I installed CheapGaslast week and it has already paid for itself. It is an excellent iPhone application to find the cheap gas price. The application uses iPhone’s GPS to locate ten nearest gas stations and then displays them by price. You can also list the stations by distance. The iPhone application also allows to search for cheap gas prices [...]
I finally got my iPhone last week! Two of my friends already have iPhones and so I had a lot of help getting started. Initial setup was pretty easy. Configuring email was also a breeze. So far I have installed five iPhone applications, of which, two I really like.
‘AroundMe’ is the most popular iPhone application among my [...]
I have some old real media files that I needed to convert to mp3 format. The main reason was that I wanted the media to be available on my newly purchased iPhone. Plus I don’t use real player any more. In any case, after two days of searching and trying different products, I found a *free* [...]
I waited more than three months after requesting PTCL’s business DSL service but never got it. During this time, I spoke with various people at PTCL including a segment manager anda senior manager. Didnt help much. I am posting this information for those who need higher bandwidth than what is available for the consumer market (2Mbps shared, [...]
I was not aware that Mobilink uses Squid which is a proxy/cache server. I guess this is how they implement bandwidth quotas. Not sure if other ISPs in Pakistan also use it. If implemented correctly, proxy can be a good thing, however, there are applications just don’t work well with proxy. The other day I experienced a weired [...]
I have been using Mobilink Infinity wireless broadband service for almost three months now. I signed up or their pre-launch offer with upfront cost of Rs. 6000 for CPE and Rs. 2000 for security deposit. Installation charges were waived as part of the promotion. The monthly charges were supposed to be Rs. 1,199 for 1Mbps bandwidth [...]
I have been using Worldcall’s EVDO Broadband Internet service for over a month now. I have mixed views about it. First, some details about the service. I signed up for their 512k package which cost Rs.1800 per month with a one time fee of Rs. 4500 for the modem. The sales person showed up the same [...]
I finally got an invitation to grandcentral.com yesterday. I am excited by the concept of phone number for life. This is a significant step for me towards getting rid of Vonage.
For those of you who are not familiar with grandcentral, it is a service that gives you a phone number for life. You can then [...]
I am done with Vonage — almost. I would have dumped it long ago if my phone number was portable. In any case, I took the first step today by changing my plan from unlimited to residential basic for $14.99/month. The next step is to get a permanent number from grandcentral.com (can someone invite me.. [...]
I finally got a chance to install Eforcity Skype adapter. This is not a Skype gateway. It is an adapter that lets you use your regular phone set with Skype. It comes with a software called Skypemate which hooks into Skype software. After some googling, I found the latest version of Skypemate at Von-Phone site [...]