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Mobile internet has been getting bigger and bigger over the years here in the UK. Unlike the USA where mobile internet and video calling took off far better than here.

It seems that the new ‘Mobile Modem’ could be here to stay with lots of early adopters and thousands more expected to follow in the coming months. But whats the deal with all this fang dangled dongley technology? Well i am far from an expert on this subject but i do find it interesting.

Having used my sister in-laws laptop with one of these dongles attached i was quite surprised at the speeds it gave. I think if my memory serves me right it was one of the 3G network dongles.

The download speeds weren’t great. But considering i thought it was going to be like using dial up again. I was happy. The test file downloaded from my server at just over 85kbps. Far better than the 12kbps i was expecting.

The upload wasn’t exactly great, but hey who cares when you can sit in a field and get on the net.

3G isn’t the only network thats offering Web n Walk. So its best to shop around before committing to anything in the world of mobile internet. Different providers will have different packages with higher bandwidth limits.

Another thing to remember before signing up is check out what the costs are. By that i don’t mean costs per month. But costs for if you go over your bandwidth allowance. As although the per month cost may be low. The extra charges may be crippling in the long run.

So in the last year we have had two Kodak cameras. Which to start with made us very happy. But the happiness didn’t last long.

We first bought a Kodak Camera from Argos just around the corner. It worked great for the first few weeks, the picture quality was cool, the batteries didn’t die within just a few photos.  It was perfect……. Or so we thought.

After a couple of months the camera started to use batteries quicker and quicker. Until it got to the pont where even with new batteries in it it wouldn’t power up. Of course this led us to take it back to the shop and ask for a replacement or for it to be fixed.

For one reason or another, they wouldn’t replace it. Instead they insisted it had to be repaired by the manufactuer. We figured ok sure thing. So off it went on a trip round the UK. Leaving us cameraless for over 2 weeks of summer.

Time passed and eventually we got a call that camera was repaired and back at the local shop. So off i went to get it. Rather excited at the idea of being able to take more photos. It only took 5 mins to get there and 5 mins to get back. I bought brand new batteries and looked around for something to photo. I spotted what i wanted. A nice scenic photo of the area.

In goes the batteries, I get myself lined up for the photo i want to take,  Then i press the power button and wait…….and wait……. and wait. Its at about this time i realized they hadn’t fixed the camera at all! I doubt they even took it out of the packaging to look at it.

So back to the shop i went.

After telling them all about what had happened, the manageress tells me that they don’t have more of those cameras and i would have to choose another worth the same amount. Well as it turns out. The only one they have in stock at the same price is yet another Kodak camera. So i choose that one and come back home.

Its been almost a year and this Kodak camera is doing the exact same thing the other one did. New batteries last for all of 3 photos and thats without using the flash!

We certainly plan on buying a new camera either before christmas or just afterwards, and theres one thing for sure. It won’t be a Kodak!

So the other week i signed upto get paid for searching. Seems a fair enough idea. It took just 6 days of not trying very hard to reach the payout limit. Now it’s just a case of waiting to be paid.

It takes roughly 45 days to get paid which means by the time it comes around the earnings should be fairly high. Below is all the searches i made in just 1 week. (The below amount in no way includes my friends searches.)

That image only shows my searches and the searches from yesterday still aren’t updated. So to save your brains from frying. Let me just tell you that it works out to about 2p a search. (Originally i had thought it was 3p per search.)

The searches are still been done through Google.co.uk so the results returned to you will still be the most relevant on the net. That is of course until they switch it back to Ask.com, which they say is in the works.

To get paid for searching. Sign up Below:

If you sign up by following the link below and need some help with what to search for. Drop me a line with the email you signed up with and i’ll give you a few tips.



Until then. Happy Searching.