Batman!
Just when you thought you were the biggest fan and knew everything there was to know about one of your favorite comic book heroes….
SMS Threading…Treo Style!
This is awesome…thanks to someone (too excited to find out) managed to get the SMS Threader application from the Treo 700v and into a cab file for people to use on their 700wx. Pretty neat stuff…..
Here’s some information on it…
- Get the cab “Palm Threaded SMS.cab”
- Backup your unit just incase
- Shut off all radios and all running processes.
- Install the cab.
- Open the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Svc and rename the SMS
and MMSfoldersto SMS.oldand MMS.old respectively. - Soft reset your device
- Launch the application and go to Menu—Options—Advanced and tap on Manual and click “Edit…”
- Fill in with the following: *Note this is for T-Mobile users…other carriers have different settings.*
Message center number: +12063130004
Email center number: *left blank*
MMS gateway address: 216.155.165.050
MMS URL: http://216.155.174.84/servlets/mms
Network Profile: The Internet
That’s all. You now have nice purrdy threaded/chat style SMS and MMS.
Here some links with more info:
XDA-Developers
PDAPhoneHome
Update: You’re probably wondering why some parts of the instructions above are stricken out. Well the answer is simple, I’m going for compatibility. When I had this initially going all I cared for was SMS and didn’t really bother test out the MMS functionality. Way earlier this morning I was playing with the device and I wanted to take a picture and send it via MMS; however, I noticed that I couldn’t sent it via MMS. When I clicked on the envelope after taking an image the Wizard would just stall and I’d have to close the application manually. Additionally, around 4am I received a MMS but it said download fail due to a network error. Granted of course it was a re-delivery of an MMS I had received earlier I wasn’t about to call the person and ask what the heck?!?! So to wrap things up, just DO NOT DO the stricken out parts and you’ll be fine. The Treo style threading will still work with SMS, but it will not work with MMS….which in all honesty I’m okay with.
Got a BlackBerry/Java/Symbian Phone and GCal?
Well if you have a phone that can support Java and you like to use your Google Calendar…then you have some good news. Using the files found on this website you can actually synchronize your phone to your calendar.
Of course getting it to work on your MDA requires a bit more skill as you’ll need to get the IBM Java package.
Visit the homepage of GCalSync at http://www.gcalsync.com/ or point your mobile’s browser to http://wap.gcalsync.com/
If for any reason their site is down here is a mirror to those files; however, please do check with the actual homepage for updates.
Newspaper Classifications
- The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.
- The New York Times is read by the people who think they run the country.
- The Washington Post is read by people who think they ought to run the country.
- The USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don’t understand the Washington Post.
- The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn’t mind running the country, if they could spare the time.
- The Boston Globe is read by people whose grandparents used to run the country.
- The NY Daily News is read by people who aren’t too sure who is running the country.
- The New York Post is read by people who don’t care who is running the country as long as they do something scandalous.
- The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren’t sure there is a country, or that anyone is running it.
- The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country.
So the next time you’re having a discussion with someone who claims that they are a reader of one of the above newspapers, you’ll have a better understanding of them…
Transforming Energy
Whoa! Maybe this guy can end our recycling issues and more importantly hunger issues?
Windows Mobile 6.0, “Crossbow,” Surfaces with Screenshots
Here’s some screen shots of the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.0 (a.k.a Crossbow) interface. As you can see the interface is in accord with Microsoft’s upcoming OS, Vista.
Expected release date is end of this year for manufacturers, and by quarter 1 or quarter 2 of 2007 for consumers.
It’s the small things…
We as modern humans take something as simple as a lighter for granted….now if we were to travel back to say the cave man era I’m pretty sure they would be seeing a lighter like this…
Online Check Deposit
Well I guess it’s about darn time they got this going! The original article can be found at Baseline. Just imagine you receive a check and all you have to do is just place the check in a scanner and that’s it. It magically, through the wonders of technology, deposits the funds in your account. Granted of course it would be better just to eliminate checks on the whole and introduce smart money. Kinda like PayPal Mobile system. Well Wachovia bank I salute you on your efforts to eliminate the need for me to go to the bank. Granted I’ll still be going because my bank can’t do this just yet.
Bank Offers Check Deposits Over the Net
By Mel DuvallWachovia, the fourth-largest bank in the U.S., is now offering a new banking technology that allows corporations to scan checks and send their deposits electronically over the Internet.
Wachovia Treasury Services announced on Oct. 4 the formal launch of the Remote Deposit Capture Online service, after testing the service for several months. Remote Deposit Capture, or RDC, has been heralded as a major innovation for the industry because it allows corporations to deposit large sums of money electronically without having to physically deposit checks at a bank.
Here’s how it works: Companies using the system scan checks using electronic imaging machines. They balance the deposit amount against the sum of the checks and transmit the deposit electronically to their bank over a secure Internet connection. Once the bank receives the transmission it settles the deposit, checks for image quality and verifies the account number. It then sends the customer back an electronic receipt of the deposit transmission. The company can then destroy the original checks or store them according to its policy.
Wachovia has offered a version of the service that uses software installed on customers’ PCs, but the latest offering can be accessed completely over the Internet as a hosted service.
Lee Madden, senior vice president of Wachovia Image Services, said in a statement announcing the service that the offering will allow companies to accelerate cash flow, receiving same-day credit for deposits made until 8 p.m.
“And in case of disaster at their primary business location, they have the added protection of being able to make deposits from other locations,” he said.
Wachovia said the online offering was successfully tested by a company in the steel industry, but it didn’t identify the customer. The Internet-based service offers the same features as the PC-installed offering, including the ability to detect duplicate deposits and the ability to view previously deposited items.