I received a completely unexpected present from a good friend of mine a couple of months ago, a new Palm Treo 750 running Windows Mobile 6.
I am quite fond of the design of the Palm Treo’s as they manage to incorporate an (almost) full keyboard along with a reasonable sized screen (240px * 240px) without [...]

Since upgrading to Windows Vista, I have found more problems with the Vodafone software for the 3G broadband modems.
On Windows XP or Mac OS X, when you unplug the modem without disconnecting the connection first, it will act the same way as if you unplug an ethernet cable and unplug a USB device.
On XP, the [...]

It’s weekends like this weekend, even more so, days like today, that the $39 a month for my 3G modem is well worth it.
Yes there have been plenty of other times it has proved invaluable, such as keeping my internet usage at uni below 150mb. After all, to get another 5gb at uni it would [...]

There is a new poll up from today. Do you use a wireless broadband service? If so, which one? One of the four major Australian providers? Or a different provider altogether?

For those who read my thoughts on the four main wireless broadband providers in Australia, you would have noticed I hadn’t commented on a couple of things relating to 3, including their customer service since I have not had to deal with them more than to ask if they had a certain phone in stock [...]

As you may recall from my blog last month about the new Skype phone on 3’s mobile network, I was quite excited about it and looking forward to it’s being available in Australia.
However, it seems my excitement was somewhat misplaced.
As great as the idea is and while it would no doubt save a lot of [...]

As you may recall from my earlier blog about my recently acquired <a href=”http://blog.stillaslife.com/hardware/3g-wireless-broadband-vodafone-usb-modem/”>Vodafone 3G USB Modem</a> on the 4th of December, I was having trouble getting the modem to work correctly on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5.1, or Leopard. I was following the provided instructions to the letter but it simply [...]

My sub-standard internet connection provided by my lazy landlord has finally ticked me off enough that I went out and bought a wireless modem.
I’ve been looking into this possibility for a while now and have looked at the offerings from 4 of the major providers in Australia, Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and Three.
None of the offerings [...]