Gkaruk's Technological Blog

Microsoft has recently released a new version of its Pocket PC syncing software Activesync.

Head over to the Microsoft Download Center and download.

After months of debating getting an upgrade to my Nokia 8910, I have decided to go for the Samsung D500.  Sadly like most contract phone owners my current network, O2 do not offer a FREE upgrade.  So I have been looking at the other netwroks such as Orange (my previous network).  Orange will do the phone for FREE on the same tariff I'm on now for the same  £30 p/m.  Whereas to stay with O2 I have to fork our £134 (cheapest could find on upgrade).

I have called O2 for my PAC code to move my contract to Orange and they have informed me to wait until the 7th Jan 2005 when they will receive the Samsung D500 phones.  They have offered to call me back on the 7th in the hope their peers will have released offer information for upgrades.

I have agreed to wait until the 7th Jan an see what they will offer me, hopefully they will match Oranges offer or I see know incentive to stay.

Kinda mad really, as an existing customer you are penalised, but as a new customer you get the phone for FREE.  Mad!

Roll on the 7th Jan to see what happens - I will post an update then.

Pretec the 2nd company in the world offering CompactFlash (CF) memory card since 1995, announced the world's highest capacity and high speed USB flash drive supporting dual channel data transmission, which can reach the highest average transfer rate up to 120X.

Due in January 2005, Pretec wil release there i-Disk II 8GB Dual Channel Flash Drive. Pricing for the device will be around $999, but you can be sure this will come down through the year.

Pretec hope the new 8GB flash drive will be what professionals have been waiting for. The Large memory size enables transfer of “heavy” files, such as movies, music and so on between PCs. Like me I am sure you can see the huge potential on such a high capacity device.

Read Pretec press release on the device.

Now Sony has finally launched the long awaited PSP gaming device many new user a getting disgruntled at the low battery usage times they are experiencing. For a new product it is expected advertised battery life times to be exaggerated, but not by the time longevity being experienced in real life.

A number of articles have appeared over the past week since the PSP was launched on 12-Dec-2004 in Japan.

• Eurogamer.Net battery, build quality and load time problems article.
• PSP.IGN.Com journal of the PSP Battery Life problems.

I have been looking for an MP3 player for a while, but then they technology world starting to bring our PVP (Portable Video Players). To ad to this we now have PMC (Portable Media Center) devices with a cut down version of Microsofts Windows Media Center Edition OS on.

One of the most renowned being the Creative Zen PMC, first up will a full review of this wonderous beast is Neowin.Net.

Heres a snippet to which I recommend you heading straight over to NeoWin.Net to read the rest of the review.

"The Creative Zen Portable Media Center puts all your favorite videos, music, and photos at your fingertips wherever you are. Take digital entertainment from your PC with you on the go, including recorded TV shows, downloaded videos, home movies, music, and photos. With Windows Mobile software featuring an easy-to-use, familiar Windows Media Center Edition interface, Portable Media Centers let you enjoy immediate access to all of your favorite entertainment - anytime, anywhere.

Creative Zen Portable Media Center enables portability of up to 85 hours of movies, 9,000 songs, or up to tens of thousands of photos on a sleek, handheld device."