http://www.cbulock.com/cat/cell_phone.html Anything related to cell phones http://www.cbulock.com/cameron.jpg http://www.cbulock.com/cat/cell_phone.html 87 95 Copyright 2003-2010 en-us cbulock@cbulock.com 2009-11-16T09:35:13-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2009/11/webos_131_and_auth_changes.html I purchased my Palm Pre the morning it came out. Within a couple of days, people had already figured out how to gain root access to the underlying Linux operating system. I've setup access since that time (early June). Since that time, everything has worked great. Update after update, Palm has never tinkered with anything related to the SSH access. After I installed WebOS 1.3.1, all of a sudden I could no longer access my phone over SSH. Unlike all those iPhones that just got hacked because they had enabled root access with no password, I have direct root access over SSH disabled. I have a separate SSH user created, which is just security common sense. Unfortunately, it seems that Palm had updated the /etc/passwd file in the latest update which removed my SSH user. 624@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2009-11-16T09:35:13-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2009/11/webos_131_released_today.html The latest version of WebOS came out today, and the third big update since the Palm Pre came out. I'm about to download it here shortly. Precentral has details of what's included in the update. I have been using Preware to install patches to my phone, so this update also means it's time to remove those patches, and then reinstall after the update. 623@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2009-11-14T10:28:01-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2009/07/palm_pre_installer.html I created a little install script for my Pre. It makes it easy to install homebrew apps. This requires root access. There are some apps that allow you to install directly from the Pre and also apps that work if the Pre is connected over USB. I don't really prefer these methods as I never connect my Pre to USB, and copying and pasting URL's on the Pre isn't too user friendly. # /bin/sh mount -o remount,rw / ipkg -o /var install $1 luna-send -n 1 palm://com.palm.applicationManager/rescan {} mount -o remount,ro / You can then just name it something like install and chmod +x install and easily install any ipk file either locally or over the internet like so: ./install http://forums.precentral.net/spe_attachment/download-24521-com.palm.app .switcharoo_0.9.0_all.ipk That installs the Switcharoo wallpaper switch app. 620@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2009-07-31T13:51:32-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2009/07/palm_pre_review_update.html I have an updated review posted for the Palm Pre on GadgetNutz. It's mostly the same review I had posted here previously, but it's updated with my one month impressions. Additionally, I don't post on this blog near as much as I used to. I mostly just post updates on Twitter, so you can follow me to get the latest info on there. 619@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2009-07-17T16:42:06-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2007/01/apple_iphone.html Could a greater device ever be made? Probably, but this is the greatest thing that has come along so far. 499@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2007-01-09T20:35:18-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2004/06/this_virus_is_airborn.html Just saw this bad news. Seems smart phones have become too smart. EPOC.Cabir is a worm that infects Nokia Series 60 phones. Busy, so can't comment much but, damn, that sucks. 163@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2004-06-15T15:45:09-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2004/03/maybe_sometime_technology_can_make_things_too_small.html PhoneScoop has a story about Sandisk's new T-Flash memory card. I think for once, they might have taken this shrinking of technology too far. How hard would it be to lose your 1GB T-Flash card. That would be really pricy to lose. It cool that it is really small for use in cell phones, but maybe they should just put more onboard memory in them, and worry less about the expansion cards. 116@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2004-03-03T22:25:53-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2004/03/the_first_music_video_shot_entirely_on_a_nokia_3650.html The first music video shot entirely on a Nokia 3650. A cool idea, but I'm not sure I would exactly call this a music video. More like a guy doing a really bad dance to not so great music. But it was all filmed using a Nokia 3650 so it's cool with me. :) 115@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2004-03-03T19:23:31-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2004/03/panasonic_x700.html I think this might just be my next phone. I LOVE Series 60 and this is the first clamshell Series 60 phone. Ever since purchasing my Nokia 3650, I have been wondering about my need for a Palm OS device. 113@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2004-03-01T23:16:02-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2004/01/more_cell_phone_fun.html After owning my 3650 for a little while now, I have never been able to get the thing to sync with Outlook. I think the install of PC Suite must have been corrupted or something. I had uninstalled and re-installed numerous times (as seen in the Bluetooth fun posts), but that was to get the PC Suite to just see the phone. I didn't want to attempt another re-install just to get the sync to work as I figured another reinstall would probably do more harm than good. 69@http://www.cbulock.com/ 2004-01-21T12:07:00-05:00