Archive for the “Interesting Things” category
Suunto Ambit 3 Wish List
by admin on August 28, 2014
Much as I love my Suunto Ambit, I wish the following things were possible. Will keep adding to the list: – Easier calibration of built in 3D Compass. – Ability to load .gpx tracks created from other apps like (…)
Suunto Ambit: Best Smartwatch
by admin on August 24, 2014
I have owned the Suunto Ambit for over a year now, and it has clearly been the best ‘smart watch’ I have come across. It has: – GPS : recording tracks, waypoints, navigation – Altimeter – Thermometer – Apps. Yes (…)
Gionee E6
by admin on December 2, 2013
I finally got my hands on a Gionee Phone. An E6. Gionee is a Chinese brand which has recently ventured into India. The phone runs on Android. Its easy to make an Android Phone work with a Mac. The phone (…)
Tata Photon WiFi : Great for your iPad and iPod Touch
by admin on October 19, 2010
The TATA Photon Wi-Fi Router is here. With this, you can now create a portable hotspot anytime, anywhere. It is a device that enables you to share Wi-Fi with up to 5 users/devices simultaneously to access internet. Speeds Up to (…)
Use your GPS enabled Nokia as external GPS receiver with your Mac
by admin on November 3, 2008
Symarctic ExtGPS allows you to use your phone’s built-in GPS module externally on laptop via Bluetooth. It is mainly targeted for Nokia N95, E90, 6110 Navigator handsets, allowing you to use existing, more sophisticated GIS applications. Here’s a How-To connecting (…)
Fruux | just sync, no frills
by admin on October 9, 2008
fruux is a lightweight and convenient system preference pane, that syncs your Address Book, Calendars, Tasks and Bookmarks between different Macs. fruux supports sync conflict resolution which will help you when you changed a record on more than one machine. (…)
Remember the Milk on your BlackBerry
by admin on August 16, 2008
Remember the Milk is available on your BlackBerry. Installing MilkSync for BlackBerry There is a 15 day free trial, which begins the first time you synchronize with MilkSync.Using the browser on your BlackBerry, access the URL below and follow (…)
Olympic Apps for your phones
by admin on August 14, 2008
Of course, the first requirement is a working data connectionFor your Blackberry:CNN: To download the icon, visit http://cnnmobile.com/beijing08NBC: To download the icon, visit http://m.nbcolympics.comViigo: Download Viigo from here http://www.getviigo.com/bb CBC: visit http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/blackberry/ for more infoWorldMate Live (gives you currency, weather etc (…)
How to take iPhone Screen Grabs
by admin on August 13, 2008
Turns out you can take iPhone screen-grabs by holding Home and tapping the power button. Photos are (logically) sent to the Photos app.!Get the latest software update if this doesnt work. Haven’t tested it ourselves…
Google iPhone App
by admin on August 13, 2008
From the official Google Blog Our first downloadable iPhone application is here. It’s free, and it makes searching faster and easier. It’s never as easy to type on a mobile phone as on a full keyboard and the mobile network (…)