Comments on: Hebrew In Hand – Free Hebrew Texts On Your BlackBerry http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/ BlackBerry News and Reviews You Can Use Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leo http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-19033 Leo Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:40:39 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-19033 Hi Marsha, I installed the Beta version (3-D style Alef) and it worked perfectly - thank you so much for your help, I appreciate it! Leo Hi Marsha,

I installed the Beta version (3-D style Alef) and it worked perfectly – thank you so much for your help, I appreciate it!

Leo

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-19031 Marsha Hopp Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:30:13 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-19031 Leo, I realized I should have asked this at the beginning, but when you first downloaded Hebrew in Hand, did you download the J2ME version (Hebrew in Hand 1.10, plain alef icon) or the Hebrew in Hand 2.0 Beta for BlackBerry (3-D style, square alef button)? Thanks, Marsha Hopp marsha@zigzagworld.com Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device http://www.hebrewinhand.com/ Leo,

I realized I should have asked this at the beginning, but when you first downloaded Hebrew in Hand, did you download the J2ME version (Hebrew in Hand 1.10, plain alef icon) or the Hebrew in Hand 2.0 Beta for BlackBerry (3-D style, square alef button)?

Thanks,

Marsha Hopp
marsha@zigzagworld.com

Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device
http://www.hebrewinhand.com/

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18989 Marsha Hopp Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:43:12 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18989 Leo, We have created a test version of Hebrew in Hand which might fix the "Connection not writeable" error. You can download it OTA from http://www.hebrewinhand.com/test/ You do not need to remove the current version, but you will likely need to reboot your device. Please let us know what happens when you try it out. Thanks for your interest in this! Marsha Hopp marsha@zigzagworld.com Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device http://www.hebrewinhand.com/ Leo,

We have created a test version of Hebrew in Hand which might fix the “Connection not writeable” error. You can download it OTA from
http://www.hebrewinhand.com/test/
You do not need to remove the current version, but you will likely need to reboot your device. Please let us know what happens when you try it out. Thanks for your interest in this!

Marsha Hopp
marsha@zigzagworld.com

Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device
http://www.hebrewinhand.com/

]]> By: Leo http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18983 Leo Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:51:32 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18983 Hi Marsha, It is 4.5.0.81 Thank you for your help! Leo Hi Marsha,

It is 4.5.0.81

Thank you for your help!

Leo

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18982 Marsha Hopp Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:48:02 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18982 Leo, We haven't seen this particular error before, so I'd like to find out what version of the BlackBerry Device Software is installed on your 8320. To determine the version of the device software, select Options > About. Thanks, Marsha Hopp marsha@zigzagworld.com Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device http://www.hebrewinhand.com/ Leo,

We haven’t seen this particular error before, so I’d like to find out what version of the BlackBerry Device Software is installed on your 8320. To determine the version of the device software, select
Options > About.

Thanks,

Marsha Hopp
marsha@zigzagworld.com

Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device
http://www.hebrewinhand.com/

]]> By: Leo http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18980 Leo Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:12:42 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18980 Hi Marsha! Thank you very much for your guidance. I found my carrier (Rogers, Canada) and adjusted the settings. However, now I am getting a different error message: "Download failed: Connection not writeable". Do you know how this can be solved? Thank you very much once again! Leo Hi Marsha!

Thank you very much for your guidance.

I found my carrier (Rogers, Canada) and adjusted the settings. However, now I am getting a different error message: “Download failed: Connection not writeable”.

Do you know how this can be solved?

Thank you very much once again!

Leo

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18974 Marsha Hopp Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:27:43 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18974 Leo, The first thing to check is the APN settings on your BlackBerry. (Your APN settings can be viewed by going to Options > Advanced and then finding TCP.) The APN settings permit application software to communicate with the Internet. APN settings are different for each carrier. This web page: http://www.pinstack.com/carrier_settings_apn_gateway.html has most of the common settings. It is a bit hard to read -- but, for example, if you were in the US and using T-mobile, your settings would be: APN: wap.voicestream.com username: [blank] password: [blank] If you need help figuring out which setting to use, let me know which carrier you use, and I'll get back to you. Once you have completed the APN settings, try Hebrew in Hand again, and let me know how it goes. Best regards, Marsha Hopp marsha@zigzagworld.com Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device http://www.hebrewinhand.com/ Leo,

The first thing to check is the APN settings on your BlackBerry. (Your APN settings can be viewed by
going to Options > Advanced and then finding TCP.) The APN settings permit application software to communicate with the Internet.

APN settings are different for each carrier. This web page:
http://www.pinstack.com/carrier_settings_apn_gateway.html
has most of the common settings.
It is a bit hard to read — but, for example, if you were in the US and using T-mobile, your settings would be:

APN: wap.voicestream.com
username: [blank]
password: [blank]

If you need help figuring out which setting to use, let me know which carrier you use, and I’ll get back to you. Once you have completed the APN settings, try Hebrew in Hand again, and let me know how it goes.

Best regards,

Marsha Hopp
marsha@zigzagworld.com

Hebrew in Hand, for your mobile device
http://www.hebrewinhand.com/

]]> By: Leo http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18969 Leo Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:28:15 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-18969 Hi, I have just downloaded the application and it is working fine. However, whenever I try to download the texts on my blackberry (curve 8320), I get the following error message: "Download failed: Tunnel failed" Could someone please tell me what the problem is and how i can actually get the texts? Thank you very much! Leo Hi,

I have just downloaded the application and it is working fine. However, whenever I try to download the texts on my blackberry (curve 8320), I get the following error message: “Download failed: Tunnel failed”

Could someone please tell me what the problem is and how i can actually get the texts?

Thank you very much!

Leo

]]> By: Ronen Halevy http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-12683 Ronen Halevy Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:35:10 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-12683 What device does that work with David? What device does that work with David?

]]> By: David http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-12677 David Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:43:52 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-12677 to get hebrew font on your BB open the following link and download the file. http://cheservices.com/blackberry/hebrew.jad to get hebrew font on your BB open the following link and download the file.

http://cheservices.com/blackberry/hebrew.jad

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1910 Marsha Hopp Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:49:24 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1910 Ronen--I will keep you up to date as we go. Thanks for the suggestion about the memory card; we will certainly take a look at that for a future version. Regarding slowness: as we rewrite the user interface, we will also be looking at ways of improving that. Ronen–I will keep you up to date as we go. Thanks for the suggestion about the memory card; we will certainly take a look at that for a future version. Regarding slowness: as we rewrite the user interface, we will also be looking at ways of improving that.

]]> By: Ronen Halevy http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1887 Ronen Halevy Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:40:30 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1887 Marsha, Let me know about the new interface. I really wish you could store text on the BlackBerry memory card. Also the speed on a BlackBerry is pretty slow. Marsha,
Let me know about the new interface. I really wish you could store text on the BlackBerry memory card. Also the speed on a BlackBerry is pretty slow.

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1833 Marsha Hopp Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:00:36 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1833 Jay -- We have found that files under 8K (8,182 bytes) tend to not have this problem. Jay — We have found that files under 8K (8,182 bytes) tend to not have this problem.

]]> By: jay http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1832 jay Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:01:52 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1832 Hi r there any files that u suggest I try Hi r there any files that u suggest I try

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1829 Marsha Hopp Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:06:51 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1829 Jay -- Thanks for the additional information. This sounds like a problem that we are aware of, related to the length of the text to be displayed. We do not yet know exactly what is happening, but larger texts can sometimes cause the program to freeze. (The sizes of all the available texts are listed at http://www.zigzagworld.com/hebrewinhand/texts.html) We are working on this. Ronen -- We are working on the user interface, including a Hebrew font with a more traditional appearance and a convenient way to handle much longer texts (e.g. mincha). I do not yet have an expected date for when the improved version will be available. Will keep you posted. Jay — Thanks for the additional information. This sounds like a problem that we are aware of, related to the length of the text to be displayed. We do not yet know exactly what is happening, but larger texts can sometimes cause the program to freeze. (The sizes of all the available texts are listed at
http://www.zigzagworld.com/hebrewinhand/texts.html)
We are working on this.

Ronen — We are working on the user interface, including a Hebrew font with a more traditional appearance and a convenient way to handle much longer texts (e.g. mincha). I do not yet have an expected date for when the improved version will be available. Will keep you posted.

]]> By: Jay http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1827 Jay Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:02:52 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1827 Hi, Yes I do see the welcome and when I tried to get the text it did show up on the list but when it loaded the screen was all white=blank and kind of froze. When I shut the phone and then turned it back on. I got a message uncaught exception: Aplication Hebrewinhand (275) is not responding; process terminated The things I tried to download are stil on the list but when I try to open them it happens, I have the welcome plus shema and Yiddish Shema-Excerpt Hi, Yes I do see the welcome and when I tried to get the text it did show up on the list but when it loaded the screen was all white=blank and kind of froze. When I shut the phone and then turned it back on. I got a message uncaught exception:
Aplication Hebrewinhand (275) is not responding; process terminated
The things I tried to download are stil on the list but when I try to open them it happens,
I have the welcome plus shema and Yiddish Shema-Excerpt

]]> By: Ronen Halevy http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1821 Ronen Halevy Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:27:12 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1821 Thanks for handling that Marsha. I like the coverage of all the Purim texts. Very useful. Any chance you will be updating the interface? Thanks for handling that Marsha. I like the coverage of all the Purim texts. Very useful. Any chance you will be updating the interface?

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1812 Marsha Hopp Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:48:00 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1812 Can you tell me what text you were downloading, and if there were any error messages? Were you able to view the Welcome text? Thanks for letting us know about this. You can also write to us directly through our website at http://www.zigzagworld.com/hebrewinhand/writeus.html Can you tell me what text you were downloading, and if there were any error messages? Were you able to view the Welcome text?

Thanks for letting us know about this.

You can also write to us directly through our website at
http://www.zigzagworld.com/hebrewinhand/writeus.html

]]> By: Jay http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1810 Jay Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:33:35 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-1810 Hi, I download the hebrew on hand but when I download text and try to open in the 8830 it wont open? anyadvice Thanks so much Hi, I download the hebrew on hand but when I download text and try to open in the 8830 it wont open? anyadvice

Thanks so much

]]> By: Marsha Hopp http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-92 Marsha Hopp Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:56:14 +0000 http://www.berryreview.com/2007/07/18/hebrew-in-hand-free-hebrew-texts-on-your-blackberry/#comment-92 Thank you for reviewing our software so quickly! You are correct that this is an early version of Hebrew in Hand, designed with cell phones in mind, and that it does not make use of the specific user interface features for the BlackBerry. Improvements in this area are on our "to do" list. We are also planning for the other user interface improvements, such as different font sizes and styles, scrollling/paging, bookmarks, search, etc. Currently though, we are continuing to improve the core text display capabilities -- both in terms of efficiency of the implementaion and correctness of the rendering. And, of course, expanding the collection of available texts. We would appreciate knowing more specifics about the bugs you encountered. Please feel free to write to us directly. Thank you for reviewing our software so quickly!

You are correct that this is an early version of Hebrew in Hand, designed with cell phones in mind, and that it does not make use of the specific user interface features for the BlackBerry. Improvements in this area are on our “to do” list. We are also planning for the other user interface improvements, such as different font sizes and styles, scrollling/paging, bookmarks, search, etc.

Currently though, we are continuing to improve the core text display capabilities — both in terms of efficiency of the implementaion and correctness of the rendering. And, of course, expanding the collection of available texts.

We would appreciate knowing more specifics about the bugs you encountered. Please feel free to write to us directly.

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