After 4 ? years I finally realised my mobile phone has internet capabilities..( I still haven't worked out how to put photos from the June L/W/E storm 2007 off it..I think I lost the cable..). Anyway I entered Seabreeze but the default graphs are for WA..It doesnt give me the option for NSW..Is that a problem that I have to ring my Telco and talk through or can someone here suggest anything..? The model is Telstra ZTE 3G..

What is this internet thingy of which you speak?

MikeyS said...

What is this internet thingy of which you speak?

You go into the menu on the mobile and it gives you an option to connect to internet explorer..?? anyway you can type in a website address and go there. So I got to seabreeze and wanted to set up the NSW midcoast graph so when I go back in I can check it ( I assume thats how it works..? ) but it only comes up with Wa options & I cant see how to bring up NSW..

sboardcrazy said...

MikeyS said...

What is this internet thingy of which you speak?

You go into the menu on the mobile and it gives you an option to connect to internet explorer..?? anyway you can type in a website address and go there. So I got to seabreeze and wanted to set up the NSW midcoast graph so when I go back in I can check it ( I assume thats how it works..? ) but it only comes up with Wa options & I cant see how to bring up NSW..

Not sure how your phone works but could you bring up the NSW graph on your computer then copy that exact address to your phone? That way you don't have to navigate the menus on the internet on your phone.

Thanks. I'll have a look when i get the time..I've got no idea how to copy & paste to my phone..??

Hello, SBC,

My niece recently found that her 'phone had Internet access, so she promptly ran up a $300 bill for one month. Be VERY careful when you surf the Net on a 'phone!

Any page that has lots of colours is generally going to cost you a lot in download fees, so it's better if you download text only.

Following JayBee's advice, the top diagram on the page is for WAP (text only) and it gives a site, a time, a minimum and maximum wind speed in knots and the wind direction. Initially, you might have to spend a little time to find out the exact page that you need (but I'm sure you can type faster/better than me).

Because some 'phones do not have the tilda character (~), you might care to go here http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/wap.html for an explanation of how to get around it, if you need to. Note that this site is for VIC, not NSW.

Don't know what carrier you're on but, when using the 'phone, Telstra have a link on their site so that you can see how much it's costing you each time you visit a site (it takes about 24 hours to catch up). Also, by paying an extra $5/month on top of the 'phone fees, you can download a set amount, before the big charges start to apply. If you need more info on this, please contact me and I'll put up the links.

Personally, I use the Watkins and Seabreeze WAPs, with only occasional visits to "full" sites.

Hope this helps.

sboardcrazy said...

MikeyS said...

What is this internet thingy of which you speak?

anyway you can type in a website address . /quote]

I can't even figure out how to do that on my stoopid touchscreen piece of crap.
Open explorer but the keyboard on the screen does not appear like it does if sending an SMS etc.
Give me one with friggen BUTTONS !!!!

Nup. Touching the address bar gives me a cursor and the screen is all homepage
No keyboard appears. Normally these things are reasonably self explanatory but this thing is.......
stoopid.

Wood Duck said...

I think you should spend more time painting.

Yep.. have been but waiting on photos..grr.. [}:)]wheres the twiddling thumbs & eyes rolling motive..

Mark _australia said...

Nup. Touching the address bar gives me a cursor and the screen is all homepage
No keyboard appears. Normally these things are reasonably self explanatory but this thing is.......
stoopid.

What phone have you got Mark?

So, having tried to help SBC (as per above), I shut off the ‘puter, walked out to get the mail and Hey Presto, here’s this month’s bill for the mobile. Oh look, the Customer Service Dept. at Telstra have done what I asked and given me an itemised account of every call made on the ‘phone.

So, the Watkins/Seabreeze WAP pages download in about 8 kB each and cost $0.02 each time I access them. That seems fair.

On one particular date, I was prevented from entering Green Point and, using WAP, was able to estimate that Rye was a goer (went there and it was!).

Total WAP cost for the month was a whopping $1.52, for 37 visits to the sites.

SBC, take some advice: get WAP on your ‘phone!

I see ONLY one thing
That as a message for you to hit the west coast .....dood