Technology

I picked up a new HP Photosmart C6180 printer today – nice printer with auto sheet feeding scanner and copier, as well as inbuilt fax. It also looks nice too. Problem is the Mac driver in the box…

So I have a HP iPAQ rw6828 (using a work provided Vodafone AU SIM), as well as a Motorola V3x mobile (using my own H3G or “Three” USIM).

Work have removed GPRS access on my Vodafone SIM at my request due to the ridiculous costs involved, so I thought I’d see if I could get my V3x working as a 3G modem with it over Bluetooth. It’s important to note that you need to have Mobile Broadband enabled on your 3 account.

Note: For the gadget/technically minded, this sounds easy (and it is if you use almost any phone from Sony Ericsson instead of the V3x), however no matter what I tried, with H3G’s limited help (they only support Windows XP) I couldn’t get it going.

Well now I’ve solved it, and here are the steps.

So this is a little different from my usual posts here, but I thought it might be worthwhile to some people.

This is my guide on converting DVD Films and Videos to Microsoft’s Windows Media format (WMV).