Astound

Daytime shot with blinds partly shut

Astound — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:18:12 +0000

Some ambient light present.

The image looks a bit grainy due to the camera.

At it demonstrates the idea reasonably well.

Fixing the landscape issue

Astound — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:30:16 +0000

This one taken using the landscape option.

Another post from 9520

Astound — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:23:55 +0000

One more test.

Another shot more focused

Astound — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:07:42 +0000

I hope this shot is more focused than the previous one so here goes.

My new projector screen

Astound — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:54:15 +0000

Decided to get a new screen for my projector.

Seems to work quite nicely as this photo was taken with lights on.

Posting this using my BlackBerry 8520 which I also used to take the shot.

Of course I am using the latest version of wordpress for BlackBerry, ver 1.4.

Just a test article for now today

Astound — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:58:57 +0000

This is a new line 0000000

On Saturday morning, 01 May 2010, TopTV sold out 50 000 decoders in less than six hours, a world first. As a result of this unprecedented demand we have increased our capacity to service your needs. Our call centre agents, our installers and the entire TopTV team are making every effort to satisfy all current and future demands.

Call Centre Availability:
We have doubled our capacity to manage your calls. Please use the 08600 TOPTV (08600 86788) number. If all agents are busy, please leave a message we will get back to you within 72 hours – Promise! We are happy to take your calls between 08:00 to 18:00.

Installer Availability:
Our accredited installers might not be able to assist you immediately due to the high demand. Please make an appointment with the installer. They are doing their best to accommodate all customer requests. Please note that your installation can take up to a week, but we will try everything to shorten this waiting time.

Set Top Box availability:
We are in the process of getting out more stock to our retailers within this week. Please go to your closest retail store, PEP, MAKRO, HOUSE and HOME, GAME. Please provide your details to the retailer as stocks are limited for the time being. Your retailer will contact you as soon as your Set Top Box/Decoder has arrived.

We appreciate your understanding in this regard. We know SOUTH AFRICA is excited about TopTV and our sensational product. Be assured we will get you watching your TopTV service at the soonest.

Storm 9520 Typing Demo

Astound — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:39:29 +0000

So, what is Astound Blog all about?

Astound — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:03:44 +0000

It has been a while now that I set up this website and not much content to show for it.

It all just started out as an experiment with webhosting and basically wanting to do it all myself.

Chose the WordPress Platform as it seems to be the simplest to admin and makes posting very simple, even from my mobile phones.

Discovered recently that I could very easily take a Photo and have it published here almost immediately.

So I procured the Webhosting account and set things up and here we are today, with a magazine style theme and posting ability a couple of mouse clicks away.

Main thing is that it works and is stable.

Even presentation of images is pretty good with auto thumbnails generated in the layout of the site.

I have been thinking of starting a Photoblog and simply listing it within the Photos section.

Will see how that works out shortly.

Testing on the 9520

Astound — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:59:57 +0000

This is a test of portrait mode snapshot from my 9520 using WordPress for BlackBerry 1.1.

Image is expected to appear below.

Portrait mode tested again

Astound — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:49:25 +0000

Just took another portrait mode snapshot using my 8520 to test again.

Image is expected to appear below.