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Handspring has finally released the GSM Treo 600! Unfortunately, it’s only been released for Cingular which means the phones are probably sim-locked for their network. Also, they say they won’t actually ship until November 17th. I’m going to order one anyway, and see what happens. If I can order the T-Mobile one before it ships, I’ll cancel it. There’s a small chance it might not be sim-locked, and a bigger chance I can find someone who uses Cingular to get it unlocked for me. If I can do neither of those things, I can just sell it. It’s like Handspring is just teasing me with it now, though.
I can no longer record Enterprise anymore, unless I get a VCR or another Tivo, because of programming conflicts. On Wednesday nights, it conflicts with Smallville. The repeat on Sunday night conflicts with the Simpsons. I guess I’ll have to start watching live TV Sunday nights, or start downloading the episodes. I didn’t even get to record the Simpsons tonight because…
My cable box was off when I got home, again. I didn’t lose power, and it’s plugged into a UPS anyway, so I wasn’t sure what happened. The Tivo recorded a nice hour of black screen where the Simpsons Treehouse of Horrors and Malcolm in the Middle should have been. So, with neither of these shows to watch, I tried to watch the bowling (yes, I watch televised bowling) that it recorded this morning. I saw the first few seconds of whatever channel it was on before switching to ESPN (yes, bowling is on ESPN) and then… a quick flash of a screen that said PowerTV, and then black. It appears my cable box has crashed. Here’s a hint to anyone writing software for cable boxes: If something crashes, reboot, and go to the last channel you were on, powered on. If you can’t do that, at least DON’T display the clock when the power to the box is off, so you can quickly tell by looking at it that it’s not on. Stupid programmers.
I think it’s about time I actually use that Windows machine I set up for what I was intending to: to blow shit up. I need to buy a good video card, sound card, speakers, and then some good games.
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Cellular Number Portability takes effect on Nov 24 so carrier specific devices wont much matter if you can keep your Phone Number. Or am I missing the point?
Call Cox and tell them you want to be first in line for their new DVR cable box. They currently say they’ll have this TiVo replacement in 12-24 months. What the hell? Isn’t it just a freaking box?
As for the embedded programmers at Scientific Atlanta, who knows what crappy development tools they’re using.