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25 September 2008

Cleaning Out The Inbox

Filed under: Services, apple, gadgets, social networking, voip - 25 Sep 2008

I have been letting my personal inbox go for too long. I’m now over 50 messages. Why? Because I’ve been too busy doing other things. Work. Sleeping. Reading Anathem–down to the last 100 pages now. So …

17 September 2008

Apple Rejects App Because It Duplicates iTunes Functionality

Filed under: apple, mobile phones, nokia, software - 17 Sep 2008

From Slashdot, we find out that Apple has decided an application that allows you to download podcasts straight from the phone “duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.” The application was denied …

21 August 2008

My Take on iPhone 3G versus Nokia Nseries

Filed under: apple, mobile phones, nokia - 21 Aug 2008

2008.03.17 - Share on OviTed Wallingford did a “smackdown” comparison between the Apple iPhone 3G and the Nokia Nseries devices. His assessment, while …

16 June 2008

What Does That iPhone Cost?

Filed under: apple, mobile network operators, mobile phones - 16 Jun 2008

One of my co-workers at Nokia forwarded me the page on Voadfone Italy, where they will be selling the iPhone unlocked, or at least unsubsidized.

10 June 2008

The Apple iPhone: Global Thermonuclear War for Smartphones Market

Filed under: apple, mobile phones - 10 Jun 2008

As much as it pains me to say this as an employee of the competition, iPhone 2.0 is going to be a big win for a lot of people. For two reasons:

Price: At $199 for an 8 gig phone, the …

18 February 2008

Who Has A Decent Phone User Interface?

Filed under: gadgets, nokia - 18 Feb 2008

341648_ericanfly_-_t_630_3.jpgI just read a thought-provoking piece about how Nokia’s S60 platform is not exactly the paragon of a great operating system. The authors think that S60 is “confusing, obscure, constantly changing and …

27 December 2007

How Many Times Do I Have To Get My MacBook Fixed?

Filed under: apple, mac - 27 Dec 2007

MacBookYou know, the more I actually try and use my MacBook, the more I realize that my IBM/Lenovo laptops have been a heck of a lot more reliable hardware-wise.

I’ve had this first generation …