Derek O'Harrow - Latest Comments

Re: Be right back…

Najem Hasan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:49:41 -0000

Hi,

Just a quick note on my story - I bought the R3600 (Linux version) and I also got a Samsung SE-S084 external DVD drive and a Cyberlink USB Remote, all from ebuyer for the cracking price of under £200 delivered.

I installed XP Pro, PowerDVD, K-Lite Std Codec Pack, DVD Region Free Firefox and uTorrent. I also installed a software package called Intelliremote that allows me to alter the functions of each button on the Cyberlink Remote Control.

I now have a fantastic HTPC that can playback DVD's and downloaded content as well as youtube videos on my 52" plasma. The remote control now allows my wife and kids to select what they want to watch without touching a keyboard!

I'd be very interested to see your setup to see how I can better my own - looking forward to the resumption of your blog.

Thanks for the inspiration!

Najem Hasan

Re: Be right back…

markntravis — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:38:50 -0000

It is 01/01/2010. When will you get on with your story?

Re: Be right back…

Najem Hasan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:27:07 -0000

Looking forward to your next post Derek :-)

Have just bought the Revo to replace my Kiss1600...

Re: Be right back…

Derek O'Harrow — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:55:11 -0000

It depends on what exact model you purchased. There's the 3600 (with XP), or the 3600L (with LINUX). It will run most LINUX packages anyway. I find it runs just fine with Win7, with just 1GB of RAM - although I am planning to upgrade to 2GB at some point.

Re: Be right back…

Rob xant14 — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:29:20 -0000

some good stuff there Derek, just learning about my xmas pressie. I an hoping to keep things basic and lite, hoping I can install a linux of some type.
You say, it has preinstelled linux?? I can't find it.

Re: Compact HTPC Part 3 – Unboxing the Revo

ant — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:05:42 -0000

Can you get the wireless internet to work using linux, i cant seem to get mine to work ?

Re: Compact HTPC Part 3 – Unboxing the Revo

Derek O'Harrow — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:54:56 -0000

I think you must have been really lucky and perhaps someone at PCW had got confused on what they were selling! I can't even find a PCW that sells the Revo 3600 or 3610, and it's not on their web-site either.
The cheapest I've found an R3610 for anywhere is £250. :-(

Re: Compact HTPC Part 3 – Unboxing the Revo

Vbos — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:11 -0000

omg! Why did you buy the r3600? I picked up a r3610 (dual core atom cpu) for 150 quid from pcw, and it blows the r3600 away!

Re: Compact HTPC Part 2 – Choosing the hardware

Tim Wyatt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:34:49 -0000

You may want to consider adding a stick of SODIMM RAM to the REVO. 1GB may not be enough for Win 7 at HTPC functionality, and for circa £30 for a GB its not exactly expensive.

Re: Download a browser in Windows 7 E after clean install

znidarsic — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:16:42 -0000

You can easly open any .chm file
point your mouse on upper left corner of chm window
click on "Jump to URL"
and browse, download or whatever

Re: HTC Touch Pro 2 dead pixel issue

Paul Willen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:39:42 -0000

Matt, Thanks for your reply,
Of course my vision and therefore this article is not quite objective. But I think it's quite a problem on these devices.
There's a thread about this on xda-developers too (http://forum.xda-developers.co... and in this poll 20 people have reported problems with dead pixels on their Touch Pro 2.

Whether this is a problem on other devices too isn't familiar to me. But because I own a TP2 I thought to Google for this problem and found several resources which reported this problem, therefore I wrote this article

Re: HTC Touch Pro 2 dead pixel issue

Matt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:45:44 -0000

Aren't dead pixels an issue with all types of screens (phone, monitor, television)? Some of what you say also seems to be a bit of a leap. "So much problems with dead pixels" and "Obviously I'm not the only one" implies this is a huge issue but you quoted yourself and one other poster. Also, have we seen anyone one else do these tests with other phones to see how common it is with similar screens made by other companies? And why is "Quality Brand" capitalized?

I'd say the key is your own words "under normal conditions it is really hard to find the dead pixels". My guess is they are common and very hard to fine so rarely reported. It's similar to how any portable electronic will have it's battery get warm with heavy use but no one really reports or complains until it's so overly hot that the device nearly fails or becomes discolored (like the latest iPhone).

Re: Windows Mobile Creative Software & Game Design Contest

Remo Knops — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:27:34 -0000

Aren't the development tools for .NET freeware or at least low cost ?

Re: Windows Mobile Creative Software & Game Design Contest

Elric — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:29:40 -0000

If MS had wanted independent developers to develop software for WM they should not have discontinued the free development tools.

Re: Microsoft Live Search for Windows Mobile transforms into Bing

Mobile Developer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:07:29 -0000

I have to tell you that I liked windows live on my windows mobile phone and I absolutely love bing... I think Microsoft is really onto something here.

Re: SPB Wallet 2.0 for iPhone and desktop review

Remo Knops — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:32:51 -0000

I do think that the options for remote & in the cloud storage of your wallet information is really a great feature of this software.

Re: SPB Wallet 2.0 for iPhone and desktop review

EA Junk — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:10:41 -0000

Finally, I was waiting for a descent wallet application for the iPhone. Nice review by the way.

Re: Microsoft Live Search for Windows Mobile transforms into Bing

Johan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:05:19 -0000

That's because your location determines the download and it is:

Currently the new Bing application is onlyavaialble for Windows Mobile 2003, 2003 SE 5 and 6. The Bing application offers support for United States, United Kingdom, France and Italy.

Re: Microsoft Live Search for Windows Mobile transforms into Bing

Remo Knops — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:51:09 -0000

I got re-directed to http://m.bing.com via the follow Microsoft Website with latest applications.

http://www.microsoft.com/windo...

The funny part is that on my HTC Snap I get the GERMAN version of the mobile Bing website. Someone experiencing the same problem as well ?

Re: TomTom Navigator 7 smartphone navigation sold online by TomTom

Remo Knops — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:26:48 -0000

I'm sorry but the leading language on our website is English, since the articles are also written in the same language. :)

Let me try to find out and get in touch with TomTom.

Re: TomTom Navigator 7 smartphone navigation sold online by TomTom

htcuser — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:09:19 -0000

Dit lijkt wel mooi maar er zijn kennelijk problemen met de levertijd.
Op 9 juni beteld en betaald, klantenservice gebeld. Maar nog steeds geen indicatie gekregen wanneer er geleverd kan worden..
Onbegrijpelijk.

Re: HTC Touch Pro2 review

Joannes — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:39:08 -0000

There seems to be an engineering design problem with the HTC Touch Pro 2 in that my loudspeaker started giving a very creaky sound just after just a few days. Very inconvenient since the HTC policy in Europe seems to be not to replace the machine even if problems occurs so soon after purchase. No, I have to hand it over for estimated 10 working days for repairs. Ridiculous policy.

Does anyone else have the same problems?

Re: HTC Touch Pro2 review

Daniel — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:59:14 -0000

Still have my original TYTN, didn't like the TYTN2 or the original pro but will be buying the TP2. I like the fact that the screen is bigger and the phone is slimmer, don't like the loss of all the hard keys or the loss of the jog dial. Best feature of any smartphone was Sony's 5 way jogdial, why is this not standard on all smart phones????

Re: HTC Snap review - the ultimate messenger ??

Remo Knops — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:27:48 -0000

It's always difficult to balance your personal or business demands and -needs with a "perfect" device or platform. Each will probably have it distinctive set of users. Based on the formfactor I would go for the HTC Snap, as a true messaging device and search for additional applications to finetune the device to your personal needs.

Re: HTC Snap review - the ultimate messenger ??

Remo Knops — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:11:49 -0000

The main difference is that the HP iPAQ 910c is a Windows Mobile Professional device (touchscreen), while the HTC Snap is a Windows Mobile Standard (non-touchscreen) device.

Furthermore the HTC Snap is much more thinner, and probably the HTC Snap has a better batterylife. However you are right that the HP iPAQ 910c is a great device.