05.14.08
Posted in Geeking Out, iPhone at 2:07 pm by ryan
iPhone iPod Sleep Timer Found
The iPod app in the iPhone does have a sleep timer, it turns out. It’s just that it’s so well hidden that I’d never have found it without clues from elsewhere.
To set an iPod sleep timer:
- Enter the Clock application
- Tap Timer in the bottom right-hand corner
- Set a time using the odometer thing
- In the ‘When Timer Ends’ menu, instead of an alarm sound, select ‘Sleep iPod’
- Tap Start.
I had looked in the timer section of the clock app before — on the iPod, sleep timers are also set through the Clock menu item — but because I hadn’t explored the alarm-tone picker, I hadn’t spotted the ‘Sleep iPod’ option. Silly me, thinking that a menu wouldn’t logically contain 23 options all meaning ‘make noise’ and one option meaning ’stop making noise’.
Note that you cannot tell the iPod to start playing at a certain time. Though the Alarm function of the clock allows you to be awakened by any one of Apple’s canned ringtones, it won’t let you pick one of your own songs as the alarm sound.
Source: http://tinotopia.com/wordpress/archive/2007/07/02/iphone-ipod-sleep-timer-found/
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03.31.08
Posted in China, Shanghai, USA, iPhone at 10:31 pm by ryan
Call direct from your mobile phone. No calling card. Only 2x the price of Skype In, but better quality and you can call out!
在上海，申请中国移动的国际长途就发“3211”到10086。这样可以申请国际IP长途服务，每次拨国际电话号码，先拨：12593＋00＋国际电话号码，比如：
拨美国的“＋1－206－555－1212”，变成：
12593－00－1－206－555－1212
Give China Mobile a call and Sign-up for IP Int’l Long Distance. Just send an SMS containing only “3211″ to 10086. Each time you want to dial an Int’l number, just add: 1259-00, then the country code and the number.
如果你忘记你的密码，就发密码查询的拼音到10086，那就是：MMCX
If you forget your password, just send MMCX to 10086
如果要查你的账户还有多少钱，发“余额查询”的拼音到10086，那就是：YECX
If you need you current account balance, send YECX to 10086
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03.26.08
Posted in China, Shanghai, iPhone at 12:53 pm by ryan
If you’re a China Mobile user, you may or may not be aware that you can get inexpensive international long distance (国际长途）by dialing 17951＋00 then the country code and number you want to reach. You can actual save the full number in your address book (not like using a calling card) for the people you call most frequently and make the habit of saving a lot. Note that you don’t want to save this as the primary number in your address book, else you won’t be able to send text messages.
That is 2.2元／minute (See complete IP talk Rate Chart), compare this to the direct dial price of 0.8元/6 seconds - or 8.0元/minute, it’s a savings of almost 80%. At the currently miserable USD exchange rate, using “IP Phone” from China Mobile is just over USD 30¢/minute.
If you check the Skype Rate Chart, calling to a China Mobile phone is only 2.4¢/minute, so Skype In is still by far the cheapest way to talk to someone on your mobile for a long conversation. Here’s China Mobile’s post about Int’l Long Distance…
国际长途
您打给国外朋友的长途电话
使用方式
1、确认您的手机号码已经开通国际长途功能；
2、您可以直接拨打：
00＋国家或地区代码＋城市代码＋对方号码
或00＋国家或地区代码＋对方手机号码
3、也可以加拨17951进行IP通话：
17951＋00＋国家或地区代码＋城市代码＋对方号码
17951＋00＋国家或地区代码＋对方手机号码
标准资费
1、至世界各地0.80元/6秒，采用分时段及国家法定节假日资费优惠的办法；
2、加拨17951具体资费以当地移动公司公布为准
特别提醒
目前国际长途可通达世界上280多个国家和地区。
具体开通情况，请以当地移动公司公布为准。
Details at Baidu “Know” (chinese) on a variety of Int’l calling options.
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