Jun/090
Samsung Omnia Software List
This is my list of software I use on my Samsung Omnia (i900).
SPB Mobile Shell 3.0
Few days after getting my Samsung Omnia Windows Mobile phone I almost sold it back on eBay because of the horrible user interface. I’m glad I came across this software because it made my phone usable.
Windows Live
Windows live helps keep my contacts in sync. Most business users will probably use Outlook. But if you’re like me and use a non Microsoft office package you will find Windows Live very useful in keeping contact information in Sync. On the PC side contact information can be updated using Windows Live Messenger or using Windows Live Mail Desktop (Contacts). On your Windows Mobile you can perform a ‘sync’ operation which will download all your contacts to your mobile and also sync any information. I tend to test a lot of software and that in turn means I reset my phone quite often. This application makes life a lot easy.
MyMobiler
This software works on Windows and Windows Mobile. It allows you to control your windows mobile using your PC. You can view the contents of the Windows Mobile Screen in a PC window or you can configure it to use your windows mobile screen as an additional screen for your computer.
Poket HPH Server
This is a simple php server with SQLite support. This allows me to run little applications on my phone. I like the php web server because of I can write little applications for my phone.
Opera browser
Comes with the phone and is one of the most useful applications. Web browsing isn’t as good as Safari on the Iphone. But then again, I think this has more to do with the capacitive touch screen of the iphone than the browser software.
Shubaroo.com ContactFix
One thing I couldn’t stand about Windows Mobile was the Last Name, First Name format. I use Windows Live to keep all my contacts in sync, but all new contacts are converted in to Outlook format. This little application converts all my contacts in to First Name Last Name format.
ISkoot for Skype
iSkoot uses data over GSM to enable Skype calls from your mobile phone. Iskoot has a local number that is dialled when making a call over Skype. Free minutes from your contract mobile plan are used to make calls. I save a lot of money on international calls using Skype rates.
Jun/090
Three network 3mail email settings for Windows Mobile
I found these settings on another website but I lost the link. I think its best to keep hold of these settings. I’m publishing them online because 3 doesn’t seem to show these settings.
Remember these settings will only work if used through a 3 network connection (Your mobile phone or Three broadband. So you can’t access your voicemail through your ISP’s connection.
email address :
YourPhoneNumber@3mail.com
Incoming mail server :
imap.three.co.uk
Account type :
IMAP4
username:
YourPhoneNumber
Password:
Your 3 Voice mail pin number
Outgoing (SMTP) mail server:
smtp.three.co.uk
May/090
Sri Lanka Holiday (May/June 2009) Day 1 - 3
The first thing that hits you when you arrive in Sri Lanka is the warm air, followed by a questioner asking if I had any of the long list of symptoms of Swine Flu then followed by one or two body heat scanners and a short immigration process.
Looks like I’ve picked the rainy season to visit the sunniest island in the Indian ocean. It rained for almost 2 days now. But I missed rain like this, thunderstorms that lasts hours.
It was nice to finally eat food cooked by my mom after about one and a half years.
Lunch - Kiri Kos (Jack fruit), Rice, Dhal, Sri Lankan Chicken Curry and a salad.
Dinner – Biththara Apper (Egg hoppers) and pork.
Hoppers a very popular item of food in Sri Lanka; they are thin and crispy pancakes which are made from rice flour. The bowl like shape is due to the deep bowl like frying pan where they are fried for few seconds. Egg hoppers have an egg at the centre hence the name.
Mar/090
Top 10 Games
Project Gotham Racing 4
I give this the no 1 spot mainly because of the amount of time I spend playing it. The Graphics are great. The sound track is OK. Few songs I like to hear while racing –> Disturbed – Stricken and The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive along with a song I generally like Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby.
Gears of War
The best graphics I’ve seen in a game. I can’t believe at the time of writing this I still haven’t gone out and got the sequel to this game. This game was mostly fun when playing with other both against other players and when collaborating with them in finishing the story. I’ve finished the game from beginning to end a few times on my own, with my girlfriend and with my brother. This game was most fun when me and my girlfriend played against my flatmate and his friend on a Xbox system link. This game has a good story line, almost as if its an interactive movie. I could easily watch someone else play the story mode. The characters’ behaviour and speech is very believable given the context of the game. Online game play on Xbox live gives this game the edge over Halo 3. Only thing it lacks is good accompanying soundtrack.
Halo 3
By far the best single player first person shooter ever made. (At least from what I’ve tried). While Gears of War is great when playing with people, Halo 3 is one of the best game to play alone. The story is beautiful, the music is absolutely fantastic making the Halo Experience worth every penny. I give this game a lot of points because of the Halo universe (well thought out) and the sound track is probably the best found for any video game.
Descent 2
Very old game, probably available a free download now. This is the first game I played online. By online I mean a modem link when I dialled a friend’s computer using my modem to connect to his pc running this game as a host. The attached video doesn’t make it look very good, its like watching a old cartoon from when you were young. It is one of the first games to ever use six degrees of freedom. (Wikipedia Link)
Mar/090
Top 10 Musicians
1. Michael Jackson
John Williams
This guys has produced almost every memorable movie soundtrack there is. The attached video has few of these, but not all. Seems to have missed out Jurassic Park, Harry Potter (the old ones), Superman, Minority Report, Jane Eyre, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan amongst many many others.
Mar/090
My Top 10 Movies of all time
This is my top 10 movie list for all time.
Schindler’s List
Oskar Schindler (Nazi) uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.
La vita é bella – Life is beautiful
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/
Jewish dad (Guido) married to an Italian princess tries protects his son son in a Nazi death camp. Italian movie in my top 10? It was that good!!
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Shawshank Redemption
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/ Best feel-good movie of all time?
Mar/090
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