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Entries from February 2005

Audiovox PPC-6601 Sprint phone ROM update

February 28th, 2005 · Comments Off

I decided to wait a few days to make sure and I can confirm that the new ROM update does fix the “Beep of Death” issue that was on this unit originally.;
One other thing that is better… Bluetooth support is working like it should. I no longer have problems with pairing my headset, nor [...]

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Sprint deadbeats dial wrong number, get harshed on

February 24th, 2005 · Comments Off

HA!  This was so funny I just had to share it… :)

You know what happens when you have a phone number that’s only one digit off from the number for Sprint’s collections department? You get a lot of deadbeats calling up some random dude in Massachusetts begging him to not disconnect their service. Stewart Woodworth [...]

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Sprint: PRL 10026 Released

February 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off

This was easy.  I called the “no hold time” number on SprintPCS info and they transferred me.  I said exactly what was listed and he said, “Please hold” and then to press *2 Talk and 1 for English.  Worked like a champ!
[Sprint PCS Info]

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The Abe BT 80C Bluetooth Stereo Cassette

February 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off

OK, this kicks butt!  One less wire to hang out on my dashboard.

OH. MY. GOD. Three words for you: Bluetooth Stereo Cassette. What we’re talking about it is the Abe BT 80C, an audio cassette adapter that you can pop into your car’s tape deck and stream music to from your Bluetooth-enabled MP3 player, [...]

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Optic Nerve Cameras for the Blind

February 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off

Wicked cool!  One step closer to having a T-1 jack in the side of the head.  Which, if you have been a long-time reader, I am going to get two of when they come out…  One on each side of the neck/head. :)

It’s very possible we live in the era where blindness, in many forms, [...]

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Xbox Mods

February 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off

Ok, get ready because this one is a doozie.
Last week I bought a mod chip for my Xbox.  Some folks that may, or may not, work with me were talking about it and I decided that it sounded good enough to try.  I bought the Xecuter3 chip from  http://www.system-mods.com/index2.php and it ROCKS!  They produced an excellent [...]

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Sprint: PPC-6600 Released

February 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off

And at the same price as the no-camera version!  Woohoo!
[Sprint PCS Info]

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Nokia licenses Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync

February 14th, 2005 · Comments Off

This sounds cool.  I just recently (today) installed the PPC version of GoodLink.  (Version 3.7)  And after lunch, I removed it!  Ugh!  I missed 3 calls because Good was using the data connection and unlike the version for the Treo, you can not set it to offline mode without turning off the whole dang phone.  [...]

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Snapstream’s ten tuner Hydra PVR

February 10th, 2005 · Comments Off

Ooooooh Yeeeeah!  That’s the ticket!  Then you just have modded x-boxes through the house to watch the shows from anywhere!

A few months ago, Snapstream released their software and posted a story on their six tuner demo box. TV card maker Hauppauge recently released a dual tuner TV card for the PC and Snapstream upped the [...]

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Arizona State opens flexible-display center

February 9th, 2005 · Comments Off

Hey, this looks exactly like the device they use as a communicator on that Scifi show Earth: The Final Conflict.

Using $43.7 million in previously announced grants from the Army Research Lab, Arizona State University has opened a 250,000 square-foot flexible display research center. Their first prototype, a 4-inch, semi-flexible display, is expected to be out [...]

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