovative platform developed to offer a complete sightseeing experience to adults and children. It is currently available in three editions: Mobile edition, Web edition and Augmented Reality edition.
The Mobile Edition targets Windows Phone 7.
The system supports:
Dynamically generated descriptions. There are no predefined texts. Our natural language generation engine is fully customizable, as it determines the description language, the amount of information included, and the phraseology used in the descriptions. It also takes into account the visitor’s history creating comparisons between the exhibits, as well as spatial expressions according to the user’s position. Immediate translation is also supported. The engine is called NaturalOWL and was developed by the Natural Language Processing Group(Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business).
Question / Answering: The user may ask questions in natural language and the Artificial Intelligence will try to create the proper answer.
Text-to-speech: The users may listen to the descriptions.
Maps: The user may search for the available tours using Bing Maps.
Mobile edition
Touring Machine Mobile edition is made for those visiting the actual place of the tour. The user selects one of the available tours and the application displays a list of all the nearby exhibits sorted from the closest (shown at the top) to the most far (shown at the bottom of the list). As the user moves among the exhibits, this list is automatically rearranged (taking account of the device’s orientation). The application is location – aware. Furthermore, in case an exhibit is approached which has not been previously visited, the mobile phone vibrates and reads out its name. After an exhibit is chosen, its description is generated.
The phone’s camera can be used for exhibit recognition. Given that the GPS is inactive indoors, the user may take a picture of an exhibit and a specialized image recognition algorithm will attempt to match the photo taken to one of the exhibits of the collection.
Web edition
The web edition virtually recreates the location by placing photos of it in their appropriate relative position and orientation. As a result, the user can navigate through a 3D model of virtual space using a mouse, a keyboard or a touch screen. Selecting an exhibit, a detailed description is presented.
Augmented Reality edition
The Augmented Reality edition transforms a room into a virtual museum. Having a collection of symbols drawn in pieces of paper, each symbol corresponds to a predefined exhibit. Viewing the symbols through a camera, the corresponding exhibit is displayed. The user can view the exhibit from various angles as it is a real one and read its description. This edition is ideal for educational purposes, as it has been proved that children consider it an easy and fun way to learn something.
Read more about the project at the Touring Machine website (touringmachine.cs.aueb.gr).
Some videos of our application can be found at
youtube.com/watch?v=ysfdUDxzDII
youtube.com/watch?v=IiupgWQCaL0
(Unfortunately I was not allowed to post any URLs, so I had to write them as above. Sorry for the inconvenience)
Looks great and useful too! You know its apps like this and the strength of developers taking this OS seriously, that makes me want a WP7 even more. Well done!
Hello, I often hear that EveryNote is the best note taking app. What is the difference between it and S Note, Lecture Note?
S Note can only sync between Samsung devices, and the old&new versions aren't compatible with one another. Evernote files can be accessed on any device that supports Evernote. Never used Lecture Note, so can't speak for that.
There's a free trial of lecturenotes. It's best to try it and see for yourself since we all have different needs when it comes to software. Then you can compare the three yourself.
Since I find the cross platform treatment of hand written notes lacking in evernote I use lecturenotes and sync exported pdf files via dropsync to dropbox. Evernote is okay in my opinion but not as feature rich when it comes to taking hand written notes.
When it's all said and done, none of the three are perfect and I personally find that I wish for a feature or two from the others.
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ShadowLea said:
S Note can only sync between Samsung devices, and the old&new versions aren't compatible with one another. Evernote files can be accessed on any device that supports Evernote. Never used Lecture Note, so can't speak for that.
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The newer versions of s note can indeed sync with evernote. This is how I got one year of premium evernote services.
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The newer versions of s note can indeed sync with evernote. This is how I got one year of premium evernote services.
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Initially when I purchased the Note Pro the notes that I'd take in S-Note and sync with Evernote were practically useless to me on my Mac/PC. Has this changed? They'd be saved in a proprietary format or an image file that was too small physically to be useful to read on my high res screens. PDF export was an option but with the limited page size support in S-Note I found myself looking elsewhere in a hurry for a note taking tool that truly mimics a letter sized note pad.
I bought a program a while back that I can comment on. It's called Handrite note Notepad Pro. By NC Corp. Needed it before I owned a device with SNote built in. I used to use my finger..... But now with my pen, I like it even more. But I already bought it so I didn't have to decide if I wanted it over the other OP ideas and other suggestions from muzzy996. It syncs using Dropbox through an additional program that is called Open Sync and that is free. Works well. But the handwriting Pro is cool and features some neat options. Might not be everyone's cup of tea with how it replaces text as you write but most things are adjustable.
Microsoft’s Onenote beta is very good. Handwriting is good, syncs with PC, you can search handwritten notes on computer (but not on tablet).
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Initially when I purchased the Note Pro the notes that I'd take in S-Note and sync with Evernote were practically useless to me on my Mac/PC. Has this changed? They'd be saved in a proprietary format or an image file that was too small physically to be useful to read on my high res screens. PDF export was an option but with the limited page size support in S-Note I found myself looking elsewhere in a hurry for a note taking tool that truly mimics a letter sized note pad.
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I wasn't aware of the size issue. I had some old notes that transferred over and indeed they are not full size. I don't know if that's just for the screen, maybe they would print out on normal size paper? Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. ...
No problem. Yeah S-Note simply doesn't work for me in terms of page setup options. It's fine for simple note taking but sometimes I prefer being able to generate a set of notes with a specific page setup in mind such as a letter sized page in a particular orientation with a particular layout of lines/grids as a background.
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How is Google Keep compared with Everynote, S Note and Lecture Note?
Rather simplistic compared to the others. I haven't revisited it in months but as far as I know there's no active stylus support in Google keep.
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For me Everynote and Google keep are like a collection of sticky notes. Ln and Snote are more like a collection of notebooks with more pages and options to manage large notebooks. Those apps are for completely different use cases with Ln being focused on students and many notebooks.
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For me Everynote and Google keep are like a collection of sticky notes. Ln and Snote are more like a collection of notebooks with more pages and options to manage large notebooks. Those apps are for completely different use cases with Ln being focused on students and many notebooks.
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Indeed.
Lecturenotes has quite a bit of features though it doesn't always do a good job of providing them in a user friendly way. As an example, pen colors and line thicknesses can be shown in a toolbox on screen but for everything else one must drill down through menus. It would be nice if toolboxes were available for other functions as well in that software.
Its definitely more powerful than the others though even if there are limitations in some respects. An example of the power of lecturenotes is the ability to work on multiple layers (i think the limit is 3) which can be helpful when one is working with graphical elements vs writing/text. An example of limitations in Lecturenote is whereas in SNote when an image is pasted into a note it always remains as an editable image (you can click on it to move it and resize it), in lecturenotes that isn't necessarily the case. In lecturenotes if you want to change the size or location of a pasted image on your page you must select the image using the marquee tool and then expanding the image at that point comes with loss in clarity as it is scaled up. Overall the power of lecturenotes is great though.
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I wasn't aware of the size issue. I had some old notes that transferred over and indeed they are not full size. I don't know if that's just for the screen, maybe they would print out on normal size paper? Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. ...
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What is the page size issue in S-Note?
If you import s-note files into evernote they are physically smaller.. in other words you can't use the s-pen to edit in evernote because the size of the note is too small and does not take up the entire screen like in s-note.
It goes beyond that for me. If all one ever wants is to work within the confines of the Samsung Galaxy Note ecosystem everything is good when it comes to S-note. However, if the need is to take notes on predefined page sizes for printing there is no way to do so. All one has in terms of page types is landscape or portrait orientation with a variety of backgrounds and form types, there is no way to control paper size. These do not print well at US Letter or other page types. I bought this larger note because it's screen is closer in size to a real letter page and yet the applications baked in don't support that.
The is why I use lecturenotes. I have complete freedom to do custom sizes for printing.
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It goes beyond that for me. If all one ever wants is to work within the confines of the Samsung Galaxy Note ecosystem everything is good when it comes to S-note. However, if the need is to take notes on predefined page sizes for printing there is no way to do so. All one has in terms of page types is landscape or portrait orientation with a variety of backgrounds and form types, there is no way to control paper size. These do not print well at US Letter or other page types. I bought this larger note because it's screen is closer in size to a real letter page and yet the applications baked in don't support that.
The is why I use lecturenotes. I have complete freedom to do custom sizes for printing.
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Do you mean electronically speaking, the notes are fine. However, they do not print well on papers? How about saving/printing them in pdf format and then send the file to the printer? I use A4 size notes as notes for my work. I am considering to write notes electronically on the Note PRO 12.2. Of course, I do hope to be able to print it out like a A4 size note. Is this possible? If not, from your post, it seems that lecturenotes can do it.
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Do you mean electronically speaking, the notes are fine. However, they do not print well on papers? How about saving/printing them in pdf format and then send the file to the printer? I use A4 size notes as notes for my work. I am considering to write notes electronically on the Note PRO 12.2. Of course, I do hope to be able to print it out like a A4 size note. Is this possible? If not, from your post, it seems that lecturenotes can do it.
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On a standard yellow notepad in US Letter size there are 28 lines available to write on. In S-Note if one creates a notebook using the standard lined page in portrait orientation there are only 18 lines available. To fix this one has to avoid using lines completely by using a blank portrait template. Then what you do is go into the notebook, click the gear icon and change the background, click the upper left box for blank white page, then hit pattern, then pick the second from the right box on the top row.
Once this is all done you have a page that approximates a standard yellow pad.
EXCEPT if you print this thing, it doesn't fill the entire width of an A4 or Letter sheet. When printed to fit on letter, you lose 1.7 inches of width of the page. When printed to fit on A4 you lose 1 inch of width. Doesn't sound like much but on average you're losing 20% of available space on a page.
Its all a bit convoluted and honestly I rather not deal with the BS of it all and I opt to go to LectureNotes instead. With it, I'm able to set up all aspects of a notebook at the time of its creation. Additionally I can place items on different layers to move things around if I wish. The only thing I missin Lecturenotes is how S-Note handles images that are pasted in. In S-Note these pasted images remain as editable objects allowing you to move them and scale them about as you please. In LectureNotes you need to be careful of where you place images because they no longer are treated like smart objects.
Thanks. By losing certain inches of width of the page during printing, do you mean those parts are being cut off? Isn't is possible to scale down the entire page to make printing of everything possible?
If I just draw images, than there should not be a problem in LectureNotes? So, there is no perfect app. I don't want to choose an app, make a lot of things using it. Then, later find that there are some limitations and switch to another app while losing the stuffs I create using the first chosen app.
There DEFINITELY is no perfect app.
See the attachment below. Notice the white vertical strip. That white strip you'll never be able to write in . . . the darkened corners of the notepad image is the absolute corners on the tablet itself when you zoom/pan around in the notepad.
Edit: To clarify, the image attached is what a printed page would look like on US Letter when a page layout of portrait is selected in S-note and the user fills the entire page with notes (simulated by me drawing at the extreme corners). The print is maximized to the long side of the page.
I'd like to make presentations on my Tab S2 but have not found a suitable app. Note that I am not looking for PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress but rather an app where I can:
- define a sequence of photos/image files to be included;
- define if I want transitions to be timed or if I use a finger to manually transition to occur (different transition times between different slides);
- not necessary to be able to add "music"; and finally,
- a "professional" UI.
In other words, I do not need to be able to create presentation slides etc. There is no shortage of "slideshow" apps in the playstore but I have only found junk. And, as usual, Google does not allow for any "sophisticated" searches to find something useful - in it itself unbelievable for a company that prides itself on organizing the world's information...
Suggestions appreciated!