This is something I was surprised to find. Switch app does not appear in the menu, but if you press search button (on the homescreen menu) and search for “switch”, one of the results will be “Phone Switch App”.
Or just find it under Phone-> Settings->Connectivity->Data transfer->Phone Switch
I have been using http://wuala.com for couple of years to keep ca 80GB in safely synced and backed up in the cloud, for free. But they changed from p2p storage to commercial centralized server model, as a result, I am going to loose that free storage. What are my options at the moment?
I took a look at
- Windows Live Mesh (will become Windows SkyDrive and loose p2p sync ability). Storage limit is good though at 25GB.
- I have beta invite from Cubby (by LogMeIn) – only 5GB in the cloud, but promise of free and unlimited p2p sync
- Google Drive – only 5GB, but good gmail/gdocs integration, no p2p sync
- Dropbox – up to 16GB storage after referrals, hmm. Plenty of mobile clients, but nothing else going for it, other than ability to game it easily to grow storage.
- Ubuntu One, SugarSync, Megacloud – 5GB free cloud, some mobile clients
- Bitcasa – speaks about unlimited cloud storage for $10/month, using p2p similar to wuala?
I am sorry, to see wuala go nuts like this. Theirs was the best option for owners of 24x7 servers (e.g. home NAS + torrent server + wuala cloud peer). After fallout, not many options are left, most of them are good for usual users, who do not have own server and fully depend on the cloud for sync. However, I see opportunity to achieve most of what wuala did for free by combining various parts of different services.
Here is what I’m going to try
1) for unlimited p2p sync (which provides backup too) between my server and several laptops
2) to raise protection bar – e.g. unlikely event that both laptops and server are destroyed by fire at the same time – p2p sync to my parents PC – this is good for anything, bar nuclear strike :(
3) Google Drive for my working docs (5GB)
4) Dropbox/SkyDrive for my music/photos files (16+25GB)
Other services, like UbuntuOne, SugarSync, MegaCloud, Bitcasa – I do not see much use for, with current pricing. I will however, try them to see if I missed anything.
ATM my home server runs Windows 7 Ultimate (trial mode till end of December) and I am researching free alternatives like freenas, openfiler, ubuntuserver, freebsd. Need this machine to support administration via web gui and provide following services for me
Found this thread discussing freenas and drobo functionality, and thought that this post decsribes my needs too.
| I'm also looking for the holy grail of RAID solutions and really hope someone can come up with or find something. I want the following features: REQUIRED: PREFERRED: |
I already run freenas in virtualbox on my server with bridged network interface on my server, and it appears as separate machine with web gui on my network. I already see some of the drawbacks of freenas, like no webdav, vpn, virtualisation (the kind that allows me to test freenas in VM like I do it now).
Downloading freebsd, openfiler and ubuntu server to install as VMs too and give ‘em a try this month.
So, Windows 7 is here. Since trying W7 beta in the beginning of 2009, I knew that this was the first OS that I’ll upgrade my home computers to and will be willing to pay for it. I will need several copies for my home:
1. gaming/multimedia PC – currently runs W7 RC. It absolutely needs a Windows license, because I use it to for playing games, and Linux just can’t compete here. Will update it to Windows 7 Home Premium (which has all I need, including Windows Media Center).
2. home server- has Ubuntu and W7 trials at the moment. I can use it in this mode for another 100 days. It is now fully configured to provide the functionality I need – filesharing, utorrent, orb, wuala, https web server, webdav and vpn. In the upcoming 3 months I will try get same functionality (except orb) under Ubuntu. If that works, fine. Otherwise, will upgrade to W7 too. Home Premium does not support Remote Desktop server, but I can manage with VNC I think.
3. 2 laptops – running W7 trials atm, need to upgrade.
So, I am going to buy 3-4 upgrade licenses. Today, I checked pricing and availability of Windows 7 here in Riga, Latvia. Unfortunately, there is no Family Pack available (some people say it might appear after Oct, 31st, when Latvian language Windows is promised). But, price for Home Premium OEM upgrade is quite good ($70 or 50 EUR). Buying Family pack of 3 licenses at amazon UK, would cost the same after shipment. I think I will rather buy HP OEM upgrades here.
I do not have that many Vista or XP licenses (basically all my PC were self made, and laptops came with Linux), but will try to find some old/written-off licenses from sysadmin friends. I know that OEM will work only with one machine, but Retail copy is almost 4 times more expensive (180 EUR) and for that money, I can buy new OEM upgrades later if needed.
I checked to computer shops today and in both, was asked to prove that I have a copy of Windows to upgrade from. Windows label on the bottom of laptop is enough of the proof they said. Interesting, can I show the same laptop in various shops to buy 3-4 upgrade licenses? I think I can.
Under Windows 7 (and Vista too, I think) WebDAV and VPN fail if you use a self-signed (and therefore, untrusted) server certificate. Too bad that error messages are cryptic, and talk about failure to establish connection, or something like it, but never complains about SSL cert. Hmm. If you try to access such server with IE then (unlike Firefox) there is no way to turn off warnings. Also, if you try to play media from such website, IE and Firefox will launch associated media player (WMP in my case), which will also fail to connect to net resource to play it. Long story, short, kids – use trusted certificate if you need to use SSL in Windows.
And the good news is that now there is a provider of free SSL certificates (really free, not a 30-day trial as some advertise), who is also included into default Windows Certificate storage as a Certified Root Authority. This is Free SSL service from Startcom. With their cert for my server, WebDAV and VPN began to work.
The only fly in the ointment – Windows 7 implementation of WebDAV is buggy and slow and compared to Ubuntu.
Web speeds have improved so much over last 2-3 years, that now it is so easy and convenient to RDP from work to home server, initiate download of Ubuntu 9.04 beta and even burn it to the disk that I loaded into DVD drive in the morning.
Life is good. :)
I am looking for a best Win program to sync my numerous laptops, media pc, and hopefully, my mobile, with selected folders on my 24-hrs file server running on Windows 7.
After googling and reading a bit, I identified
So, I will be installing and trying Unison, DeltaCopy and Foldershare.
Firefox 3 is coming. I keep testing its builds about once a month since at least December. And the recent beta is really a mature and fast product. (Being FAST really counts when you run it on 600MHz AMD Geode UMPC as I do). The only reason keeping me from fully switching to it, was absence Foxmarks plugin compatibility with it. Not anymore. Foxmarks blog announced limited beta enrollment yesterday. I signed up. Countdown to jump over to new Firefox begins...
To begin with, there are many good experiences, that I would not rate one above other
On Nokia 6120 smartphone
- Unlimited data plan. A musthave for all the goodies that follow below.
- Fring keeps me signed into skype, gtalk, msn and icq.
- Opera Mobile keeps me connected to my multiple gmail accounts, google reader mobile and internet bank
- Updating my life blog with pictures and video by simply sending email to my blogger account with a picture or video attached
- TomTom navigation for driving and hiking while abroad
- Throwing it to my kids for a quick cartoon session (I always keep couple of hours of cartoons re-encoded for QVGA). Playing it with the best player for Windows Mobile and Symbian, the CorePlayer.
On Raon Everun UMPC
- This is my mobile office that mirrors my data and programs from a desktop (well, everything except torrent library :). This means 100% compatibe browser and office applications. On the go. Weighing a massive 500g. 8-10 hour battery life.
- And yes, I keep there yet more cartoons for the kids.
On iPAQ hx4700
- TomTom navigation
- Skype over WiFi, now replaced by Fring over WiFi and Fring over 3g on my handset
- Gaming - Solitaire, Bejeweled2, Skyforce 1/2, K-Rally, etc.
- Cartoons as in all categories above, watching movies over WiFi from my home torrent storage
- It can do PIM and email, as well as open all office documents, but I do not use it anymore...
http://www.telexy.com/Support/Publications.aspx?PublicationId=6
... Nokia phones tested in this research (E60, N91 and N91 8G) operate in a close to "B" mode in terms of Wi-Fi technology. "Maximal" speed of B-mode is 11 Mbps which is ~ 1.35 M/s. It is valid to expect that this conclusion holds with other phones of E- and N-series. Factual speed shown by Nokia phones in ideal conditions is ~ 450 K/s ...
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