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How to make a cheap conference call in Australia using normal phones.

Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago at 6:32 pm. 2 comments

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Here’s the cheapest way I could find to make a conference call that uses your computer to set up a conference call between any normal landline phones.
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How to get your Optus D736 USB working in OSX

Posted 10 months, 4 weeks ago at 3:26 pm. 4 comments

The Optus D736 I think is a Bird D736.

1. Download and run this driver from here.
2. Put a memory card in the phone.
3. Plug in the phone and post a comment here if it works, or if you have to change some settings on the phone. (I have not tested on the bird phone).

The best settings for movies for phones

Posted 1 year ago at 5:27 pm. 2 comments

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Well, I’m on a bit of a run here with my new samsung D900 mobile phone, the latest being what are the best settings to compress a movie to watch on my phone. The phones resolution is 320×240, which I think is similar to an ipod. I use Handbrake to encode DVD’s, you can also use these settings to export from Quicktime pro, but Handbrake is free. Continue Reading…

How to modify the settings on your D900i Samsung mobile

Posted 1 year ago at 7:56 pm. 6 comments

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I know this is a little of the ‘Macintosh’ topic but I thought I’d post it anyway. Continue Reading…

How to sync your D900i to Macintosh OSX

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 10:09 pm. 63 comments

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I just got a Samsung D900i but it doesn’t sync with isync as isync only syncs with the D900.

I modified the isync plugin so here’s how to get it going… Continue Reading…

Mounting Samsung D900i as USB drive in OSX

Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 9:03 pm. 43 comments

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Well it seems that OSX won’t recognise any Samsung phones. A bit disappointing given their TV adds on how Macintosh is friendly with everything! I rang Samsung and they said ‘we don’t support macintosh’

So to get my samsung D900i working on OSX I had to do this: (I’m not suggesting you do it for whatever reasons like you might sue me if it doesn’t work, but it worked for me).

 

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How to get VOIP working well

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 10:44 pm. 0 comments

Well so far I’ve worked out:

BROADBAND INTERNET
You need broadband with at least 128Kbps UPLINK speed, but to work well you really need 256.

Eg 512/128 is too SLOW.

1500/256 is OK.

1500/512 is GOOD.
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