An iPod touch has appeared in our family.
I'm very impressed with the user interface. It also works well over WiFi.
There was a modest amount of messing around getting the WiFi key in. The answer was putting the full hex key in, for some reason the pass phrase didn't work.
A jolly good device and I'm sure it will be popular.
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Three SMTP server smtp-mbb.three.co.uk is back !
With as little publicity as when it went, the Three SMTP server smtp-mbb.three.co.uk has started working again.
Perhaps I should have stuck with it but the indications from Three when it stopped that this was by design rather than accident.
Very strange.
Perhaps I should have stuck with it but the indications from Three when it stopped that this was by design rather than accident.
Very strange.
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
I get the iPad !
I've been toying with buying an iPod touch or perhaps an iPhone but neither device does it for me.
The iPod touch is little more than a version of my Nokia N810 which does less and the iPhone is another phone.
I want a larger device for mobile use. What I would really like is to connect to a phone using bluetooth.
As announced the iPad has bluetooth but the level of functionality is unknown. The touch has limited bluetooth functionality but the iPad might link to my phone and be the device I'm looking for.
If it does that I will be in the queue.
The iPod touch is little more than a version of my Nokia N810 which does less and the iPhone is another phone.
I want a larger device for mobile use. What I would really like is to connect to a phone using bluetooth.
As announced the iPad has bluetooth but the level of functionality is unknown. The touch has limited bluetooth functionality but the iPad might link to my phone and be the device I'm looking for.
If it does that I will be in the queue.
Friday, 8 January 2010
Virtual Radio
I've been trying another internet radio application, Virtual Radio recently.
http://www.vradio.org/index.php?js=a
The Java version works OK ish on my Sony Ericsson but seems to strangely drop out every half an hour. It also has somewhat random adverts.
The S60 Nokia version seems fine but perphaps less robust on the move than Nokia Internet radio.
Both worth a try for free though.
http://www.vradio.org/index.php?js=a
The Java version works OK ish on my Sony Ericsson but seems to strangely drop out every half an hour. It also has somewhat random adverts.
The S60 Nokia version seems fine but perphaps less robust on the move than Nokia Internet radio.
Both worth a try for free though.
Monday, 16 November 2009
Three SMTP server smtp-mbb.three.co.uk stopped working
I have used the 3 (Three) mobile provided smtp server " smtp-mbb.three.co.uk " for about 9 months with my Sony Ericsson k530i to use "legacy" POP3 e-mail accounts.
I've been on the Internet for more than a decade and I've collected a few e-mail accounts with different dial up providers as the deals changed.
For the last 5 years or so I've kept them going by making a dial up connection every couple of months and using ISP provided smtp accounts.
This worked with 3 as well as they had a little known SMTP server ( smtp-mbb.three.co.uk ) however some time in early November 2009 I noticed it had stopped working.
After an hour of customer services web chat (it's better than the call centre - trust me !) I got to what seems to be the bottom of the matter, smtp-mbb.three.co.uk is no longer available.
There are other work arounds (using google mail to send for example) but it's not as good.
It is irritating that Three will sell handsets with built in e-mail but stop you using the feature.
I'm afraid that, although it may seem a minor loss of facility in what is still an attractive overall offer, I'm considering other options.
If another network offered, say, 1GB of data on a phone with no time limit for, say £10, with a SMTP server I would be off.
So far only Vodafone offer data which doesn't expire and they haven't had the sense to make the same available on a phone.
I watch the market for developments.
I've been on the Internet for more than a decade and I've collected a few e-mail accounts with different dial up providers as the deals changed.
For the last 5 years or so I've kept them going by making a dial up connection every couple of months and using ISP provided smtp accounts.
This worked with 3 as well as they had a little known SMTP server ( smtp-mbb.three.co.uk ) however some time in early November 2009 I noticed it had stopped working.
After an hour of customer services web chat (it's better than the call centre - trust me !) I got to what seems to be the bottom of the matter, smtp-mbb.three.co.uk is no longer available.
There are other work arounds (using google mail to send for example) but it's not as good.
It is irritating that Three will sell handsets with built in e-mail but stop you using the feature.
I'm afraid that, although it may seem a minor loss of facility in what is still an attractive overall offer, I'm considering other options.
If another network offered, say, 1GB of data on a phone with no time limit for, say £10, with a SMTP server I would be off.
So far only Vodafone offer data which doesn't expire and they haven't had the sense to make the same available on a phone.
I watch the market for developments.
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Connecting the Palm Lifedrive to S2 Skypephone
Some brief notes which I might later expand.
First I set up the Bluetooth pairing between the two devices and set the Lifedrive as "authorised" on the S2.
Then set up a connection on the Lifedrive in Preferences>Connection> and create a new one with a name of your choice.
The device used is the name the S2 gave in bluetooth pairing, it was "unnamed device" in my case.
For some odd reason the dial string on the Lifedrive had to be *99***1# (*99***2# was my first go and didn't work).
This is all to make better use of the "free" Three data with a PAYG top up.
First I set up the Bluetooth pairing between the two devices and set the Lifedrive as "authorised" on the S2.
Then set up a connection on the Lifedrive in Preferences>Connection> and create a new one with a name of your choice.
The device used is the name the S2 gave in bluetooth pairing, it was "unnamed device" in my case.
For some odd reason the dial string on the Lifedrive had to be *99***1# (*99***2# was my first go and didn't work).
This is all to make better use of the "free" Three data with a PAYG top up.
Monday, 12 October 2009
Bluetooth - Belkin Fantastic !
I've never had so little trouble with a technology purchase !
My laptop had a cheap low profile Bluetooth dongle. It didn't have a full range of Bluetooth facilities compared with others so I spent seven pounds on a Belkin Mini Bluetooth adaptor. It seems to be called B001BROKXO (snappy huh !).
Installed the disk, paired with a couple of phones and.... it just worked.
Very good software, seems to do everything.
One happy customer.
My laptop had a cheap low profile Bluetooth dongle. It didn't have a full range of Bluetooth facilities compared with others so I spent seven pounds on a Belkin Mini Bluetooth adaptor. It seems to be called B001BROKXO (snappy huh !).
Installed the disk, paired with a couple of phones and.... it just worked.
Very good software, seems to do everything.
One happy customer.
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