Re: U.S. Government Confirms Android Security Problems

2013-08-28 Thread Martin Hill
Here's a particularly good summary of the malware situation on Android: 32.8 million Android devices were infected with 65,227 different pieces of malware in 2012 alone compared to close to zero malicious exploits for iOS according to NQ Mobile. Take for example just one of these malware

Re: Network EyeTV compatible dual TV tuner for only $130

2013-05-09 Thread Martin Hill
for a little $129 box (if you already own a copy of the EyeTV software). -Mart Martin Hill Mobile: 0401 103 194 Email: marth...@iinet.net.au On 04/05/2013, at 8:26 AM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Mart Be interested in your TV tuner experience. I've recently shopped for parts

Network EyeTV compatible dual TV tuner for only $130

2013-05-03 Thread Martin Hill
This looks like a good option for those of us wanting a dual-tuner HD digital TV network device similar to the EyeTV Netstream but for less than half the price. It is the Kaiser Bass Network TV Tuner (re-branded HD-HomeRun) and is compatible with the EyeTV software on the Mac and is available

Re: Network EyeTV compatible dual TV tuner for only $130

2013-05-03 Thread Martin Hill
look very carefully at the quality of the KB network device. Alan Sent from my iPad On 03/05/2013, at 3:36 PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: This looks like a good option for those of us wanting a dual-tuner HD digital TV network device similar to the EyeTV Netstream

Re: Colour laser multifunction printers/Airprint

2013-05-02 Thread Martin Hill
://www.brother-usa.com/MFC/ModelDetail/4/MFC9330CDW/Overview#.UYJncMsaySM Price in the USA is $449 and the Brother rep at Officeworks said it would be available here in Aus in May/June at $4-500. Martin Hill Mobile: 0401 103 194 Email: marth...@iinet.net.au On 02/05/2013, at 8:20 PM, Stuart Breden bred

Re: Colour laser multifunction printers/Airprint

2013-04-14 Thread Martin Hill
from Ronni's iPad4 On 14/04/2013, at 1:33 PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Merv, that Oki multifunction laser looks pretty good with scanning and duplex which is good. Shame that it too is missing wifi. We may just wait till the new Brother unit is released in May-June

Re: Colour laser multifunction printers/Airprint

2013-04-14 Thread Martin Hill
On 15/04/2013, at 8:18 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: Not as much pain as you'd think. I am using Printopia (http://www.ecamm.com) with great success printing to my Canon MP970 from my iPad. The only downside is that Printopia works through an OS X extension, so the

Re: Colour laser multifunction printers/Airprint

2013-04-13 Thread Martin Hill
happened to pop into Officeworks while we were there today. Sigh, the things one has to do to avoid the expense and hassles of ink jets. -Mart Martin Hill Mobile: 0401 103 194 Email: marth...@iinet.net.au On 07/04/2013, at 7:44 PM, Stuart Breden bred...@highway1.biz wrote: I'm looking

Re: Colour laser multifunction printers/Airprint

2013-04-13 Thread Martin Hill
Hi Merv, that Oki multifunction laser looks pretty good with scanning and duplex which is good. Shame that it too is missing wifi. We may just wait till the new Brother unit is released in May-June and see what that is like. -Mart Martin Hill Mobile: 0401 103 194 Email: marth...@iinet.net.au

Re: whatsapp for ipad

2013-04-05 Thread Martin Hill
Just a small correction - WhatsApp does not work on the iPad (even in the USA store) due to WhatsApp's policy. From their website: We currently do not support tablets, computers, or Wi-Fi only devices, and do not plan to do so in the foreseeable future. Whether this is due to legal or

Re: Akamai

2013-02-25 Thread Martin Hill
Put it back Severin! Akamai is a very respectable and well established company that maintains a worldwide content delivery network that companies like Apple use for distributing and speeding up the delivery of their media all over the globe. When watching Apple live keynote streams you will

Re: EyeTV and USB 3.0 ports? Or USB 2.0 PCI card?

2013-01-17 Thread Martin Hill
: 0414 795 960 Email: daniel AT macwizardry.com.au Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au ** For Everything Apple ** On 18/01/2013, at 1:29 PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi all, Is anyone using an EyeTV USB TV tuner plugged into a USB 3.0 port? Most modern Macs now have USB

Re: Apple: some food for thought

2012-09-17 Thread Martin Hill
This is the reply I posted to the article below: I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter is frankly silly. Why don't you go complain about car manufacturers charging an atrocious $400 for a replacement key remote instead - a far more nefarious example of corporate greed than Apple's

Re: Apple: some food for thought

2012-09-17 Thread Martin Hill
and would have been a gesture of goodwill to its devoted customers. Merv On 17/09/12 5:25 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Well done Martin ! On 17/09/2012, at 2:31 PM, Martin Hill wrote: This is the reply I posted to the article below: I'm sorry, but complaining about a $35 adapter

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-13 Thread Martin Hill
Lynn, Apple will be shipping in October an adapter that converts from the old 30pin port to the new Lightning port so hopefully many of your old peripherals will still work. It does add an extra cm or so to the base of the phone so it might not be possible to use it in every dock, but it should

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-13 Thread Martin Hill
to fork out $$... Nah, ill stick to the warm and fuzzies of the 30pin... :) - Original Message - From: Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au To: wamug@wamug.org.au Sent: Thursday, 13 September, 2012 4:34:24 PM GMT +08:00 Beijing / Chongqing / Hong Kong / Urumqi Subject: Re: Apple event

Re: Apple event roundup

2012-09-12 Thread Martin Hill
in the old Maps app) until Apple adds Australia to the list of supported countries. -Mart Martin HILL iLecture Systems Team leader | Curtin Teaching Learning Curtin University Tel | +61 8 9266 3101 Mobile | 0401 103 194 Email | m.b.h...@curtin.edu.au Web | ilectures.curtin.edu.au On 13/09/2012

iTeleport for remotely controlling Mac or PC from iPhone or iPad on sale tomorrow

2012-09-03 Thread Martin Hill
I highly recommend this iPhone/iPad app - I bought it for the regular $25 price and think it was still worth it so $1.99 is an absolutely fantastic deal. It allows you to remotely control your Mac or PC at home or work without having to worry about port-forwarding or NAT-PMP etc thru firewalls

Re: iTeleport for remotely controlling Mac or PC from iPhone or iPad on sale tomorrow

2012-09-03 Thread Martin Hill
Hmm, it could be US Sept 4th or it could be this special is only available on the US App Store. That's a bummer if the latter. :( Martin HILL iLecture Systems Team leader | Curtin Teaching Learning Curtin University Tel | +61 8 9266 3101 Mobile | 0401 103 194 Email | m.b.h...@curtin.edu.au

Re: Video Camera for macbook air?

2012-08-22 Thread Martin Hill
. Might still be a bit pricier than your budget though. http://us.sanyo.com/Dual-Cameras/VPC-HD2000ABK-Full-1080p-HD-Video-and-8MP-Digital-Photos Martin HILL iLecture Systems Team leader | Curtin Teaching Learning Curtin University Tel | +61 8 9266 3101 Mobile | 0401 103 194 Email | m.b.h

Apple forced to pay $2.25 million over 4G idiocy from the ACCC

2012-06-08 Thread Martin Hill
. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) defines HSPA+ DC as 4G and yet the ACCC has carried through with this utterly foolish suite. How is this in the Public Interest? Tall Poppy syndrome at it's worst. Apple to pay $2.25m penalty in '4G' case Martin Hill

Re: iTeleport

2012-04-08 Thread Martin Hill
Stuart, with iTeleport, you don't need a gmail account or the iTeleport Connect app if you are on the same subnet (eg home wifi network) or if you know the IP address of the computer you want to control. iTeleport will show you all the computers with screen-sharing or VNC turned on using

The new iPad does work on 4G at 4G speeds in Australia

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Hill
Don't believe the noise on the interwebs - the new iPad does work on 4G frequencies and at 4G speeds in Australia. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) defines 4G to include: - LTE (Long Term Evolution) - WiMax - HSPA+ dual carrier Vivid Wireless advertises their WiMax service

Re: The new iPad does work on 4G at 4G speeds in Australia

2012-03-27 Thread Martin Hill
sim. It does seem to be pretty fast. Cheers, Susan Sent from my iPad On 28/03/2012, at 12:08 AM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: Don't believe the noise on the interwebs - the new iPad does work on 4G frequencies and at 4G speeds in Australia. The International

Re: iPad movies

2012-03-25 Thread Martin Hill
you can have it auto-eject when done and just keep feeding discs in one after another with just a few clicks in between. Can be quite a quick process and once it's done you won't have to do it again. -Mart Martin Hill iLecture Systems Team Leader Curtin University of Technology Curtin

Re: iPad movies

2012-03-24 Thread Martin Hill
Definitely best to rip all of your DVDs onto a nice big hard disk on your Mac and then sync whichever ones you want onto the iPad. This way you don't run the risk of scratching or getting dirty fingerprints on the DVDs, you also have instant access to the DVDs without being forced to sit

New iPad details

2012-03-07 Thread Martin Hill
Woke up at 2am accidentally, so here's the latest news. So the new iPad has an extremely high resolution Retina screen 2048x1536 or exactly twice the resolution (4x the number of pixels) as the iPad 2. 1 million more pixels than a Full HD TV. Not bad for 4G LTE (and newer faster HSDPA up to

Re: Apple Event Small rundown

2012-03-07 Thread Martin Hill
Ha, beat me by 2 minutes Dan. :-) -Mart On 08/03/2012, at 3:24 AM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi All Just a quick rundown of some of the new items,... Should see more info at http://www.macrumors.com and I'm sure the whole presentation will be available later

Re: Apple Event Small rundown

2012-03-07 Thread Martin Hill
AM, Martin Hill wrote: Ha, beat me by 2 minutes Dan. :-) -Mart On 08/03/2012, at 3:24 AM, Daniel Kerr wa...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi All Just a quick rundown of some of the new items,... Should see more info at http://www.macrumors.com and I'm sure the whole presentation

Re: Cracked iPod Touch screen

2011-11-13 Thread Martin Hill
A friend got his cracked iPhone screen replaced by a guy who came out to his house and replaced it there and then for $80. He might do iPod touch screens as well. I'll dig up the contact info and re-post. -Mart On 14/11/2011, at 10:40 AM, Nichole Shervington wrote: Hi Guys, A friend of

Wanted to buy - Mac Mini (Intel, DVD)

2011-11-13 Thread Martin Hill
Anyone wanting sell their old Intel Mac Mini with a built-in DVD drive? Preferably Core 2 Duo (Mid-2007 or later). thanks! -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 -- The WA Macintosh User Group

Re: Cracked iPod Touch screen

2011-11-13 Thread Martin Hill
a call or email. (or RobD's suggestion of household insurance cover!) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 On 14/11/2011, at 11:31 AM, Martin Hill wrote: A friend got his cracked iPhone screen

60% of undergrad PC purchases are Macs. iPad users score 25% higher

2011-09-19 Thread Martin Hill
Apple is on a roll in education. Apple's (AAPL) share of computer purchases within the last three months spiked to 60%, up from 38% last year Students with iPads score 25% better

Re: Moving digital video to Mac

2011-09-11 Thread Martin Hill
The best video capture option for you depends a lot on what you want to do with the video. Several Elgato USB TV receivers have composite and S-video video capture such as the EyeTV Hybrid which is great for capturing video directly into the EyeTV software in MPEG-2 format for burning

Re: Aussie Politicos Demand iPads, IT ŒHeadaches¹ Ensue | Cult of Mac

2011-09-08 Thread Martin Hill
Having been peripherally involved in the development of several generations of Standard Operating Environments for locking down PCs and Macs in large scale Enterprise environments over the last few decades, I can attest to the fact that securing and supporting iPhones and iPads can be

Re: Apple Genius Bar service and Apple Store generally

2011-09-03 Thread Martin Hill
On 04/09/2011, at 10:41 AM, Susan Hastings wrote: The other thing about the Apple Store is that you can't order a build to order Mac. You either have to purchase from the online store or go to an Apple Reseller. This strikes me as ridiculous! I think it actually makes some sense in that the

Re: apple licensing

2011-08-15 Thread Martin Hill
James, Here's a comment I posted on a similar article a few days back where I attempted to place Apple's policies in perspective with competitors like Amazon which might be interesting to some. While I agree that Apple's flat 30% commission doesn't work for some business models (ie that of

Re: comment :-)

2011-07-26 Thread Martin Hill
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Re: iPhone/GPS

2011-06-10 Thread Martin Hill
Or you can use one of the many turn-by-turn GPS Navigation apps like Tom Tom or Navigon or MetroView etc etc. Just go to the navigation section in the App Store. I have used Navigon a fair bit in the past and it compares very well with my Garmin Nuvi 7600 dedicated GPS. -Mart Sent from my

Re: iPad notes disappear

2011-05-27 Thread Martin Hill
Sorry to hear your tale of woe John, In my case I currently have 781 notes synced by MobileMe between my iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro, Lounge room iMac and Mac Pro at work. I've synced over the air using my .mac account, From My Mac via USB and via a secondary family .mac account at different

iPad in Education Seminars June 1st 2nd - Open to all

2011-05-24 Thread Martin Hill
Stephen Atherton asked if I could let all WAMUGers know that anyone and everyone is welcome to these 2 iPad in Tertiary Education seminars as though most sessions over East are full, there are still quite a few places available here in Perth. -Mart iPad in Tertiary Education Not long after

If an iPad is a PC what does Apple's PC sales growth graph look like? Answer: jaw-dropping

2011-04-16 Thread Martin Hill
I found this recent article from Horace Dediu of Asymco to be particularly jaw-dropping. Just check out the graph on this web page! http://www.asymco.com/2011/04/14/first-quarter-pc-forecast-windows-down-2-macipad-up-250/ As a long term Mac enthusiast who slogged on through the dark 90s, I

Re: IPad2 and iPhone hot spot (and GPS!)

2011-03-14 Thread Martin Hill
On 09/03/2011, at 10:14 PM, cm wrote: Yes. Good point about the GPS, Mart. C On 2011-03-09, at 22:02, Martin Hill wrote: Don't forget that only the 3G version of the iPad has a GPS receiver. For me this is the deal-breaker for the wifi-only model. The possibility of having GPS

Re: IPad2 and iPhone hot spot (and GPS!)

2011-03-14 Thread Martin Hill
to be transmitted for your information as allowed under the SPAM Act 2003. This includes but is not limited to quotes, order confirmation, and shipment advices. From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Martin Hill Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 10:01

Re: IPad2 and iPhone hot spot (and GPS!)

2011-03-14 Thread Martin Hill
iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.3. From memory I used a bluetooth connection. Incidentally, in my opinion jailbreaking is not a good idea unless you do it for second phone that you don't rely on. Cheers, Carlo On 2011-03-15, at 07:38, Martin Hill wrote: Unfortunately Apple has only implemented

Re: IPad2 and iPhone hot spot (and GPS!)

2011-03-09 Thread Martin Hill
Don't forget that only the 3G version of the iPad has a GPS receiver. For me this is the deal-breaker for the wifi-only model. The possibility of having GPS-enriched turn-by-turn, off-road and topographical maps the size of the old UBD instead of postcard size is very compelling. Also, the

Re: AV Presentation in Outdoor Marquee during Daylight

2011-02-13 Thread Martin Hill
G'day Warwick, Ambient light is still a problem outside if you want any sizable screen size. My church was meeting in an outdoor marquee for a few years up till recently and every projector we tried of a reasonable price was not bright enough. I think our current projector is around 3500 ANSI

Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Hi all. I have a bit of an emergency up here in Geraldton and wonder if any WAMUG or GMUGers who might be in town would have a snow leopard DVD I could borrow today (and maybe a Disk Warrior or similar CD)? I'm helping run a windsurfing camp at Bluff Point Camp school for a bunch of high

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Mob: 04 8899 7313 Also Kyle Kreusch kylekreu...@gmail.com Best of luck, hope you can get someone to help. Cheers, Ronni On 02/01/2011, at 6:50 AM, Martin Hill wrote: Hi all. I have a bit of an emergency up here in Geraldton and wonder if any WAMUG or GMUGers who might

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Thanks heaps Kyle, we're heading off sandboarding now but I'll give you a buzz after 2pm if Reg isn't in town by then. Thanks for all the options guys! -Mart Sent from my iPhone On 02/01/2011, at 11:27 AM, Kyle Kreusch kylekreu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all and Martin I will be out most of

Re: Help in Geraldton. Snow Leopard DVD

2011-01-01 Thread Martin Hill
Hey thanks heaps for the offer Graham. Hopefully we'll be okay with the other offers, but I'll keep you in mind! Very helpful gang up here in Geraldton/Dongara. :-) -Mart Sent from my iPhone On 02/01/2011, at 1:34 PM, Graham Byatt gr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I can loan you a mini or an

Re: GPS Mac compatible?

2010-12-09 Thread Martin Hill
I have an all-singing, all-dancing Garmin Nuvi 720 with a 4 screen, bluetooth, topographical maps etc which works quite well with the Mac. However, if I was in the market for a GPS now, I'd stick with my iPhone for around the town navigation, bicycle handlebar and hand-held usage and buy a 3G

Re: Anyone had any issues with OS 4.2 on your iPad ?

2010-11-23 Thread Martin Hill
Double press home button to get app switcher, swipe right and there next to the iPod controls is the screen lock button. Works on the iPhone as well. -Mart Sent from my iPhone On 23/11/2010, at 9:52 PM, Reg Whitely rwhit...@internode.on.net wrote: Apparently iPad screen lock switch is now

old gumdrop iMacs for free

2010-11-18 Thread Martin Hill
- 350MHz G3 - 6GB HDD - CD-ROM - dead HDD -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@me.com homepages: http://web.me.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Re: .MTS files and iMovie

2010-11-16 Thread Martin Hill
We just use Skysoft Video Converter to convert .mts AVCHD video files directly into whatever format we want for use in Quicktime Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie etc. The software features presets for many of these as well as AppleTV, iPod video etc. It also allows some quick pre-import topping and

Re: I am a little concerned about recent news

2010-11-01 Thread Martin Hill
share, business and consumer acceptance all working together for the betterment of good old Mac OS X. My 2c anyway. :-) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 01/11/2010

Re: I am a little concerned about recent news

2010-11-01 Thread Martin Hill
share, business and consumer acceptance all working together for the betterment of good old Mac OS X. My 2c anyway. :-) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 01/11/2010

Re: Video/camcorder purchase

2010-10-28 Thread Martin Hill
. -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 28/10/2010, at 6:18 PM, Daniel Kerr wrote: Hi Marlene I'm going to borrow one of Martin's posts he had quite a while back

Atomic Orange Sunsets and a blind iPhone owner

2010-10-06 Thread Martin Hill
as it entered it. However, as any Discordian knows, every golden Apple has a golden worm at its center. Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Re: Telstra iPhone data usage

2010-10-04 Thread Martin Hill
Telstra charges the first month of usage after signing up on a pro-rata basis so if your data contract began only a few days before the monthly billing period ends, Telstra only gives you a few days worth of data quota. This means even though you may have 1.5GB for a whole month, if you sign

Re: Android Phone?

2010-09-10 Thread Martin Hill
work on that network if you can get a SIM or micro-SIM. Note the caveats in this post though: http://softbanksucks.blogspot.com/2010/07/general-information-for-smart-phone.html -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill

Re: Android Phone?

2010-09-09 Thread Martin Hill
Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 09/09/2010, at 11:42 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: I want to buy an unlocked smartphone,to take overseas. The Samsung Galaxy with Android OS looks pretty cool

Re: EyeTV vs set-top box (was Re: Used Macbook)

2010-08-11 Thread Martin Hill
to 2 different Macs at a time. I haven't tried this unit. I've found Daniel has given great prices and excellent support, particularly when some of the earlier model Hybrids died earlier than they should have. -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com

EyeTV vs set-top box (was Re: Used Macbook)

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Hill
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EyeTV vs set-top box

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Hill
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Re: Used Macbook

2010-08-10 Thread Martin Hill
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Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-06 Thread Martin Hill
can always hope... -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 06/08/2010, at 1:39 PM, Lloyd White wrote: I have never used Outlook, only Entourage. Is it the same, better

Re: New Office for Mac 2011 due in October

2010-08-06 Thread Martin Hill
always hope... -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 06/08/2010, at 1:39 PM, Lloyd White wrote: I have never used Outlook, only Entourage. Is it the same, better or worse

Telstra bumps iPhone plans to 6GB!

2010-08-03 Thread Martin Hill
. Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au

Re: Telstra bumps iPhone plans to 6GB!

2010-08-03 Thread Martin Hill
to sign-up unless extended by Telstra. So, as long as you sign up before Nov 1, you get to stay on the larger data plan till the end of your 2 year contract. Sweet. -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401

Re: WAMUG Meeting (August) Postponed

2010-07-30 Thread Martin Hill
WAMUG was incorporated many moons ago, so at least that is not an issue. The Western Australian Macintosh Users’ Group for the purposes of registration as an Incorporated Body April 7th, 1987 Resolution#1/1987 -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com

Handsfree iPhone car kit? Tom Tom good anyone?

2010-07-02 Thread Martin Hill
doesn't do FM radio transmission so we'd need to work out some other option there. it's a leased car, so that makes it more difficult. Can anyone recommend a cheap source of the Tom Tom unit? -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com

Re: Handsfree iPhone car kit? Tom Tom good anyone ?

2010-07-02 Thread Martin Hill
, the specs don't mention an extra microphone for hands-free calling - does it use the mic on the phone? What is the quality like on phone calls? -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242

iPhone 4 supports Optus 3G in the country

2010-06-07 Thread Martin Hill
for it to work. -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines

Re: iPhone 4 supports Optus 3G in the country

2010-06-07 Thread Martin Hill
with LED light/flash will be a nice improvement for both photos and video (and for searching for your keys in the dark). :-) hurrah! -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 08/06

WAMUG Meeting video online

2010-06-01 Thread Martin Hill
to be on camera for your iPad talk! :-) (If anyone who attended the meeting could let me know if anything else was talked about, that would be appreciated) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Martin Hill
Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 20/04/2010, at 8:36 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 19/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my

Re: How Apple And The iPad Could Destroy The Mac | Opinion | Mac360.com

2010-04-16 Thread Martin Hill
engender far higher levels of comprehension about a subject than a bound dead tree. Have you seen the gorgeous The Elements periodic table app for the iPad for example? (Yes, I am a rabid eBook and dead-tree reader) :-) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h

Re: Downloads

2010-04-15 Thread Martin Hill
Susan, Shayne was saying the responses were *not* one eyed opinions! He was giving you a compliment. :-) (yes, I had to read his sentence twice myself!) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill On 15/04/2010

Re: Yep! I had the WAMUG address in my group.... It Wasn't Me he cried!!!!

2010-04-15 Thread Martin Hill
. The operator suffered minor injuries. Aftermath photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43328...@n08/sets/72157623728697715/ Martin Hill On 16/04/2010, at 10:20 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: Not sure Reg, might have been Ireland. tee hee

Re: video out of focus

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Hill
Maybe the video is out of focus... (sorry, I couldn't resist) ;-) Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 18/03/2010, at 12:11 PM, John Daniels wrote: Hi everyone I have had

Re: video out of focus

2010-03-18 Thread Martin Hill
Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 19/03/2010, at 8:02 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: could be a ntcs / pal problem usa uses ntcs as video encoding (30 frames a second by 525 lines) try

Re: Entourage fun

2010-03-05 Thread Martin Hill
Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 05/03/2010, at 3:51 PM, David Paul wrote: Hi My employer has just forced us onto Entourage because they have shifted to a MS Exchange server

WAMUG meeting video online

2010-03-02 Thread Martin Hill
- Sandvox - Flux - Learning CSS book (If anyone who attended the meeting could let me know if anything else was talked about, that would be appreciated) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103

Re: Smart phone radiation

2010-02-21 Thread Martin Hill
Don't believe the comment - the iPhone actually has one of the lowest SAR ratings around. The iPhone 3GS comes in at only 0.79 compared to the 1.55 to 1.58 of all the ones on that list as you can see here: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-6258775-11.html (though the iPhone 3G is not

Re: Iphone bicycle mount

2010-02-17 Thread Martin Hill
Thanks for the suggestion Mike, Rang them and no go, so perhaps I will indeed need to buy from Singapore as per Rod's advice. ;-) -Mart On 17/02/2010, at 10:48 AM, Mike Armson wrote: G’day Mart Fleet cycles in Freo would be a good starting point for the mounting. I use an app called

Biologic iPhone Bike Mount

2010-02-16 Thread Martin Hill
Hi all, Anyone come across a reseller that stocks (or can easily get in) the Dahon Biologic Bike Mount for iPhone or something similar? It sounds like just what I need to mount my iPhone on my soon-to-arrive electric motor-assisted recumbent trike HPV. :-) I want to run the MotionX GPS app

Video stream and podcasts of Feb WAMUG meeting online

2010-02-02 Thread Martin Hill
in the venue since last year's major re-furbishment and a much improved automated sound system, presenters don't even have to worry about turning on microphones. ;-) Have fun! -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill

Re: iPad

2010-01-29 Thread Martin Hill
. Oh and Avatar? Well for the true 3D experience we'll just have to wait for our 50 3D-enabled Minority Report iPads to be installed on the walls of our living rooms won't we? ;-) -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com

Re: Flash on iphones

2010-01-28 Thread Martin Hill
On 28/01/2010, at 4:08 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote: Allowing Flash — which is a development platform of its own — would just be too dangerous for Apple, a company that enjoys exerting total dominance over its hardware and the software that runs on it. Flash has evolved from being a mere

Re: iPad

2010-01-28 Thread Martin Hill
Martin Hill mailto:mart_h...@mac.com homepages: http://web.mac.com/mart_hill Mb: 0401-103-194 hm: (08)9314-5242 On 29/01/2010, at 8:36 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 28/01/2010, at 12:55 PM, Mark Secker wrote: I can people using products such as these to replace magazines, periodicals

Re: ACL found but not expected on Applications/Utilities

2010-01-20 Thread Martin Hill
On 21/01/2010, at 8:20 AM, Merv Bond wrote: PS: What is an ACL? ACL = Access Control List Allows much finer-grainer control of access privileges to a folder or file than the old UNIX permissions scheme utilised in earlier versions of Mac OS X. It allows you to get info on a folder for

Hoax: Re: FYI: MOBILE PHONES - Do Not Call Register

2010-01-18 Thread Martin Hill
On 18/01/2010, at 5:32 PM, Peder Kristensen wrote: YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS Actually this email is a hoax as only in the USA are consumers charged for incoming calls as well as out-going and mobile phone numbers are not about to be released to telemarketing companies. Note

Re: iPhone essentials

2009-12-27 Thread Martin Hill
in the iPhone 3GS to allow you to hold the iPhone up to the sky and have the constellations all spin to the same orientation so you can find out which star or galaxy is which just by pointing the iphone in that direction. -Mart Martin Hill mailto:mart_h

Re: Name Tags! Re: Annual WAMUG Christmas Barbecue: 13 December 2009

2009-12-12 Thread Martin Hill
Oh dear, that'd be my fault Kevin. I'm afraid after saying I'd see if I could chase up some name tags we ended up not making it at all with our little one suffering from the heat and lack of sleep from an outdoor service this morning. :-( Very sorry everyone. I hope those who did make it

Name Tags! Re: Annual WAMUG Christmas Barbecue: 13 December 2009

2009-11-28 Thread Martin Hill
to a meeting recently can put names to faces. (and those of us who have shocking memories for names can also be helped) ;-) Unless someone else has a stash of name tags, I might have some stick- on ones and a pen to bring. -Mart Martin Hill

Re: Eye TV burning

2009-11-10 Thread Martin Hill
Toast does indeed allow you to set the quality settings to cram more on a DVD. A few days back I burnt 4 hrs of standard def video onto a dual layer DVD +R without problems using Toast Titanium 7.13. Here's a bit more info from the Roxio forums:

Re: New iMac

2009-10-22 Thread Martin Hill
videos (using EyeTV in that case) and definitely gets bogged down trying to do too many other tasks simultaneously, but I think we'll be content with it for the next few years at least! :-) -Mart Kind Regards Daniel On 22/10/09 12:01 PM, Martin Hill marth...@iinet.net.au wrote: The Turbo

Re: New iMac

2009-10-21 Thread Martin Hill
The Turbo-boost feature of the quad-core Core i5 and i7 chips can shut down unused cores and boost the clock speed of the remaining cores to much faster clock speeds depending on usage: The 2.66 GHz Core i5 has a Turbo Boost speed of up to 3.20 GHz the 2.8 GHz Core i7 can go up to 3.46 GHz

Re: Movies Australia widget

2009-10-19 Thread Martin Hill
You could go out and buy an iPhone and then use the excellent Now Playing app. ;-) -Mart On 19/10/2009, at 4:19 PM, Severin Crisp wrote: Thanks Paul. I am still on Leopard 10.5.8 by the way, not Snow Leopard. Tried that but no joy I am afraid. So I will have to resort to other

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