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Aldi mobile phone card review
With mobile data and phone coverage still a big issue in Australia, especially for the traveller, I was intrigued by the latest offering from Aldi into the world of mobiles. The most interesting part of there offering to me was there partnership with Telstra, and there 3G network. So with this in mind and the fact that I needed a cheap sim to test my new pocket wifi I thought it might be helpful to post my findings. As with all of these pay as you go deals it is best to read there information for yourselves before committing. The initial setup is as follows. The starter pack costs $5…
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Hotsion Hot-V9
Hotsion Hot-V9 Portable 3G wireless In perpetration for my upcoming holiday, I decided that I needed to find a way to try and beat the hotels and there ripoff rates for wifi. So I am going to get a 3G data card and use that instead. For this to be effective I needed a way to share it via wifi between my devices, as well as being able to copy my photos and video to a backup hard drive. After doing some research this little device looks like it will fit the bill and mine arrived today. The Hotsions interesting features are. 1. Wifi specs are b,g,n 2. Has a…
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BMW remote battery
After getting my 1999 E46 BMW remote working again, it started to become erratic in its workings after only 3 weeks of working perfectly, sometimes only unlocking the car but not locking, then not working at all only to start working again for no reason, the little red light not lighting up when a button was pressed. The remote is the kind with the CR2016 battery so I measured the battery and found that it was 3.0 volts, since the battery is a 3 volt battery I thought this was fine. I decided though to change the battery to see if I could get the remote to work again. The…