Not only have they been saying they would develop it since 2002, they already have developed it, and T-mobile has refused to put it on their network for quite some time. It is deployed on several other hiptop providers' networks (Cable & Wireless and Edge, if I remember right) and works just fine. Like another poster said- this has been promised and re-promised and re-re-promised so many times and then held back so many different ways that I wouldn't count on sync until users are confirming it works f.

Are you kidding me? Have you used the desktop interface at all? If you're referring to your tmail account, it can't be accessed from a laptop anyway (other than via Desktop Interface) so no matter what you're forced to forward those emails to another account if you want them outside of the DI or your hiptop. This email was never intended to be multi-purpose all use pop3. You also can configure up to three other accounts (I prefer to use IMAP) that, even if you use pop3, will leave messages on the server.

Over the years, SE released many firmware revisions that addresses these issues, mainly speed and reception. Even to date, the t68i has the best battery life and the best bluetooth implementation, except for the new SE's of course.

(now i'm getting off topic) The hiptop2 looks great tho, finally they addressed some of the issues the original hiptop had. Mainly size imo. Some say danger should allow you to sync directly with your PC but what many don't know is that part of the hiptop's advantages is that the calendar, phonebook, and a few other things are sync'd up as soon as you login. You can managae your phone over the web via danger's server. It's really neat once you play around with one.

One thing i like to point out is that pcmag's review said you can't connect to a vpn however there is a pretty good SSH client available for the original hiptop. With that client, you can do whatever you want. (ie: irssi for irc, icq in text mode, manage your servers, etc.) Also, t-mobile and fido (canada's hiptop provider) have special unlimited GPRS plans for the phone. Overall, it's a great toy and a great phone to have in your collection (if you're into that sort of thing) I've used almost 99% of all GSM phones over the past two years yet the hiptop remains one of my favorite phone for a few reasons (look above).

Sure you can ssh with a p900, treo600 and those SPV/xda phones but those costs over 1k CDN. (and again, this is just my opinion):). Those people are correct. One thing I left out in my last post is that I import and repair cell phones. (and no, i am not advertising, just saying what i know) The reason why you can't update older SE is because they encrypt the bootloader (this isn't the actual term but its one we all understand) so supposingly, only authorized SE repair centers can do it, they have something called a EMMA2, it's basically a dongle, flash cable and a java software made by SE for SE phones.

However as the years have past. Had a T68i for a while and found it so so. A few months ago I upgraded to a Nokia 6820 and I think it's definitely the best phone I've had. The reception is pretty good, GPRS works well (I bought a Bluetooth Ipaq 4155, and I'm thrilled with that too), the keyboard is real enough, and I love the speakerphone feature. I don't have much trouble with interface lag either. The only thing I'm disappointed with is that the builtin email app is pretty lame. It doesn't just synch via IMAP like you would expect, it do.

Let's see: My Sharp phone (DoCoMo SH251i) died within 3 monthes of me recieving it. Exchange for new one. Died again within 1 week. Exchanged new one - still kicking but the battery life has become quite questionable. My Sharp Electronic Dictionary: keys become non-responsive after about 6 monthes; the hinges are almost gone, and the letters SHARP has been falling off one by one, first to read SHAP, and then SHP - I think if it gets to SH in a few weeks I will write 'IT' beside it. As a comparison my NEC phone had never had.any. problems including my stupid action of plugging it (100V device) into a 220V socket.

My Seiko dictionary is holding up quite well with about double the usage recieved on the Sharp, etc. Just some ancidotal evidence. I guess I just don't understand the target market for such a device. It's quasi-push email support isn't really corporate-ready (The inablility to directly connect to POP or IMAP servers stinks IMO, what do you do if you want to use it on another carrier down the road?). Besides, this thing looks HUGE to me, not exactly a svelte device to slide in your pocket or clip to your belt.

Ok, so maybee it is a cheap Treo or Blackberry, but if you are buying a device for robust email access and PDA functionality, then the extra money spent would be well worth it, wouldn't it? Even as a gaming machine, the Nokia N-Gage would blow this thing away. Not to mention the QD. Maybee i'm too old.:). Who's it designed for? I'm a kid in high school without any need to access my 'corporate email'. I can, and will IM people wherever.

The biggest thing, however, is the web browsing ability. I found my way to a party at this girl's house that i didnt know the address of, only her name. So i did a whitepages search, used mobile mapquest to get there. Of course, on the way there, I remembered that I was at her house once fixing her dad's computer, and put her address in my cell phone. I could've scrolled to her name, clicked 'map this location' from the address book. The Treo 300 is a good compeditor, and has some advantages over the Sidekick, such as thousands of apps.

However, it doesnt have the backend proxy which compresses and reformats webpages so its a lot faster. I don't care for it. It sucks up battery life. If I want gaming, i'll get a GameBoy.

More apps on a platform that was designed for gaming. Wow, you really dont get it.:) It's a full thumbboard, has ssh support, color, 640x480 camera, supports multiple IM clients, better range, better battery life, louder ringtones, and is 25% thinner than the old hiptop. I have friends who own the older models, great network devices, and good phones. I love how the scroll wheel blinks colors on the ringtones.

No scroll wheel on the new one, but it should blink colors also. Too bad ATTWS/Cingular doesn't have it and no unlocked models, this devic. Some of my friends had hiptops and I seriously considered getting one. They seemed really cool, and the ability to ssh and irc from almost anywhere would be nice.

Amazon seemed to have some good deals, though you were required to sign up for a T-Mobile service plan. And this was the kicker. The plans apparently start at $30/month and go up if you want voice calls too. Since there are a number of free wireless hotspots in our community, I decided to get a Zaurus with a wireless card. It comes with a Li. It's quasi-push email support isn't really corporate-ready The 'built-in' email box (@tmail.com) receives email instantly when one comes in - that's the 'push' box. If you need your email with no latency, just forward it to that box.

That's what I do for my work email. The inablility to directly connect to POP or IMAP servers stinks IMO You.can. connect to both POP and IMAP servers. What do you do if you want to use it on another carrier down the road?

You'd be screwed, but then that's true of a. The inablility to directly connect to POP or IMAP servers stinks IMO How exactly would you do that? There needs to be a GPRS-to-TCP/IP bridge somewhere, and with the Hiptop/Sidekick product line it's always Danger. The Hiptop mail client does support POP and limited IMAP connectivity over the Danger bridge.

If you are buying a device for robust email access and PDA functionality I'd imagine most people don't buy a Hiptop for those reasons; otherwise they'd just get a Treo or Blackberry. Always-on web.

A Blackberry can do this too (via SSH), though it's a somewhat expensive option. The newer models (J2ME ones) can use Idokorro Mobile SSH (as long as you have a BES with MDS), and the older ones can use AvidTelnet-SSH. Personally, I'd rather have a Blackberry with great battery life and the best portable email implementation I've seen, rather than a device that seems to be designed more for portable web browsing than email or phone use, even if the former does cost a little more. But that's just me,. Is there such a thing as too connected?

This is just a personal opinion of course, but sometimes I wonder if we are driving ourselves out of our own privacy and personal sanity by making ourselves always available all the time, no matter where we are. If I require a device which always tells me where I am supposed to be when, what kind of life am I leading? I work for a company which produces software used by hospitals, and I am required to be available 24x7x365 in case something goes wrong. They pay me well for what I do and I enjoy the work, but I've spent the last 3 years in the 'most connected' job of my life and sometimes I feel like I can't escape. What ever happen to returning a phone call or an email the next day? Absolutely true.

I once had a programming job for a company running a 24x7 operation with offices around the world. Believe me, I got sick of getting midnight phone calls from Singapore because something had gone wrong with the app and users were clamoring for access. Once I left that job, I have never again had that level of forced connectiveness, and brother, you have no idea how relieved I have been ever since. There are, of course, people who need to be on-call at all times, and I don't argue that point. But I see far too many middle managers tethered to their email 24 hours a day. Sorry PHB, but if you cannot do your job during normal working hours, you are not working efficiently.

And yes, I say this as someone who leaves his cell phone back in the office when I go out for lunch, who doesn't even bother bringing it to the movie theater, who doesn't check work email from home in most cases. I get my work done just fine, and am plenty responsive when I need to be. I'm not in a 24x7 operation, and nobody's life depends on me, so it's cool.

Either manage your time or your time will manage you. 'Sorry PHB, but if you cannot do your job during normal working hours, you are not working efficiently' That is a little niave.

You can be working perfectly efficient, but then some decide the your 'only' working 8 hours a day! So they give you more work, Now your working 10 hours, then 12. If they work with a work a holic, then there boss expects them to be one as well. Now, PHBs do a lot of stupid things, but sometimes our schedule is controlled by others. 'I get my work done just fine.'

Is there such a thing as too connected? This is just a personal opinion of course, but sometimes I wonder if we are driving ourselves out of our own privacy and personal sanity by making ourselves always available all the time, no matter where we are. If I require a device which always tells me where I am supposed to be when, what kind of life am I leading? I work for a company which produces software used by hospitals, and I am required to be available 24x7x365 in case something goes wrong. They pay me we. There's no such thing as 'too connected.' There.is.

such a thing as 'too willing to answer your connections.' The question of making yourself available is not a question of connectivity.

Just because you carry a Treo or Sidekick or PocketPC Phone or whatever doesn't mean you are forced to answer emails now, today, tomorrow, or ever. Or that you have to pick up the phone.

Or that you don't disable the ringer completely. Or that you even leave it on. You can still be uber-connected, for your. The sidekick, mark 1, suffers from having a fantastic java based architecture. And -zip- all for software.

In fact, at first all the ringtones you could want were free. A few months later, the SAME ringtones cost anywhere from $.99-1.99! One of the most useful applications, an ssh client/terminal was also free. And now costs $4.99. The carriers are afraid to deploy software, especially T-Mobile.

Software updates are few and far between. Things I would have liked to have seen on the sidekick2? Oh, simple things like an SD memory slot, on-device synchronization of contact information, bluetooth (it's funky to hold and have a conversation with). And if not a touch screen at -least- a less awkward way to dial numbers.

Danger has yet another cute device, but if all we get is a digital camera out of it? What's the point. Nice going, Danger. Maybe the design team will do ACTUAL MARKET RESEARCH next time, and get it right when the sidekick gets cubed. As for now, the existing device should probably be crushed. Ummmm, probably the biggest complaints users had were: Poor quality, size, non-integrated low-res camera, lack of speakerphone.

To me it looks like they listened. Having a memory slot is contrary to the thin-client, sync-to-the-network sort of architecture. And is really not too neccessary when the only files you're going to be offloading is pictures, and you can just mail them to your regular email account or pull them off the desktop interface. Go ahead and complain about paying $5, once, for an appl. The sidekick, mark 1, suffers from having a fantastic java based architecture.

And -zip- all for software. Unfortunately, the Hiptop Java architecture does not (as of the last press release I saw about it) conform to J2ME specifications, making it more than trivial to port existing Java mobile apps onto the platform. Danger does support a development community for the Hiptop (free to join, but an NDA agreement is required), but carriers like T-Mobile have been slow to offer the output of that community to. Danger seems like a very creepy company. They immediately snapped up the first viable online discussion forum devoted to the Sidekick, and have controlled it almost from day one.

They apparently control many of the other Sidekick related sites and photo blogs by giving free stuff to the compliant site owners and nothing to the naughty ones. I've heard about ops in #hiptop even bragging about getting stuff from Danger. Basically legal bribes, if you ask me.

If you watch their behavior it seems to be what you would expect from a company where lawyers make most of the decisions. Any company that would build a platform where an upgrade means free applications are removed from the device, has a very disturbing set of ethics. I could go on but it's not worth that much time. Danger creeps me out.

Personally, i agree with your motives for this point, but you're way off. We're some of the only people who know the difference between a real email device and a 'quasi-push email' device (as mentioned earlier). We're also the only people who really understand how we'd like this thing to sync, and what interoperability it should have.

The gadget market has not been founded on functionality, but yet on the cool factor. Most GPS devices are so useless it's scary, but they sell like hotcakes because it's a. Sorry, but I think you don't get it. I have had a hiptop for 1.5 years now, and I really like it. This IS the most functional pda/cell device out there.

Perhaps bluetooth would be nice, but I don't really care - it would be of no use for syncing, because the device is already connected to the internet. You will sync with danger's servers, not with your device. Sync is finally coming. This is one hundred percent T-Mobile's fault, not Danger's.

There have been several sync solutions ready to ship for quite some time now. The only holdup is T-Mobile. Last I heard, the new hiptops have triband GSM. Is that not standard enough? As for the storage slot, all I can think of to do with it (that would be actually useful in any capacity) would be to store mp3s, which I don't care about. I have an ipod for that. I truly couldn't care less.

Maybe the new hiptop will have a usable camera. If so, great. The hiptop has a very very good user interface, it has a very good OS (I am slightly biased because I know some of the people who wrote it). It sets out to do certain things, and it does them very well.

You are right: it is not about how hip it is, it is about how functional it is. Danger makes it extremely functional, and T-Mobile is annoyingly pushing it as a hip toy for teenagers. To me (and the dozen or so other users in my nerd-universe), it is a highly useful tool in our daily lives. You don't realise how useful it is to have an always-on internet link on your cellphone until you get it. It becomes hard to live without. Sorry, but I think you don't get it. I have had a hiptop for 1.5 years now, and I really like it.

This IS the most functional pda/cell device out there. Perhaps bluetooth would be nice, but I don't really care - it would be of no use for syncing, because the device is already connected to the internet. You will sync with danger's servers, not with your device.Sync is finally coming. This is one hundred percent T-Mobile's fault, not Danger's.

There have been several sync solutions ready to ship for quit. To use the camera function and not get billed for data transfer Another minor (or major, depending on perspective) point - tmobile's data plans are unlimited data so it doesn't matter. Ringtones, voice memos, etc - they all come over the internet. (or via the usb cable - which is where bluetooth would come in) I agree that there are some very cool features that could come along with bluetooth. Proximity screen locking sounds really cool. Surfing via powerbook via bt cellphone also sounds cool, albeit. Another minor (or major, depending on perspective) point - tmobile's data plans are unlimited data so it doesn't matter.

Ringtones, voice memos, etc - they all come over the internet. (or via the usb cable - which is where bluetooth would come in) See, my service provider tries to rape me for $0.50 per 'picture' transfer - thats camera pictures alone, regardless of rez - but the unlimited data of T-Mobile makes that moot; I see your point. It's all rather surprising, considering Woz is on the board, stil.

Bluetooth used to be a dealbreaker for me too, but then I got my sidekick almost totally by accident when I ditched AT&T Wireless. A friend of mine worked for T-Mobile at the time and simply gave me one that he had laying around. I had a T68i, and so I gave up all the Bluetooth functionality you pointed out for better IM (keyboard makes a world of difference) and the web browser. Not once have I wished for my T68i back. It doesn't mean one of us 'gets it' and the other does not, it just means that the. Using a Symbian series 60 device (3650, 7650, N-Gage, etc.), would probably provide a lot more flexibility. That coupled with the fact that you can buy an original N-gage for around $100 factory reconditioned, IMHO, makes the Sidekick pretty damn unattractive.

I had seriously considered buying one before settling on my first smartphone (Nokia 3650), and I'm glad I didn't waste the money. My N-gage, however (original, not the QD, which is basically a more expensive downgrade) is just about the best money I've ever spent.

MP3/AAC player, FM radio, USB interface lets you mount your memory expansion card like a pen drive, full featured web browsers, IM clients for any network, IRC, telnet/SSH, ebook readers, interactive maps, tons and tons of games (Symbian, Java, and N-gage, all way more playable with the nice directional pad), and that's just to name a few. It's my electronic Swiss Army-Knife. 'Course you do look like a complete jackass talking into it edgewise. Anyone know if they plan to offer upgrade discounts to existing sidekick customers? I'd love to get my hands on the new one, but I'm not going to fork over another $300 for the thing! Heck, my 1st gen is only a year old (well, newer.

I'm on my 3rd replacement) and I bought it right after it came out! Yeah, the promises are getting old. The OLD ONE was supposed to get all of the software updates the NEW ONE has. That's pretty sleazy and they WILL lose a lot of customers because of it. There's a huge following for this device, and they've been beating on the walls waiting for some of these updates that they (we) were told a year ago would be out shortly.

These folk won't be too happy if they find out they've been lied to for this long and have to repurchase what they originally were sold. A friend of mine has the original sidekick and I am always utterly jealous of it. I mean, how great is it that I could be sitting at Denny's drinking coffee and doing a crossword and I could pull out my phone, hop on the 'net and find the answer to that really tricky clue. I've used the original on several occassions and it's not too big, actually it's pretty much the perfect size for a phone. The only drawbacks I see are explaining to people that 'yes, it's a phone.' And the awkwardness of dialing.

May I rant for a moment? The way I see it, phones now have 3 main functions. First is placing and receiving voice phone calls, which my Nextel handset does quite handly. It has a vibrate motor and a headset jack, both essential for me. Second is acting as a modem, supplying my laptop with a pipe to the internet. The hardware is great at this, but the unlimited plan is an arm and a leg. The fact that my current phone can act as an RS232 modem without any drivers is great, I just wish USB support were better.

The third function is 'Everything else', all the fun toys that the Japanese enjoy for years before American providers make a big deal out of. Cameras and web browsers in the phone, voice recorders and reasonable calculators and games and all that. This category is where my Nextel sucks donkey parts. The java environment is miniscule, the screen is bad, the web browser is prehistoric and easily confused. The Hiptop/Sidekick turns this completely upside down.

The little sucker was made to be third-category toy, with a great keyboard and screen, plenty of cool software, and an environment to make more. All it needs is a camera. It also appears adequate for voice calling, despite awkward earpiece placement. Where T-mobile drops the ball is that they don't allow the Sidekick to also act as a tethered modem. I'd have one tomorrow if it could replace my Nextel's functionality, but it can't. The obvious argument is something along the lines of 'well, the browser in the phone can only eat so much data per day, so that's why the unlimited data plan is so cheap. If it ran tethered, they wouldn't make any money on data.'

Okay, but as far as I know, T-mobile does offer the same data plan on other handsets, which do pass it out the serial port and act as modems. The Sidekick has a USB port and IrDA hardware. It's poised to be the best, most useful handset in all 3 categories, if only T-mobile would support its use as such. Any ideas why they won't?

I have one of the first gens, and ill let the slahdot crowd know the problems I see. 1.) If you enter a non digital coverage area, bend over and take cause the phone becomes a paper weight due to the inability to cross over to nalog circuit. 2.) If you out of coverage area and you powerycle the phone (it is just randomly shuts off mine has been doing that) when you power back on all your pim data is gone! 3.) Phone breaks you are SOL to get your data without going on the T-Movile webstie to look it up.

Before You Begin If you installed a version of Neat on your computer, your scanner driver may already be installed on your computer. If your driver does not appear to be installed, you can download the appropriate driver below.

Download Scanner Drivers for Windows. Find your scanner model number by looking on the underside (bottom) of the scanner. Unplug your scanner and close Neat on your computer. Click your scanner model number in the chart below to download the drivers.

Neat Scanner Scanner Model Number 32 bit Windows 64 bit Windows NeatConnect NC-1000 NeatDesk ND-1000 NeatReceipts NM-1000 NeatDesk Older Model (Unsupported) ADF-070108 NeatReceipts Older Model (Unsupported NR-030108 Neat Silver Mobile (Unsupported) SCSA4601EU. Once you download the file, extract the MSI file to the desktop, and double click on it to run the driver installer. Once this installer has finished, you should be able to use the scanner with the Neat application. You can delete the MSI once installation is complete.

Please Note: For Windows, after downloading and opening the driver file, if you are unable to click Next to start the installation, then your driver is already installed and you can see steps to repair your driver for Windows. Download Scanner Drivers for Mac: Mojave Notice — Neat and Apple are finalizing a driver update for Neat scanners. We have a beta driver available and we will post the production driver as soon as it is released. Find your scanner model number by looking on the underside (bottom) of the scanner. Unplug your scanner and close Neat on your computer. Click the link for your scanner model number in the list below to download the driver: (the same driver file is used for all three models).

S elect the Finder icon from your Dock. The Finder has the blue smiling face icon. Open the Go menu and select the Go To Folder option.

Copy and paste the following path in the Go To Folder window to open the directory: /Library/Image Capture/Devices. Unzip the driver file you downloaded in step three and drag it into this folder. It should look similar to the image below:. To start using the scanner:. If you are 10.10 or earlier, you can open Neat and connect your scanner and you should now be able to start scanning.

If you are on 10.11 El Capitan, follow the steps below:. Right click (or CTRL + click) the Scanner Driver file that you dragged into the Devices folder and choose Open. If you see the following message click Open again. You will only have to do this once to allow the driver permission to run.

Hiptop Drivers For Mac Os

Reboot your computer, and then to try scanning, follow the steps.