All Narfed Up photography and words by Bryan Villarin

Cell Phone


WOM World OTA Meetup in Los Angeles

Amir demonstrating the Nokia N95 - view at Flickr
On Tuesday, April 29th, 2008, I went to The Sky Room in Long Beach for a WOM World “Open to Anything” meetup and demonstration of the Nokia N95 NAM.
I was extremely impressed at the quality of the photos produced by the device — 5 megapixels sure helps. [...]

I helped fix Verizon Wireless for Arcadia and Temple City

After a day and a half without a Verizon Wireless signal at home, it’s back at full strength.
I got home Sunday after lunch and noticed that my cell phone was showing from zero to one bar of signal strength. I let it linger, hoping that Verizon Wireless might notice it and get it fixed.
It was [...]

Random happenings of me

Prepare for bullet points.

I’m so into photography right now, despite having a simple point-and-shoot digital camera. I’m now selling prints, taking more photos and stepping up from Paint.NET to GIMP. Oh yeah, I love the Epic Edits Photodump Flickr Group.
I’m getting used to bass guitar. In my opinion, Phantom Scream is undergoing awesome change.
Target sells [...]

Latest lovin of mobile services

These last few weeks, I’ve started using a few services for making communications - and life - easier with friends and family.
CallWave Mobile Basic (Free)
With VtxtSM, read your voicemail or listen to messages in your email, on your mobile phone or your PhonePage. [...] Reply to any mobile message with voice or text - via [...]

Opt Out Of Verizon’s Scheme To Sell Your Personal Info To Marketers

A lot of my friends are on Verizon Wireless, so I need to let you know about something that you’ll probably overlook in the mail.
Verizon Wireless customers who don’t feel like having their personal information and account information sold to marketers can opt-out by calling 1-800-333-9956. A notice tucked into our recent bill told us [...]

[VZW] Migrate your contacts to a new cellphone with Backup Assistant

If you use Verizon Wireless and their online service, My Account, you can use Backup Assistant for free!
As a My Account member, Back-Up Protection will let you automatically retain a copy of your saved phone numbers to a secure web site, so they’re always available if you lose or upgrade your phone.
I love that it [...]

Review: My new LG VX8600

I’ve upgraded from my LG VX8100 to a slim LG VX8600. It’s been discontinued, but it’s still in stock at Verizon Wireless being phased out. I preferred it compared to the LG VX8700 because the front display isn’t narrow and it’s black. Plus, the area below the keypad is flat, which wasn’t the case with [...]

Don’t dial 90# hoax floating around again

The following email is being circulated by my friends, so I’ve gotta clear it up (my emphasis added):
I received a telephone call last evening from an individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service technician who was conducting a test on telephone lines. He stated that to complete the test I should touch nine (9), zero [...]

Keep the outside screen of your LG VX8100 lit

In the theme of cell phones here these past few days, I figured it’d be cool to post another tip for LG VX8100 users: Keep the outside LCD on!
If you’re one of many that have an LG VX8100, the outside LCD screen dims after a few seconds then turns completely black after a few more. [...]

LG VX8100 extended battery

I’ve had my LG VX8100 since October 10th, 2005. Between then and today, my lifetime calls timer is at 111:45:31. My Lifetime KB amount is 63,495 KB.
Today, I decided that I need a new battery. I needed to charge it every night. If I talk for an hour during the course of the day, with [...]

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