Samsung Galaxy i7500 I7500XXII4 Firmware

Google Android

It looks like new firmware is out. It’s only shipping with the latest batch of O2 Galaxy phones. My phone, ordered Sep 9th shipped with I7500XXIH6. I7500XXIH8 is available but not yet being pushed to the phones (I think Odin is required or some messing about with Samsung’s PC Suite). I7500XXII4 is reportedly shipping with the latest store-bought Samsung’s..

androidforums.com – Samsung Galaxy i7500 I7500XXII4 Firmware

Samsung Galaxy i7500 – Google Android

My new toy arrived yesterday..

Samsung Galaxy i7500

It’s got the build quality of a Samsung without the hideous Samsung UI. Google Android is awesome. A bit of whinging was heard from the iClone lovers about the lack of multi-touch (all that pinching to zoom stuff) but as I’ve not been sucked into Apple’s realm of darkness.. no problemo! I believe they can be hacked to do the multi-touch stuff anyway but it just doesn’t seem necessary. Now to work out what else it can do..

Oh, Mal and I are trying to buy a house here so I’ve not been doing much else but working, drinking and form filling.

www.i7500world.com

androidforums.com

layar.com

www.android.com

phandroid.com

androidandme.com – Android 1.6 SDK

blog.taragana.com

Bezzera BZ35

Bezzera BZ35 espresso machine

www.bezzera.it – bz35

worldcoffeeservices.com

www.londonespresso.co.uk

I’ve put a deposit down with Daisy from World Coffee Services for a used Bezzera BZ35. It’s working (I had a coffee from it) and it’s half the size of the Gaggia TS1 I was looking at buying (and ?130 cheaper at ?220). It’s missing one of its feet but that should be easy to replace. It could do with a clean but it was serviced by World Coffee Services in March this year. It should make for an interesting comparison to the Gaggia. I’ll hopefully be picking it up Monday night.

Gaggia Classic + Rancilio Silvia steam wand upgrade

I bought a Rancilio Silvia steaming wand from Happy Donkey and fitted it to my Gaggia Classic this morning.

Here’s another coffee geek’s Gaggia steam wand modding in pictures: forums.overclockers.co.uk – gaggia classic rancilio silvia steam wand upgrade

This new steam wand really screams compared to the turbo frother that comes standard with most Gaggia domestic machines. It’s a single hole nozzle and will take a bit of getting used to but the signs are promising.. “microfoam should pour” blah blah. How to get microfoam. www.espressovivace.com – milk texturing basics.

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