Category Archives: Mobile

Palm Pre has a shocking boot up time

Just watched CNET Asia’s ‘prize fight’ between the iPhone 3G, 3GS and the Pre and I was shocked as to how long the Pre and the iPhone 3G takes to boot up. My N95 takes about 25 seconds including entering … Continue reading

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The E71 is back as the king of phones

..well it is in my view. Having had an E71 from WOM ages ago, I was seduced by the keyboard and the screen, but the camera was a little flaky. I purchased one back in September of last year and … Continue reading

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London, Frankfurt and Geneva

The next 10 days or so are going to be pretty full on travelling, Tomorrow is down to Slough, then into London for a trip to a restaurant with the CFO of a major UK telco, then back home on … Continue reading

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E71 new firmware – the camera still poor

Nokia released new firmware for the E71 Euro, v200.21.118 last week, there’s a change log here. The new firmware makes the browser much much faster and adds a couple of new themes which are nice. It looks like a major … Continue reading

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Nokia Music app is a fail

I installed the Nokia Music App v1.0 a few days back to give it a try and see if I could manage my music on my E71 using it. The clue here is version 1.0, that’s the key point, it’s … Continue reading

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Nokia FM Transmitter CA-300

You may have noticed I’ve been offline a little of late, well it’s been my Birthday so I’ve been taking it easy. One thing I have been testing (besides the E63) is Nokia’s FM Transmitter the CA-300. I already have … Continue reading

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E63 your questions answered

Following on from the other E63 posts I’m going to answer the questions in one go… First up from sarvajeet does the E63 support 8gb, the answer is yes see the photo below. The next question I was asked was … Continue reading

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The E71 is the social media device of choice.

I was just reading Glen’s post on his belief that the E71 is the social media users dream. I’d have to agree with him, the keyboard makes messaging and replying on social media sites such as Twitter and Jaiku a … Continue reading

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Nokia E63; The software

The general feel or speed of the device is good, it’s as snappy as the E71, there’s no lag. As any respecting S60 devices tester would do, on went handy Taskman, here’s the screen shot right after boot up. There’s … Continue reading

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E63 The hardware; comparing an E63 to an E71.

First up is the two devices placed side by side, here you can see the differences in the keyboards very clearly. The space bar is smaller on the E63 and had two extra keys along the bottom row allowing for … Continue reading

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Nokia E63 – on trial

I just received a nice surprise from WOM world an E63 in rather fetching red. It’s a little thicker than the E71 first off, but feels nice to hold, a quick flick around the menus look familiar and there are … Continue reading

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Give me a car with an IP address

I wish my car had an IP address and I don’t understand why it couldn’t have one. It could either have a wi-fi connection and connect to the home wi-fi when sat on the drive, or 3G and a lost … Continue reading

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Nokia Legends

Whilst in Helsinki at the Open Labs event 08 Nokia launched it’s Nokia Legends add campaign to us first which was pretty cool. The web site is not up and it’s available at www.legendstelegraph.com

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Open Labs and Open People

I wrote this on the plane back from Nokia Open labs 08 in Helsinki, Finland; It’s been an amazing 3 days, I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again,  a big thanks to the WOM team for picking me … Continue reading

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You can recycle a Service

One thing that I found interesting during the Nokia Open Labs 08 event was that it was more about being connecting and living in that connected world, which was the most important thing. It wasn’t about forcing Nokia products into … Continue reading

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