Pod Cast Directory

You know how when you buy a handset in the podcast section it has pre set directorys?
Well how cool would it be to have your own?
Change handset, point it at your directory and all your pod casts are in one place...
Has so many applications, any how have a look at www.opmlmanager.com its so easy even I can do it.

Mines at http://www.opmlmanager.com/opml/ricksvill.opml goto podcast directorys, click add new and type in http://www.opmlmanager.com/opml/ricksvill.opml and you have the directory I am making on your handset.

My NEW web site and BLOG!

Well I have used the best in free web sites and made my self a home...
www.ricksvill.co.uk

Microsoft Mobile press confrance at Mobile World Congress.

Well I have just spent the last hour watching a Microsoft Mobile press conference at Mobile World Congress.

The buzz line for me was

" It's time for Windows Mobile to come home from work "

inferring a Windows Mobile handset is just as good in your social life as it is your work life.


You can find this video here

Text scams warning to youngsters

Text scams warning to youngsters
Thousands of young people have been sent fake scam text messages by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to warn them about con-artists.
The campaign saw 25,000 mobile phone users aged between 18 and 24 receive a message telling them they might have won £1,000 in cash.

But a second message arrived soon after informing them that the message was a fake and warning them about scams.

The OFT estimates that 6% of scam victims are aged between 16 and 24.

The Information Commissioner's Office provided the OFT with numbers of 25,000 young people who have opted to receive marketing text messages.


We hope that our innovative approach of sending fake scam text messages will remind young consumers to be on their guard if they receive a suspicious offer
Mike Haley, Office of Fair Trading

As part of the OFT's Scams Awareness Month campaign, it sent texts to all these numbers on Friday.

The text reads: "Urgent! U may have won £1k cash with '2 Good 2 B True'."

A second text followed shortly afterwards that made clear that there was in fact no prize, and that it was simply a warning about scams.

New service

The message also highlighted SMSus, a new text message service from PhonepayPlus, the body which regulates services bought by phone. This allows users to text details (to 76787) of a premium rate number or shortcode they are suspicious about.

An automatic reply lists the cost of the number, details of the service provider, how to contact them and how to complain if necessary. The service is free for most people, but will cost no more than 12p.

Mike Haley, director of consumer protection at the OFT, said: "Young people can fall for exactly the same types of scam as anyone else, often delivered through the latest technology.

"We hope that our innovative approach of sending fake scam text messages will remind young consumers to be on their guard if they receive a suspicious offer."

Trays O'Reilly, director of standards and communications at PhonepayPlus, said: "More and more people are using mobile phones to pay for a range of products and services and in most instances this happens without problems.

"Our job is to crack down on scams and other misbehaviour when it occurs so that everyone can use phone-paid services with confidence."

According to the Mobile Data Association, 95% of 16 to 24-year-olds use text messaging regularly, each sending an average of 100 texts per month.

Laguna GPS problems

Well it looks like the windscreen of my S reg. Laguna blocks GPS reception.
I have bought myself one of these from E Bay but where does one place it in the car...