Irish Technology Consultants1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2Gordon2008-11-21T11:27:12-06:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=396#comment-87149

I was talking with Calvin Jones from Soho Solo West Cork about this recently, maybe Open Coffee / Bloggers / Start ups etc could join in with a Soho Solo West Cork Christmas get together?

<p>I was talking with Calvin Jones from Soho Solo West Cork about this recently, maybe Open Coffee / Bloggers / Start ups etc could join in with a Soho Solo West Cork Christmas get together?</p> Ann Donnelly2008-11-21T09:13:39-06:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=396#comment-87136

Post Christmas -- like the hotel people do....

<p>Post Christmas &#8212; like the hotel people do&#8230;.</p> Conor O'Neill2008-11-14T07:01:02-06:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=334#comment-86484

I use my O2 mobile broadband SIM in my Vodafone N95-8GB regularly. The phone reads the APN configs off the SIM. For O2 it is something like "O2 IE Internet". Not sure what the equiv is for Vodafone but you can see the settings in the dongle app on your PC and just enter them on the phone manually. In any case, the SIM works perfectly including VOIP etc.

<p>I use my O2 mobile broadband SIM in my Vodafone N95-8GB regularly. The phone reads the APN configs off the SIM. For O2 it is something like &#8220;O2 IE Internet&#8221;. Not sure what the equiv is for Vodafone but you can see the settings in the dongle app on your PC and just enter them on the phone manually. In any case, the SIM works perfectly including VOIP etc.</p> Paul Rafferty2008-11-14T06:52:33-06:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=334#comment-86482

Very interesting. I have an N95 and was thinking about getting a mobile broadband SIM card for it. Does anybody know what the APN settings should be? Has anybody used an O2 Ireland broadband SIM in their phone?

<p>Very interesting. I have an N95 and was thinking about getting a mobile broadband SIM card for it. Does anybody know what the APN settings should be? Has anybody used an O2 Ireland broadband SIM in their phone?</p> Jerry2008-11-05T04:42:30-06:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=378#comment-85831

On reflection, to take the theme to its logical conclusion, I think I will minimise my carbon footprint by staying at home. Perhaps some of the speakers flying in could do the same!

<p>On reflection, to take the theme to its logical conclusion, I think I will minimise my carbon footprint by staying at home. Perhaps some of the speakers flying in could do the same!</p> Conor O'Neill2008-10-29T03:21:38-05:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=334#comment-85109

That's bloody awful Fergal. So the system just doesn't scale at all? Luckily O2 hasn't done a deal with CIT yet so I get very decent download speeds in the Rubicon in Bishopstown. I reflashed my E270 recently with the latest firmware. Haven't noticed any speed differences but it seems to have fewer disconnects followed by the laptop needing to be rebooted to see it again.

<p>That&#8217;s bloody awful Fergal. So the system just doesn&#8217;t scale at all? Luckily O2 hasn&#8217;t done a deal with CIT yet so I get very decent download speeds in the Rubicon in Bishopstown.</p> <p>I reflashed my E270 recently with the latest firmware. Haven&#8217;t noticed any speed differences but it seems to have fewer disconnects followed by the laptop needing to be rebooted to see it again.</p> Fergal2008-10-28T16:52:37-05:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=334#comment-85049

also i am using the E270 modem on a dell pc and acer laptop both with windows vista.

<p>also i am using the E270 modem on a dell pc and acer laptop both with windows vista.</p> Fergal2008-10-28T16:51:04-05:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=334#comment-85048

i found the o2 service was great when i first got it then someone within o2 had a plan to sell cheap mobile broadband to 10,000 students making the service unusable for regular customers at peak times especially in towns like Carlow which have two of the colleges signed up to the HEAnet student broadband offer. i was getting 1.5mbps regularly at peak times but the service seems capped or maxed out at 5kbps now between 6pm and midnight! also the customer care taking 7days to tell me it is most likely due to contention and there may be upgrades which they could not tell me anything about....it has just fallen to pieces!

<p>i found the o2 service was great when i first got it then someone within o2 had a plan to sell cheap mobile broadband to 10,000 students making the service unusable for regular customers at peak times especially in towns like Carlow which have two of the colleges signed up to the HEAnet student broadband offer.</p> <p> i was getting 1.5mbps regularly at peak times but the service seems capped or maxed out at 5kbps now between 6pm and midnight! also the customer care taking 7days to tell me it is most likely due to contention and there may be upgrades which they could not tell me anything about&#8230;.it has just fallen to pieces!</p> Eugene2008-10-20T22:20:38-05:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=378#comment-83960

Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene

<p>Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene</p> Conor O'Neill2008-10-18T06:28:40-05:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=335#comment-83667

I actually think we're in agreement Branitar. If I got one cheap, I'd probably love it too. The problem is that its retail price makes no sense given how clunky it is compared to an iPhone (or the new Nokia touch-phone). I actually just bought an Eee PC Surf 4G on Expansys recently. They were selling them off for £100 since they are end-of-lifed. Whilst it is much bigger than an N810 and doesn't have a touch-screen, I'm much happier with it. I can plug USB devices in, use my O2 broadband dongle, access thousands of standard Debian apps and have an almost-full-sized-keyboard. Eee PC plus N95-8GB is a killer combination right now. Last week I hooked the Eee PC up to my office monitor, keyboard, mouse and network. I then worked the entire day on it. Apart from being a little slower than my usual machine, I was able to do a full day's work with no major drawbacks.

<p>I actually think we&#8217;re in agreement Branitar. If I got one cheap, I&#8217;d probably love it too.</p> <p>The problem is that its retail price makes no sense given how clunky it is compared to an iPhone (or the new Nokia touch-phone). </p> <p>I actually just bought an Eee PC Surf 4G on Expansys recently. They were selling them off for £100 since they are end-of-lifed. Whilst it is much bigger than an N810 and doesn&#8217;t have a touch-screen, I&#8217;m much happier with it. I can plug USB devices in, use my O2 broadband dongle, access thousands of standard Debian apps and have an almost-full-sized-keyboard. Eee PC plus N95-8GB is a killer combination right now. </p> <p>Last week I hooked the Eee PC up to my office monitor, keyboard, mouse and network. I then worked the entire day on it. Apart from being a little slower than my usual machine, I was able to do a full day&#8217;s work with no major drawbacks.</p> Branitar2008-10-18T06:04:51-05:00http://www.argolon.com/?p=335#comment-83663

I got my N810 just a few days ago (cheap, off ebay) and so far i love it. As mentioned above by Craig, nearly all of your issues can be fixed by 3rd party apps. Ok, thats's not out-of-the-box and requires a little effort, but i set up my N810 and addded all applications I needed in less than 3 hours. I love the open platform (im a desktop linux user, too) so far im really having a lot of fun with it. Its not as refined as an iPhone, but on the other hand its much cheaper (at least here in Germany) adn offers more fun (at least to geeks like me).

<p>I got my N810 just a few days ago (cheap, off ebay) and so far i love it. As mentioned above by Craig, nearly all of your issues can be fixed by 3rd party apps. Ok, thats&#8217;s not out-of-the-box and requires a little effort, but i set up my N810 and addded all applications I needed in less than 3 hours. I love the open platform (im a desktop linux user, too) so far im really having a lot of fun with it. Its not as refined as an iPhone, but on the other hand its much cheaper (at least here in Germany) adn offers more fun (at least to geeks like me).</p> Lisa2008-10-15T22:59:31-05:00http://www.argolon.com/2006/11/08/fon-up-and-running-in-bandon/#comment-83360

If you are bill. I learned, that 1.5 Dollar from the 3 Dollar dayly charge are lost to Paypal and fon. So if this is right, fon is making a dollar for providing nothing, and we are giving a dollar less for proving our internet service. The accesspoint we had to purchase from fon to socially share our service and loose 50% of our revenue. Man, this is good buisiness for fon, if it is as good for myself, I wonder. And if i want to get free access when traveling for 2 weeks a year I have to give my service for free, again, fon is giving nothing for free, its me. I payed for my router, i pay fullprice for my internet service. Yeah, if they would pay 30% of my internet cost, than this could get interersting, but the way they work right now, they are just leeches sucking from my vains. Interesting, how many people fall for this sceem.

<p>If you are bill. I learned, that 1.5 Dollar from the 3 Dollar dayly charge are lost to Paypal and fon. So if this is right, fon is making a dollar for providing nothing, and we are giving a dollar less for proving our internet service.<br /> The accesspoint we had to purchase from fon to socially share our service and loose 50% of our revenue.</p> <p>Man, this is good buisiness for fon, if it is as good for myself, I wonder.<br /> And if i want to get free access when traveling for 2 weeks a year I have to give my service for free, again, fon is giving nothing for free, its me. I payed for my router, i pay fullprice for my internet service.</p> <p>Yeah, if they would pay 30% of my internet cost, than this could get interersting, but the way they work right now, they are just leeches sucking from my vains. Interesting, how many people fall for this sceem.</p> Coworking Ireland » Other Resources2008-09-21T03:44:39-05:00http://www.argolon.com/2007/02/22/geek-dinners-barcamps-and-coworking/#comment-80712

[...] geek dinner barcamps coworking [...]

<p>[...] geek dinner barcamps coworking [...]</p> Conor O'Neill2008-09-20T07:03:51-05:00http://www.argolon.com/2008/03/16/review-of-nokia-n95-8gb/#comment-80627

I got a few belt pouches free with various accessories on eBay but they all broke in a few days. Mobilefun.co.uk might have something? Hadn't noticed the lack of graphical smileys! Totally agree re Sports Tracker. It's an awesome piece of software. They are releasing a new app called NokiaVine (I think, the names keeps changing) which turns it into a full "life-streaming" application, adding location info automatically to everything you do.

<p>I got a few belt pouches free with various accessories on eBay but they all broke in a few days. Mobilefun.co.uk might have something?</p> <p>Hadn&#8217;t noticed the lack of graphical smileys!</p> <p>Totally agree re Sports Tracker. It&#8217;s an awesome piece of software. They are releasing a new app called NokiaVine (I think, the names keeps changing) which turns it into a full &#8220;life-streaming&#8221; application, adding location info automatically to everything you do.</p> Tom Kelly2008-09-19T12:05:05-05:00http://www.argolon.com/2008/03/16/review-of-nokia-n95-8gb/#comment-80524

Its a great phone. Cant find a decent belt pouch anywhere that you dont have to take off and open up before you take a call. Also - no smiley faces for texting! Sports tracker is brilliant - i even use it on the motorbike!!

<p>Its a great phone. Cant find a decent belt pouch anywhere that you dont have to take off and open up before you take a call. Also - no smiley faces for texting! Sports tracker is brilliant - i even use it on the motorbike!!</p>