Aug 30

Another new website

Yep, once again lanchbury.id.au is changing, but boy, wordpress is easy and simple to use.  This change will mean I update this a lot more often.  So Start Tuned . . . (I have archived the old website entries to new site.)

I am a system administrator for a perth, western australia company.  I always tend to over exceed my job requirements and therefore you will benefit with support documents that will range from complex to easy, but it will be with images and the like that makes following me easy.

I will hopefully blog up, posting stuff that’s been going on in the life of me.  This is just an idea as I don’t do facebook or twitter gotta put it somewhere.

I will hopefully take some photos on the hardware I’ve got running this website and the rest of my system.  I always find that stuff interesting.

Apr 20

HTC Desire for Early Release on Telstra

Thought I’d post this in case google picks it up before it finds it on a news website.

I walked into a [T]life Telstra shop this afternoon. I’ve been their favorite customer the past couple of weeks. Speaking to the guys there, they’ve mentioned that they are going for early release.

There are stock in every CBD store in Australia. So the pre release day this tomorrow (21st April, 21/4/2010). So basically get yourself to one of these stores as soon as you read this if you want one.

Now as for what plans it’s available on. The guy told me the only “codes” available we’re for a MRO (Mobile Repayment Option), I’m figuring like in my DSE days, the “codes” will be downloaded overnight so that it may go on plans for tomorrow.

My assumption seems correct as the Telstra website is showing it’s now (after today’s trading) available free on a customer $60 up plans. I’ve not yet found it on the business $65, which is what I’m planning on getting it on.

Hopefully in a few hours the website changes, otherwise I know where I’ll be 9am tomorrow.

PS, I’ve heard the Perth CBD [T]life have 100 units 🙂

Apr 10

Why is the iPhone/iTunes so gay?

Seriously . . ..

I formatted my desktop computer a number of months ago.   Then a couple of weeks ago I brought my wife a sports iPod/iPhone arm band holder.  So I needed to load her 16GB up with music.  Something I haven’t done yet to date.  I had iTunes installed on the previous format to do firmware upgrades and upload some photos.

So format later and re-installation of iTunes.  I entered the apple id for my wife and went to do a sync.  Then it starts to explain that the device is connected to a different machine and the device needs to be wiped.  What the . . . doesn’t the apple id do anything.  That and it’s the same computer.

But that’s not the worst bit.  As I’ve got a file server which contains all my music I’ve tried importing all that music into iTunes but it never completes (ok, I’ve got a fair bit of music) so I copy the music I want onto the computer then have to import it into iTunes then sync it into the phone.  A process that takes 2~3 hours.  All of this could be done on my two year old Nokia E51 within 30 minutes.

One thing (of many) I hate about iTunes is you have to be limp wrested to use it.  Being I know a thing to two about computers, nothing (and I mean nothing) is where a normal people would expect things.  You plug you iPhone into your computer and it starts to automatically sync, the whole time your screaming at the screen because the option you need to change (or everything will be erased – outlook or iPhone) is hidden until you plug the iPhone in.

I’m happy to keep going but I won’t, after all.  Thanks to iPhone’s being such a hit everyone seams to think mac’s are the bee knees of computers and I’m going to need to support them now.  Looks like I need to waste my money on buying one.

Apr 10

HTC Desire Is Coming (27th May)

I’ve been in the market for a new mobile since December, when I ran out of contract. But ever since the Nexus One was released in US, I knew I had to wait until a android phone was released on the Telstra network here in Perth. Being Telstra, I figured I’d be waiting forever.

I have been following android for maybe a year. I really believe android will give iPhone a run for it’s money.

Well the wait is finally over. Telstra have announced that they are releasing the HTC Desire.

I am hanging out for it’s release what a great phone. I have been reading reviews of some of the differences between the Nexus and the HTC Desire.

Both feature the below

* 3.7″ (94mm) 480×800 WVGA, AMOLED capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
* Android™ 2.1 (Éclair)
* microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible) supports up to 32 GB
* 5 megapixel color camera with LED flash
* G-Sensor, digital compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor

Pros between Models

Nexus One

* Active noise cancelling mic (over standard style)
* Speech to text (where the HTC doesn’t – out of the box !?!)

HTC Desire

* Optic tracking (compared to a trackball)
* UMTS 850/2100 MHz & HSDPA
* HTC Sense
* ROM:112 MB & RAM:576 MB
* 1400 mAh Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

To be completed . . . . .