Forum: Net & Tech

Title says it all really. I've had enough of my blackberry and I've been looking at either getting an Android or an iPhone 4s. I'm currently with Orange and have seen a really good offer with 3 mobile. Does anyone have any experience with 3 mobile? Good network? Orange have been spot on tbh and I'm going to see if they can match the deal but I dont think they will.

Is it possible to unlock the Nokia 5310. I've done a google and Live search and most of them arnt giving me what I want - The phones faily new I take it?

Hey :wave: Was a toss up between Sport and Net & Tech, but i went for here. Anyone use this website / app? What do you think of it? I've used it for the past week or so, and like it a lot. Although I wish it would list the same runs under the same route, rather than making different ones if that makes sense. Unless I'm doing something wrong?

My flatmate's shit computer refuses to connect to our wireless network. I can connect my computer and my phone without any issues, but it doesn't work for him. His computer can connect to the internet at work no problem, and it can see the home network, but when he types the password in, it refuses to connect. He's connecting using a wireless USB adaptor, because the one in his computer is...

Forward, is hosting a coding club for young people to learn the basics of how to code. It's in partnership with Coder Dojo - http://coderdojo.com/. Details are all here: http://zen.coderdojo.com/dojo/74 :thumb: To be honest, I'm not exactly sure of the age, so I'd drop them a line at the email provided...possibly one for younger siblings though...

Hi fokes. Can anyone please help me as to where my nokia e61 phone stores its text messages? I know there stored internaly on the phone, I have a removable two gig memory card that I would like to back them up to, plus I have organised folders with texts in as well. I have a memory manager installed, and selected all the content of the c: drive, and coppyed it to a new folder on the memory...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rznYifPHxDg You can find it working on maps.google.com , where it says "Quest". :D

I am a mac fan, there will be no conversion thats just how it is... But I'm still on snow leopard, and my mobile me has just run out so I really need to upgrade... But can someone please explain exactly how icloud works? Are there privacy settings for what you do and don't share or is it essentialy just an external server to back everything up to and is secure as I decide to make it? ...

I've recently bought a portable CD player, which with the use of an adapter I have got working. The issue is that it plays only on headphones. It is a Philips, and the number seems to be EXP2546. Is it something that could be played without headphones in any way or will I need to take it back? If so, is there anything else you recommend?

Since moving from an Orange LiveBox to a Brightbox, I've been having trouble connecting to the internet from my PS3. It either doesn't connect straight away or it disconnects after around 2hours. I now own an Xbox 360 250GB console as from this afternoon:D and it already has disconnected on me. The router used to be straight under my bedroom and it used to be around 100% signal strength....

Is there a way of getting iTunes to find all the music on your computer and add it to the library? I'm sure there must be but I can't for the life of me find it.

What is the best import settings to have on iTunes when importing a cd? As default it's on import: ACC Encoder and settings: iTunes plus (256 kbps). My old mp3 player was at 128 kbps but wasn't an iPod. I've never used iTunes before, but I just got my first iPod after swearing that I would never succumb to Apple, but I wasn't strong enough to resist and now I have to work out how to use it....

Can anyone tell me what the best free Android app is? Really need to find a good one.

I'm looking to buy the above. But would need an external USB blu-ray player. A full 1080p HD player would be good. Which would you recommend? MUST be under £100.

Hi all. My title may seem weard, this is more a kind of suggestion rather than a question. Office seven and twenty ten, microsoft changed the interface to ribbons, and took all the normal menus away. I am visually impaired, so my screen reading software didn't take too kindly to this new outlook. I wanted the menus back, so I wrote ocs, office classic simulator. Its a portable program that...

I'm 3km from the exchange and I'm getting 2mb if I'm lucky! I've already changed the filter and I've been speaking to our provider and they have said we should be getting around 4mb but they can't work out why we're not. Any ideas and is that expected speed roughly correct? It's not fibre optic or cable and it's an urban(ish) area.

I'm a complete novice when it comes to this stuff, so please forgive the inevitably "dumbed down" version of events here... I have a PC, the tower of which I recently (apparently also stupidly) connected to a projector in our living room when our DVD player broke. The plan was to watch a DVD, obviously, but what actually took place was more along the lines of a computer funeral. My PC will...

I want a new Ipod. I have one of the old, old nano's and I feel like upgrading. Is it worth getting an IPod Touch? They look pretty big to me. The Nano's (6th generation ones) are pretty small but look nice. Anyone got either?

Hi all. Does anyone know of a good affective internet filter solution? I'm basicly after some form of proxy server that can authenticate users before they use a browser. Based on the username, create a profile for an au unit of users. If a page is blocked, allow an overide by an administrator. I have a network of 4-5 machines, and need a server that can do that, it would probably run as a...

The charger I got with my laptop from uni has died and as I've graduated it's no longer under warranty. I can't afford £60 for a new one from the apple shop, but am I setting myself up for extortionate repairs if I go for a cheaper "genuine" one off eBay or a non branded replacement one? I need one ASAP as I'm on my own for 2 weeks and I'll go stir crazy quickly with just my phone for...

I've been trying to locate a good WordPress developer and have found it very confusing. For one thing, I only want to hire a native English speaker (American or British is fine, but it's for a writing site so I can't afford to have grammar or spelling errors. The other problem I have is that I don't know how to check anyone's credentials. Does anyone here have suggestions?

I may be being incredibly stupid, I've never had a Blackberry before but.... What do the numbers next to contacts in the phonebook mean. E.g It says Adam/1, John/3, Doctors/5. It isn't linked to the number of say, doctors, in my phone, or the number of numbers for the doctors I have in my phone. There is only one doctor and one number for that doctor. So I don't get what the 5 means?! I've...

Is it possible to convert the MP3 file / recording from a dictaphone to text, please? if so, how is this done? This is the one I have.