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Re: Sharpie Retractable Pen Review

REI_isalreadyinuse — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:02:37 -0000

Thanks for the review here :)

Re: Sharpie Retractable Pen Review

OfficeSupplyGeek — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:16:44 -0000

@Steve - Solid review, I agree with some of the points, especially regarding the plunger. Nice photos too.

Re: Sharpie Pen – First Impressions

tsdguy — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:26:41 -0000

Your love won't last long. All of the ones I've used so far have failed (extra fine tip). The tip has mushed over or broken or the ink has started to leak and glob. Blech. I agree with dowdyism that the original capped version is MUCH better.

Re: Sharpie Pen – First Impressions

SteveRowlands — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:21:11 -0000

This is the first Sharpie pen I have ever come across on the UK High Street. We don't seem to have a great amount of choice when it comes to Sharpie things unfortunately.

Is the original the same tip and ink, just different barrel?

Re: Sharpie Pen – First Impressions

dowdyism — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:01:04 -0000

The retractable is the worst of the bunch, barrel wise. Get the original or the grip version for a better experience.

Re: Twidroyd Killed my Battery

ViChU — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:51:15 -0000

Wow i have the same problem . i thought that my HTC Desire was broken and I was thinking to send it to SAT but i am going to try to uninstall Twidroyd !

Thanks

Re: Is Apple ‘Cool’ Anymore?

JamesBurland — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:20:53 -0000

People would be well to remember that even when Apple were not 'cool' in the eyes of the masses, 1987-2001, they were still loved by the people that understood what real computing was all about - enhancing humanity. Apple still do that better than any other tech company in existence.

Re: Are Apple and Steve Jobs Are Taking You For Being a Mug?

Chris Smith — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:28:00 -0000

I love the fact that you are anti Apple, so I dont want to say too much about your article. However, maybe your description of the problem is a little vague. The problem of joining 2 antennas is the fact that both antennas will be detuned, as a TX/RX antenna in any RF device needs to be of a tuned frequency, joining the antenna to something else removes the tuning from the antenna to a different frequency, hence the signal is lost. possibly, over time, causing damage to the RF PA in the phone in the process

The other issue in my opinion, (I also am a quallified RF engineer and radio HAM) is that other smartphones/phones in general, dont always suffer this problem, I can cup my htc desire or nokia e72 in my hands and only lose a single bar of signal!

Re: Are Apple and Steve Jobs Are Taking You For Being a Mug?

JamesBurland — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:26:47 -0000

I've recently spoken to 2 iPhone 4 owners, both said they get better performance than on their previous phones. I agree that Apple have downplayed some issues, but I don't really blame them to be honest, the antenna performance on the iPhone 4 is totally acceptable for most people as the return rate will show. The biggest story for me is how so many people jumped on the story without even owning or using an iPhone 4.

Re: Twidroyd Killed my Battery

SteveRowlands — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:59:38 -0000

Dabr is my desktop choice for Twitter, and my backup mobile solution. I always seem to run out of available tabs in the Android browser, hence me not using it regularly. So not a fault of Dabr, merely a limitation of Android.

I did initially try Twitter for Android, but felt it was a huge waste of screen real-estate, and just found myself endlessly scrolling.

Re: Twidroyd Killed my Battery

James Whatley — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:23:03 -0000

I've not tried Twidroyd, and now probably won't. I've been using Dabr for tweet creation & consumption and Twitter for Android for tweet alerts and contacts integration...

I do like Twicca too though - good choice.

Re: Gmail – Do You Archive or Delete?

JCB_Digger — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:48:34 -0000

Steve, it's a doddle - you select a message you want filtering, then go to 'more actions', select 'filter messages like this'. Google will then set up the basics for filtering all items from that sender and give you an option to preview all messages that would be affected by the search.

I have automated alerts (FTP failures, ADSL circuits going down) automatically get sent into a folder, but DONT have them skipping the inbox - which means that Android picks them up as 'normal mail', once I've read it from Android, one of the 3 always-present options is 'Archive' - all that does is remove it from your Inbox - it'll still be in the other folder, so I can check on them later - it's very very flexible and well worth spending half an hour learning.

Probably the hardest thing to get your head around if you're used to Outlook is that 1 message can in several folders, so if you delete a message in one folder it'll disappear from the other.

Re: TVCatchUp for Android & Symbian Released in Beta

Realetic.com — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:06:12 -0000

Thanks
But its not working on Nokia X6 .
In HQ only audio is available and in LQ no audio & video.

REALETIC.COM : Web solution in UK http://www.realetic.com

Re: Gmail – Do You Archive or Delete?

SteveRowlands — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:44:06 -0000

Hmm, thanks John, I may have to look into this 'rules' option. I must admit I have heard others swear by it in the past, but has always sounded quite fiddly to set up.

Re: Gmail – Do You Archive or Delete?

JCB_Digger — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:40:36 -0000

We categorise email from customers, suppliers, personal and then have them labelled automatically using Gmail rules.

My own 'Mailing lists' rule (which removes an enormous amount of crap) is:-

from:(bb-europe@bb-europe.com OR alert@email.it247.com OR Microsoft@newsletters.microsoft.com OR champion@handango.com OR newsletter@aprmailer.co.uk OR email@scanshot.scan.co.uk OR @smithknightfay.co.uk OR marketing@expansys.gtml1.com OR newsletter@newsletters.play.com OR FleetNews@mail.fleetnews.co.uk OR crucialnews@mail-crucial.com OR newsletter@maplin.co.uk OR website@fleetnews.co.uk OR Parkers@email.parkers.co.uk OR @insideapple.apple.com OR newsletter@zen.co.uk OR mailing-bounces@pocket-lint.com OR newsletter@topcashback.co.uk OR noreply@lambda-tek.com OR weekly@memoryc.com OR microsoft@e-mail.microsoft.com OR no-reply-aws@amazon.com)

Have gmail skip the inbox for those messages and move them directly to a label.

The labels work beautifully with Thunderbird when using it as an IMap client for those people who aren't ready to jump ship completely to a web-based solution.

I use 'Hide Read Labels' so that my 49 labels aren't always shown, only where there's an unread mail been filtered into there.

Regards, John

Re: Swype for Android Beta to go Public Today

SteveRowlands — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:36:46 -0000

I've finally got round to installing it and have got the same problem as you John..... reboot hasn't fixed it either.

Re: Swype for Android Beta to go Public Today

JCB_Digger — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:59:43 -0000

Thanks Jer - it works fine now - looks as though it needed a reboot before it would install properly.

Re: Swype for Android Beta to go Public Today

Jer White — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:12:39 -0000

I installed Swype last night on my HTC Desire (registered ages ago, finally got an invite) - it works beautifully! I did have to perform one reboot as installing it broke pinch-zoom, but other than that - no problems, and I'm an instant convert. Not sure why John is having problems..

Re: Swype for Android Beta to go Public Today

JCB_Digger — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:10:55 -0000

I registered my interest in Swype a month ago and got put on their waiting list for Beta access. I've had an email with morning with a download link.

Now the bad news: It doesn't work at all on the Desire - After downloading I got a message saying Swype was written for a different handset and wouldn't work optimally (can't remember the exact wording, sorry), but if you try to write something you get the trace onscreen, the keyboard 'beeps' and nothing goes into the text box. :-(

You could always try Shapewriter though - seems to work pretty well.

Re: UK iPhone 4 Available for Pre-Order

JCB_Digger — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:49:52 -0000

...and to answer my own question... Yes it looks as though the micro sim cutters available for pre-order on Ebay also come with adapters so you can use your SIM in a normal phone, though these MUST make the SIM thicker... I'd not be confident in using one of those in an iPhone 3G.

Re: UK iPhone 4 Available for Pre-Order

JCB_Digger — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:40:02 -0000

Really impressed that they're not network locked - only problem now is where to get a sharp enough pair of scissors to cut down our SIM's :-)

Wonder in anyone does an adapter so you can stick your microSIM into a normal SIM slot, otherwise once you've cut, you're stuck with just using iPhones.

Re: Vodafone Just Surprised Me. A Little. Data Charges

Harvey Mckay — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:46:07 -0000

If the 'computer says no' then it says no, the staff are extremely limited in what they can do in terms of changing your handset if the computer wont let them, simple as that, it wouldn't be compliant to do otherwise, alot of the networks dont even have prices on their till for contract exclusive handsets, and even if they did sell it, they would likely be selling it for a loss since the hardware for new handsets is so expensive, I would have personally advised you to take out an additional line on your current account and then cancel your contract associated with the N97, I think its a bit unfair to soley target vodafone in this situation, It's likely that other networks would be under the same restrictions, unfortunately people seem to forget that the contract they sign is for the length time that they agreed to and the network essentially don't have to change your tariff

Re: Proporta TurboCharger 3400 Review

SteveRowlands — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:48:24 -0000

Yes, I agree. Having all the tips available and somehow tethered to the end of the cable would be more use, so you dont have to rummage around for the correct connector all the time.

Re: Proporta TurboCharger 3400 Review

JCB_Digger — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:32:56 -0000

I've got one and love it, but it could be better for mobile use if Proporta included a USB->Mini USB data cable with multiple connector types (Apple, Nokia, MicroUSB) - means that you'd always have a data cable with you as well as the charger.

Re: Vodafone Just Surprised Me. A Little. Data Charges

Guest — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:07:32 -0000

If u want SIM free handsets, you need to head to CarphoneWarehouse, Phones4U or any other mobile outlet. Just not any operator shop. They don't dabble in that business. They want contracts and nothing more or less.

Dumb Pipes for a reason.