2008 August 06 | Arelle Valla White

Archive for August 6th, 2008

Loading up my O2 Atom

August 6th, 2008

Arelle V. White

My sister Rich likes buying gadgets, i see her change often enough for me not to remember what cellphone or laptop she is using, i am rather fixated, my phones normally stays with me for more than a year, while she changes almost weekly or bi-monthly i think. When she got home the last week, i liked her Atom O2, and requested her to get me one for myself. We got it from Greenhills.

Size	Dimensions	102 x 58 x 18.5 mm
Size	Weight	140 g

Display	Type	TFT touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective)
	Size	240 x 320 pixels
		- Handwriting recognition

Ringtones	Type	Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3, AAC
	Customization	Download
	Vibration	Yes
		- Stereo speakers

Memory	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Card slot	miniSD, buy memory
		- 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM - Intel PXA272 416 MHz processor

Data	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
	HSCSD	No
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	No
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11b
	Bluetooth	Yes, v1.2
	Infrared port	Yes
	USB	Yes, miniUSB

Features	OS	Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE)
	Games	Solitaire and Jawbreaker, order now
	Colors	Silver
	Camera	2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, flash, video
		- FM Radio - Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer) - Windows Media player - Java MIDP 2.0 - Video/audio album

Battery		Standard battery, Li-Po 1530 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 150 h
	Talk time	Up to 5 h 30 min

It went with a CAPDASE Leather Case, which i liked. I basically got this phone because i really needed a gadget that could store more contact info than my 500 phone capacity for my businessÂ And i need to load it up with a bible and nursing review stuff.

Rich installed a lot of stuff and games which i haven’t really explored much except for Text Twist and Pacman lol.Â It’s a used phone but really nice, we did diagnostics and all is well, the unit has no scratches, very smooth, the previous owner took good care of it…il take a photo of the real thing when i charge up my digital cam. Brand New is P 40,000.00 or so, but i got at at little less than half that price coz its used.

Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite

Posted in Arelle, xtras

Tags: atom, o2, xda

No Comments »

My Compaq C793TU driver 99% problem solved..

August 6th, 2008

Arelle V. White

I got this Compaq Presario C793TU (my 5th laptop-had 2 ibm’s, one hp, and a neo) at PcLive in SM City North Edsa.

Processor, operating system and memory
Processor type	IntelÂ® PentiumÂ® dual core processor T2390 â€¢ 1.86 GHz, 1 MB L2 Cache, 533 MHz FSB
Operating system installed	FreeDOS
Standard memory	1024 MB
Memory type	DDR2
Memory layout	(1 x 1024 MB)
Maximum memory	Supports up to 2 GB DDR2 memory

Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive	120 GB
Hard disk controller	SATA Hard Disk Drive
Hard disk drive speed	5400 rpm
Optical drive type	SuperMulti 8X DVDÂ±R/RW with Double Layer Support

System features
Memory card device	5-in-1 integrated Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards
Modem	High speed 56K modem
Network interface	Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN
Wireless technologies	802.11b/g WLAN
External I/O ports	3 USB 2.0, VGA, RJ-11 (Configurable), RJ-45, 1 Stereo Headphone out, 1 Microphone in, TV-Out (S-video), AC Adaptor
Display size	15.4â€ WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen
Display resolution	1280 x 800
Video adapter	IntelÂ® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Video RAM	up to 251MB Total Available Graphics Memory
Speakers and microphone	Altec LansingÂ® speakers
Keyboard	101 key compatible keyboard
Pointing device	Touch Pad with dedicated vertical and horizontal Scroll Up/Down pad
Power supply type	65W AC Adapter

Dimensions / weight / warranty
Weight	2.59 kg
Dimensions (W x D x H)	25.70 cm (W) x 35.70 cm (L) x 3.28 cm (min) H / 4.03 cm (max) H

I had driver installation problems but its a good thing, PC Live provided me some drivers, phone assistance

and got some help on the instructions at the HP forum too.

I just followed this instructions from Cheryl G.

Most XP drivers from V6700TX will work for your model. Install Intel Chipset Installation Utility for ICH8 first and reboot before other drivers.(do not use Realtek)

(see below also before continuing with other drivers):

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&a
mp;product=3651452âŒ©=en

.Net Framework(before Quick Launch):

http://tinyurl.com/758p8

==============

Atheros Ar5007(install only the drivers,no extra Utilies):

http://www.atheros.cz/download.php?atheros=AR5006EG&system=1

===============

MS UAA(required with a reboot before Conexant audio):

http://www.mediafire.com/?4ben9zlesng

Conexant SmartAudio 221:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dg0cmmkm4y4

Use this for audio.Unzip to a folder,make note of location.

From Device Manager,right click “Audio Device on HD”,choose Update driver,

No to connect,

Install from a list or specific location,

Select Don’t Search, I will choose the driver to install,

For the Hardware Type select ‘Show All Devices’

Remove the check from “Show Compatible Hardware” and click on “Have Disk”.

Next…browse to the unzipped folder and choose the “WiSVHe5.inf”.

Ignore XP when it complains.
Reboot.

Soft Data Fax Modem:

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp37501-38000/sp37982.exe

However, the Wifi Button is still in color amber instead of blue, and the built in mic doesnt seem to work.

I use voip a lot so that’s a problem to me, i used a headset instead. But would really want the built in to work so i don’t have to carry around a headset all the time.

PC Live gave me a Memory upgrade to 1.5GB Ram, a 1 GB Flash Drive, plus an instruction how to claim a 1GB Ipod Shuffle from HP (i got a call already saying it’s ready for pick- up.)

If you are looking for cheap laptops, consider getting at least a realiable brand, even if they offer lower specs than generic higher specs, and make sure it has warranty in case something comes up.