Jealousy - someone got to touch the Celio Redfly

http://mobilitytoday.com/articles/celio_redfly_first_look.html

A review with good pictures of the new Celio Redfly, the device that provides a big screen and keyboard to a Windows Mobile device (including my Samsung i760). Wow factor!

(Edit: check my link blog for videos too!)

Vista Service Pack 1 and Creative Audigy soundcard drivers

Yikes got ready to look for SP1 for my wife's PC and found she had one of the problem drivers! I have some choices, and it looks like there are no guarantees of success no matter what way I go. I will probably try throwing SP1 on and holding my breath first. If that fails then I will try the method of uninstalling the driver, loading SP1, and reinstalling the driver. If that fails then we get down and dirty..

The bottom line here is that Creative is clearly dropping the ball in the support area.

Technet overviews:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb968859.aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/bb738089.aspx

Vista SP1 on MS downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/beta/downloads/Search.aspx?SearchText=vista+sp1http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B0C7136D-5EBB-413B-89C9-CB3D06D12674&displaylang=en

Kb articles:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936330
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=948343

Free MS sp1 help site:
http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=1&gprid=11732

Paul Thurrott covers it:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_sp1_ga.asp

Ed Bott covers it:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=400

Neowin covers it:
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/03/20/why-installing-vista-sp1-might-fail-via-windows-update

The nightmare unfolds at Creative:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=29957#M29957
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=29151#M29151
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&thread.id=29151&view=by_date_ascending&page=1
http://nomoregoatsoup.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/how-to-fully-uninstall-creative-vista-drivers-solve-install-problems/

Some other help on Creative drivers:
http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5936
http://www.youp-pax.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=13
http://nomoregoatsoup.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/unofficial-audigy-series-software-cd-for-win2000-xp-server-2003-vista-3264-bit/
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=30054#M30054

Celio - the missing link part deaux

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/celio_redfly_preview.asp

http://www.celiocorp.com/

So this is the dumb screen and keyboard for Windows Mobile we were looking for last year, but a better version than Palm scrapped. Homerun!

Use an apple wifi router for Windows?

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=MzM4NzE&fnode=home&nplm=MB321LL/A

http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2008/03/17/apple-adds-802-11n-to-airport-express.aspx

Paul points out that this might be a great tool for traveling given the size, price, and 11n.

Motorola Cable Modems

Interesting information about the difference between the two current cable modem models:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R2G9LK415VEHPJ

Grand Central beta opens up a little!

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Webworkerdaily/~3/239972141/

Talk about golden ticket, Grand Central (now owned by Google) is an amazing tool for managing all your phone systems (cell, home, work) as one, with voicemail etc. And now the beta has opened up just a little bit wider!