So I got another cell phone. It's about the same size as my Samsung SGH-D820, but without the dust problems.
I was initially very sceptical about getting another motorola considering how much I hated the address book, but they've fixed that in their newer firmware and I don't really have …
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Name: <whatever you want …A couple months after I got the Samsung SGH-T809/D820 I started having dust problems with the screen. The first solution was easy enough - pull up the screen and clean it. Unfortunately, this didn't last.
Twice now I've taken my T809/D820 apart to clean the dust. This time I …
read more[Brady] complained that I didn't have a review for my wife's RAZR. Well, it can be summed up pretty succinctly by the statement "Motorola's address book sucks".
read moreSince I've been hiking a bit more recently I've gotten it into my head that I should be GPS-tagging my photos. Unfortunately, this isn't easy since the camera doesn't have any way of putting the location tags into the photos itself. Pretty much the easiest way to do it is …
read moreThe phone is working pretty well so far. It's definitely a lot thinner and lighter. The display is extremely clear and bright. The biggest thing I've noticed so far is that some actions require going through menus more than I would like, but I'm starting to find shortcuts through most …
read moreUnfortunately, I made a bad choice with the Sony Ericsson s710a. It's just too big. Fortunately there's an alternative with a much more attractive alternative, but it breaks my ties with Sony Ericsson : the Samsung SGH-T809.
The current plan is to re-flash the unit to the SGH-D820 firmware which will …
read more[Brady] and I managed to find N3MMH in a little over an hour today using a 3-element yagi we built yesterday (and finished this morning) out of an old TV antenna. Not bad! Of coruse, that means we have to be the fox next year...
In other ham-related news, I …
read moreDennis found a website for a 2.4GHz Bazooka Yagi. We built it tonight, and was able to get about 10-12dbi gain out of it. Not bad for a night's work.
And the three of us that went for our ameteur radio licenses got our call signs! Mine is KB3IZJ …
read more[Dennis] and I would like to start a community wireless project in the Newville, PA area, and are looking for some help.
Check out his NFWP website for more info.
read moreI've been playing with a bunch of wireless stuff recently, and I've found out it rocks. I have a Lucent Orinoco (WaveLan) card that works beautifully under both Win2k and Linux; and I have a Raylink card on the way as well. I've set up an 802.11b network in …
read moreDespite having renewed hope in wireless networking between [Brady]'s, [Dennis]'s, and my houses after finding pretty cheap 2.4GHz Antennas, [Brady] and I were spoiled once again by distance and LoS (Line of Sight) factors. If we could just see each other's houses...
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