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Gilbert Goodmate on a WM6 Device

February 26th, 2008 at 8:29 pm » Comments (0)

Just got round to installing all the applications and games I have on my old (mostly broken) iPAQ 2210 over onto my HTC TyTn II (originally known as a Kaiser). ...more »

They Arrived!

February 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 am » Comments (0)

DHL came through and delivered the tickets. OK, so it added a fair amount to the total price, but at least we don't have to wait and hope the correct ...more »

Barcorama

February 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm » Comments (0)

A fellow forum member over at XDA Developers has been busy writing a program to automatically recognise bar codes from the built in cameras available in some PDAs. The potential ...more »

Amsterdam Trip IS On

February 20th, 2008 at 6:44 pm » Comments (0)

Almost all the details are now sorted... We have bought the plane tickets, paid a deposit on the Apartment, now we just need to sort out a pet-sitter again. Either ...more »

My Main Christmas Present

December 3rd, 2007 at 3:01 pm » Comments (0)

I just wanted to show my readers a demonstration of my next toy :) It is called a HTC TyTn II and will be replacing some of my current equipment... My current ...more »

Ira’s New Phone

October 25th, 2007 at 6:42 pm » Comments (0)

Irina seems to be happy with her new mobile phone, a Motorola Razr2 v8 (I better go and check that I have actually got that model name right :) ). ...more »

Two Weeks Today!

September 7th, 2007 at 2:10 am » Comments (0)

Yep, 14 and a half days, and I'll be waiting to board the plane from Kaliningrad to Amsterdam. I have checked with the hotel about their luggage storage facilities, and ...more »

TomTom Mobile Sorted

September 3rd, 2007 at 1:41 am » Comments (0)

I finally got around to installing TomTom on to my Smartphone, and making sure the Netherlands map was activated and looking OK. Next I need to double check the research ...more »

Not Just Me - Skype

August 20th, 2007 at 11:50 pm » Comments (1)

Over the weekend I had terrible problems signing into Skype, though Live Messenger had no issues. Due to the previous problems I have encountered with our local ISP, I just ...more »

Travel Blogs

August 17th, 2007 at 4:39 am » Comments (0)

Depending on how close the nearest WiFi spot will be to our apartment in Amsterdam, I am hoping to temporarily use this site as a sort of travel blog, so ...more »

FINALLY Finished The Recategorization

August 12th, 2007 at 3:21 am » Comments (0)

It took a while, but all 1100 (or near enough) posts on this blog have now had new (mostly additional) categories assigned to them, where appropriate. If you check the ...more »

ActiveSync Woes Have Ended

August 12th, 2007 at 2:52 am » Comments (0)

Today was a good day for sorting out the various technical issues that have ganged up on this poor PC, this week just ending. ActiveSync now works again, meaning I ...more »

Completed Our Amsterdam Map

August 6th, 2007 at 3:48 pm » Comments (0)

I have now finished creating a suitable map to use with the GPS Tuner application I mentioned previously. With the three calibration points configured, and the best points of interest ...more »

PDA App #5 - GPS Tuner

August 3rd, 2007 at 4:50 am » Comments (1)

So, now we are moving onto the software with navigational uses. Although I have an old version of TomTom, I was interested just what would be possible to achieve, focusing ...more »

PDA App #4 - Port Splitter

August 2nd, 2007 at 2:56 pm » Comments (0)

Later in the week I will start reviewing some of the GPS applications, however today I would like to focus on a related utility. One of the problems with Bluetooth GPS ...more »

PDA App #3 - PocketNav

August 2nd, 2007 at 5:05 am » Comments (0)

When my iPaq had to be hard reset last week, I took the opportunity to try out some alternative applications that I'd previously downloaded, but not got around to testing ...more »

More Apps For Amsterdam - WiFiFoFum

August 1st, 2007 at 6:26 am » Comments (0)

This application is specifically for PDAs (Windows based) with WiFi capabilities - be it built in or, as in my case, a Compact Flash card. Although there are several WiFi ...more »

Loading Up On Software For Amsterdam - Metro

August 1st, 2007 at 5:33 am » Comments (0)

I am hoping that some of the following titles I discovered will help this blog's readers with future holidays - none of the links are sponsored, and I will give ...more »

iPAQ Issues

July 30th, 2007 at 3:59 am » Comments (0)

I previously mentioned that a trip to Amsterdam has been planned, so I have been loading up my PDA with useful software. Or rather I tried to. Unfortunately, it has a ...more »

Things Are Improving

July 20th, 2007 at 4:49 am » Comments (0)

OK, so the memory card has been mostly sorted now. After using four different data recovery programs, I remembered I had a fifth, archived on a DVD somewhere. It was ...more »