http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/forum/chatting en-US Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:17:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha q http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/search.php http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/geek-rock#post-1546 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:38:04 +0000 Ben 1546@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>That's very cool. Amazingly complex given the instruments. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/geek-rock#post-1468 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:33:58 +0000 rob-nz 1468@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Gotta love geeks...</p> <p><a href="http://bitURL.net/?pcxbvs" rel="nofollow">http://bitURL.net/?pcxbvs</a></p> <p>Geek version of the Who's Baba O'reilly, played entirely on instruments bought from Thinkgeek </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/lets-enhance#post-872 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:49:40 +0000 Ben 872@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ Can you enhance this?<br /> <br /> <object width="400" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vxq9yj2pVWk&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vxq9yj2pVWk&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object> <br /> (via <a href="http://blog.danieltoo.com/post/289192936/lets-enhance-via-themorgan-dunk3d">Dan Too</a>) http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/e-books-yawn-and-possibly-an-e-book-reader-in-nz#post-871 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:28:52 +0000 Stu 871@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>I would kill for an affordable EBook reader that could take a PDF and render it into some readable form. In particular I&#39;d be interested in reading pilfered rulebooks in my garage during gaming sessions, which might be problematic since they&#39;re just large image scans... </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/e-books-yawn-and-possibly-an-e-book-reader-in-nz#post-836 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:29:25 +0000 Ben 836@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Yeah I read that with some vague interest. Honestly I spend so much time on the web and iPhone that when it comes to long-form reading, I genuinely appreciate the physical book.</p> <p>Perhaps if I travelled more I&#39;d be keen? </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/e-books-yawn-and-possibly-an-e-book-reader-in-nz#post-835 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:35:34 +0000 Stu 835@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>On the <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&amp;objectid=10616009">NZH this morning</a>.</p> <p>&quot;Kobo will offer downloads of books, magazines and newspapers, and will sell its own e-reader.&quot;</p> <p>Who gives a crap about e-book sales, I&#39;m interested to see what kind of e-reader they offer? Anybody have any thoughts?</p> <p>However given this is Whitcoulls/Borders we&#39;re dealing with, I will prepare to be underwhelmed in May 2010. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/tracking-android-phone-releases#post-828 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:14:43 +0000 Perrin 828@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Do you think they&#39;re actually selling any?</p> <p>I&#39;ve never seen one on prominent display in the window, retail agents like Noel Leeming don&#39;t have them (and one told me it was still $1099 three weeks after the price drop). They never seem to show up in the mobile phone chooser on the Vodafone website -- you have to know what you&#39;re looking for to find it.</p> <p>I find it a bit surprising after all the effort that went into the launch. </p> <p>I&#39;m not suggesting a conspiracy. As you say, it is just sad. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/tracking-android-phone-releases#post-827 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:13:49 +0000 rob-nz 827@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Well the Magic is still a great phone (and free on a Smart 80 plan), but some of these new ones do look pretty stunning. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/tracking-android-phone-releases#post-826 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:56:58 +0000 Ben 826@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Cool thanks Rob. It&#39;s kinda crazy that there are so many devices and not a squeak from any New Zealand provider. It makes me a bit sad that people are buying the Magic from Vodafone as a &quot;new&quot; phone right now. </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/tracking-android-phone-releases#post-825 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:13:23 +0000 rob-nz 825@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>You can add the Acer A1 Liquid<br /> <a href="http://bitURL.net/?h9b9zx" rel="nofollow">http://bitURL.net/?h9b9zx</a> </p> <p>Samsung Galaxy 2<br /> <a href="http://bitURL.net/?qw6ret" rel="nofollow">http://bitURL.net/?qw6ret</a> </p> <p>Motorola Cliq<br /> <a href="http://phandroid.com/motorola-cliq/" rel="nofollow">http://phandroid.com/motorola-cliq/</a></p> <p>HTC Tattoo &amp; Hero... </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/tracking-android-phone-releases#post-824 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:07:36 +0000 Ben 824@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Android phone releases are coming so thick and fast lately that I&#39;m starting this topic just for linking to New Zealand release speculation, announcements, and discussions. Feel free to add links below.</p> <p><ul><li><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/xperia-x10-on-sony-erixxson-nz-site">Sony Xperia X10</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/motorola-milestone-available-on-expansys">Motorola Droid/Milstone</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/new-google-phone-with-android-21">Google Phone</a></li><li><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5425703/htc-legend-creeps-out-again-looks-even-more-like-the-hero-than-we-first-thought">HTC Legend</a></li><br /> </ul></p> <p>Also, given Vodafone NZ&#39;s lag with validating models on their network, are we ever going to see them able to keep up with the pace of releases? </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/htc-sense-ui-on-g1#post-773 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:19:47 +0000 rob-nz 773@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>If you have a VF/Google Magic, then you won&#39;t have Sense unless you can find a hacked mod with it in.</p> <p>It is likely that it will run sluggishly as the VF Magic is short on RAM.</p> <p>The imported Magics should run it OK, with an extra 96Mb RAM onboard, they have the same spec as the Hero and it is already out on the &#39;MyTouch&#39; (US Magic) . </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/htc-sense-ui-on-g1#post-772 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:00:43 +0000 Ben 772@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>Question: is that a definitive no for Sense on New Zealand Magics, or just &quot;it will work but be slow&quot;? </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/xt-and-vodafone#post-767 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:30:18 +0000 Anonymous 767@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: <span class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo_name"></span></div><p>Thanks.<br /> Do you know if a phone can work on 850mhz and 900mhz thats both vodafone and telecom according to your chart from what I could work out, would that work?<br /> And I read somewhere that XT needs 3G. If its GSM, does that mean it wont have 3G? </p> http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/xt-and-vodafone#post-766 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:28:00 +0000 Ben 766@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <p>I know dual sim phones exist, I&#39;m not sure about what frequencies they use.</p> <p>You&#39;d be best looking somewhere like <a href="http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.dual%20sim">DealExtreme</a> and importing one. Beware that the quality of those phones is going to be seriously dubious. But they might work. </p> <p>You can double-check the frequencies that the phones use against <a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/a-question-which-phones-can-i-use-on-xt-and-vodafone/">my list here</a>. </p>