Don't Say Geek! Say Syntux! » General http://syntux.net/blog Your freedom is worth more than you think. Take advantage of it while you can. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:31:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Science fiction is now real http://syntux.net/blog/2010/06/03/science-fiction-is-now-real/ http://syntux.net/blog/2010/06/03/science-fiction-is-now-real/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:33:51 +0000 Syntux http://syntux.net/blog/?p=266

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One of the things that I hate most about International shipments is speed, but now with Boxoh.com it’s interesting as I get to watch the package moving on Google Maps until it gets to my door (Not precisely as it’s going to a friend who’s flying to Jordan one day after the delivery) .

One got to love the beauty of mashed up service!

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Year ago, I bought my iPhone 3G 16GB for 199 JOD ($281) with one year commitment which I don’t have a problem with since I never changed my mobile provider ever since I got a mobile number.
Week ago, I sold my iPhone for 290 JOD ($409) that means I made 91 JOD ($128) in a year of using iPhone, add to that the 75 JOD (105) loyalty points that I made too! In short, my iPhone costed me 33 JOD ($44).

Once I sold it, I added 70 JOD ($100) and purchased Google Nexus One phone. Now, Will Google Nexus One compete with that?

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Battery is one thing I hated about iPhone 3G. I really appreciate the idea of iPhone, it’s very innovative device but yet I wouldn’t consider it a mobile phone until they extend the battery life.

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With ISPs there is always a disadvantage makes you look forward for the next offer. I had a reliable 2Mbs ADSL line but with 10GB monthly cap, then I switched to another provider with 11GB cap but happy hours from midnight to dawn, the download speed was great but they don’t have more than 2Mbs for home plans. After that I decided to give WiMax a try, so I picked Kulacom out of the three WiMax providers in the Kingdom. Truth to be said, they have the best customer care in the Kingdom and I got the best WiMax readings in my neighbourhood, the price is very reasonable 120JOD for unlimited downloads but yet they got serious browsing problem, not sure what’s their issue but browsing is 512Kbs class, even though their download is at full speed almost around the clock.

So it’s the time to go with Orange 3G mobility but the high speed has disadvantages when you put a cap of 15GB/Mo. For example, you just need to hit any youtube link and it will be buffered in no time, that’s a huge bandwidth consumption specially if you don’t want to watch that particular video. Sometimes, you just navigate and jump from video into another, you receive links but you lose interest after couple of seconds or minutes.

Now I’m looking for a way to limit bandwidth on youtube and particularly any video service, not because I hate the speed but because I have a lame cap.

I’m sure there should be a lite tool to control the bandwidth. We live in ridiculous world.

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