| 24-08-2008 09:40 PM |
| Dan Din |
i've found the best software as an excellent excuse for family holiday use of my E90 is Shozu. "phone gran up to tell her all the photos are on our Flickr site" is a classic.
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| 24-08-2008 06:00 PM |
| slitchfield |
re: GPS marking. I either do it in the built-in 'GPS Data' app or in Nokia Maps. Both work very well......
Glad you all enjoyed the piece. A family illness is going to keep me quiet for a few days, back later in the week....
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| 24-08-2008 12:05 PM |
| Unregistered |
in germany you get for 5 euro unlimited internet for 24 hours (vodafone prepaid).
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| 24-08-2008 07:55 AM |
| wampyre |
Wow, I actually did learn something.
Using the GPS to mark a location for where a car have been parked was just clever.
I've experienced that when going on a holiday with my parents and siblings.
We found the car eventually but was walking around for 30-40 min. before recognizing the right street again. (That was in Italy)
As always funny and informational reading.
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| 23-08-2008 07:27 AM |
| Unregistered |
poor g3 = bad iphone battery?
i think the fact that iPhone 3g is always switching between 2G and 1 bar of 3G (even in central london)
isnt helping its battery life one bit.
and may be the actual only single cause of problems. alas its a hardware issue.
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| 23-08-2008 07:11 AM |
| Unregistered |
good advice about the pre auto focus for the camera...I never knew that option existed. Thanks
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| 23-08-2008 06:29 AM |
| Dan Din |
Vodafone contract UK - includes £7 for 500Mb every month...
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| 22-08-2008 10:57 PM |
| bills2north |
It's Greek to me.. ;)
speaking of holidays I noticed on the Greek island Samos the service operator changed 3 times in one day. It's the weirdest thing I've ever seen! Do I dare open the telephone bill???
Also had mobile modem for my laptop and noticed as a "guest" got a better lock-on than the "agreed" network service. Again, waiting for the other shoe to drop
Btw, practiced video recording of Air Berlin planes flying overhead at the beach. Prepping was easy..just listen for the turbines on take-off 1k away! 
Good article. Always like your show too. Keep it up! 
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| 22-08-2008 09:07 PM |
| ceanth |
Steve what program do you use to 'mark' your carparking space? Sounds like a really good thing to do with a smartphone
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| 22-08-2008 05:55 PM |
| Ravindra@SLB |
WOW,a great article and globally applicable..........
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| 22-08-2008 03:04 PM |
| stuclark |
If T-Mobile's pay as you go Web n Walk packages seem good, then you should try the ones us contract customers get.
For £12.50 per month, I get truely unlimited use of T-Mobile hot-spots (yes, UN-limited) and 3GB of data, although T-Mobile admit they will never actually cap anyone at that amount.
That works out at under half a pence (0.4p) for over 100 MB (102MB) per day!
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| 22-08-2008 02:59 PM |
| Tzer2 |
Quote:
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Walking not much better (routes were flawed and the same as driving ones).
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I don't think you need routes when walking though.
If you can see both your destination and current location on a map, that's usually enough for a pedestrian, because travelling on foot is a lot slower and more flexible than travelling in a vehicle.
I agree map data is sometimes not complete, but that's the fault of the data rather than the application, and it seems to vary tremendously depending on where you are in the world.
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| 22-08-2008 02:43 PM |
| shoobe01 |
What's wrong with bagging a phone? As long as it's tight (add rubber bands) there is minimal crinkle noise, so you can make calls thru it, push buttons, etc. Photos are not so good for various reasons, but it's a solid solution for temporarily waterproofing (dustproofing, etc.) anything, otherwise.
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| 22-08-2008 02:34 PM |
| snoyt |
additions
Hi Steve, liked the seashore shot, I hope it was with the N82 ;^)
Some contributions to your seven:
1) Being on the borderline of wifi range will do the same. A telltale sign is when the battery is getting warm from the continuous power drain.
2) Good signal reception does not even mean there is internet either when roaming, it depends on the contracts you provider has with the roaming party.
3) Panning is a good technique, setting the sensitivity way up, will cause the shutter time can go down. thus getting less motion blur. The disadvantage is a bit more image noise but definitely a good trade against motion blur. Works best in well lit/ sunny environments.
4) Maps occasionally advises me to exit and reenter a highway. It seems to assign no time penalties for such transitions for routing. Use your brain first, the blond, ehh, blind babe in the phone second.
5) Nice car park picture. In car parks photograph the parking space number in case you forget after a long busy day or your points of reference are gone because of sundown or fog. Create a placemarker in Nokia Maps. Park garages, do it outside, mark the pedestrian entrance, some are actually really semi hidden place.
6) T-mobile web and walk cheapest version in the Netherlands is bandwidth limited but not data limited. Indeed a steal, probably a similar apackage is available in most countries. Neither does it not restrict voip usage. Though out going voice is a bit stuttering on occasion, listening cheaply to the voice mailbox is a blast. Particular when roaming for 2 euros per MB.
7) How about an older Nokia 6250? It not only survives being driven over by a truck in Nokia's commericals. It is garanteed by Nokia to survive a drop from 1 meter height onto concrete as well as seriously water resistent. I have one and it still works. Oke the semi-smart g'zOne's are even better but a lot pricier with GPS and a IPX7 specification. Sadly not worldwide available.
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| 22-08-2008 01:55 PM |
| Unregistered |
>> Maps is currently close to unusable, when alternatives are available.
> I think that's a little extreme,
OK, I'll rephrase: Map's poor design, ill thought out interface, and bugs make it a major pain in the arse to use, when anything else is available. Most notably for driving, or simply looking up a spot. Walking not much better (routes were flawed and the same as driving ones).
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