Santa finally came
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Finally got my Christmas present delivered; a new phone. Really you can't get the elves these days. You'd think that they would be used to snow by now, but no, two day delivery actually took nearly three weeks. It arrived the day before yesterday actually, but that day was full of setting it up and playing with it and yesterday was spent going to a show, family meals and hogmanay. It's only a J2ME touchscreen phone but it's got wifi and internet connectivity (including BBC iPlayer) so I'll be able to log in to CP and other favourite sites when I'm away on business. Yet to find a good browsing experience on a 3" screen. The in-built browser failed to load CP at all and the qwerty keyboard on Opera is painfully slow with my fingers being about three times the size of the so-called keys. On the other hand it's the first phone that I've had that I can actually program. Got the SDK and emulator, reading up on the API and Java and only have to choose what my first application is going to be - geek heaven
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Finally got my Christmas present delivered; a new phone. Really you can't get the elves these days. You'd think that they would be used to snow by now, but no, two day delivery actually took nearly three weeks. It arrived the day before yesterday actually, but that day was full of setting it up and playing with it and yesterday was spent going to a show, family meals and hogmanay. It's only a J2ME touchscreen phone but it's got wifi and internet connectivity (including BBC iPlayer) so I'll be able to log in to CP and other favourite sites when I'm away on business. Yet to find a good browsing experience on a 3" screen. The in-built browser failed to load CP at all and the qwerty keyboard on Opera is painfully slow with my fingers being about three times the size of the so-called keys. On the other hand it's the first phone that I've had that I can actually program. Got the SDK and emulator, reading up on the API and Java and only have to choose what my first application is going to be - geek heaven
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
Graham Shanks wrote:
It's only a J2ME touchscreen phone
Interesting choice. What was it that made you decide on that one.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Graham Shanks wrote:
It's only a J2ME touchscreen phone
Interesting choice. What was it that made you decide on that one.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
What was it that made you decide on that one
I wanted a pay as you go phone, since I'm away on business all week and I mainly use the work phone, so I couldn't justify a monthly account to get a top of the line phone. That meant that I had to buy one, and I wasn't prepared to pay more than a hundred pounds or so for what will mainly be a toy. 3G and Wifi was high on the list of required attributes - it came down to a choice between the one I got and an Android based one. Not sure I made the correct choice - the specs on this one was slightly better, although the android was attractive
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Henry Minute wrote:
What was it that made you decide on that one
I wanted a pay as you go phone, since I'm away on business all week and I mainly use the work phone, so I couldn't justify a monthly account to get a top of the line phone. That meant that I had to buy one, and I wasn't prepared to pay more than a hundred pounds or so for what will mainly be a toy. 3G and Wifi was high on the list of required attributes - it came down to a choice between the one I got and an Android based one. Not sure I made the correct choice - the specs on this one was slightly better, although the android was attractive
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
Graham Shanks wrote:
I wasn't prepared to pay more than a hundred pounds
A man after my own heart. :) From what I've seen of Android phones at that price point, I suspect that your selection will be a lot more durable.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Graham Shanks wrote:
I wasn't prepared to pay more than a hundred pounds
A man after my own heart. :) From what I've seen of Android phones at that price point, I suspect that your selection will be a lot more durable.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Cheap, you mean :-) Or as we would say up here, canny
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Cheap, you mean :-) Or as we would say up here, canny
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
I am 1/8th Scots.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I am 1/8th Scots.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
I am 1/8th Scots.
I always say that there is a little bit of good in everyone
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Graham Shanks wrote:
It's only a J2ME touchscreen phone
Interesting choice. What was it that made you decide on that one.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Finally got my Christmas present delivered; a new phone. Really you can't get the elves these days. You'd think that they would be used to snow by now, but no, two day delivery actually took nearly three weeks. It arrived the day before yesterday actually, but that day was full of setting it up and playing with it and yesterday was spent going to a show, family meals and hogmanay. It's only a J2ME touchscreen phone but it's got wifi and internet connectivity (including BBC iPlayer) so I'll be able to log in to CP and other favourite sites when I'm away on business. Yet to find a good browsing experience on a 3" screen. The in-built browser failed to load CP at all and the qwerty keyboard on Opera is painfully slow with my fingers being about three times the size of the so-called keys. On the other hand it's the first phone that I've had that I can actually program. Got the SDK and emulator, reading up on the API and Java and only have to choose what my first application is going to be - geek heaven
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
Graham Shanks wrote:
The in-built browser failed to load CP at all
I've had that problem with Opera for phones too, but I now have 2 browsers on my phone, Opera and Bolt[^]. I use the Bolt browser for websites that won't load in Opera. I would definitely recommend it :)
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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Graham Shanks wrote:
The in-built browser failed to load CP at all
I've had that problem with Opera for phones too, but I now have 2 browsers on my phone, Opera and Bolt[^]. I use the Bolt browser for websites that won't load in Opera. I would definitely recommend it :)
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Thanks for that, I'll look into that one
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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Thanks for that, I'll look into that one
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
Your welcome :) It also displays webpages how they would on a desktop, which is handy.
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
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A lot of phones are J2ME capable.
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Yeah. I even think my old Razr is. It was the just a J2ME, that intrigued me.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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I am 1/8th Scots.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
I am 1/8th Scots ch.
FTFY :)
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Your welcome :) It also displays webpages how they would on a desktop, which is handy.
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
The unofficial awesome history of Code Project's Bob! "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
Good call. Downloaded Bolt and using it to post this message :-)
Graham Librarians rule, Ook!
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I am 1/8th Scots.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
I'm about half a liter, myself... but it's early yet.
Will Rogers never met me.