Lawrence "The Dreamer" Chen's Blog

The other day I was noticing search traffic coming to my site seemed to be people wondering why they weren't getting updates for their Ambient Device. Including one search that included replacing their battery as part of the search.

Hmmm....I replaced my battery on the weekend, and the forecast had seemed strange. On closer inspection, it turned out that I hadn't had an update since sometime on Monday. Last night I tried reseting the device, and now it is stuck doing the segment dance.

Since my 3 month trial of premium service was nearing its end, I emailed support asking what's up. They could seem to restore my service, so they removed my premium service. At least I won't have to pay for something I can't get. Though I would preferred to have it work.

They referred me to their coverage map....I'm still well centered in the purple area. I was previously getting 3-4 bars....now I get nothing.

Oh well, guess I'm back in the market for a new weather type gadget.

Interesting to note that other ambient weather devices have different coverage for my area....though I don't think I'd get another one. (it has more holes).