The Nokia X6 is the latest Symbian-based music phone with 32GB of on-board memory, 3.2inch capacitive touch screen, packed in a candy bar form-factor. Best of all, Nokia has thrown in Comes with Music for the 32GB version, allowing you access to the hottest hits anytime.

The 13.8mm thick Nokia X6 doesn’t come with any slider keyboard. In fact, physical keyboard is redundant due to the capacitive touch screen. Why have a physical keyboard when you have a on screen keyboard? Buttons are also kept to a minimal on the Nokia X6 – Power & USB on the top; Volume controls, unlock & camera on the right side; and SIM card slot on the left of it screen. That’s all.

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My iPod Touch and iPhone used to be on 2.0 firmware and it works great with my third party video out cable which I got for 10 bucks online. The video cable ceased to work after I upgraded to 3.0 and subsequently 3.1.2 as it keeps prompting “This accessory is not made to work with iPhone” whenever I try to play a video file.

Good news if your iPod Touch or iPhone is jailbroken – a patched iapd file solves the problem. Backup-ed the original iapd file in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IAP.framework/Support. Put in the patched iapd, set its permission to 755 and reboot. Viola! Cheap 3rd party cable is working again!

Finally I can bluetooth files between iPhone/iPod Touch and my handphone! The bluetooth on iPhone/iPod is designed in such a way to disallow these types of file transfers. Previously in the firmware 2.0, iBluetooth allowed users to bluetooth files freely but firmware 3.0 rendered the application useless.

iBluenova to the rescue! Seems like the author rewrote the bluetooth stack and it is working on my iPhone and iPod Touch on firmware 3.1.2. Some users reported that it is working on 3.1.3 as well. Finally I can bluetooth files between handphones! Weee!

Red packet lantern made by Serene’s mummy

Happy Chinese New Year to you and your family members! Went house visiting the past few days and relatives popped the standard questions – “do you have girlfriend?”, “is your girlfriend the same one? The vegetarian one is it?”, “when are you all getting married?”. Seems like one would get these questions once they reach their twenties.

House visiting aside. Mummy decorated the house this time round! She bought quite a fair bit of deco cos it is cheap! $1 a piece according to her. She bought like 6 to 8 pieces? Serene’s mummy made 2 nice lanterns out of red packets for us! Very cool right? Got to learn from her one of these days/next year.

Time to pack my bag for work tomorrow.

Navigation system working perfectly on the iPod Touch (2nd Generation)

Managed to get the GPS (Global Positioning System) working on my iPod Touch 2nd Generation. Took the above picture while traveling back home from Serene’s place. Yeah, I know it is kind of dumb to take a screen shot when I am on PIE but hey, at least it is working as it should – detecting the vehicle speed, distance to destination, estimated arrival time. Too bad the application isn’t smart enough to check the traffic status and include it in it routing algorithm.

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2nd hand Holux GPSlim 240

Got a second hand Holux GPSlim 240 from a local forumer. Aesthetically-wise, it has got deep scratches. Functionality-wise, ok! Just some basic specifications.

Specifications

• Tracks up to 20 satellites
• Receiver: L1, C/A code
• Update rate: 1 HZ(max)
• Antenna Type: Built in Patch Antenna
• Minimum signal tracked: -159dBm *
• Dimension: 64 x 22 x 15 mm
• Weight : < 35g
• On/off switch: slide switcher
• Lithium-ion battery lasts for more than 8 hours of use

Acquisition time

• Reacquisition 0.1 sec. averaged
• Hot Start 1 sec. averaged
• Warm Start 38 sec. averaged
• Cold Start 42 sec. averaged

Took it out for a “test drive” this afternoon. It seems like the satellite lock on timing is pretty fast (compared to my E66 when assistance is turned off). I think it averaged around 40 seconds to locate enough satellites for a 2D lock, give it a couple of seconds more and it will achieve a 3D lock.

Bringing it around is also simple, there is a catch on the tracker for you to attach lanyard. With that, you can tie the tracker to your backpack or hang it across your chest! Looking forward to using it overseas!