Category Archives: Mobile Phones

Apple iPhone review and wish list

Posted on 25 May, 2008 by Hal

I know that the iPhone has been out since last November, but I only got one at the beginning of this month. In that short time I can honestly say this little device has changed the way I work. Not … Continue reading →

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Displaying SMS at Reading University

Posted on 30 January, 2008 by Hal

One of the tools I used yesterday in Reading was a rather nifty SMS tool, which allows me to receive SMS messages on a mobile phone and display them to the audience. All through the power of bluetooth and some … Continue reading →

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Apple iPhone, inside the iPhone, dismantle an iPhone

Posted on 2 July, 2007 by Hal

Barely days old, and this is what you get: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/iphone-autopsy-.html  Sigh… I guess someone had to be first! Fuelled by beer and a few screwdrivers, the inside of the iPhone is revealed in a somewhat clumsy manner – but interesting … Continue reading →

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Mobile phones on trains

Posted on 26 May, 2007 by Hal

I’ll start by saying I don’t actually mind people using a phone on a train. In fact, I’d prefer people spoke than sat in silence, even if the speaking is to an unseen recipient in a conversation. I also think … Continue reading →

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T-Mobile phone deals, cheap mobile phone, sony ericsson phone offers, the trouble with Orange

Posted on 25 February, 2005 by Hal

I have been using mobile phones since about 1990 and from the beginning have always been with Orange (Hutchinson telecom, as it used to be, I think). However, lately I have grown more dissatisfied with Orange as a service provider and when the time came to change my work phone to my own number the crunch came.

I needed to keep my work number, but it was part of a large contract deal which meant that I couldn’t just transfer the number to my other phone. I asked this several times, in several places and was told it just couldn’t be done. Odd then, that several colleagues appear to have managed it. That was issue 1.
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