My HANVON BC10C Touchpad - Initial Thoughts and Experiences
Today I picked up a HANVON BC10C. I was listening to a “Frankly Speaking” podcast and the guys were discussing a HANVON that one of their guests Shane Morris had.Purchased from Officeworks. For...
View ArticleFirst thoughts on Android
As is usually the case at Tech.Ed Australia, I came back with a bunch of new ideas and an eagerness to write about them. This is the first year I've had a blog to make it happen, and in this case I...
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Frozen or Unresponsive iPhone
This can often fix a few issues: 1. Memory clogs 2. Unresponsive phone 3. General odd behaviour 4. Slowdown If a normal shutdown won't fix the problem, you can try a forced reset. Press and hold the...
View ArticleCoalface Tech Episode 14 - Windows 7 Deployment, Mobility and Cloud
Episode 14 of the Coalface Tech podcast is now online at AuTechHeads. In this episode, I caught up with Jeff Alexander, IT Pro Evangelist with Microsoft Australia at TechEd 2010 to discuss what's going...
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iPad As Laptop (v1.0)
Next week I’m starting a 6 week contract that will have me travelling a fair bit. Knowing I’d be sitting on planes & in hotels for a big chunk of that I know I wanted to be able to entertain myself...
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Never Enough Battery Life
I've been having no end of problems with Mobiles and other devices of late. Either the products are coming up short in the fuel capacity or I'm just an over the top user. I think the earlier is...
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iPad As Laptop (v1.1)
Well, the contract has been delayed. The iPad is still getting much use though, but hasn’t moved into its intended position of my primary computing device yet. But all is not lost. I was at a workshop...
View ArticleDoes Nokia still have relevance today?
I was invited to the Nokia N8 launch yesterday. I was actually a bit dubious about accepting the invitation, but @themolk convinced me to. Sadly, a bunch of circumstances mean that I ultimately missed...
View ArticleWindows Phone 7 - who's buying, and when?
Windows Phone 7's release in Australia is imminent. Yes, I predicted it would fail, so now I have to watch closely to see if I have to admit I'm wrong! Some disclosure first - at my work, we will be...
View ArticleMobile data plans issues and gripes
You all are probably aware of my iPhone issues. I don’t want to go through them again, I'm over it and wanting to move forward. Specifically my issues are with Telstra although I hear similar problems...
View ArticleThe iPad dilemma – the consumerisation of enterprise
I recently wrote a piece on the influx of consumer technology into enterprise IT, and some of the hidden problems which (from my experience so far) most businesses are failing to address. The original...
View ArticleI'm a Telstra Windows Phone 7 Social Reviewer, and Social Reviewing was my idea
Yep. I applied here, and got selected! I'll be dropping my blog posts here at AuTechHeads and tweeting somewhat obsessively about the experience over at @themolk - and I'd love to know both what you...
View ArticleFragmentation of the mobile market - making consumer choice harder
Yesterday, Telstra kicked off its social reviewer program for the HTC Mozart mobile phones. I'm not involved (although I recognise quite a few names as AuTechHeads members!) and have already given my...
View ArticleThe HTC Mozart - It's growing on me...
I won't bore you with unboxing details or first impressions. Enough of the Social Review team have delivered that far more eloquently than I (damn there are some good writers in the group). I've...
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WP7 Apps and the Marketplace
The Marketplace implementation on Windows Phone 7 is actually pretty good – the apps are categorised in the first instance and also listed by in other formats (new, top, etc). The background changes to...
View ArticleMy HTC Mozart experience
My Mozart experience has been surprising. Windows Phone 7 as an OS is by far nowhere near as bad as the memories of Windows Mobile x.x - but it's no iOS. That's likely an unfair comparison though, as...
View ArticleThe saga continues - Telstra, shitty Service and questionable data plan charges
Leading up to today I was hoping to post some good news and outcomes after taking my complaint to the Office of the CEO at Telstra. But todays events have pissed me off even more and ponder the value...
View ArticleOpen Mobile
Last week Research in Motion announced plans to incorporate applications for the Android mobile operating system (developed by Google) into their Blackberry devices, which run their own, proprietary...
View ArticleImport Apple iOS and Android into SCCM 2012
Yes, it's totally true - with SCCM 2012 you can now reign in those pesky consumer mobile devices running rampant in your precious organisation, and stamp your mighty will upon them from on high. Yea,...
View ArticleFixing the Blackberry Enterprise Server Administration Service
Our workplace has deployed Blackberry phones to around 40% of its workforce. This is a pretty high figure for NSW Government agencies, I believe - if nothing else, a reasonable proportion of staff need...
View ArticleiPad 2 Review
This is a cross post from www.mickhuxley.com The other week I managed to scam myself an iPad 2 from work for a few days for a test run. I have always wondered weather I would use an iPad much, but...
View ArticleNoob to AuTechHeads - WP7 commentator and supporter.
Hi AuTechHeads, I was tipped off to this site's existence this morning, and have just joined up. I'm a keen techhead off many years (I recall my first C64, Amstrad PC, 2400 baud modem and pre GUI...
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Windows 8 Developer Preview Hands-On
Yesterday, Microsoft released the Windows 8 Developer Preview to the general public - Microsoft's first public release of their new Windows operating system. We have seen hints of the new OS in...
View ArticleMy Initial Telstra 4G Experience
Hi, Thanks to Telstra, I've been given a 4G card to trial - so let's see how we go! This is just a quick 'Out of the box' experience and not intended as a full review or guide. First, I've put the SIM...
View ArticleSMBiT Professionals Brisbane Spotlight - GPO and RDS
G'day All (and anyone else listening in), Just a heads up to let you know that SMBiT Professionals Brisbane is running a Spotlight Session this coming Sunday (2011-10-23) at the Chalk Hotel in...
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iPhone 4S on Telstra - One Week in Review!
If you've been living under a rock, you would probably know that Apple released the iPhone 4S on the 14th of October, to much noise and hullabaloo. I was one of those who trekked out early to pick one...
View ArticleTelstra 4G USB: A week in review
4G. It's like 3G..but plus one, right? Well actually, closer to "times ten" but we'll get to that. Telstra have, to somewhat less fanfare than I'd expected, released their new 4G (Long Term Evolution,...
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iPhone 4S / iOS 5 Battery issue fix!
If you had a read of my iPhone 4S review, you would have noticed my mention of the poor battery life. Since I posted, the battery life has hovered between dodgy and horrible. This has also been noticed...
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Samsung Galaxy Note Review
Hi readers,I have been trialling out the new Samsung Galaxy Note. For those of you who haven't heard or seen this phone before - it's huge. Huge compared to any other phone you've seen with a 5.3”...
View ArticleSpeed up your Surface ...
I've been awaiting my Microsoft Surface RT since preorders opened for Australia. It's been interesting ... it's certainly fair to say that Microsoft's online store has some way to go in terms of...
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