Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot » xda http://www.u-g-h.com Distracting the Mind with Information Overload Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:39:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Android-based, HTC-made, T-mobile powered G1 hits the streets http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/09/24/android-based-htc-made-t-mobile-powered-g1-hits-the-streets/ http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/09/24/android-based-htc-made-t-mobile-powered-g1-hits-the-streets/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:53:42 +0000 Owen http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=2543 Unless you were hiding under a rock yesterday, you’d have heard the news that Android, Google‘s new mobile operating system finally has a home. The first device to sport this is the G1, and HTC device that T-mobile will be making available to punters on a choice of two tarrifs. The device looks cool, though there are still some niggles that I’m sure will be resolved pretty sharpish. It’s got GPS, WiFi, a touchscreen, an accelerometer, a camera, Gmail, Google Maps, a Webkit-based browser an App market and a keyboard. What more could you want on a phone?

It should be available in the US and UK by the “end of the year“, but this particular offering will be locked to T-mobile (until someone writes an unlock for it). However, the OS is open source, so it won’t be long before a whole host of other mobile phones could be running it. Expect a number of gadget sites to be publishing instructions on how to install it on unlocked cell phones with the right specification as it becomes more and more commonplace.

I’m still on my Windows Mobile XDA here. It does the trick but I’d love to get my mitts on one of these.

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]]> http://www.u-g-h.com/2008/09/24/android-based-htc-made-t-mobile-powered-g1-hits-the-streets/feed/ 6 Listening to podcasts http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/08/08/listening-to-podcasts/ http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/08/08/listening-to-podcasts/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:32:56 +0000 Owen http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/08/08/listening-to-podcasts/ I started listening to podcasts when I picked up my iRiver many, many moons ago. It works OK, but I hate the fact that I have to charge it up, plug it into my PC and go through hoops to get the podcasts on my player. It’s been worse with Vista as some packages worked and some didn’t. However things have changed since I got my new mobile phone. I think it’s all sorted out now.

So, how does my set up work. Well, my phone has WiFi built into it, so it’s perfectly happy to download podcasts on it’s own. I’m using a package called HubDog which is an RSS/podcast/vidcast aggregator for Windows Mobile. All I have to do is charge my phone and it’s perfectly happy to downloading podcasts on it’s own ready for me to listen to. Cool, huh?

So what am I listening to at the moment?

  • Slashdot Review – A 10-Minute Review of recent highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit (just the length of time it takes me to walk to work)
  • Hanselminutes – A weekly audio talk show with noted web developer and technologist Scott Hanselman and hosted by Carl Franklin.
  • Daily Source Code – Adam Curry’s seminal podshow.

I also used to listen to Marketing Pilgrim but Andy now does a live show, so I catch him online when I can.

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