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By Mike on December 30, 2004
I arrived home from work early today to find that I had one of those red tickets from the Postman to say that he’d tried to deliver a parcel. That could only mean one thing – that the Internet Camera that I had bid for on eBay back at the beginning of the month, [...]
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By Mike on December 20, 2004
MSN have a beta version of the popular MSN Messenger available for download.
One of the cool new features allows you to set your online status before you login. This enables you to see who’s online before others know you’ve logged in.
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By Mike on December 10, 2004
When the third version of the Band Aid Single Do They Know It’s Christmas was first played I absolutely hated it.. It wasn’t a patch on the original that was recorded twenty years ago (has it really been that long? Gawd I’m getting old!). The original is a classic and I felt that [...]
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By Mike on December 10, 2004
I downloaded Bejeweled 2 last night to try out on my Pocket PC. I have been highly addicted to the original Bejeweled which I have on both my Pocket PC and Orange C500.
I was very doubtful that the original game could be improved upon so I was pleasantly surprised to find otherwise. I really [...]
Posted in Gadgets
By Mike on December 9, 2004
Not really related to anything, but thought that this was a bizarre coincidence.
It would appear that two Coast Guard helicopters crashed yesterday; one off of Cornwall here in the UK, the other off of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. Both were on rescue missions at the time.
Sadly in both cases the crews are missing.
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By Mike on December 9, 2004
I quite often access my Orange Email from a web browser when I am not at home. This is very handy as Orange send me Text Messages to my mobile to say that I have new email in my account.
This is all well and good for reading new emails, but is more of an [...]
Posted in Other | Tagged orange
By Mike on December 8, 2004
While I was in the USA back in September I treated myself to a copy of the much anticipated Sims2 that had just been released.
On arriving home to the UK, there were a couple of new things that I knew that I needed to get so that I could play my new purchase. Firstly my [...]
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By Mike on December 7, 2004
As I mentioned earlier in the year I have been toying with the idea of getting myself a wireless internet camera so that I can keep an eye on my dog when I am at work.
I had intended to get one when I was on holiday to the USA in September as prices are so [...]
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By Mike on December 7, 2004
eBay are getting into the festive spirit by having a Christmas Treasure Hunt giving away thousnds-of-pounds worth of prizes.
Simply crack the days clue – then go off and search their site for the winning listing to win.
New prizes everyday until 5 January 2005.. So get hunting..
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By Mike on December 3, 2004
I see that LIDL have done it again. They have another Pocket PC with built-in Global Positioning.
Features include:
400MHz Intel Xscale PXA 255 Processor
96MB Memory (64MB SDRAM and 32MB) Flash ROM
512MB SD-Memory Card with pre-installed maps
Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Premium SE
Plus additional 256mb SD Card
All yours for £249.99 while stocks last!
Posted in Gadgets
By Mike on December 2, 2004
I was looking at the Google Tools page to see what’s new, when I spotted a link called Keyhole. Intrigued, I had to follow…
It would appear that Keyhole have been acquired by Google, to add to their exisitng purchases of Blogger and Picasa.
After downloading the 7-day trial you are presented with a rather neat [...]
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By Mike on December 2, 2004
For those of you who can record video on your mobile and are of a creative nature, you might wanna take a look at the Orange Paper Film Festival site.
Use your mobile to create a 60 second movie, using themed characters which you can either download and print off from the website or get from [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged orange
By Mike on December 2, 2004
Poor ole Jenneth of jenneth.info is the latest person to be targeted by the looney publisher of MSMobiles.
I find his bizarre style of writing very entertaining – Only in the way that he randomly lashes out at various people and companies… As far as the quality of his publishing goes – I take it [...]
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By Mike on November 29, 2004
Lycos have come up with an ingenious idea to combat SPAM – a screensaver!
The idea is that the screensaver constantly requests data from the spammers websites that the emails are intended to lure you too. The point of this exercise is to put load on the web servers and increase web traffic in a [...]
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By Mike on November 26, 2004
Microsoft are offering free copies of its XP operating system to people who believe that their version is counterfeit.
They are trialling the scheme in the UK and are using the information that they gather from the excercise to target illegal traders of its operating system.
Is this good or bad? I can’t yet decide..
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By Mike on November 25, 2004
Just watched The 4400 on Sky Mix. I saw this trailered a while ago, but had forgotten all about, only because I was channel hopping tonight did I see that it was about to start….
Having been a big X-Files fan, this is the kinda programme that would grab my attention.. There were a [...]
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By Mike on November 24, 2004
Now that I have reverted back to the default MT 3.0 Templates, comments are now working properly using TypeKey.
NO MORE COMMENT SPAM!!! – YEAH!
Please feel free to post your comments…
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By Mike on November 24, 2004
You will have noticed that igadgetlife.com has changed a bit since you last looked.
Since I updated the site to MT 3.121, I thought that it was best that I brought all my templates in-line with the new code. The easiest way to do this was to reset them all back to the MT defaults.
Hopefully [...]
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By Mike on November 23, 2004
I heard on the radio this morning that Dixons will stop selling video recorders from the end of the year. It takes me back to the time when WHSmith were the first to say they were no longer going to sell vinyl records.
I can understand that DVD’s have been a huge success over the [...]
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By Mike on November 23, 2004
Looks like some owners of Nokia 7610 mobiles have downloaded software that replaces the system menus with skulls and disables access to applications locking out the user.
The software, believed to be a new wallpaper/theme was available on file-sharing networks.
Is this the shape of things to come, now that our phones are getting smarter?
Posted in Mobiles
By Mike on November 22, 2004
Today my home Broadband connection has been upped from 512kb to 1mb!
Now I will be able to surf at super-fast speeds..
While on the subject of broadband, I got so fed-up with my Linksys Wireless Network Adapter dropping its connection all the time, I replaced it with a Belkin PCI Wireless Adapter. I’ve had [...]
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By Mike on November 22, 2004
I have just updated my site to the version 3.121 of Movable Type. Amazingly this time the update went smoothly, unlike previous upgrades.
I also intend to get commenting working properly using TypeKey. I had turned commenting off entirely some weeks ago because of I was fed-up with the vast amount of comment spamming!
To [...]
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By Mike on November 22, 2004
As you will probably have noticed things have been a bit quiet on the site for quite some time now.. My last proper post was before I set-off on my big adventure to the US of A. The holiday was just amazing (I hope to post more about that at a later date). [...]
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By Mike on October 2, 2004
I got back from my trip to the US last night.. I had an amazing time there – I didn’t wanna come home..
I have lots to catch up with over the weekend, so hopefully I’ll be back up and posting again as normal in the next few days….
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By Mike on September 14, 2004
Well it is now 11pm and I have 4 hours until I catch the coach to London for
my flight to San Francisco. The house is a tip as I finish off the last
bits of packing.
I am currently loading my 512mb Mini SD card with loads of music. I already
have two movies on it [...]
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By Mike on September 11, 2004
I’m sure there is no one who can forget where they were on September 11th 2001 – when news started to break of the terror that struck the City of New York.
I just can’t believe that 3 years have passed already!
I can remember being sat at my desk at work, when one of my colleagues [...]
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By Mike on September 9, 2004
It would seem that the area of GPS Navigation for MS Smartphones is hotting up as ALK Technologies have announced CoPilot Live Smartphone.
“CoPilot Live Smartphone is compatible with all Bluetooth-enabled Microsoft Windows Mobile-based Smartphones, including the new Orange SPV C500 and forthcoming Motorola MPX 220. Its available to purchase through authorised CoPilot Live [...]
Posted in Mobiles
By Mike on September 8, 2004
My 512mb Mini Secure Digital Card arrived today, in plenty of time for me to stuff it full of movies and music..
It even came with a convertor so that the card can be used in devices that use standard SD cards.
Posted in Mobiles
By Mike on September 7, 2004
After seeing one of my friends using his Pocket PC with GPS in his car a month or so ago, I have been toying with the idea of getting one myself. I already have an iPAQ 4150 and have been looking into purchasing a Bluetooth GPS system to go with it. At the moment [...]
Posted in Mobiles
By Mike on September 4, 2004
Well I finally bit the bullet and ordered a 512mb Mini SD Card for my C500. I have been hunting around for a good price for ages, but don’t think that I’m gonna get one for less than 90 quid! (ouch).
I was gonna plump for the 256mb card, but as my trip to the [...]
Posted in Mobiles
By Mike on September 3, 2004
Just when I thought that all was well with my site – it has been unavailable for most of the day again! WTF!
Looks like it might be a premium rate call after all….
So I decided to look into site monitoring tools and found a great free service called SiteUptime that will alert you by [...]
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By Mike on September 2, 2004
Well I am finally back up and running again after my site decided to go AWOL last weekend. I have no idea what happened, as I am not getting a response from my hosting company. I’ve had no replies to my emails and I refuse to dial a premium rate number to Tech Support [...]
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By Mike on August 27, 2004
Well here I am sprawled out on my sofa with dog on lap. I have been playing with my iPAQ 4150 tonight as I felt that it had been neglected recently after the recent addition of my SPV C500!
After a spot of surfing I thought that I’d see if I could write a post [...]
Posted in Gadgets
By Mike on August 27, 2004
What a nightmare it has been trying to set-up my C500 to Activesync over Bluetooth. I have had my phone a week, and have only just now got the darn thing working!
I was able to pair the device quite easily – but do you think I could get it to sync? No, I tried all [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged C500, orange, spv
By Mike on August 25, 2004
I now only have 3 weeks to go until my big adventure to the West Coast of America. It seems ages ago when I booked it way back in February.
I am flying out to San Francisco as the first stop on my adventure, spending 5 days there, then flying over to Las Vegas for another [...]
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By Mike on August 25, 2004
Howard Forums have a jam full review of the much talked about Motorola MPx220.
The handset features a Texas Instruments Dual Core Processor that is faster than an equivalent 400mhz Xscale processor found in current Pocket PC’s! Due to this it has the potential to support 802.11g wireless should a compatible mini SD card become available.
Should [...]
Posted in Mobiles
By Mike on August 24, 2004
The broadband price war continues with Wanadoo (formerly Freeserve) offering 1Mb broadband for £17.99 a month.
The product does come with restrictions of 2GB a month downloads, but these will not be enforced until later next year. A 6GB download limit is also available for £23.99 a month.
Keep those prices falling!
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By Mike on August 22, 2004
I have had my Orange SPV C500 for 3 days now and can honestly say that I am very pleased with my rather rash decision to have one! It is just so much faster and responsive than my previous SPV e100. This is how Smartphones should be!
The image quality of the camera pictures is [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged C500, orange, spv
By Mike on August 19, 2004
I popped into town lunchtime today and thought that I’d just nip into my local Orange Shop to take a look at this much talked about Orange SPV C500. There was the dummy handset on its display shelf just begging to be looked at. A couple of moments later a very helpful Orange [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged C500, orange, spv
By Mike on August 18, 2004
The day that you have all been waiting for – the Orange SPV C500 is now available in your local Orange Shop!
Handsets appear to be flying out the doors quick, so get down there if you want one! I myself cannot decide whether to go for the C500 or wait until the Motorola MPx220 [...]
Posted in Mobiles | Tagged C500, orange, spv
