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Sprint AIRAVE
Ok… so we haven’t had the best of luck with Sprint (see here, and here) and while our company is slowly moving toward AT&T due to “some device” that came out in the last few months, I do have to hand it to Sprint for be one of the first companies to actually release a “why hasn’t somebody thought of this sooner” product.
What Is Sprint AIRAVETM?
Sprint AIRAVETM is a device that creates a CDMA signal for your mobile phone (like a miniature cell tower). AIRAVE provides enhanced and reliable mobile phone coverage in your house or office even if your existing wireless coverage is poor.
Great USB Backup App / Utility
I just found a great backup app (utility) for my USB drive. The app that comes with PortableApps isn’t very flexible and it drove me to finding something better. Luckily, I found Freebyte Backup through PortableFreeware.com. They even told me how to ‘make it more portable’ by avoiding the installation and simply running the .EXE & creating my own profiles. Hope this helps others looking for a stable, feature-rich USB backup utility.
Seagate’s Portable WiFi / Bluetooth HD Solution: DAVE
A few days ago, Seagate released a statement about some new technology that they have dubbed “DAVE” (Digital Audio Video Experience).
From the release:
Using Bluetooth or WiFi connections, DAVE is the answer to providing substantial storage capacity without impacting the design or cost of mobile handsets. Built for portability and about the size of a centimeter-thick credit card, the DAVE mobile platform slips conveniently into a shirt pocket, backpack, or purse - anywhere up to 30 feet (9.1 meters) from the phone. In addition, the mobile storage platform is open source, enabling third party software developers to create new applications for the mobile phone utilizing the hard drive’s unmatched capacity and performance. The DAVE technology is offered to telcos and mobile handset OEMs for sale under their respective brand names.
USB Drive 101: Actually making it useful
I’m now the proud owner of a 2GB USB Drive & I wanted to share a few tips/tricks I’ve learned for getting the most use from it! I want my USB to provide a self-contained computing experience that I can take with me. When I pop it in, I want everything that I’m comfortable with at my finger tips :) I’ll help you setup your USB drive to address the following needs (no order):
- Sensitive Data Storage - Examples include financial info, passwords, etc.
- Email Access - Allowing you to comfortably check your mail from anywhere
- Synchronization - As storage amounts increase, more data can be backed up
- Buddies/Contacts - Instant messaging to friends is available anywhere
- Office & Productivity - Work on docs, spreadsheets, and presentations
Virtual Keyboards - Old idea coming of age?
I just finished reading (SmartComputing) a quick blurb about a Virtual Keyboard that uses lasers and infrared to produce a fully functional ‘virtual’ keyboard. The picture was awesome and I thought it was revolutionary… but upon doing a little research, it appears that virtual keyboards like this date back to 2002 - possibly earlier.
Time Magazine listed a non-production virtual keyboard from Canesta as one of their best inventions of 2002. Interestingly enough, it appears that Canesta abandoned the idea and decided to focus on electronic image processing.
Easy way to burn an ISO
If you own a single slot CD-R, you may wonder how you’re supposed to burn copies of your disks and/or make exact images of your distributions. One popular way is to create an ‘Image’ of your CD-ROM in the format of an ISO. The ISO file is an actual image-copy of the CD-ROM - not the files itself. This may be hard to understand, but CD-ROM’s have more info associated with them other than the files that are stored on them. Special security, volume info, etc. - all stored at the low level of the CD-ROM. While all of this fascinating, it isn’t the point of my post :) If you need to burn an ISO, here is a great site that makes it super simple: Right click -> Copy Image to CD. That’s it! Thanks Alex Feinman.
Boot Camp: Apple Hardware + MS Ubiquity
Apple continues to make headway in their attempt to remove the barriers that have divided the Mac/Windows world for so long. By now, everyone is well aware that Apple is moving the Mac platform to Intel x86 based machines. Significance: Cheaper hardware for everyone who loves the Mac OS.
Now Apple emerges with a new strategy - allow Windows to run on the Mac Hardware! They recently released software, dubbed Boot Camp, that makes this process easy. This strategy allows lovers of Mac hardware to still have access to the safety of Windows. Significance: Windows users can now enjoy the beauty of Mac Hardware.
Apple’s new Intel-Powerbook
Apple has released another Macintel machine: a sexy new powerbook that they are dubbing “the finest laptop in the world”. Combining Intel’s new CORE Duo Chip (two chips on one), a profile of 1″ and 5.6lbs, and all the pizazz of Mac OS X - this laptop is poised to be a real winner. Perhaps most surprising is how affordable it is… starting around $2000. I found an honest overview of the machine at Law Crossing (surprising) - here are some brief excerpts:
theheatedmouse.com contact problems
We at CentreSource have noted a few posts about problems when ordering the heated mouse (read original post). We have had no real experience with this company and since the main issue was that you couldn’t get anyone at the company to return emails/phone calls, we decided to do a little research for you and here is the information we found on the owner of the domain name. We hope it will help in actually contacting him
Hinojosa, Rodolfo rudyh32@hotmail.com
Laguna Systems
6237 Baymar Ln
Dallas, Texas 75252
United States
4693611255 Fax — 4697915997
Sprint - Yet another terrible experience
Recently, my wife and I went to the Sprint store to get our two two Samsung N400 phones repaired. The repairs were covered because we had been paying insurance on them for 2+ years. We submitted both phones for repair and my wife’s was fixed on site. My phone had to be replaced. We filed ticket and they said they would call us.
Before leaving - one of the reps asked us if we’d like to consider getting new phones because we’ve had ours for 2+ years. After checking out the new phones, I got the A900 and my wife got the Samsung PM840. Before we left, the Sprint rep said we had 14 days to return either phone if we were dissatisfied.
One week later, we decide to return my wife’s phone because the ringer & speaker phone were too quiet. And so begins our saga…
