The future of cameras?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/22/light-field-camera-captures-unprecedented-images-lets-you-cho/
Click on different spots in the picture of the girl below to focus on different areas. This is what these cameras can create!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Send free SMS(text) to Bmobile(TSTT) and Digicel
Update 24 July 2012:
Works for both red and green:
http://ohdontforget.com/
Long list of other possible sites in the comments here:
http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/free-website-send-group-text-messages/
Update 7th Oct 2011: For the past few weeks the Rogers messages are only going to Digicel phones, not to any Bmobile phones.
I came across another Trini blogger who posted about a foreign service we can use to send free SMS to our local cell phones,
http://websms.rogers.page.ca/2way
Digicel (postpaid and prepaid) users already have free web based SMS to other Digicel phones that regenerate every month (but does not roll over) whether you top up or not. It seems you can only send to phone numbers you add to the Rogers address book, not by just typing it in for a new message. Delivery for the few messages I have tried was almost instant. The '2-way' feature does not seem to work, messages seem to be web to mobile only. I did have to wait a few minutes when signing up for the confirmation email though, I imagine a confirmation text might have been faster.
If anybody has any other sites which can send SMS to Trinidad and Tobago cell phones, for free or not, please leave a comment, or choose a reaction below.
Topic: Send free text (SMS) to Bmobile(TSTT) and Digicel
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Plantronics 975 not connecting to second phone on power on
I have a Plantronics 975 bluetooth headset and it can connect to two phones at the same time. I only recently tried to use this feature and there are a couple quirks not mentioned in the manual or FAQ I want to make note of.
What is already on the net:
Plantronics Discovery 975 supports multipoint technology, which allows you to use one earpiece with two different Bluetooth mobile phones.
How to Turn the Multipoint Feature On and Off
To use more than one phone, you must turn the multipoint feature on. When this feature is off, your earpiece can connect to only one Bluetooth phone.
1 With your earpiece turned off, press and hold the volume and call control buttons simultaneously until earpiece turns on and indicator flashes white 2 times.
2 To pair earpiece to a second phone, see "Pairing Your Earpiece" on page 7 -see below.
How to Initiate a Call
The earpiece initiates or redials a call on the phone that most recently made an outgoing call. To use the second phone, initiate the call using the controls on the second phone.
How to Answer a Call While Talking on the Other Phone
To answer the second call, the first call must be terminated or placed on hold using the phone, if your phone has a hold feature.
1 Tap the call control button once to hang up the existing call.
2 Tap the call control button again to answer the new call from the other phone.
Using More Than One Bluetooth Phone
PAGE 7 -
Excerpt from HERE used.
What is not mentioned is that when you power the headset OFF and back on again, it connects to the last handset used on the headset only. To get it to connect to the other headset you have to press the control button and the phone switches to the other handset (tries to connect to it). This is how to switch control of the headset from one handset to another, but the switch is necessary to use the headset again to the second handset. I think the headset still can only connect to one handset at a time but it keeps listening for the other handset and actually takes a second to switch to it if it hears a beep or a call come through. The handset that it was last using when being powered OFF is the one it will connect to when put back ON.
I found this out because I only use my headset for driving and switch the headset off every time I leave the car. For a couple days I went into the bluetooth menu on the second phone and connected the headset and thought that was how it was supposed to be done but now I know better, one click and the second phone is connected. Both handsets always recognise the headset is switched off and disconnected correctly. I am using a Nokia 5800 and 5130.
What is already on the net:
Plantronics Discovery 975 supports multipoint technology, which allows you to use one earpiece with two different Bluetooth mobile phones.
How to Turn the Multipoint Feature On and Off
To use more than one phone, you must turn the multipoint feature on. When this feature is off, your earpiece can connect to only one Bluetooth phone.
1 With your earpiece turned off, press and hold the volume and call control buttons simultaneously until earpiece turns on and indicator flashes white 2 times.
2 To pair earpiece to a second phone, see "Pairing Your Earpiece" on page 7 -see below.
How to Initiate a Call
The earpiece initiates or redials a call on the phone that most recently made an outgoing call. To use the second phone, initiate the call using the controls on the second phone.
How to Answer a Call While Talking on the Other Phone
To answer the second call, the first call must be terminated or placed on hold using the phone, if your phone has a hold feature.
1 Tap the call control button once to hang up the existing call.
2 Tap the call control button again to answer the new call from the other phone.
Using More Than One Bluetooth Phone
PAGE 7 -
How to Pair Your Phone with Your Earpiece for the First Time
1 Turn on the Bluetooth feature on your phone.
2 Turn the earpiece on. Press and hold the call control button until the indicator flashes red/white.
3 Use the commands on your phone to locate and select your earpiece.9xxPlantronics.
4 If prompted for the PIN code or Passkey, enter 0000.Pairing is successful when the indicator on your earpiece flashes white.
Note If your phone supports Secure Simple Pairing (SSP), you will not need to enter a PIN code or Passkey.Excerpt from HERE used.
What is not mentioned is that when you power the headset OFF and back on again, it connects to the last handset used on the headset only. To get it to connect to the other headset you have to press the control button and the phone switches to the other handset (tries to connect to it). This is how to switch control of the headset from one handset to another, but the switch is necessary to use the headset again to the second handset. I think the headset still can only connect to one handset at a time but it keeps listening for the other handset and actually takes a second to switch to it if it hears a beep or a call come through. The handset that it was last using when being powered OFF is the one it will connect to when put back ON.
I found this out because I only use my headset for driving and switch the headset off every time I leave the car. For a couple days I went into the bluetooth menu on the second phone and connected the headset and thought that was how it was supposed to be done but now I know better, one click and the second phone is connected. Both handsets always recognise the headset is switched off and disconnected correctly. I am using a Nokia 5800 and 5130.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
New Google Dashboard
Google has now made it easier to manage all the information you have with them from one place. It is basically an updated listing with shortcuts to the management areas of the different products.
There is now 32!! products you can manage and 6 more coming soon. Did you know you had so much data with them?
https://www.google.com/dashboard
There is now 32!! products you can manage and 6 more coming soon. Did you know you had so much data with them?
https://www.google.com/dashboard
Sunday, June 5, 2011
HOME
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We have one planet and one choice.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Kindle 3 Cracked Screen
I have a 28 day old kindle with a cracked screen (casing still intact). Amazon will replace it for free (I pay shipping as I am outside the USA). If I was in the USA I could use a prepaid stamp I had to print out for the broken kindle.
The replacement was marked for shipping as soon as I called and said what happened. I have 30 days to return the broken one otherwise I get charged for the replacement. I can have it replaced multiple times during the one year standard warranty period (no matter where I purchased it from).
I hope my replacement never needs replacing...
Update: 7th June 2011
The replacement was sent out from Amazon with 2 day delivery all for free. I got it in Trinidad in under a week after it was shipped. The skybox fees were the minimal $33ttd (just like the first Kindle). The Kindle was in a sealed box with the same packaging except the 2 prong wall plug was not included this time, so now I have the first USB cable with 110 volt charger and now a second usb cable.
I connected the second kindle to my wifi and registered it to my Amazon account. Syncing the content from the old one was very easy by just choosing where to send the books/games in the Amazon Kindle management area online. Within seconds the content was on my Kindle. After I was done I de-registered the old Kindle but I think I could have done this at any time during the process.
I had to spend over 20 minutes on the phone with Amazon trying to get an address to send the broken Kindle to. There is a prepaid stamp I could print out and use if I was shipping from within the USA but it had serial numbers and no real address. The first CSR I spoke to did not sound American and I spent over 15 minutes of intermittent holding and actually talking to him, repeating myself that I just wanted an address to ship to, he thought I wanted a prepaid stamp to use from outside the USA (which Amazon does not supply). Eventually he transferred me to an American sounding person who put me on hold one more time and came back with what I wanted. Amazon does offer a service where they call customer for free but it was not available the couple times I put in my local cell phone so they offered a number I had to call. I spent a total of almost $50ttd with numerous retrying and waiting for an initial answer and then being put on hold.
Today I got an email from Amazon saying they "'received the return for my order" corresponding to the order for the broken kindle. I was expecting it to take at least another week to reach them since I chose standard shipping but I am definitely happy about the shipping choice now. I mailed it out on the 23rd May and it was delivered to Lexington Kentucky USA on the 6th June. Well done TTPOST! - for the delivery at least. I got a little stressed in the post office when I was sending the broken kindle back.
Firstly, I did not know I was supposed to leave the packaging open so that the employees could see the contents... not that it mattered, because these two older women did not have a clue what an e-reader is... I had an inner box (the original kindle box) and an outer box (the original Amazon box). I had no idea if there was a minimum needed to wrap the kindle, even though the screen was already broken. Eventually I was convinced to use just the kindle box wrapped in a sheet of brown paper and an envelope and registered (3 week) mail. The damaged kindle was in bubble wrap and shredded paper inside its box. I was told I had to wrap the box in a sheet of brown paper (which I had to buy)... so I thought it was some standard process for a box so I went along and used half a sheet of brown paper to wrap the box. I found out after that this was just so the corners of the box would not punch the regular brown envelope they wanted to put it in... for no good reason. I know now that it was a waste of an envelope. I could have just taped the paper on the box (tape was for sale, not on the counter), or not wrapped the box at all since the corners remained the same because I wrapped the paper neatly. The TTPOST lady was convinced the box could fit in a small envelope and I told her if it rips I am not paying for it because I did not think it could fit. She tried it and the envelope ripped so she ended up using the bigger envelope. Now it was time to seal the envelope and the glue on it was very sparse and probably not able to hold even if the envelope was empty. I was lucky enough to have some white glue donated and 2 staples placed on the envelope to hold it while the glue dried. The staples had to be removed before shipping though. The tracking number sticker and US customs declaration sticker were placed on the seal to help keep it closed. I had printed out the sign from Amazon for the outside that warns that it has a lithium battery inside, but at this point I was too frustrated to buy tape for it.
I think the entire cost was a little under $50ttd, for postage, envelope, brown paper and registered mail. I spent about 25 minutes in the TTPOST branch to send this package to the USA and a small envelope to the UK.
To get confirmation of my delivery I had to go www.usps.com and type in my tracking number eg. RI1234567890TT. The report only showed info for the 5th and 6th June. I am keeping a copy of the info a sort of proof of delivery in case Amazon has any issues in the future, even though I got an email saying they received the return item.
The replacement was marked for shipping as soon as I called and said what happened. I have 30 days to return the broken one otherwise I get charged for the replacement. I can have it replaced multiple times during the one year standard warranty period (no matter where I purchased it from).
I hope my replacement never needs replacing...
Update: 7th June 2011
The replacement was sent out from Amazon with 2 day delivery all for free. I got it in Trinidad in under a week after it was shipped. The skybox fees were the minimal $33ttd (just like the first Kindle). The Kindle was in a sealed box with the same packaging except the 2 prong wall plug was not included this time, so now I have the first USB cable with 110 volt charger and now a second usb cable.
I connected the second kindle to my wifi and registered it to my Amazon account. Syncing the content from the old one was very easy by just choosing where to send the books/games in the Amazon Kindle management area online. Within seconds the content was on my Kindle. After I was done I de-registered the old Kindle but I think I could have done this at any time during the process.
I had to spend over 20 minutes on the phone with Amazon trying to get an address to send the broken Kindle to. There is a prepaid stamp I could print out and use if I was shipping from within the USA but it had serial numbers and no real address. The first CSR I spoke to did not sound American and I spent over 15 minutes of intermittent holding and actually talking to him, repeating myself that I just wanted an address to ship to, he thought I wanted a prepaid stamp to use from outside the USA (which Amazon does not supply). Eventually he transferred me to an American sounding person who put me on hold one more time and came back with what I wanted. Amazon does offer a service where they call customer for free but it was not available the couple times I put in my local cell phone so they offered a number I had to call. I spent a total of almost $50ttd with numerous retrying and waiting for an initial answer and then being put on hold.
Today I got an email from Amazon saying they "'received the return for my order" corresponding to the order for the broken kindle. I was expecting it to take at least another week to reach them since I chose standard shipping but I am definitely happy about the shipping choice now. I mailed it out on the 23rd May and it was delivered to Lexington Kentucky USA on the 6th June. Well done TTPOST! - for the delivery at least. I got a little stressed in the post office when I was sending the broken kindle back.
Firstly, I did not know I was supposed to leave the packaging open so that the employees could see the contents... not that it mattered, because these two older women did not have a clue what an e-reader is... I had an inner box (the original kindle box) and an outer box (the original Amazon box). I had no idea if there was a minimum needed to wrap the kindle, even though the screen was already broken. Eventually I was convinced to use just the kindle box wrapped in a sheet of brown paper and an envelope and registered (3 week) mail. The damaged kindle was in bubble wrap and shredded paper inside its box. I was told I had to wrap the box in a sheet of brown paper (which I had to buy)... so I thought it was some standard process for a box so I went along and used half a sheet of brown paper to wrap the box. I found out after that this was just so the corners of the box would not punch the regular brown envelope they wanted to put it in... for no good reason. I know now that it was a waste of an envelope. I could have just taped the paper on the box (tape was for sale, not on the counter), or not wrapped the box at all since the corners remained the same because I wrapped the paper neatly. The TTPOST lady was convinced the box could fit in a small envelope and I told her if it rips I am not paying for it because I did not think it could fit. She tried it and the envelope ripped so she ended up using the bigger envelope. Now it was time to seal the envelope and the glue on it was very sparse and probably not able to hold even if the envelope was empty. I was lucky enough to have some white glue donated and 2 staples placed on the envelope to hold it while the glue dried. The staples had to be removed before shipping though. The tracking number sticker and US customs declaration sticker were placed on the seal to help keep it closed. I had printed out the sign from Amazon for the outside that warns that it has a lithium battery inside, but at this point I was too frustrated to buy tape for it.
I think the entire cost was a little under $50ttd, for postage, envelope, brown paper and registered mail. I spent about 25 minutes in the TTPOST branch to send this package to the USA and a small envelope to the UK.
To get confirmation of my delivery I had to go www.usps.com and type in my tracking number eg. RI1234567890TT. The report only showed info for the 5th and 6th June. I am keeping a copy of the info a sort of proof of delivery in case Amazon has any issues in the future, even though I got an email saying they received the return item.
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