iPhone Modem Software
After the removal of the iPhone application Netshare modem software the iPhone is probably the only 3g phone you cant use as a modem. However the iPhoneModem application has now been released, unofficially. Which means it will only work on a phone which has been jail-broken.
This is understandable though as the carriers of these phones do not want laptops sucking up all the free data you get on an iPhone plan.
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Setting Up Netshare iPhone Application on Windows XP
There are plenty of instructions out there on setting up your Mac with the iPhone Netshare application but its just as easy with Windows XP using a neat application called Proxfier
Check out this other new iphone modem software
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Apple Pulls NetShare iPhone Modem Application
1st August Update** Not sure what is going on with this iPhone application.. but if your quick it has now been re-added to the Apple Apps store under: Productivity > Netshare be quick before its removed again..
Netshare an iPhone application that allows you to setup your iPhone as a 3G/Edge modem ane allow you to surf using your laptop has been pulled from the iTunes store in less than a day after being released.
If you were one of the lucky ones and purchased the iphone app at $9.99 before it was pulled, It basically allows you to set up a SOCKS5 proxy for you to get your laptop/computer online through use of the 3G/EDGE connection.
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decTop the $100 PC
Check out the decTOP PC from Data Evolution.
The system comes with 128MB of RAM, a 10GB hard drive (both of which are expandable), and runs a 333MHz AMD processor.
It is a great solution for running a web server or other lightweight applications, and features built in VGA, Ethernet, USB, audio and a modem.
The decTOP measures in at just 5.5″ x 8.5″ x 2.5″ and weighs only three pounds, making it portbale.
The decTOP doesn’t come with any OS installed, but at that price who cares, add in your favourite version of Linux and you have a seriously cheap PC.
Here’s the specs
- Memory: 128MB SDRAM / 10GB HDD
- Power: AC adapter
- Connectivity: V.92 modem / Ethernet
- Input Devices: Mouse / Keyboard
- Ports: 4 USB / VGA Video Out (up 1600×1200)
- Audio: Microphone In (audio in) / Headphone Out (audio out)
- Dimensions: 5.5x 8.5 x 2.5 inches
- Weight: 3 lbs
The decTOP PC is available online now from Data Evolution for $100 (about £50)
Via Technabob
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Asus’s New T500 3.5G High Speed PC Card
Asus has announced details of their new high speed 3.5G PC card, the T500.
The T500 will provide users with a download speed of up to 3.6Mbps, and will offer unique phone communication functions for the laptop or PC.
The T500 utilizes the latest PC interface and the PCI express architecture, it will also support voice calls and will come with extensive phonebook management, enabling its users to easily edit SIM contacts through their PC.
It will support GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, as well as WCDMA 2100/1900/850 access services. With a data download speed of 3.6Mbps and an upload speed of 384kbps, it outperforms traditional 3G/EDGE/GPRS and ADSL solutions, and may replace the role of the ADSL or Cable modem for the general end-user.
Here’s the specs
- System: GSM900 / GSM1800 / GSM1900 / WCDMA2100 / 1900 / 850
- Interface: PCI Express
- Dimensions: 105 x 34 x 10mm, < 55g
- Speed: DL 3.6 Mbps, UL 384 Kbps
- Antenna: Internal
- Voice call: Support
- Network select: Auto/Manual selection
- Call logs: 100 sets for missed calls / dialed calls / received calls
- Contact: Send SMS / Dialed calls / Search
No pricing or release details are available at the moment.
Via Fareastgizmos
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Asus EEE PC701 - Review
The guys over at NotebookReview have managed to get their hand on Asus’s EEE PC701, Im not jealous honest.
Heres the Scoop.
‘The Asus EEE PC 701 notebook was officially announced at the beginning of June at Computex Taipei. Today I met with Asus to get a close-up look at this new device and talk more about the company’s goals with it. If Asus really can pull off selling this device for $250, it could be a very tempting companion PC for on the go.
First of all, here’s a quick look at the specs the Asus EEE offers:
* Display: 7″
* Processor: Intel mobile CPU (Intel 910 chipset, 900MHz Dothan Pentium M)
* Memory: 512MB RAM
* OS: Linux (Asus customized flavor)
* Storage: 8GB or 16GB flash hard drive
* Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
* Battery life: 3 hours using 4-cell battery
* Weight: 2lbs
* Dimensions: 8.9 in x 6.5 in x 0.82 in - 1.37 in (width x depth x thickness)
* Ports: 3 USB ports, 1 VGA out, SD card reader, modem, Ethernet, headphone out, microphone in.
The startup time for the EEE is about 10 seconds, and that’s when it’s being slow. Shutdown is performed with the simple one click of an “off” icon in the lower right hand of the screen (this “off” graphic is always present) and the total shutdown time is a whopping 5 seconds. We’ve all been ruined by slow hard drives and a bloated Windows OS I know, but I felt kind of giddy with glee seeing such fast startup and shutdown.
The Asus EEE uses a Linux based OS that Asus has customized themselves. Combine a small Linux footprint OS with a flash based hard drive and what results is this speedy startup that the device has. Just because the OS is light doesn’t mean it doesn’t do much. There’s a ton of software features on board that will most definitely serve all of your basic needs. You can browse the web using FireFox, use Skype with the built-in web cam and microphone, open Word and Excel docs and edit them, view photos, listen to music files, use AOL IM, MSN messenger or just about any other major chat client via Kopete. In other words, all the basic functions you perform on a PC you can do on the EEE PC.’
The Asus EEE was rumoured to be retailing about $199 (about £100), but it looks like it is going to be more like $250 (About £125) for the 8GB version, and a bit more for the 16GB version.
Asus are hoping to start selling this bargain laptop next month, I cant wait to get my hands on one, it seems like a perfect solution when you don’t want to carry a full sized laptop with you, and you can’t beat the price, I am sure the EEE PC is going to be a massive hit.
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iBook Server - What To Do With Your Broken iBook
The guys over at Chaos.com have an ingenious solution for your broken iBook, the iBook Server.
Here is the guide from Chaos.com
‘A little while back i was given an iBook with a faulty screen as in not working at all.
Having a hard time just throwing it away i was looking for a way to put it to use though it was a fairly old 500mhz G3 ibook.
Things being as they where i thought the only thing to do was using it as a server though it would mean quite a makeover, but thus the fun.
First of all we need to take the ibook apart to remove screen, Optical drive and battery. All of these aren’t necessary since we are building a server, “but what about restoring of OSX, don’t we need the hard-drive for that?” Actually you don’t since you can do it just as well in target mode from another hard-drive. Another thing we need to keep in mind is that we really want to keep the footprint of the ibook as small as possible.
Before taking an iBook apart i strongly recommend visiting ifixit’s guide on how to disassemble an iBook so nothing unintentionally gets broken.
I take absolutely no responsibility for any destroyed iBook, making this is your own responsibility !!!
Carefully remove the Power circuit board and without braking the cables for it. The next thing to do is cutting the alu-frame as shown with the red markings. (se picture below) Be very careful!!! The frame breaks easily.
Remove the modem-port, this is done easily just by gently puling of the wires from the logic-board and there after the modem port itself. Now we have room for the power-plug.
The next step is to remove the power-plug from the power circuit board and afterwards solder 5 extension wires between the two, these should be about 20cm in length. This is done because there isn’t room fore the power circuit board when the incasing is fully assembled. Mount the power-plug with some tape with glue on both sides.
The last thing we need to do before assembly is to take of the old power button and replace it with a new one that would be easier to build in, it is easily soldered on the same wires as the old one. Drill a small hole that fit the diameter, of the new power button, in to the alu-frame and mount it. The result should look as the picture above.
Cut the lower case so it fits the footprint of the alu-frame and mount it.
Use some tape with glue on both sides to hold the Power circuit board on to the Lower case and some duck-tape for the power-cords. The end result should look as the picture above.
Cut the upper case so it fit the footprint of the alu-frame and the lower case. Cut a whole for the Power switch in the corner, mount the upper case and use some tape to hold the wires in place on the upper case. The result should look as below.
The next step is to pimp the server up a bit so it doesn’t just look like half an ibook.
I went to my nearest second book pusher and found a hardback that fitted my chopped iBook in thickness and footprint. I brought it home and gutted it, leaving only the cover for my project. To hold the iBook together with the cardboard-back use two angled pieces of plastic about 15cm long and glue each of them at the inside of the cardboard-back so they’ll work as a rest for the iBook to stand on, as shown on the image below.
First i thought about wrapping the book using the remaining Leopard plush i had from my OSX Leopard ready hard-drive project but it didn’t seem right since OSX Leopard won’t run on a G3 processor, besides a plush leopard HDD is pimp, but a server also, would make me look a as if I was playing for the wrong team…
So eventually i decided to use a matted black plastic film to wrap it in and decorate it with one of my many Apple stickers, from the countless Apple products I’w bought and some letter stickers from my local bookstore.
Now remains a way to ensure that the half iBook doesn’t end up on the floor when handling the server… For that i’d simply use velcro-tape at the bottom of the half iBook and the rest-plates, making it quite simple to disassemble the server but also holding the half iBook in place when handled.
Some thoughts about the project.:
I did have some concern that there would be a heat problem after the modding, but this wasn’t the case, since I’w had it running for some time now with no problems at all.
I didn’t have the time for finding a solution for build in Airport, that’ll have to come later. Meanwhile there’s a lot of info about the subject on if you google it.
Oh god! Oh why! Even build it when a Mac mini has just about the same volume and ain’t all that expensive? Well. First of all I already had the iBook so making the project costed me a fraction of the price of a new Mac mini. Second: A Mac mini wouldn’t fit so neatly on my bookshelf. Third: Because I’m able to do so and love the challenge.’
What an ingenious gadget, and it looks pretty good too.
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Asus eee Specs
A couple of days ago I reported on the new £100 laptop from Asus. The eee PC701.
The guys over at Chinese Engadget have managed to get some cool pics of the bargain laptop.
Here’s the full specs on the eee:-
from the ASUS web site
EeePC 701 Specification
- Display：7″
- CPU & Chipset: Intel mobile CPU & chipset
- OS: Linux/ Microsoft Windows XP compatible
- Communication: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet; 56K modem
- WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g
- Graphic: Intel UMA
- Memory: 512MB, DDR2-400
- Storage: 4/ 8/ 16GB Flash
- Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
- Audio: Hi-Definition Audio CODEC; Built-in stereo speaker; Built-in microphone
- Battery Life: 3hrs (4 cells: 5200mAh, 2S2P)
- Dimension & Weight: 22.5 x 16.5 x 2.1~3.5cm, 0.89kg
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