Last week, Fred came back from a beverage run, muttering to himself, while tossing his can of tea from hand to hand. “You don’t really need to shake those up,” I said. “I’m not shaking it, I can’t hold it. The can is too damned hot. The vending machine must be broken! This is supposed to be ICED TEA!” “Sorry… Read More
Using the Kindle in Tokyo, Japan as a “Poor Man’s iPad”
As noted in a previous post, I am using my trusty Kindle in Tokyo, Japan(Amazon Kindle DX 2 – the older version, without Wi-Fi),. I use the built in Whispernet connection only occasionally to view the Amazon store and download books. For most other Kindle in Tokyo services, I download files to my laptop, and then transfer the files to the… Read More
Transferring Photos From Your Softbank Phone
As a follow up to my previous article “Setting Up Email on Your SoftBank Phone,” I have an update to make. I finally ordered and received a StarTech IRdA USB Adaptor. This device will allow you to transfer files to and from your SoftBank 730SC phone. This will allow you to bypass the 300KB per attachment size limit on SoftBank’s… Read More