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Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

smstextnews — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:58:28 -0000

It's not too late!

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

Ricky Cadden — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:07:30 -0000

Too late to enter to win the Cellranger? Hopefully not, my 3G is dismal in the new apartment!

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

michelle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:19:38 -0000

should have read the instructions guys! but it was fun, watching the video and you guys trying to figure out what's wrong with the device.... keep up the good work! =)

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

Ed Hodges — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:16:16 -0000

Thanks Guys.

Was a pleasure, would be delighted to do it again. Next time, i'll make sure Whatley falls off the back of the bike ;)

Watch out for my podcast with Cynthia Gordon from MTS, was very enlightening even if it was in a big room with muchas echo!

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

smstextnews — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:52:16 -0000

Definitely!

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Ed — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:56:38 -0000

i'd like to win a cell ranger.
should work great where my tmobile never has signal, in my house!

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preshit — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:41:17 -0000

Maybe I should do one from India.

Had fun watching this one.

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

bensmith — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:36:43 -0000

Will do... depends if I can get China Mobile PAYG 3G or rely on WiFi.

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

TerenceEden — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:34:08 -0000

Nice one - couldn't get Dan's QR code to scan, any chance of a still?

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

rickyc — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:14:51 -0000

We should have told him to do some Qik's!

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

smstextnews — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:10:11 -0000

I'm counting on it!

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

whatleydude — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:40:39 -0000

Agreed. Ed was good.

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

whatleydude — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:40:03 -0000

I wonder if he'll hit us up with some Beijing factage...

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

krystal — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:12:55 -0000

yeah but you don't have to get these random sciency/technical facts thrown out at you on a daily basis Ewan ;)

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

kcjh — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:33:43 -0000

I think the key part was Dan REPEATING (and ignoring) the '15 minute charge' instruction.. funny shizzle :)

K

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

rickyc — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:26:21 -0000

however it was nice to see a new face views/opinion's I think Ed did a wicked job! ;)

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

smstextnews — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:23:14 -0000

I thought it was useful!

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smstextnews — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:23:13 -0000

Ben was missed!

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Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

mattinx — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:20:43 -0000

Hey - I thought it might be useful :)

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

rickyc — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:12:21 -0000

Good Podcast as usual guys. However it was missing Ben's Facts. :(

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

krystal — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:02:46 -0000

Matt, quit being a showoff. ;)

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

MaManfie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:30:40 -0000

I have a suggestion for you guys....

Never use technology!

Men, are absolutely useless, and you've just proven how by ignoring simple instructions you make the easiest tasks impossible! If I had been there, that would have turned out completely differently!

Bloody funny though!
:D

Samantha!

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

danlane — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:24:53 -0000

Ahh but that would have made for a boring show ;)

Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

smstextnews — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:20:15 -0000

Aye - and read the flocking instructions! :D

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Re: Mobile Industry Review Show - Episode 25

mattinx — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:17:16 -0000

Just a quick word on batteries, and *why* these things tell you to charge them before use.
Rechargeable batteries (no matter what technology) all suffer from something called "self-discharge", which basically means that if you charge them, and leave them on the shelf, not connected to anything, they will still slowly discharge. The rate at which this happens varies a lot from battery to battery, but generally, manufacturers recommend a full charge every 12 months that a battery is in storage in order to keep it healthy. When people ship you hardware with rechargeable batteries included, you've no way of telling how long the battery has been sitting on a shelf and consequently how much of it's original charge it contains.
Basically, in order to keep the battery healthy, and to make sure you maintain it's full capacity for future use, you need to give it a full charge before use.

Personally, I like to give these things a full charge the first time, then run it completely flat, then give it another full charge - just to keep the battery happy. I guess you already learned the lesson not to skip the seemingly innocuous step of not fully charging the battery before use :)

Just be grateful it's not one of those devices that takes 18 hours to perform a full charge.