Abby and Win’s Blog

Archive for January, 2007

Since getting my new N80ie I wanted to see how I can access the internet while I’m away from home or work. I googled and got many results that helped me setup my MacBook Pro and my N80ie. It pretty much uses T-Mobile’s T-ZoneWeb service and you can use your laptop’s IR or bluetooth to connect to the phone. Once connected, the laptop instructs the phone to use GPRS to connect to the internet. I was not restricted to just WAP sites, I was able to view many different sites – even my site. Speed is great considering I’m using my cell phone as a modem. Here is my results when I did a speed test…

I’ve heard stories that people successfully played WoW with a latency of 1,500, impressive. Can’t wait when 3G technology is fully implemented, it will even be faster and hopefully affordable.

Here’s a summary of how it works http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061025232643183. Instructions and drivers also vary from phone to phone and carrier to carrier. Here’s the driver for the bluetooth modem http://www.taniwha.org.uk/files/Nokia3G2004-12.sit for Nokia 3G enabled phones.

Remember that results may vary and that your carrier may changed their plans so just be aware of that.

I’m back from my vacation. It was great! Me and Abby spent our first Christmas together as husband and wife. I was supposed to take the flight on December 31st but decided to stay until January 2nd to spend New Years with her and the family. Cost of the rescheduled flight was $90, the extra 2 days in Manila – priceless!

I spent my birthday drinking at some outdoor market in Pasig…Terisitas or something like that. Pretty cool place. They have live bands playing every night.

Wifey also hooked me up with these Air Force 1 LE

By the way the pic right above was taken with my new Nokia N80ie (Internet Edition – black). My mom-in-law hooked me up… thanks mommy Has a 3MP camera, wifi, bluetooth, FM radio, unlocked, etc. You know, the usual features that US phones won’t have until it’s old. It’s pretty much like my Nokia E70 minus the flip out keyboard, higher camera res and better internet related software. Unlocked of course and more responsive than my previous phone.

Pictures of the vacation can be viewed here http://www.sherwinm.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=72. Hope everyone had a great holiday. Yo, E and J-rocka, next time you gotta roll. I found new place to go to that you will surely enjoy.

It’s our first Christmas and New Year together. I was fortunate to have spent it with my wife Abby. I can’t believe it went by so quick. I have uploaded the photos we took. You can view them here http://abbyandwin.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=7