Monthly Archives: May 2007

joost

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Rob

I’ve been a bit slow out of the traps on this one, but I just picked up an invite for Joost via Techcrunch.

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Nokia 9000 Review

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Rob

The recent launch of the Nokia E90 reminded me of the review I wrote back in 1998 of the First Nokia Communicator the, Nokia 9000, the Original Communicator..I received the device in 1997, 10 years ago.   the orangery . … Continue reading →

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Hauppauge WinTV

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Rob

following on from the success of my Orb installation I’ve purchased a TV card for my PC which turned up today. It’s tiny, a small USB device that plugs directly into your PC. I’m going to wait until the PC … Continue reading →

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PC rebuild

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Rob

Our home PC is slowing down again so it’s time for a refresh. I bought a 400gb external hard drive to transfer all the photo’s, music and docs to for safe keeping. The only downside so far is I can’t … Continue reading →

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Not listening to your kids eh?

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Rob

While I was out today with my kids, I had my Nokia N95 with me and I was listening to tunes on my recently acquired iPod Shuffle. Dameon it’s good to see you paying full attention and enjoying life with … Continue reading →

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Om asks old dogs to heal

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Rob

Om posts on how BT is doing a great job of shouting about how it’s changing or trying to change. A lot of the change has been forced upon it by the way. Anyway, there are some great comments and … Continue reading →

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Orb is now working

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Rob

I’ve now got Orb2.0 working on my home PC and it means I can gain access to any of the media on it from where ever and from which ever devices. Streaming media to my phone is just great. I’ve … Continue reading →

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SPV M3100 – sold

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Rob

My recent posts on WM6 and unlimited data plans sparked the largest number of comments for any of my posts. So I figured I was onto a rich vein of blog posts in this arena so I took the logical … Continue reading →

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Google MVNO in the UK

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Rob

Lot’s of speculation on this one. [via] The UK mobile market is saturated, recent trading figures for Q1 showed little growth and even some decline. An news item on today’s radio 5 about how much money we’re all wasting on … Continue reading →

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Orange announce flat rate internet (finally)

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Rob

It’s been rumoured to be happening, appeared in the Times and now it finally has. I no longer have to hand out my number to convice the O staff that the flat rate data is there. It looks better than the … Continue reading →

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Are Calendars the reason for poor productivity?

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Rob

I was just reading this post by JP and found it extremely interesting. I intend to read the concepts behind the thinking when I get some more time. The theory is that inability to react quickly within large organisations are … Continue reading →

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Orange launch Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 3 for their M3100 Device

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Rob

I’m being kept upto date today by the readers which is great. I spotted this news a while back on Jason’s blog. I won’t be installing this back level of code. I’m now running Black 2.5 pro for those of … Continue reading →

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Motion-sensitive laptop developed

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Rob

This article is interesting, my IBM Thinkpad has been motion sensitve for the past 3 years. The hard drive potection system know when the device is moving and even shows you in a window if want to see it. I’m … Continue reading →

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Orange cuts cost of plugging into the internet on a mobile phone 3G facts

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Rob

Matt left a comment that alerted me to this specific article in the Times, but I was aware that Orange had decided to go public with it’s data plans. This is great news and the bundles or ‘snacks’ look like … Continue reading →

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