Techy Kid

Removing the cmd auto shutdown virus

Winston — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:02:03 +0000

A few moments ago, I fixed my friend’s computer’s problem. She’s having problem when accessing the command prompt from her Windows XP operating system. Everytime she attempts to execute “cmd” on her Run dialog box, her computer automatically shuts down. Here is my analysis on how the virus prevents her from using the command prompt [...]

Notifu.com - free SMS, IM, Email Notification Service

Winston — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:48:20 +0000

I recently bumped into this Web 2.0 application called Notifu which allows users to send notifications to groups and individuals through email, IM, SMS , or phone. It can also gather responses from recipients, quite helpful when polling decisions. The service was launched last October 29, 2008 and it’s still in its beta stage. According to [...]

Changing W960i Fonts

Winston — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:30:58 +0000

One thing I hate about my Sony Ericsson W960i is its pre-installed font. The SE’s default UIQ3 font is quite wide. I always use small font for my phone and it does not look good when using that setting. So, I decided to mod my Walkman phone and change the its default font. The [...]

N82 Photography

Winston — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:50:37 +0000

The N82 is Nokia’s ultimate gadget for photography. It’s Carl Zeiss 5MP Tesar lens captures every detail in a click. No other phone that I have tried can compare to the N82’s brilliance in capturing your subject’s details, whether it’s for macro, portrait and other types of shooting modes. Another notable feature of N82 is it’s [...]

Smart Gold Lite

Winston — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:57:53 +0000

Smart’s new offering, Smart Gold Lite, is a new set of postpaid consumable plans (e.g. 300, 500, etc.). The new product is convenient for those who are tight in budget. Unlike with the normal Smart Gold plans where they normally charge calls at a cheaper rate, Gold Lite charges its mobile users with [...]

SMS Manager for Nokia S60

Winston — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:58:58 +0000

SMS Manager is a very nifty application for your Symbian S60 phone. SMS Manager is an application used to filter messages before it gets into your mobile phone’s inbox. The application will file SMS messages to a specific defined folder under your My Folders by using the sender’s mobile number. Users can define custom rules [...]

Choosing N82 over N95 8GB (N82 vs N95 8GB)

Winston — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:08:58 +0000

Like I mentioned on my earlier post about the N82, the actual phone I received from Nokia Philippines was the Nokia N95 8GB. But later, I found that N82’s features suits well for me as compared to the N95 (8GB). Here are the reasons why I chose the former. The Camera Both of them have similar camera [...]

Nokia N82 Specifications

Winston — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:51:10 +0000

I got the Nokia N82, which is my first Symbian Series 60 phone, from the Philippine Blog Awards 2008. The award I got, the Bloggers’ Choice Award’, was sponsored by Nokia Philippines. The phone Nokia originally gave was the Nokia N95 8GB but I traded it with my friend’s Nokia N82. This is also the [...]

GameBoy Advance Emulator for Nokia Phones

Winston — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:44:08 +0000

Missed your favorite GameBoy Advance game? A software from Vampent named vBagX gives life to your favorite GameBoy Advance game on your Nokia Mobile Phone. The software emulates your gameboy ROMs and runs it on your mobile phone as if you are playing from a Gameboy console. Here are some of the gameboy emulator’s features: For S60v3 [...]

N82 Software Download

Winston — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:12:59 +0000

The Nokia N82 has been with me for a couple of weeks already and I thought I might as well publish and announce software downloads of some S60 applications, whether it’s free or not. I’m new to the S60 platform but I’ll give my best shot to provide you with sources for free applications, themes, games [...]