Posted by Trejkaz Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:34:00 GMT
Today I was trying to remove the Vodafone branding from my phone using [these guys][1]’ software to do it with my DSS-25 cable/phone stand.
I eventually exhausted my credits without getting anywhere. It would do some stuff, charge me, and then fail to complete
Posted by Trejkaz Sun, 05 Jun 2005 07:04:00 GMT
As part of the yearly gadget purge, I upgraded my phone from the Sony Ericsson [T610][1] to the [K700i][2]. This particular model is getting a little aged now, but it’s a nice looking phone, has a lot more memory than the older T610, and most importantly, is cheap enough to buy up-front without hurting my cash flow. :-)
At the current point in time, buying this phone from Vodafone will only cost $30 more than a Nokia 3220, which lacks half the features the K700 has
Posted by Trejkaz Mon, 18 Apr 2005 02:52:00 GMT
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my beloved PDA, and whether I really need it.
I mean, the thing has given me a lot of fun. Unlike all other PDAs, Java development on the Zaurus is actually quite nice. The JRE looks native, runs relatively fast, and integrates pretty well (it’s a shame they decided to remove it from the default bundle in the newer versions of the PDA.)
The OS is pretty solid (until you go reflashing it with something more experimental), compatibility with Linux is perfect, and the thing can even be overclocked to a limited degree. :-)
But this fun has a price. I’ve started discovering that every time I get out the PDA, it’s for one of two reasons. Most of the time, I use it to waste time by tinkering with various things
Posted by Trejkaz Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:15:00 GMT
Well, ignoring that our phone line is experiencing a temporary fault at the moment, we should have a bit of fun with the phone I picked up to be the new house phone. They call it the >>Freedom 3000 (the price listed on Telstra’s site is a little steep, we picked up the exact same model for $120 at Tandy.)
The cordless house phone really is starting to resemble a mobile. Already, the things were getting quite small. These days they have a whole bunch of features which really do belong on a mobile phone:
That last one is bolded because it broke my brain to learn that it had become a feature of a house phone.
But I think there is still a long way to go. Why do I have to put in a SIM card in there in the first place? Don’t all mobile phones these days support Bluetooth for transferring contacts?
So I figure that a more enlightened manufacturer might use Bluetooth to put a few more useful features on the humble house phone
Posted by Trejkaz Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:55:00 GMT
It’s like it sounds.
I wanted a copy of [Wikipedia][1] to use on the run, when I had no easy access to a net connection (this is especially the case while I have no Wi-fi adapter and need to make do with Bluetooth, or USB for better bandwidth.)
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I wanted to set up stuff to run automatically when the SD card is inserted. One of the reasons for this was a Zaurus Wikipedia install, as I wanted it to mount the wikipedia when the card was inserted and unmount it as it was ejected.
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