Just got hold of the new Forerunner 110. Gone for the grey unisex model as it'll have more market appeal if I go on to sell it in the future. First difference is the charging clip has 4 connections - not the 2 found on the existing Forerunner 405 models.
The existing 2 pin connectors can be used to charge, but the 4 pin one is needed to sync the data - The Forerunner 110 doesnt use the Ant wireless stick.
First run with it this weekend so will compare the new model to the 405 soon..
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Create a US iTunes account for your iPad
After a bit of research, this is what to do.
Read http://patphelan.net/how-to-open-a-usa-itunes-account/ Follow the instructions here, the only change is that you goto the iTunes Store and scroll right to the end to choose "Change Country".
You have to give an email address. I used the google mail trick of adding a + sign to the end of your account name to help me know and be able to validate the address. e.g. youraccount+us@googlemail.com
I now have iBooks on the iPad up and running.
Read http://patphelan.net/how-to-open-a-usa-itunes-account/ Follow the instructions here, the only change is that you goto the iTunes Store and scroll right to the end to choose "Change Country".
You have to give an email address. I used the google mail trick of adding a + sign to the end of your account name to help me know and be able to validate the address. e.g. youraccount+us@googlemail.com
I now have iBooks on the iPad up and running.
iPad UK Review
The main limitation is the App Store on the iPad doesnt connect as Apple only have it enabled for the US. I guess you could try get a US iTunes account in the meantime... However you can find iPad apps on iTunes and they will sync up no problem to your device.
IM+ is the best app I've tried, uses full screen and makes good use of the real estate.
Even better are some iPad optimised websites. Try Google Mail. Three pane email view is superb. And ultra fast.
On the downside, BBC iPlayer recognises the device as a full browser so trys to serve up Flash version which doesn't work. Not found a way of tricking it into iPhone type mode yet.
Its not a iPhone replacement, its not a Macbook replacement - its a whole new device. Kind of Coffee Table browser.
Friday, April 16, 2010
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Upgrading Sky+ Hard Drive to 1TB
Trying to upgrade the Sky+ HD box hard drive from 300Gb to 1TB. Should be straight forward. Plug in two SATA hard drives, use copy+ to partition and transfer recordings etc.
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Unfortunately copy+ gave endless read errors - in fact a log file of 15mb of errors! The author of the program is very helpful and gave me some pointers, but it appeared that the Sky drive was quite corrupted.
I was using two cheap USB to SATA plug ins to drive the two disks, then remembered my trusty old desktop in the garage (pictured!) - 14 years old, but I had installed a internal SATA interface. Booted up first time and connected up drives. Repeated the clone, and works perfectly!
One hour to go to see if it worked!
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Unfortunately copy+ gave endless read errors - in fact a log file of 15mb of errors! The author of the program is very helpful and gave me some pointers, but it appeared that the Sky drive was quite corrupted.
I was using two cheap USB to SATA plug ins to drive the two disks, then remembered my trusty old desktop in the garage (pictured!) - 14 years old, but I had installed a internal SATA interface. Booted up first time and connected up drives. Repeated the clone, and works perfectly!
One hour to go to see if it worked!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Apple iPhone Orange or o2 - real life experience
After a lot of waiting Orange finally released the iPhone this month.
I've put up with pretty poor reception at home for the past 2 years with my iPhone on o2 but put up with it because the phone is simply brilliant. Places I go worked well on o2, all outside London I have to say, but pretty ood 3G or EDGE whereevere I was spending time at weekends and at work. Packaged with free The Cloud and BT Openzone I was happy with it all apart from the home coverage.
Orange led its advertising on its far superior 3G network coverage. I also knew that Orange coverage at home is full bars. Orange press releases made us all think data would be like comparing broadband to an old 56k modem!
So one week after launch day I have to report its all hype. Orange has significantly poorer reception for calls and data. The data seems to be garden walled too and slower. Some applications dont even update (Sky News shows weeks old news on my Orange iPhone!).
Incidentally, this experience is mirrored by a friend of mine in different coverage areas too.
So I'm running back to o2. All is forgiven. The future isn't bright for the iPhone on Orange. Its now on Amazon to be sold...
I've put up with pretty poor reception at home for the past 2 years with my iPhone on o2 but put up with it because the phone is simply brilliant. Places I go worked well on o2, all outside London I have to say, but pretty ood 3G or EDGE whereevere I was spending time at weekends and at work. Packaged with free The Cloud and BT Openzone I was happy with it all apart from the home coverage.
Orange led its advertising on its far superior 3G network coverage. I also knew that Orange coverage at home is full bars. Orange press releases made us all think data would be like comparing broadband to an old 56k modem!
So one week after launch day I have to report its all hype. Orange has significantly poorer reception for calls and data. The data seems to be garden walled too and slower. Some applications dont even update (Sky News shows weeks old news on my Orange iPhone!).
Incidentally, this experience is mirrored by a friend of mine in different coverage areas too.
So I'm running back to o2. All is forgiven. The future isn't bright for the iPhone on Orange. Its now on Amazon to be sold...
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