Windows 7 is Microsoft’s latest monster and can be installed right now for free! Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 RC is death but if you’re on Windows Vista – like most intelligent people – then you’re good to go, pain free, worry free!
That’s it. Serious. See you on the other side.
We are at it again. Contagious networks – the premier Australian promotions network who give you free swag for spreading the word on new promotions – have 6 x Free Perth Double Passes and 3 x Free Brisbane Double Passes to see Bruno when it opens in cinemas worldwide on July 9.
All you have to do to get your hands on them is tell me:
Spell in Austrian and try to translate one of the words Bruno uses throughout the trailer and YouTube videos.
If it’s enough, you score!
Bruno trailer, YouTube videos, contest details and the entry form are over the fold.
Xperia users get a little treat when they open Spb Finance Entry with a “No Skin” error. This is due to Spb Finance Editor not supporting the WVGA screen resolution (480×800); what the Sony Ericsson Xperia has.
Spb Software recommend installing their Spb Finance Editor 640×480 patch but simply put, it looks crap, so I’ve gone to work on a real fix! The Spb Finance Entry patch for Sony Ericsson Xperia (and other WVGA phones).
That’s it! Check out all those additional pixels. This patch isn’t heaven but it’s well on the way, once vertical mode is sweet I’ll move onto formatting landscape mode which is currently a mess!
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I am now onto my second Sony Ericsson Xperia, this time the black model, I still wonder where my previous Xperia is now… I bet they love it too. Before I lost it I was looking into recovery solutions in the event of accidental loss or theft, a little too late for me. Now I’ve got it covered.
Sprite Software have released Terminator for Windows Mobile which works brilliantly with the Sony Ericsson Xperia taking advantage of the A-GPS module for accurate location lat/long positioning.
How it works is Terminator runs a background system application that listens for a specially formatted SMS from someone’s mobile you’ve setup as a Trusted person during setup. All of this is silent and there is no system record or visual/audible alert that these SMS’s are coming/going.
In the event one of these Trusted messages comes through Terminator will respond to that sender with what data was requested. Examples of command are:
I’m annoyed, $1000 annoyed, that I didn’t have this software installed and running. If I did I likely would have recovered the device… download Terminator.
Three have without so much as a whisper released a Planet Three Panel for the Sony Ericsson Xperia! Woot!
I have spent hours hunting what I thought was a simple task, the default Planet Three browser Home page for the Xperia… turns out Three have been ahead of me all along!
Here’s the bad news, it’s basic. Unlike the Planet Three web page content is not dynamic, so nothing changes on the panel, ever. I’m spamming Three to get working on some features to bring it up to par with Planet Three online but everything takes time. I’ll host the CAB file for Three customers shortly.
Dude, I got TV on my phone! This is freaking sweet, now where’s the pr0n!
Our favourite maker of Windows Mobile applications, Spb Software, have released a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer; damn, that sounded , It’s a TV on your mobile.
Spb TV delivers 100+ international live TV channels directly to your phone, right now I’ watching RT (Russia Today), by downloading free content from the Interweb. Among the recently added channels are Comedy Time, Chick Comedy, and Comedy Time Latino. Spb Software have created a channel suggestion form for new content.
It has a groovy transparent on-screen display for currently playing content allowing you to adjust:
Other features include instantly accessible TV guide, picture-in-picture previews (quick channel preview while in another channel) for all offered channels, quick channels switching, and more.
I’ve connected my Sony Ericsson Xperia to a 801.11G (56Mb) wireless network and it streams both the Low and Normal quality streams great, without fault.
Spb TV is optimized for fast, new-generation mobile networks and requires 3G, WiMax, or Wi-Fi data connections. I’ll experiment with performance over HSDPA and 3G later, I expect to see Low quality become system default over mobile broadband but we’ll see.
Overall, Spb Software have included pretty good hardware control support. On the Video Guide screen you can use the left-right directional buttons to navigate listings and play a channel using the OK button.
During live playback you can press the OK button to bring up the On Screen Display and adjust settings without touching the screen. You can also adjust the volume just by pressing the left-right directional buttons when in full screen (Landscape) mode.
Spb TV has a full and freeware version, as you’d expect the full version is a monster taking advantage of all features and channels available. Download Spb TV.
Here’s some screen shots from Spb TV.
I haven’t been this excited about a season of films since just before I turned 15 and took the chance of seeing lame but at the time horrific MA15+ films!
So show your cards, what film holds the #1 position on Must See First Films of Autumn 2009. I’m going with Star Trek as a massive sci-fi fan but Terminator is so close behind after seeing the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Feel free to leave comments with your priorities!
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