![]() Short of creating their own event handles and UI elements (as Opera Mini does for much of the time), there’s not much that eBuddy can do to get around this problem using Java. When entering a message you get taken out of the eBuddy UI and into a full screen java text input box. There’s one big gotcha in the app, and it’s more to do with the Java Runtime than anything else. One of the flaws (for me) is the non-inclusion of Skype, which is my text IM client of choice (even though its more well known for its voice capabilities), but the inclusion of Google Talk means this still has a use for me. Once you’re all installed with your eBuddy account set up, and running (btw I like the touch on installation that asks for your language and goes online to download it), you can set up your accounts for most of the major networks, including: It also means that they have a nice archive of your logins, those of you with any security concern might like to consider this. That means no matter where you log in, all your settings, passwords and favoured IM’s are presented to you by eBuddy. This is little more than a single username and password which holds all the login details on the eBuddy server. The core to eBuddy, and its portability over multiple platforms, is that everything runs through an eBuddy account, which you have to set up to use. If you measure on results and not methods, then eBuddy is a winner. eBuddy runs in Java, and while that means a lot of people are just going to stop right there, I think that’s a mistake, as this is well coded, stable application that not only does what it says on the tin, but does it well. ![]() ![]() This Symbian version now complements the iOS and Android versions currently out there, and along with a web based version, eBuddy has an option for you to get to your IM friends and messages, no matter where you are. It’s been around in various forms since 2006. It shows that the RZ is hardly the last word in instant response it claims to be and has us asking whether the wheel really needed reinventing.EBuddy is one of many options to get to the popular IM systems on your handset – and to have one application handling multiple systems. Other than that it’s a great video and you should prepare to be shocked by the footage showing the delay between Fenske turning the steering wheel and the wheel itself moving. Now I’m no engineer but it sounds too me like Fenske has his high and low ratios confused – when he says the RZ has a low ratio at low speed perhaps he’s referring to the lower number of that ratio. Conversely, at high speeds it gets a slower ratio so it feels less nervous on the highway. At low speeds, when you’re likely to need to make tight turns and potentially cross your hands, which causes problems with the Tesla yoke, the RZ uses a fast steering ratio that allows you to swing from lock to lock without taking your hands from the wheel. So why is the Tesla terrible and the Lexus, if not great, at least less terrible? If you hadn’t already guessed, it’s down to the RZ’s variable ratio. Review: The Lexus RZ’s Yoke And Steer By Wire System Are Solutions Looking For A Problem ![]() And he then goes on to outline the RZ’s faults and how Lexus could make it better, because as is apparent by the end of the video, and our own testing, it’s not perfect. So having no doubt listened to all that criticism what made Lexus think it was a still a good idea to press ahead with its open yoke wheel on the new RZ electric SUV? We’ve already had a chance to get try the RZ and its yoke for ourselves (see link below) and now Jason Fenske, the brains behind the Engineering Explained YouTube channel, explains why the Lexus works so much better in a video that you might be pleased to hear involves no brain-melting maths on a whiteboard.īut before he gets to why it’s better, he also covers exactly how the steer by wire system works, answers the kind of questions all of us have about the biggest change to steering since tillers became passé, including whether it’s safe and whether it can possibly still deliver feedback without a mechanical connection to the wheels.
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