Category: Gadgets

Rockbox Rocks

23 June, 2007 (14:38) | Gadgets, technical | No comments

Having bricked my router trying to use unofficial firmware, i was nervous about trying it on my iAudio x5 (the sucessor to my fondly remembered but increasingly unstable Iriver h-140,)  however I decided to be brave, and I’m having a lot of fun.
There is a group who have developed a firmware called Rockbox, which [...]

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New Phone

8 August, 2006 (17:53) | Gadgets | No comments

After two years with my Sony Ericsson Z600 I’ve finally upgraded.  My new phone is a T-Mobile MDA Vario, so I’ll have to merge my “phone stuff” and “pocket pc” threads to tell you of my experiences.  So far I’m loving it, and it’s not to embarassing to carry around with me and use [...]

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What pictures do you have on your phone?

30 December, 2005 (17:06) | Gadgets | No comments

I’ve been thinking recently how much I nejoy having pictures on my phone, of friends and family. Anyone want to play this game:

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Mobile Websites

1 November, 2004 (22:19) | Gadgets | No comments

I’m always on the lookout for sites I can visit using my PDA. I have an Ipaq 5550, and a wireless connection, and I don’t surf much with it, but I like being able to. Here are some of the best I’ve found so far:

Google Mobile
BBC Mobile news
Scifi.com News
Macromedia Mobile

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Mobile Blogging

1 August, 2004 (00:40) | Gadgets | No comments

I haven’t been great about updating this blog, but I’m going to make the effort to be more regular, so to speak. One of the things I’m hoping will help me is a free blogging tool for my Pocket PC. It’s called Pocket SharpMT and I’m actually using its big brother on my [...]

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Happier than Larry

30 July, 2004 (00:15) | Gadgets |

I got an Ipaq 5550 just under a year ago. It’s great and I’ve gotten a lot of use out of it. Recently, however I’d had problems typing with it. I’d used to type up email when I was waiting around for things, and had found it very useful, but that [...]

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z600 themes

17 April, 2004 (14:45) | Gadgets | No comments

I found a great site for downloading all sorts of media for the z600. my z600 has lots of themes, ringtones and other media for z600 phones. My current favourite themes are Monsters Inc and Diff’rent Strokes.
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New Phone

12 April, 2004 (18:34) | Gadgets | 1 comment

I got a new phone. I have a real penchant for gadgets, and my latest phone is no exception. It’s a Sony Ericsson z600. So far I only have the boring covers for it, but thanks to ebay I should have some better ones soon :D. I’ve found lots of [...]

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I Think I’m in Love!

10 November, 2003 (22:42) | Gadgets | No comments

I really want a Sony Ericsson Z600! It’s got everything I’m looking for in a phone. Problem is, I don’t need one - I have 6 months left on my current contract, so I’ll have to wait until April/May. I’m really bad at waiting for stuff . . .
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Exolith Screensaver

15 October, 2003 (21:58) | Gadgets | 1 comment

Exolith.ch is an amazing site. It carries images of rock formations created in Woodland areas. I saw it a few months ago and I thought the images were great. Well, now that I’m back from New York I need something else as a screensaver for my t100, so I stole some [...]

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