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Magic Grids on SS Great Britain

SS Great Britain – grids in engine room, originally uploaded by alexlaurie.

Just loved the grids in the engine room

JVM 513 on BlackBerry

Sometimes when unlocking a BlackBerry, or even just starting from scratch with an old BB you might see JVM Error 513 …

its ok… google points us to this page on BlackBerry.com

Also there are some great user forums out there:

• http://crackberry.com/
• http://www.blackberryforums.com/
• http://pinstack.com/

I have used all these sites in the past to get useful answers and resolutions to BB related issues, either as a user of the device or as an admin of the BES!

Love these comments

Thought I would post about this…

So in relation to my several posts pointing readers to places where they can get the codes necessary to unlock their BlackBerrys

I get this lovely comment
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From: noneedtoknow@hotmail.com

uhm, did you think about giving us the code?
because i’ve been looking for it for the longest while and still had no luck.

rate: thumbs down*

Sweet! so for 100% clarity, any BlackBerry unlock, requires a unique code that will only work with your BlackBerry IMEI.

so I guess I could post a code up here but it would be useless and a waste of time …

so if you want to unlock your BB you go and pay for a code, it works – all happy.

Yes I am shamelessly plugging the phone unlockers this is because I have spoken to them, they have offered me a test and it worked … can’t ask for more.

thanks

alex

Stuck at Toulouse

sitting here, as a 4 hr delay is in progress.

Glad that my half charged MacBook has given me a couple of hours work, and feeling a little foolish that I do not have a plug converter on me…

there is not that much to do at airports when you are delayed. oh well

Twidroid / Twitter on Android

short mention, but have been testing a HTC Magic – Android device for a while now and very much like Twidroid it is one of the best twitter clients I have used to date.

by the same token in comparison to iPhone and BlackBerry the Facebook clients I have tested so far do not live up to much.

(will be writing a better Android / HTC Magic post soon – in the mean time I have moved back to my 1st generation iPhone)!