CityCell Zoom in Ubuntu

One of my friends just asked me on how to connect to Internet in Ubuntu/Linux using Citycell Zoom. Here goes the procedure.

Connect your zoom device/phone to your PC/laptops USB port.

Issue this command in the shell:

$lsusb


You shall get a list of devices:


Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ac:8300 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight (no firmware loaded)
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 05ac:8205 Apple, Inc. Bluetooth HCI MacBookPro
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05ac:8240 Apple, Inc. IR Receiver [build-in]
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 15ca:00c3 Textech International Ltd. Mini Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:3197 Qualcomm, Inc. CDMA Wireless Modem/Phone
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:021a Apple, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


Note the line:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05c6:3197 Qualcomm, Inc. CDMA Wireless Modem/Phone


The line has following meaninng.


Vendor ID: 05c6
Product ID: 3197


Now execute following command in shell


$sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x05c6 product=0x3197


Now back to good old wvdial

sudo wvdialconf


It shall now find a modem in /dev/ttyUSB0

Now open /etc/wvdial.conf and make sure you have the following lines in it.


Phone=#777
Username = waps
Password = waps
Stupid Mode = 1


Now run $sudo wvdial from your shell and you have net. :)

Happy Linuxing ...

Mozilla Weave: Bringing Desktop and Web Applications closer

"As the Web continues to evolve and more of our lives move online, we believe that Web browsers like Firefox can and should do more to broker rich experiences while increasing user control over their data and personal information.

One important area for exploration is the blending of the desktop and the Web through deeper integration of the browser with online services."

http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/12/introducing-weave/

Just got my account activated @ Mozilla Weave Project.

Mac: Google Chrome on OS X

Yeah, like all Mac users I'm angry too. There is no mac version of Google's Chrome browser. Google has yet to release it for OS X, but here is the good news. Chrome's opens source version known as Chromium's source tree is open. So anyone can download it and try it out for themselves. Its far from finished, but you can at least get your hands dirty with Chromium in OS X.

Here are some links you'll need to get started.

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/MacBuildInstructionshttp://dev.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/get-the-code

Or if you are lazy like me, download the already built dmg image from this link.

Safari: Checking iPhone Version of Your Site Right from Safari

I must say, I'm greatly impressed at the new public beta release of Apples Safari's version 4. Tons of new features proved that its living up to expectations. Some notable features that caught my eye were, firebug like web inspector, new intuitive tabbed browsing, and some cosmetic features like cover flow like history browsing and opera like top site marker (Check out the screen-shot below)




To enable the debug menu, you need to enable it from the preferences tab.
You'll see a new "Develop" menu has appeared. Now to the thing what this post is all about. From the Develop menu, set your user agent to "Mobile Safari".


Now just go to any site that has special pages for iPhone, my Gmail Looks like this.


And this is my how my Facebook profile looks in iPhone.

And you never had to use an iPhone to check it out.