After a bit of mucking around, I’ve finally got the website to load properly in mobile devices. This means that if you now access my site using a PDA or mobile phone with a web browser, you get a very stripped down version of the site. Of course, if you’re using a standard PC, you won’t notice any change, but mobile users will see the site load in about 3Kb of data.

I was recently on a flight coming back from Brisbane to Melbourne when we had to hold about 80 miles to the north-west of Melbourne due to weather. The approach was very rough due to large gusts of wind across the approach, and also as a headwind. This made things rather difficult, however the landing was just about perfect.

Here’s some video from the landing.

After kicking up a bit of a stink with Dopod and Phonetec, I managed to get my phone back and repaired on the 13th December. 1 month after it was sent in for a warranty claim. It certainly is working much better in the battery life department. Using the application BatteryStatus, it shows that the phone is now drawing 81mA at idle with the backlight on instead of the 185mA it was consuming before. This means I get over double the battery life!This makes me a much happier person :)

25 days after my Dopod 838 Pro arrived at the Phonetec service centre, I’m still waiting for it back. It looks like it they have replaced every circuit board in the unit, and now they’re replacing the LCD screen as well. They say that they probably won’t get the parts for another 10 working days - so I’m tipping that I won’t get the phone back until the beginning of January. At this point, this is the longest warranty repair I’ve ever had to wait for - If I don’t get it until January, then I will have been waiting nearly 1 1/2 months. Great service cough.

Cisco have released version 8.3.3SR2 (registration required) of software for 7941 and 7961 phones. There are a number of bug fixes, however there seem to be quite a few outstanding issues. The release notes detail the changes in this version.