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ARM Windows CE netbook Problem.
The first time I got one, I thought it would be a handy little computer to just throw in my purse to go visit my father in the nursing home. I could share my photos with him and maybe even teach him how to use it.
Who am I kidding? You will need an SD card. This is one that works with my digital camera, also. I had to download Windows CE Imbedded first. I had to download a Wince file. I put the SD card into my computer and it pulled the information off of the card and created the Windows Platform. It was beautiful. This webpage instructs you how to find obscure, old files that aren't all archived online.
You may need to reset your system. You can download the chinese version and reset your system. I found it to be quite helpful when I had issues with formatting my harddrive and I wiped the contents clean and had to start over. I had high expectations. I turned the machine on. For storage, so I thought. My first run, erased what files I put on there, so I had to take the machine home and reload the desktop information.
Which amounted to copying the fixwifi. When you put the SD card in, it automatically updates the files. Wait for the window "Upgrade" completed. Do you need help with yours? Simple to join. You simply go to Yahoo Groups and sign up. The Sylvania Netbook Community is an online, email based group that posts solutions to your Sylvania Netbook issues. The most important piece of information that you can gleam from all of this, is the name of its processor. If you search for online, you will learn a lot about the machine.
For the full set of instructions go to: Bento Debian and follow the instructions there - lots of stuff there I will exclude here. For testing - you may want to do a "live" install - does bootup and runs from the SD completely and does not over write the flash. The main difference is which script is used and whether the file system is left tarred up or expanded. When you are done, there should be 1 folder script and 1 file extpart.
It should give you a chance to turn off your device before it erases the NAND and installs debian. NOTE: SD card goes in with gold fingers up and should be almost flush with case when fully installed.
I wanted to know more about the system, and found the web sites to be less than helpful. I did find one that took an I-Pad knock-off apart that basically is the same as this, but with a touch screen. It had some information but wasn't specific to mine. So I took mine apart. It came apart easily, although I had a few mistakes that I will explain shortly. I took pictures and using my Wife's favorite tool to get detailed picture of small objects, scanned it. The pitures of the board are attached to this article.
I was surprised to find that WonderMedia appearantly makes a system daughter board that they sell to other vendors to put on their own boards. The main board has this "daughter" and one other - I think the wifi, with some support componets spread out over the main board. I can read - as you can too in the pictures - most of the componets, except for a few regulator chips.
I found what I was looking for, and that was the serial solder pins for putting a console port on the system. I learned on the Simplenet project the importance of having the console interface if you want to change or work with these Arm systems.
I put some pins in these holes and put it back together. It even worked again. The process to open up the system goes something like this. Start by removing the two screws that hold the battery cover on the back of the unit - might take a little prying to pop it open.
Remove the battery and disconnect at the plug. Take out the two screws that hold the keyboard in place, one is above the label, and the other is below the label. Now instead of un-screwing the back side, flip it over and look at the top row of keys as they touch the top plastic. You should see four little tabs holding down the keypad. Lift gently with a small screwdriver on the sheet of keys, while pushing in the tabs.
This will release the keypad from the top and then you can pull it forward and free the tabs at the bottom of the keypad. At this point you want to release the keypad cable from its socket - the dark colored part of the socket is the compression tab to locks it in place. You might at this point want to release the two other cables, the lower left is the touch pad, the lower right is cable to the two push buttons on either side of the touch pad and the LEDs at the front of the unit.
This is all part of an accessory board that runs across the front of the unit. Now flip it over and remove the remaining screws and stick a small screw driver in the front middle where a single bit of plastic holds it together.
I had some problem getting my top to pull away from the two hinges and it seemed using the small screw driver to pry up ever so slightly on the top of the tabs, freed them and allowed them to slide over the hinges.
It is a bit tight where the hinges and the top of keybard come together and thus will take a little playing with to get it to separate cleanly. After a few tries I was able to fold the lid back just right and give a pry and the top came free - a bit of having the right push-pull experience to make it work easily. We apologize for this delay and ask that you continue to leave your contact information with Digital Gadgets customer service at , and you will receive a call back in the order the call was received.
Digital Gadgets can walk you through the fix to turn on the wireless card. Sometime after lunch, the components of which I suspect I am no longer allowed to discuss, I developed a peculiar craving. It wasn't a sweet tooth or a need for coffee … it wasn't even the rare moments when I feel like walking into a bar in the middle of the afternoon; this was different. It wasn't just the raspy voice or championship career that drew me to the King of the Ring, but the all-in attitude he carried through every aspect of his life.
Whether it be wrestling for twenty championship titles, acting in the movie Spider-Man or making a rap album, Savage went lights-out. That night I tossed and turned in my sleep. The first sign of a normal dream would be permeated with initially hidden chants of "Ooh Yeah!
Resolving that I wasn't going to get much in the way of sleep, I pulled up my ultra portable and convenient Sylvania 7" Wi-Fi Netbook to start listening to "Pomp and Circumstance" while I browsed the internet for sunglasses and bandanas. Nothing, it seemed at the time, was more important.
Without my Sylvania Netbook, I don't think I would have made it through that night. My insatiable desire to know more about the four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion would have reached dangerous levels had I not been able to access the internet so conveniently and effortlessly.
Fortunately, I never had to live that part. All thanks to this Netbook. That is why I have volunteered to share my story to all those considering purchasing this fine device. It could change your life. Also, Macho Man Randy Savage, during the tour for his monumentally inspirational rap album Be a Man, he said that he was "absolutely going to have more records.
This Smartbook is one of a family of devices focused on mobility and Internet access. Smaller and lighter than a laptop, your Smartbook is meant to be used anywhere life takes you. Don't GIVE up Since then, the device appeared in a CVS advertising circular on Sunday and has been "flying off the shelves," an article by Information Week reports.
Apart from the coloring of its case -- both silver above left and red above right versions are offered -- the Sylvania netbook appears to be the same device that was placed on sale last May as the ITA Smartbook 7. That netbook was being sold from a website appropriately called 98dollarnetbook. Namely, the device is said to run Windows CE 6. The Sylvania netbook mimics more expensive netbooks with features such as three USB 2. Digital Gadgets cites Like the Smartbook 7, which, we're confident, came from the same Shenzhen-based supplier, the Sylvania device is said to include an mAh battery.
According to Information Week writer W. David Gardner, "reviews and comments on user chat rooms were generally favorable. I actually like this little mini-netbook. It's pretty fast and responsive. In a minute video review embedded later in this story , YouTube user "gdavisFTA" counters that "the Sylvania boots really quickly, in about 30 seconds, but that's the only thing it does fast -- everything else is really slow.
As noted in the video review, the Sylvania netbook includes an Internet Explorer version that does not support Flash, but also offers a separate player for YouTube videos. The device is said to include additional software such as Windows Media Player and Wordpad.
WonderMedia Technologies used 's Computex show in Taiwan to launch an arm9-based system-on-chip SoC aimed at "smartbooks," digital picture frames, media players, and other devices. The SoC appears to support a wide variety of memory types, and WonderMedia touts the Prizm 's "low power consumption," though further details still haven't been offered.
WonderMedia has not provided any information on these processors, but according to NorhTec, which used the VT in its MicroClient TC, they're similar to the Prizm but omit certain multimedia extras.
The parent company is primarily known for its xbased processors and chipsets for the mobile and embedded markets, including the Eden and Eden ULV, the C7-M ULV, and the bit Via Nano, a 65nm design with an out-of-order execution unit.
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