The Inbox

As the crew of Tech65, people often come to us to ask us questions, advice or for tech support, not to mention the emails you guys send us. We decided to share these questions and answers with all of you, as you’ll be able to learn a lot from all these too! If you have a question to ask, you can email Daniel at “daniel at tech65 dot org”. Don’t worry, if I can’t answer your question, I still have 8 more people to check with!

The Inbox: Undoing Singtel’s connection restriction from your iPhone SIM card

This is actually a problem I faced myself, and discovered the answer to, but it would help a lot of people with the same issue.
Background: I was reviewing the Nokia E72 when I realised that it could not connect to data (internet, email etc) even though the settings are all correct. I also recalled that [...]

The.Inbox #4 – Opening docx files with an older version of Office

Question:
“I need to open a .docx file but I don’t have Office 2007, and I’m on a Mac. Is there a solution to this?”
- Gilbert

The.Inbox #3 - Deleting files from a thumb drive on Mac OS X?

The.Inbox #3 – Deleting files from a thumb drive on Mac OS X?

The answer to this question may seem obvious, but too many people have asked me this question (including fellow members from the crew) that I think it’s time to address it.
Question:
How do you recover the disk space on external drive after deleting files from it on a mac? I noticed that even after deleting the [...]

The.Inbox #2 - Create Word documents to PDF?

The.Inbox #2 – Create Word documents to PDF?

This question was posed to me by a friend over the phone (don’t ask me for my number, that’s a privilege for a select few ) while I was attending an event with other bloggers and press, and so I asked everyone present for a recommendation and they gladly contributed to the answer.
Q: [...]

The.Inbox #1 – HP Mini 1000?

On our first edition of The.Inbox, we share with you an email regarding the HP Mini 1000 that was featured previously on Gear65 and our reviews.
Question:
Hi Daniel,
It’s my first time visiting Tech65 and I’m glad that info provided was useful!
I’m interested in getting HP mini 1000. To be frank, I’m an IT idiot, so I’ll need your [...]

New segment: The Inbox

New segment: The Inbox

The crew here at Tech65 is known among all their friends at that “techie guy” who “knows everything about tech”, and so many times have people approached us for tips on what and where to buy gadgets, how to fix problems, or do something on their computer. We’re not really complaining. In fact, it’s because [...]