Just a quick post to let everyone know that I got my birthday present today (yes, its a week late, but who knew..?).  What might that be?  An MSI Wind, of course!  (get it??  Breeze blowing..?  Wind..?  Never mind...)

Anywho, this is the start of a very long and very hackable relationship, I can feel it.  Since the Wind comes with XP preinstalled; AND our own Brother Dan Cohen was able to get it to run OSX Leopard, I'm guessing it will also run Boot Camp.  My goal: to get both OS's running on it at the same time, without the use of a VM like Fusion or Parallels.

Stay tuned, because, like Dan, I'll have some cool updates coming in the next few days and weeks.  I've already put an extra GB of RAM in it (no problem, once you realize the last screw on the bottom of the machine is under the "Warranty Sticker. Void if tampered" sticker.  Nice...

I've been using the Samsung Epix for a while now, actually ever since I sold my iPhone 3G just a short while ago.  The Epix is an awesome device. Look for a review of it in the days to come.

One of the biggest problems I've had with the device since getting it, has been the lack of event notifications (new e-Mail, alarms, etc.) when the device is in standby. I posted a follow up note to this in the Samsung forum at AT&T on 02-Dec-08, adding my 2 cents to the discussion. I got a notification the other day that a moderator responded,

Regarding the email alert inquiries, we've been informed that Samsung has recently released a patch. Users are being asked to visit www.samsung.com/download and enter "EPIX" after selecting "search by model number." Please follow the instructions carefully. Thank you.

If you have an Epix, you are encouraged to download the fix, install it and soft reset your device. 

Please note this is NOT a ROM update. If you hard reset your device, you will need to reapply this update.