Category: Mobile

46 posts

Want to learn jQuery Mobile? In Munich or Melbourne? Book now!

by kai on 13/10/2012

This is just a quick reminder that I'm teaching a full-day jQuery Mobile workshop on two occasions in October. For both session there are still tickets available, at the same time both have enough attendees to def. go ahead and happen! The first one is next week, October 17 in Munich. It's part of CFCamp's CFAcademy and can be booked on the CFAcademy site. This session will be held in German…

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Lack of password security at Telecom NZ?

by kai on 12/02/2012

I had to change the password for Telecom NZ's "mbbmeter" application for a prepaid data SIM card the other day. I wanted to create and set a secure password, some mix of latin characters, numbers and special characters. Look at the screenshot below: It didn't let me. It didn't allow "symbols" - which means: special characters such as ! ; , & $ . etc. It's actually a shame because these types of…

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Rooting Google Nexus One on Android GRK39F build

by kai on 25/01/2012

The other day I needed to change the hosts file on my Google Nexus One (to actually point a domain name to a local dev environment so that I could test some mobile web application development I've been doing). I needed root access to do that and I ended up realising that I had lost root access (even after I manually hacked my way from the Vodafone 2.1 build to Android 2.2 when I got the device)…

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Why would anyone travel from New Zealand to Kansas City, MO? D2WC!

by kai on 08/01/2012

The short answer is: for D2WC 2012. Let me briefly explain: D2WC is a conference about and for designers, developers, hybrid and the famous designer-developer workflow. It will go into its third iteration in 2012 and after Dee Sadler was originally trying to get me involved with the event already in 2010, I finally went in 2011 and had a great time over there (you can find my 2011 talk on…

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Results of the NZ mobile carrier Friday challenge

by kai on 17/09/2010

This morning I posted a "Friday challenge for Vodafone NZ, Telecom NZ and 2degree Mobile". The idea was for the three large mobile networks in NZ to come up with a response to a typical scenario of a mobile device user looking for a good and reasonably priced plan/package structure. Everyone had time until 5:30 pm today (with a potential extension of 15 minutes or so because the server had an…

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A Friday challenge for Vodafone NZ, Telecom NZ and 2degrees Mobile

by kai on 17/09/2010

New Zealand is a small country in the South Pacific. We're far away from the rest of the world, have a quite large landmass (about the size of Germany) and very few people to fill it with (about 4.5 million compared to Germany's 80 million). This setting creates an interesting scenario for a bunch of industries, among them the telecommunications sector. One of the most expensive services in New…

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How to upgrade your Vodafone Google Nexus One from EPF30 to Froyo - today!

by kai on 01/07/2010

Some people have asked me how to actually get rid of the Vodafone Nexus One firmware EPF30 and upgrade their device to Froyo (Android 2.2) pretty much now. Note: the only known way of doing this is by unlocking the boot loader of your Nexus One and that will void any warranty you might have on the phone. I just didn't care because I planned to hack and play around with this phone anyway right…

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Update: Australian Google Nexus One devices come with firmware EPF30 as well

by kai on 01/07/2010

After I wrote and published my post on the doomed Froyo update situation for owners of the Google Nexus One phone purchased from Vodafone in Europe, the problem has hit Australia as well. Today, Vodafone Australia has announced that they start selling Google Nexus One phones in Australia. I saw it on Twitter and tried to find out what the story is re the firmware in Australia. Turns out that the…

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Google Nexus One: Why there's no Froyo (Android 2.2) for the European Vodafone version (EPF30) yet.

by kai on 01/07/2010

When I was living in Germany (back in the days) - Vodafone Germany used to be the most annoying mobile services provider ever. They basically took any phone they were selling, disassembled the firmware and the OS and rebranded the whole bloody device with their Vodafone corporate red, Vodafone live! and all sorts of other sh*t (yes, I mean it exactly this way). Those branding efforts often used…

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Vodafone New Zealand "improves" roaming fees - and the lack of competition

by kai on 22/10/2007

Just the other day, I've received a SMS from Vodafone NZ asking me to ring 495 to learn about the new, streamlined and improved roaming charges. Interesting enough they're notifying their customers by SMS, but that's a different story. There are a few changes which I'm - to be polite - not really thrilled about. First of all, they've lifted up the fee for sending an SMS while roaming from 20…

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