Earlier this month I wrote about Prepaid Abroad and their offer of 10GB valid for thirty days for €42.90 which is significantly more generous than many other offers in the global marketplace. I guess the most important thing about the offer was was it worth shelling out the money? Aside from a minor hiccup with …
Tag: data
Apr 27 2011
Amazon Kindle DX (Second Generation – Global 3G) Unboxing
It took nine days but my new Amazon Kindle DX (Second Generation – Global 3G) arrived in the mail today (which was faster than the six weeks it took for my wife to receive her Amazon Kindle (Third Generation). I did manage to hold in my excitement and urge to rip open the box at …
Mar 04 2011
Sometimes Unconventional Means Don’t Work But Don’t Be Discouraged
A few posts back I was looking into reviving a hard drive using unconventional means (in this case putting it in the freezer) based upon anecdotal evidence on the web that supported this method. Sometimes in technical support positions you have to think outside the square and when conventional methods don’t work there may be …
Mar 01 2011
Reviving Dead Hard Drives Through Unconventional Methods
Many of us have had a situation where the hard drive in our computer just dies unexpectedly. It’s a pain and an inconvenience which can be exacerbated by the absence of backups. Sometimes, hard drives just require a minor file system scan to get things working again or, in more severe cases, the controller board …
Aug 06 2010
No Inflight Calls For You!
Shortly after ACMA had given the green light for cellular communication technology to deployed in aircrafts, QANTAS and Jetstar have quickly put the brakes on any such deployment in their fleet. In a blog entry earlier this week I touched on how this technology could become a nuisance particular on longer international flights. At the …
Aug 01 2010
Australian Airlines to Offer Inflight Cellular Services
In a previous post I wrote about how about how our friends across the ditch were getting access to inflight SMS as well as data for smartphones. That was a couple of months ago and it seems like us Australians weren’t about to be outdone by the Kiwis according to this SMH article. As expected …
May 27 2010
In-Flight SMS and Data – Telecom NZ
Today, ZDNet reported that Telecom NZ is going to allow in-flight SMS by the end of this year in addition to data services for smart phones. Interestingly, they have stopped short of offering voice services (but for an introvert like me I am quietly happy with such a decision as I would go stir crazy …
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