Posted by HOBBS
I dont watch soccer fullstop Gucci but when it comes to watching Bafana Bafana against the Might of Africa I always get behind them only to want to kick a whole through the door.Its not that they physically/skillfully inferior.Its that 'intelligence they lack.Its hovers above most our sports teams,Proteas/Springboks included.Its a South African thing.
Posted by HOBBS
Just curious.what is everyones pc monitor screen resolution set to?
Posted by *Jojo*
On 2008-01-31 20:37:00, amawanqa wrote:
@ Jojo: Nice pics, mate. <IMG SRC=\"/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif\"> That 1996 model Suzuki GSXR750 (SRAD), the red one in the foreground, has a gold tank & fairing from one of the 2 other 1996 colour options (besides the usual blue & white offering, like the one in the background. Hmmm, accident-repaired, methinks.
@pop - Yeah, looks like the BIKE was repaired
What I really LIKE amongst those bikes was the: RED Kawasaki Ninja . . . though NOT sure if that's a 600? or a 750cc one 
The Suzuki SRAD is the IN (most famous) 2-wheeled BEAST-vehicle at my end during that time (2000) . . .
Posted by amawanqa
@ Jojo: That's also a 1996 model (the colour scheme gives it away and is definitely the 750. Another clue is the location of the 'Ninja' logo. It's the same model as my friend Dale's. Although his is the more trademark green.
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Oh . . . so in the PICs I've posted . . there are 3 (1996) model bikes
2-SRADs and the Ninja . . . The black one is an oldie (like the one used in MI2 . . . and the Honda VFR-400 model one.
2 days to GO and it's Big-Bikes-Browsing time . . here and in the P1i Picture Thread . . . am I right, Professor
Posted by amawanqa
@ Jojo: Yup, will post a variety of P1i pics in both threads. That bike in MI2 is actually a modern model, a 'streetfighter' styled model made by British manufacturer Triumph, called a Speed Triple (referring to its 3 cylinder engine). I think the other bike in MI2 is also a Triumph, possibly the 995 Daytona.
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Yup, it's a TRIUMPH (MI2) . . sometimes I MISTOOK it as a Honda CB-4 or a Suzuki counter-part
anything that has to do with a BLACK-colored bike, btw, ya consider that a CRUISER or what (the one in the pic . . .).
Posted by amawanqa
Oops (can't edit on the P900); that should be 955 Daytona; there's no 995 Daytona. ;-)
This message was posted from a P900
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Maybe . . . just maybe in the very NEAR future dude, there will be a Daytona 955
There's a PREMONITION-word right
Posted by amawanqa
@ Jojo: Some are known as retro bikes or 'muscle' bikes. If it's a modern sports bike with it's full fairing removed, replaced with fancy bling and/or go-faster bits etc, then they are referred to as 'streetfighters'. The one in the pic is probably a retro-styled bike, as the generator cover looks like a slimmer, more modern design. The clutch basket cover and alternator covers stick out a lot more on the late 70's & early 80's bikes.
This message was posted from a P900
Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Yup, that's it MUSCLE-bikes ! I remember seein' Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone riding on those years past ! How I really envy your Professor for knowing all the bits and biscuits of Big Bike parts . . . the part which I am only familiar with is where they put in the gasoline . . . I think that is called: Cat-Eye Headlights
Posted by amawanqa
@ Jojo: LOL. I guess it's just the fact that I've learnt so much along the way in my 18 years of motorcycling, mate. Anywayz, hope you're having a great Friday. Gotta get some sleep now. G'night.
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Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Really
You've 18 years of experirnce with Big Bikes I guess you are more familiar with your Bike's components than those of your car's
Good Night . . . . Mr Principal.
Posted by Kryptik
TGIF!!! Suffice it to say that this has been a loooooong week! Have a great Friday, everybody.
Posted by *Jojo*
Yup, Friday it is
Looking forward to a BUFFET-dinner this coming Sunday with some foreigners . . . hopefully it's - Japanese ! Next week will be an EXCITING one too . . . awaiting - the Professor's Bike-Show-Photos. . . . . 
Posted by HOBBS
Happy sushi munching if it is o Japanese Jojo.Take Kryptix with you.Hes a sushi devotee.Hey Branimir.How goes it with you?
Posted by HOBBS
On BBC News Homepage this morning.
Motorola considers splitting up.
Motorola is considering breaking up its business as it battles to recover from last year's losses and weak sales.
One option under review is to split off the mobile phone business which has been losing market share to rivals.
Overall Motorola lost $49m (£24m) in 2007, but the phone unit lost $1.2bn and sales plummeted 33%.
The company has two other businesses, one sells television set-top boxes and the other sells equipment for wireless computer networks.
New chief executive
"We are exploring ways in which our mobile devices business can accelerate its recovery and retain and attract talent while enabling our shareholders to realize the value of this great franchise," said Greg Brown, the company's chief executive.
He took over from Ed Zander who stood down on 1 January this year.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has long been urging Motorola's management to split the mobile phone unit from the rest of the business.
Posted by HOBBS
Its quite amazing that this is how things stood in 2006.
GLOBAL MOBILE PHONE SHARE 2006
Nokia: 33.3%
Motorola: 22.1%
Samsung: 11.2%
Sony Ericsson: 6.7%
LG: 6.5%
Others: 20.3%
Source: Strategy Analytics
Analyst were saying 'that if the two market leaders maintained their current growth rate, Motorola could "potentially" overtake its Finnish rival during 2007.'
What went wrong?
Posted by Rhino8
On 2008-01-31 20:44:11, HOBBS wrote:
Just curious.what is everyones pc monitor screen resolution set to?
1024 X 768 on my lappy
Posted by Branimir
On 2008-01-31 16:59:45, HOBBS wrote:
Cool Branimir.South Africa eagerly awaits your arrival.The red carpet has been laid out and your limousine is waiting in the wings.Are you coming to Cape Town?
no carpet, no limousine
just rental car, probably Tiida is waiting for me in Richards bay. Now I'm in Joburg, waiting 6 hours for flight to RB 
Hmmm, I wasnt able to go to SA business lounge, I need a gold card, they said... In europe is silver lufthansa card enough
well the weather is fine at least
Posted by Siosal
Hello all. Hope everyone is well. Has anyone had a chance to play with the SE K850 yet?
Sorry I haven't been around much but work is just keeping me bogged down. Oh and happy new year
Posted by brix25
@HOBBS: What basically happened to Motorola was V3-induced fatigue. Like countless other posters on a million forums and blogs Motorola didn't have a decent follow-up to the RAZR, no-one could keep up with all the knock-offs that came from the RAZR and their UI was the worst amongst all vendors.
@Branimir: Welcome to SA. What will you be doing in Richards Bay?
@Siosal: Welcome back bro...everyone seems to have forgotten about you when they mentioned the 2 F's!
Posted by HOBBS
sorry branimir.your royal red velvet carpet was stolen outside the airport by homeless vagabonds who then hijacked the 10m stretch limousine and sped off.WELCOME TO SA bud.
Posted by brix25
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Last night I popped into the 7-11 on the corner of Main & Glengariff and actually saw council workers switching them off. Last night we were having a debate on when Christmas lights are supposed to be taken off...they're way past their due date.
Posted by JC08
Woohoo!!! I got my phone back at last, now i can post freely again!
Posted by GUCCI.011
Ive just updated my Blog!!
@ JC08
Thats great news man!
so how is it? have they done a good job with the joystick?
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Posted by HOBBS
Hey Brix,how are you enjoying the darkness there dude? Looks like I aint going to be seeing the end of that cricket match.Viva Eskom,Viva!
Posted by JC08
@ Gucci its a whole new one, but we'll wait and see
@ All we got our 3G/HSDPA modem today so heres some pics taken a while back with my k810
Posted by HOBBS
Enjoy the fast browsing JC.HSDPA,what speeds are you managing to get there?
Posted by brix25
@HOBBS: I'm not liking it one bit but in the same breath I WON'T blame Eskom for our current woes...basically they told government almost 10 yrs ago that we needed more powerstations and they just sat back and played with themselves. T-Boz already issued a mea culpa but that's too late coz this is costing the country money...if I owned a bar I'd be royally pissed right now.
PS: Was driving back from Rondebosch just now and have to give kudos to drivers on the road for their considerate approach, especially at intersections where traffic lights went out.
Posted by GUCCI.011
@ JC
Thats great bro!
WOW shweet pics man, cute dog, nice wallet!!
Posted by JC08
@ all thanx, I love the cam on this phone, It enables me to take some good shots
@ hobbs, i dont really have strong 3G signal in my room so it varies between about 500-900 kbps, which is quick enough for browsing...
Posted by Kryptik
Faster than a speeding bullet
On my way, Jojo, make mine shaken, not stirred 
Posted by *Jojo*
@kryptik - Looks like you FELL in the TRAP matey
That's just a joke . . . UNLESS, ya have a CAPE, when you said - Faster than a SPEEEDING bullet !
Posted by HOBBS
Yeah you right Brix.I heard the same thing.Thabo must go.Off with his head.Flog the bugger.lol Wow, that one lasted hours on end.Woke up about five this morning with my fan going.And it was almost everywhere.As far as I know we were blacked out-sea point,newlands and as brixs said rondebosch and as far as manenburg.
Im going to update my phones firmware to R6D23 today and Im as nervous as shit.What if half way through my update,BAM! power gone.Ouch,thats going to hurt.But Im determined.Only reason why Im even bothering is because of one niggly thingymagich, the thumbnail in picture gallery and contact thumbnails are slightly blurry.Has been like that since I got the phone and after doing some homework on the pro's of this update,thats one of the things that are sorted out.Also they say a New opera 8 version is also installed which is quicker than the last one.A lot of people out there talk about certain bugs are fixed through this update but 'millions' of other bugs are introduced and sometimes I wonder about these folk.Who they are and what are their intentions? I've never ever experienced half the shite these people spew from their beks.
Im curious to find out how many P990's were sold worldwide.Anyone know.Ive googled and come up with niks.Would be interesting to know such infomation.
Posted by GUCCI.011
Hobbs
Do you have a broadband connection there or are you using the P990 as a modem? I want to update my N81's FW but im using my N80 as my 3G modem,abit scared that it will loose connection. I saw the change log for the new N81 FW and OMG it is one long*ss changelog, A LOT of bugs i havent noticed, im also wondering how people encounter some of these bugs because i encounter very few which are fixed in the new V11.0.045 FW.
Im sure the P990 sold pretty well for a smartphone
especialy when the price droppd last year
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Posted by HOBBS
Nah Gucci,Im using Mweb ADSL at work.Tried this morning to upgrade my firmware but can you believe it,the 'R5' firmware is the only one available for P990's with Vodacom and thats the one I have.Going to wait a month and try again 1st March.Was so so so so disappointed.
I did my first P990i firmware upgrade using a Nokia 6680 as a modem and it went fine.I think it even lost a signal at one point and I had to restart the process and it just took off from where I had left off,so give it a try.
Posted by Kryptik
If i headed your way, Jojo, it would probably be via an ocean-liner, so that i could catch a breeze or two along the way. It's incredibly hot and humid here this weekend. Right now the temperature indoors is 30 degrees, which is why i'm lying on my back outside, counting the stars. The mosquitoes are also out in force, and they seem to love me, the little wretches. They'd probably use Motorolas and work for the Receiver Of Revenue if they were human, the little bloodsuckers.
Posted by Kryptik
I've just read on the www.news24.com site about the partial collapse of a parking lot at Carnival City. Apparently 3 people are confirmed to have died in the incident.
Posted by gola
great news there JC,hope things go well till your next phone bud
Posted by tranced
On 2008-02-02 07:23:42, HOBBS wrote:
Im curious to find out how many P990's were sold worldwide.Anyone know.Ive googled and come up with niks.Would be interesting to know such infomation.
@jc: nice to hear you got yours back
how's been all?
Posted by *Jojo*
@kryptik - Ocean Liner . . . as in - The Love Bought
H m m m . . . that is far more expensive then a plain PLANE-airfare huh ya goin' on a cruise . . . next month will be START of summer at my end too
@pop - Whahappened to you
Posted by GUCCI.011
Wanqa
Heres a South African Motorola RAZR2 ad from the back of the Vodaworld Magazine:
Posted by amawanqa
@ Gucci,
Wow, cool ad, and Elektra-esque babe! Thanks for posting that, boet. I do appreciate it and it's great for me to see SA ads like that. Hell, I'll take the SA RAZR2 ad anyday, compared to these naff ones here, LOL.
@ Jojo,
Hi mate. What a long, great day out. Just got home (visited friends after the show) and we're exhausted. I'll upload a
P1i pic now as a 'taster', and will upload more later on Sunday when I have more time.
Again, the
P1i was occasionally prone to blurring unless I was fairly careful and steady, but when I got it all right (like the 'white balance' settings etc), wow, some really good P1i pics, which I'll post.
Thought I'd start off with a Kawasaki
:
Off to bed now. G'night, mate.
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Posted by *Jojo*
@pop - Nice Kawa ! But why they'd MIX it with a BLACK-color
The green-shade is abit darken too Over-all it's a NEW fine I sthat the latest . . 2100cc bike Basing it on the # printed on the passenger-seat . . .
The professor just POPs-and-GO this time
Posted by HOBBS
When is the R6 firmware going to be available for us SA P990i Vodacom users? Who should I start emailing? One plus eventhough I didnt do an upgrade is I did a master reset and formatted my card.Only transferred my contacts from the backup I made and have got rid of all that rubbish that gets distributed on the phone over time.Its so refreshing starting from stratch.
Posted by GUCCI.011
Wanqa
Pleasure boet
the mobile industry even in SA is now huge lol,phones are being released here just after they're released in UK.
@ Hobbs
Eish wish i could help you there, if you were using a NOKIA i'd just say change the product code to Euro1 then update.
Well after you encouraged me to use my N80 as a modem to update my N81 i tried it, it all went fine, the V11.0.045 FW downloaded in 45mins,its a 76.5mb file, THEN when it came to actualy installing the FW the PC found that sum drivers were missing since i had installd parts of the PC Suite,the other files of PC Suite required Windows XP FP-2 and i only have FP-1 so it didnt update my phone, so im still on the V10.0.035 fw, what i want to know is where in my PC has the update been stored?
Posted by HOBBS
Ja Guc,Sony Ericsson PC Suite for Smartphones wont even install if you dont have XP Service Pack 2.About where it is stored on your PC I have no idea.About changing my phone to World Generic 1 or 2 I think I'll pass on that and just wait.I dont want to go there.
Posted by GUCCI.011
True, could potentialy kill your phone. I was so scared of that happening last nite,.
Ah well il get Service Pack2 from a friend tomorrow and maybe try again.
Im not sure if Voda will bring in that R6D fw update hey.
Posted by GUCCI.011
JUST UPDATED THE FW!!
i think when i used N80 as the modem the PC wen it came to the actualy update go confused and tried to update the N80 so i tried again just this time used the N81 as them modem to update it and it was successful, my N81 now has V11.0.045 fw, working well, the ram at boot up has decreased down to 41.9mb at boot, ah well still enough for me.