fordie’s blog

In a recent post I talked about how I got my hands on a Vodafone V1605 for free; having had the phone for a month now I thought it made sense to talk about it in a bit more depth.

Overview:
The Vodafone V1605 is the Vodafone branded version of the HTC hermes; it’s a Windows Mobile [...]

My Vodafone contract is now at a point where I can upgrade my handset, so after a lot research I decided I was going to go for the V1605 (HTC Hermes).
I really liked the look of the v1605, My previous handset (before my current N-70) was an i-mate jam (also an HTC device) I really [...]

Until very recently had my phone, tv and broadband through NTL (now virgin media); I was reasonably happy. The broadband service was pretty good, I never had any real problems, the telephone worked and we switched our TV service from Sky to NTL to take advantage of a cheaper charging structure.
Then last November [...]

Yesterday I discovered “Fring“. It’s an application that you install on your symbian powered mobile phone that allows you to make Skype and Google talk calls over the GPRS, 3G & (if your phone supports it) Wi-Fi Networks.
Most nokia handsets run on the Symbian operating system, according to the Fring website you can download the [...]