The review you’ve all been waiting for, the Lego Technic Go Kart / Lawn Mower. We decided we’d build it and record the construction.
This is either going to work fabulously or fail fantastically.
This review of the HP Mini 1001TU netbook will be written on an HP Mini netbook. Not a groundbreaking method, there, I’ll admit. But what is going to be different about this article, however, is that the entire piece is going to be a test of an element I consider paramount in choosing a netbook; typability. Read more
Billion 7404VNOX Router
BILLION recently unveiled its new range of routers due for release in the coming days and I managed to get my hands on the top-end model from the new range – the 7404VNOX – which includes ADSL2+, 3G, 802.11n Wireless, 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet, VPN, Firewall, and Voice over IP support. What a mouthful!
SO when I heard about Twingr, a site providing users the ability to create their own microblogging community, I rushed over to see what was happening. I was disappointed.
The video tour on the homepage is a nice touch, but pretty standard on many start-ups and doesn’t actually do any convincing as to why I should get on board. Read more
I want to preface this article by saying that I still love Twitter. After some initial scepticism and a rocky start, I’m now a fully fledged Tweeter (Twitterer? Twit?), managing two separate accounts and loving every letter of it.
So when I say I’ve come across something that I think is better than Twitter.com, I don’t want you to think that I’ve given up on everyone’s favourite little blue bird. I’ve just found another site that I prefer to the original. Read more
Vodafone’s $39 per month with 5 Gigabytes of data – Review
Ok, so I’ve had the Vodafone data card for about 3 months now and have been loving the idea of having access to the Internet wherever I go, for what I believe is a reasonable price.
I am what I like to call “addicted to the internet”.
Here’s a list of Pro’s and Con’s:
Pro’s:
1. 3G Coverage is pretty much available everywhere.
Vodafone’s GSM (2G) network covers up to 94.52%* of the Australian population. Our GPRS (2.5G) network covers 92% of the places you live and work in Australia. Our 3G broadband network covers metropolitan areas in Sydney, Central Coast, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, Adelaide and Perth, plus all major international airports, and is constantly expanding.
Bellow is a map show coverage of 3G in dark purple in my area:
2. The dongle is small and aesthetically pleasing.
3. The USB dongle will work on most Operating Systems and even and EeePC without any drivers.
Con’s:
1. GPRS (2.5G) speeds are too slow to use compared to say Telstra’s semi-decent EDGE network which averages around 10KB/s where as GPRS is about 2KB/s though as I mainly travel within the dark puprle suburban areas there is not too many issues.
2. There are drop outs occasionally but I have found by using the provided USB lead, hanging the USB dongle up higher seems to get rid of this issue.
3. Vodafone’s website does not tally your overall usage (Vodafone have fixed this issue) and has many inconstancies as complained about on Whirlpool – so if you are really conscious about your usage I’d suggest signing up with someone like Optus, who offer practically the same coverage, although you have to bundle such a plan with them.
In conclusion, I think I’ve found a great service at a great price, so…Bye, bye Telstra
Speed Test:
