Friday FAQ’s, Review Items, Russian Shipping And Stock Updates

It’s been a busy week at Chinavasion.

Not only did we give away three six Wrist Band Portable Battery – White Iron Samurai – Japanese Inspired Red LED Watch to some very lucky people in the The 350th Chinavasion YouTube Video Treasure Hunt we also uncovered a handy tip on how to turn your digital camera into a scanner in the blog Ecommerce 101: How To Convert JPG TO PDF.

So without further ado lets look at some of the more common questions we saw this week.

Can you email me when products go offline?

Absolutely! By just following a few steps you can have the Chinavasion stock update feed delivered to your inbox.

Here’s how you can do it:

Go into settings and click on the setting that says labs. You know the labs features, it’s the thing that allows you to supercharge your Gmail with all those fancy gadgets that Google Engineers have been working on.

Go down to the gadget labeled Add any gadget by URL Click Enable and then select “Save Changes”.

Go back to settings and go to the menu “Gadgets” copy this URL http://gad.getpla.net/feed/reader.xml and paste it into the box like so:

You should see a box like the one below and you should be able to go back to your inbox:

Once you’re in your inbox you’ll probably notice that the feed reader has the CNN RSS in there by default. To change that hold your mouse over the left hand side of the frame and click on the spanner that appears on the side:

Paste the URL http://feeds.feedburner.com/chinavasion/Stock-Update into the space that appears and then hit OK.

Go to feedmyinbox.com/ paste the URL http://feeds.feedburner.com/chinavasion/Stock-Update into the “Website or Feed URL” section Paste your email address into the “Your Email Address” section. Hit enter.

You will never be out of the loop again.

I have a blog/YouTube channel, can I review your products

We often do send out review items for Bloggers and YouTube reviewers to try out.

If you are interested in reviewing something send an email to content@chinavasion.com with a link to your blog/youtube channel and we will see what we can do.

You send me the instructions for turning up the volume for cell phones, but it’s for different model number. Will it work with my phone?

Chinavasion cell phones use similar operating systems so what works on one phone will often work on another. So, for example, if you are using a Element – Wifi Touchscreen Worldphone there is a good chance that the trick to Increase Speaker And Microphone Volume for the Odyssey WiFi phone will work for you too.

I’m from Russia and want to ship by courier why are you shipping my goods with EMS?

Recently we have observed severe restrictions regarding deliveries handled by courier.

To resolve this successfully we will ship via EMS to guarantee that the item gets to you or your customer without fuss.

You promise that once I leveled up, you would provide preferential treatment. Can you tell me my account manager’s personal email and direct line?

There is no need for you to do a thing! We have already shifted your email into the preferential treatment category.

As long as you contact us with the email you registered with we will redirect your email to our VIP support team for speedy handling. If you change your email, please inform us and change your account information so your tickets can continue to ‘jump the queue’.

You’ve always got the latest gadgets. What products should I watch out for in the near future?

Remember how people said that one day robots will rule the world? Well if they’re anything like this Robotic Vacuum with Wi-Fi camera then I for one welcome our robotic overlords.

How would you like to get some real WiFi signal in your house? Well, with three aerials and 802.11N standards the 802.11N Wireless Router is the router for you.

• What does Mbps actually mean?
  
  Mbps stands for Mega Bits Per Second, in terms of MB which means Mega Bite. 300Mbps = 37.5MB/s

• Does this wireless router support dynamic routing?
  
  Yes, You may add and remote custom Internet routing rules, and/or enable dynamic routing exchange protocol with this wireless router.

• What does QoS mean?
  
  QoS stands for, Quality of Service. You may setup rules to provide Quality of Service guarantees for specific applications, in the QoS configuration window.

• What does Mesh Network mean?
  
  A Mesh Network is an IEEE 802 LAN comprised of IEEE 802.11 links and control elements to forward frames among the network members.

• I was able to find compatible firmware. Is it okay to “flash the firmware” for this product?
  
  Please refrain from flashing the firmware as it negates your product warranty.

For a bigger list of questions visit the Chinavasion FAQ page or to ask your own question leave a comment to this blog (provided you don’t mind the whole world knowing about it).

We’ll answer them here and, if they’re good enough we may even re-publish them in a future Friday FAQ.