Yesterday I received a Neo Freerunner in the mail. I've spent a little bit of time installing the newest OpenMoko and also the latest QT Extended. So hopefully I'll soon start to write some apps for the Freerunner, and start writing some guides. 

Other stuff going on in my life (I finally finished my exams this semester, so now I have time to start updating my sites, and start doing all of the stuff I had planned for this fall that I never got around to). Anyhow. My mythtv pvr, X10 controling, completlely over the top geektoy crashed this fall, so now I'm bussy re-installing and adding some cool features. I'll post some tutorials and information about the system as I go along. (PS. If anybody has any tips on getting WOL working on Ubuntu 8.10 I'd be happy. It worked fine on 8.04)

Oh. And one last thing. For one of the subjects I did this fall I started a project to create a better configuration utility for OpenBox. Hopefully I'll have a little bit of time for finishing that project too.

I created a combined Norwegian/English dictionary for QT Extended. If you have any use for it go a head and download it here

There haven't been many updates here lately. I was on vacation for a month this summer, and after that I've been quite busy. I have however been working on a couple of great articles to post here. So in a short while there should be some really good updates available.This however is just a short update on what's been going on at quickmark.

Yesterday Nokia launched a new version of their PC-Suite software. The 6.84 version of this software in addition to enhancements to performance and stability, offers a completely new feature; the ability to synchronize files between your phone and your computer automatically.

Quickmark has finally released their Symbian 3rd edition version barcode reader, becoming in my opinion the best barcode reader for camera cell phones available today. In my previous test Quickmark would have been the best barcode reader, but was passed by Kaywa due to the fact that they didn’t offer a 3rd edition version. This has now finally changed. The following should give you good reason to switch to Quickmark:

Nokia has released a new firmware for N80(ie) with version number v 5.0719.0.2. It's available via NSU but not FOTA. I've just installed it, so the only change noticed yet is that Y-Browser no longer works. The phone give a security error message when you try to start the app. I'll post more after more testing.

Lately I've got a lot of questions about 1D barcodes (a common 1D barcode is the barcode you find on any item at the local grocery store) both via e-mail and on certain forums. A lot of people are wondering why it's so hard to find a cell phone barcode scanner that supports 1D barcodes. A lot of people also are under the impression that 1D barcodes contain some sort of "secret" information. The truth however is that they only contain the same serial number you see below the code. I'm going to post the last question and my reply here.