Looking through the forums it seems like there are enough of these netbooks to start it's own thread.
Some infomation I have learned in my research of this net book.
How to reload.
Format an SD card 1GB or larger to FAT32
Insert formated SD card into your PC
Download and save the sylvania_smartbook_OS_update.zip file
Unzip the sylvania_smartbook_OS_update.zip file to the root of an SD card.
This should result in the creation of a folder called "script" in the root directory of the SD card.
Insert the SD card into the SmartBook
(netbook
) device and power on the netbook.
The netbook will update its software.
When completed, remove the SD card and reboot the netbook
The Sylvania has a firewall that will not allow you to a pc and shre files. To turn off the firewall:
Select START--> Run... and type "regedit" without quoates and then Enter.
Under [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Firewall] create 3 new DWORD values.
EnableIPV4 = 0
(DWORD Decimal
)
EnableIPV6 = 0
(DWORD Decimal
)
EnableNatIntegration = 1
(DWORD Decimal
)
Once you have turned off the firewall you can use remote tools in Visual Studio 2005 without connecting with activesync.
Instructions on how to connect without activesync are here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228708(v=VS.90).aspx
List of remote tools here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180714(v=VS.90
).aspx
To add your city to the WM_plg, the instructions are here:
http://mininetbooks.your-board.com/t229-hacking-the-weather
Freeware for CE6 from HP/C Elite
http://www.filefactory.com/file/b109g61/n/winCE6soft.zip
Programs not in that package I have tested and know work:
Softmaker Softoffice 2010 Windows CE
Quickverse 2007
Olivetree Pocket Bible
Swordreader
(Freeware bible program
)
NSBasic
Syware VisualCE
PythonCE 2.5
bUseful Utilities
(Hard to find
)
Opera 8.60
(It has been modified for Jornada 720
)
If you get a "program.cab"is not a valid Widows CE Setup file error the cab is most likely compressed. Either use WinCE Cabinet Manager to set compressed to false and resave or use MSCEInf
to extract the ca. Instructions on how to install cabs can be found in the the Support & Tutorials section of HPC:Factor.
As I test more programs or find out more information I will post it.
Information about Android and Linux on WM8505 cpu's including how to do a "live" boot of linux just to test. At bottom of page is the same package of freeware for CE6 with different download locations.
http://bento-linux.org/book/export/html/60