Free Push Email for iPhone !!

Hey All,

Since obtaining my iPhone 3G upon its Canadian release, I have been using an alternate "Push Email" client called Mail2web.

Mail2web uses the Microsoft Exchange settings located under add email accounts on your iPhone.

"One of the coolest features available in the new iPhone 2.0 software update is the ability to get new email messages, contacts, and calendar events pushed to your device automatically. The catch: If you don't want to shell out $100 for MobileMe and you don't have a Microsoft Exchange server lying around, you're stuck pulling data or manually syncing it to your computer. But, if you're willing to roll up your sleeves, you can set up push email and wireless contact and calendar syncing using the free Microsoft Exchange service Mail2Web."

The first thing you need to do in order to have free push email on the iPhone is to set up a "FREE" Mail2web account, which you can find at http://mail2web.com/

Once your account is set up, you are now ready to set up your iPhone to receive push email through Mail2web.

This is done by doing the following:(As Shown at www.mail2web.com)

1. Tap Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Add Account...
2. You'll be presented with several options, but you want to pick the one at the top: Microsoft Exchange.
3. Now it's time to enter in your Mail2Web login credentials and Exchange details. Here's what it all should look like:

   Email: youremail@mail2web.com
   Username: youremail@mail2web.com
   Password: yourpassword
   Description: Mail2Web (Or whatever you want to call it.)
   Use SSL: ON

   Hit Next again.
4. When you've entered all your credentials, hit Next. Your iPhone will try to verify your Exchange server. The first time through, however, it won't be using the correct server information so you'll see an "Unable to Verify Certificate" message. Tap Accept and you'll see a new field to enter your own server information. Enter:

   Server: mobile.exchange.mail2web.com

5. This time your account will be verified and you'll be prompted to choose what you want to sync. Turn on whichever services you plan on using Mail2Web for (don't worry, you can always change these settings later) and tap Save to finish.

Once these steps are completed, you are now ready to receive "Push Email" through mail2web.

If you have multiple email accounts such as I do, you can set these up to forward your mail to your new mail2web email address, which will then be pushed directly to your iPhone.

Easy as Pie !!

If you find this information useful, please Comment and forward this blog to your friends.

Cheers for now,

dokken2007

Nova Scotia MVI - As Seen in "The Chronicle Herald" News Paper

Here is the story on changes to Nova Scotia's Motor Vehicle Inspection process as reported in "The Chronicle Herald" News Paper". Will the changes be a positive change, or will there now be more junk on the roads waiting to fall apart and possibly cause accidents? What is your thoughts on this ? *******************************************************************************

MVIs kicked into reverse Province introduces major car inspections overhaul after Chronicle Herald investigation exposes flaws in system Fri. Feb 27 " border="0"> Mechanic Darren Pelley replaces a ball joint on a customer’s vehicle after performing a motor vehicle inspection at Darrell Hebb’s Auto Repair in Halifax on Thursday. (TIM KROCHAK / Staff) The MacDonald government, under public pressure to switch gears on annual motor vehicle inspections, is redesigning the system. The government has completed its first review of the controversial MVI program since it started 40 years ago, and Service Nova Scotia officials announced key changes Thursday at a news conference in Halifax. Among them: less frequent inspections, second opinions after a failed inspection, the removal of "low-risk" items from the checkup list and more roadside spot checks where a vehicle is examined by government mechanics. The program’s redesign, to be introduced in two stages, on April 1 and June 1, will bring it more into line with national and international standards, the government said. Inspections will still be required when ownership changes and when a vehicle is transferred into the province. The revised regulations don’t just affect consumers. Service stations will lose revenue due to less frequent mandatory inspections. Also, the province is amending its inspection manual and will hold training sessions in April and May for workers staffing about 1,400 inspection stations in Nova Scotia. The Chronicle Herald ran a series of articles over the past couple of years drawing attention to the MVI program’s flaws. The Service Nova Scotia minister said Thursday that the changes to the inspection system were motivated by the public. "The government has heard the concerns of Nova Scotians . . . and the industry, which prompted the redesign," Richard Hurlburt told reporters. He said the revisions were made with public safety in mind. Starting April 1, new passenger vehicles that have had a dealer pre-delivery inspection won’t need an MVI for three years, and then only every two years after that. Large trucks will still require annual inspections. Beginning June 1, the number of low-risk items needing examination by a mechanic will be reduced. These include such things as horns, lights, mirrors and windshield wipers. As well, there will be more roadside checks where police will pull a vehicle — usually an obvious clunker — off the road and mechanics will hoist it up on the spot. The government wants to double the roughly 300 roadside inspections a year that are done now. Also, anyone whose vehicle has previously passed an inspection but now fails can get a second opinion from another mechanic. Mechanic Darrell Hebb, a veteran car repair shop owner in Halifax, said he disagrees strongly with the province’s move to less frequent inspections. "I believe there should be safety inspections every year, including new cars," he said. "If these cars aren’t going to be inspected every year, no one’s going to bring their vehicle in. If they have a noise, they’re just going to hope it goes away." The province announced in December it would re-evaluate mandatory annual safety checks. Drivers and mechanics had complained the MVI system was arbitrary and unfair because many aspects involved judgment calls that varied among service stations. Mechanics also said some outlets were taking advantage of customers by inventing problems that weren’t violations. Two years ago, Nova Scotia beefed up the requirements for its inspections and the price jumped to $25 from $15.50. The government said that during its review of the inspection system, no research could be found linking check-up programs to road safety. But Mr. Hurlburt said vehicle inspections will help keep people’s family members safe and are an important element of the province’s transportation system. Liberal Leader Stephen McNeil applauded the MacDonald Tories for essentially borrowing a Grit policy plank to revise the inspection program. New Democrat MLA Becky Kent said she was disappointed there wasn’t more public consultation before the changes were unveiled.

Tip: Saving & Burning Youtube Videos

Hey There,

Ever want to save that "Youtube" Video and burn it to disc?

Well now you can.... All you have to do is to copy the URL of the "YouTube" Video that you want to save, and paste it into the"Online FLV Converter" Box located at http://www.vixy.net
You then have the option to save the "YouTube" Video in different formats such as AVI, MOV, MP3, MP4, or 3GP.
http://www.Vixy.net will then convert the "YouTube" Video into the format you chose, and will save it to your Hard Drive.
You will then be able to burn it Via Nero, or Burning Software of your choice, onto DVD Disc.

Pretty Cool eh....

Cheers for now,

dokken2007

Windows 7 Review

Hey All,

Well I've been using Windows 7 for about 3 weeks now, and I must say I'm impressed so far.

Windows 7 could be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, and a vast improvement over Vista.
Microsoft appeared to have done this by building on Vista's strengths and weaknesses.
The installation process was very easy and seamless, with Windows 7 finding all drivers required for my system.

Boot up times are now greatly reduced, and the desktop performance is smooth and strong.
The "gadgets" provided are useful, with additional gadgets of your choice obtained easily.

Upon installation, Windows 7 will recommend appropriate Anti-Virus Software. I chose however to install Nod32, as I am most familiar with its operation.

Windows 7 also offer a Feed Back Button for the times that you might come across conflict issue with software you install.
I did find issues with using Nero 6 & 7, and found I needed to upgrade to a higher version of Nero.

The Control Panel is Vast, and sometimes difficult to navigate to what you are looking for in a hurry. An example would be the Add/Remove Programs which was labeled as such in Windows XP, but now is found under Programs and Features in Windows 7.

It uses less memory than when I had Vista installed on my machine, and also feels more responsive.
The Task Bar is very customizable and now you have the ability to organize as you can move around the Items easily.

I am overall impressed thus far, and look forward to seeing what the final release will bring.

Cheers,

dokken2007

What is the Best On-Line Business !!

Hey All,

I've been pondering for some time now about looking at starting an on-line business for myself.

Seeing how there are many, many Internet related businesses out there, I am looking for your input as to what is the best Internet Business to get into, in your opinion.

Please if you could, provide to me in this blog, with as much information as possible, including start-up costs, the type of business, the products it supports, the internal support systems in place, and how successful you have found it so far.

Please note, I am not interested in businesses with high start up costs, and am primarily interested in a product based businesses.

Thanks so much for your help and input on this, and I look forward to seeing what your business has to offer.

Cheers,

dokken

Review of Apple Safari 4 beta

Hey all,

Seeing how Apple released the latest Safari 4 beta browser, I thought I would provide a little rant on it.

The Apple Safari browser located at http://www.apple.com/safari/ has always proven to be a stable, smooth platform, and is the cornerstone of the Apple iPhone.

The browser is available for download at "http://www.apple.com/" for both the Mac OS, as well as the Windows OS, and supports Vista. Installing Safari 4 was also easy and pain-free, and actually asks you for confirmation on the installation of "Bonjour" (This is nice to see).

The Safari 4 browser appears to be far faster and smoother than other browsers such as Firefox and Google’s Chrome browser. I won't even mention Internet Explorer in the same breath (Oops I just did....Sorry !! ).

Safari 4 now features a private browsing switch, as well as full search history option that can show users web sites they have navigated to in the past in Cover Flow.

Two great new features of Safari 4 is “Top Sites,” which is similar in feel to iTunes in that it shows up to the top 24 navigated sites in a pictorial view. This allows one to choose at a glance what site he/she chooses to navigates to.

The other is called “Developer Tools,” which according to Apple is the “best suite of development tools ever included in a browser.”

Please note, that I tested Safari 4 on Windows based laptop, running Windows 7 on it, and it ran very smoothly.

Please check back later for more on the Safari 4 beta Browser Review.

If you have had the opportunity to use this browser, please drop us a note with your thoughts on this browser.

Cheers for now !!

dokken

Rogers Wireless - iPhone Replacement

Hey all.....welcome to Dokken Rants !!
My first rant involves my journey to obtaining a replacement iPhone 3G through Rogers Wireless.
I have gone through 3 iPhone 3G's so far, due to cracking and connectivity issues. All of which have been replaced by Rogers Wireless, fairly painlessly.
I contacted Rogers once again, as my 4th and current iPhone 3G is having over heating issues. After going through the 7 step process that they require, it was determined that yes I do need a replacement. They promptly took my information, and said that it would be 3 to 5 bussiness days.
After waiting a day or so, I called them to check on the status of the delivery, only to find that the person who took the information apparently failed to press the save button, thus the order does not exist.
They once again took my information, and assured me that the phone would be there in 3 to 5 bussiness day once again.
I call them back a few days later to once again check on the order, only to be told that it was not in stock....OMG....can this be happening.
They still once again placed another order fo me, and said once again that it would be 3 to 5 bussiness days.
This leads me up to yesterday, where I called to check on the status of the delivery. It has now been 3 days since it was ordered. They said that yes they had the information, and a tracking number to UPS.
Well this is great....finally I'm getting somewhere....I call UPS with the tracking number that Rogers gave me, only to find out that it was not a tracking number after all, but rather a reference number, and was useless to UPS.
So......today I called Rogers yet oce again, spoke to their iPhone support, to have them tell me that the iPhone is not in stock !!
OMG I lost it....I told them that this was unacceptable, ad that it appears that one hand is not talking to the other, and that I wanted to speak to someone who knew if this was so.....they then put me through to their tracking department, to which a gentleman told me that yes they are in stock, and that my order has been processed, but has not been picked up by UPS as of yet, and that he expects that they will pick it up tonight.
It will then be 3 to 5 business days before I receive it, and that I should call back tomorrow evening to obtain the UPS tracking number, as it is not generated until UPS picks it up.
I said thank you for helping, and that yes I will call back tomorrow evening to get the tracking number.
So lets wait and see if I will actually will get my iPhone number 5, and what else will happen in the journey to iPhone Replacement.

**Don't get me wrong....I am not bashing Rogers Wireless....they are a great Company, and provides great services...this is just my personal experience and thoughts.

I'll keep you posted.

Question....have any of you experienced problem such as this?
I would be interested in hearing your story.

Cheers

Dokken2007

********** Update **********

The replacement iPhone 3G arrived safely today at lunch time. Not bad, considering in speaking to Rogers Wireless Tracking Department, the phone was due for pickup by UPS sometime last evening...Kudos to UPS for GREAT service !!
The iPhone synced and updated with all my Applications, Contacts and such very quickly, and was good to go within 15 minutes.

Lets hope now that this one does not have any gremlins like the others.

Cheers,

dokken