Author: liutyi

GSM

3mob, Kyivstar, MTS and others in portmone.com

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2015-05-14
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Update from 2023-04-19. Some links updated, some with the fee right now

To avoid extra transactional fee using VISA or MasterCard top-up of Ukrainian mobile operators (Kyivstar, MTS, 3mob) next direct link to Portmone and branded pages may be in use:

3Mob
https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/uk/3mob

https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/en/3mob

Kyivstar
https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/new-kyivstar/
MTS

https://pay.vodafone.ua/en/top-up

https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/mts/

Life

https://oplata.lifecell.ua/en

https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/lifev2/
Intertelecom (CDMA Ukraine)
https://www.portmone.com.ua/r3/intertelecom/

Пополнение счета МТС, Киевстар, 3Моб, Life и Интертелеком

Flash SD

SanDisk Ultra MicroSDXC 128 GB UHS-1

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2015-03-25
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Now 128 GB MicroSDXC available.

CrystalMark results

Tags CrystalDiskMark, flash, sd

GSM

3G tender results

3G Spectrum Licenses Tender is over. All GSM providers got IMT-2000 UMTS frequencies.

Start prices (millions of UAH) was:

	lot 1	lot 2	lot 3
Astelit	2702,5	2702,5	2702,5
Kyivstar	2705,0	2710,0	2700,0
MTS	2708,0	2715,0	2705,0

final prices (millions of UAH):

Astelit	3355,4
Kyivstar	2705,0	2710,0	2700,0
MTS	3220,0	2715,0

Now licensed 3G bands looks like:

Company	Astelit	3Mob	MTS	Kyivstar
RF band	1920-1935 2110-2125	1935–1950 2125–2140	1950-1965 2140-2155	1965-1980 2155-2170

UAH/USD official exchange rate 28.29 (real about 31.50)

Tags 3G

Devices Wi-Fi

Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2014-12-05
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Wireless speed of Intel NUC with DualBand (TX/RX 2×2) 802.11ac Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260.

Access point Apple Time Capsule AC. results:

2.4 GHz (802.11n)

5 GHz (802.11ac)

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Devices Flash

Some USB 3.0 flash drives speed comparision

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2014-11-23
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Verbatim Store N Go Mini Metal USB 3.0 32GB
Patriot Memory Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 32GB
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB


Read speed
Sequential Read (MB/s)	130.534	171.560	202.369
Random Read 512KB (MB/s)	117.856	137.535	154.432
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) (MB/s)	6.666	8.750	15.531
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) (MB/s)	6.881	8.127	11.704
Write Speed
Sequential Write (MB/s)	29.276	51.995	113.030
Random Write 512KB (MB/s)	20.669	1.678	30.921
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) (MB/s)	0.582	0.215	9.074
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) (MB/s)	0.490	0.234	2.951

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Devices Flash

Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go Mini Metal USB 3.0 Flash Drive 32GB

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2014-11-23
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Yet anothe USB 3.0 flash. Verbatim.

Speed test:

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Devices DVB-T2

USB TV Tuner for DVB-T2 (Evromedia Full Hybrid Full HD)

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2014-11-08
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Test of USB TV Tuner with DVB-T2. After Zeonbud have decrypted some channels USB TV Tuner are somehow useful again. Device support Analog, DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-T2. Test in Kyiv, Ukraine.

VivaTV (application from CD) have found 11 channels. Application is very “old style”.

Channels: Перший, ТВі, НТН, UBR, РАДА, 5 Канал, News One, RU Music, OTV, (not working) Menu TV, ICTV, GAMMA

Windows Media Center looks much better, show 26 channels (found 44, but some is crypted), show EPG

Using WMC next channels available: Інтер, Україна, 1+1, НТН, К-1, Перший Т2, ICTV, СТБ, ТЕТ, Новий, Мега, 2+2, Тоніс, БТБ , КДРТРК, 112 Україна, ТРК Київ, ВСІ Новини, Перший, ТВі, НТН, UBR, РАДА, 5 Канал, News One, RU Music, OTV, (not working) Menu TV, ICTV, GAMMA

Those are encrypted/unavailable: Enter-Film, Zoom, Кіноточка, К-2, M1, Піксель, XSPORT, НЛО ТБ, ДОБРО, Business, ЕСПРЕСО ТВ, Вінтаж, Ескулап ТБ

Devices Flash

Patriot Supersonic Boost 32 GB (PEF32GSBUSB)

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2014-11-04
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Yet another USB 3.0 flash drive speed test. This time Patriot Memory Supersonic Boost XT 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (PEF32GSBUSB). Advertised to have up to 150 MB/s Read and up to 30 MB write speed.

Just unboxed FAT32 results are:

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app apple Devices ipad

Parkcity ELM-327WF + DashCommand (iPad)

Post author By liutyi
Post date 2014-10-18
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I have discovered Onboard Diagnostic (ODBII) scanners as a new device class. It is tool for those who interested in some insight on usually hidden car parameters. Modern car have standard controller area network (CAN) and standard diagnostic interface (OBD), that allow to collect and analyze some car internal data with universal devices.

ParkCity_ELM327WF_box_side

My set up was devices: Apple iPad Air + Parkcity ELM-327WF (~80$) and application DashCommand (10$). ELM-327WF using Wi-Fi to connect tablet or smartphone. There is also cheaper Bluetooth version OF ELM-327 exist, but it not work with Apple devices (due to Bluetooth limitation in iOS).

ParkCity_ELM327WF_device_front