Archive for July, 2008

[Review] Samsung SGH-L770V

July 29th, 2008

This week I decided to change phone. My 1-year-old Nokia N73 was driving me crazy, since its lack of responsiveness (12 seconds to switch display on after unlocking keyboard) and its useless battery (two days at “full charge” and then suddenly switching off in 3 hours). Plus a lot of annoying bugs (sms time, as an example) that Nokia never fixed. » More: [Review] Samsung SGH-L770V

Linksys AG241 alternative firmware

July 8th, 2008

There’s something I will never understand: why Linksys hardware is so good while in the meantime the firmware is a total failure. I mean, I am a proud owner of a Linksys AG241 router, which is by far one of the best (cheap) piece of hardware I’ve ever seen. But the firmware looks like a bad-written Microsoft software, full of bug and problems, and the patch release cycle can be measured in geologic era. » More: Linksys AG241 alternative firmware