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25 June 2008

What Do I Do With All These Phones?

Filed under: mobile phones, nokia - 25 Jun 2008

21 June 2008

Product Leaks And What Can Be Done

Filed under: Services, mobile phones, nokia, security - 21 Jun 2008

mysteryboxIt’s interesting to see Charlie Schick, one of my Nokia colleagues discuss–on the corporate blog no less–a subject that has gotten a lot of attention thanks how well …

23 May 2008

Finding Those Phone Bugs Prior To Release

Filed under: gadgets, mobile phones, nokia, phoneboy - 23 May 2008

Chart showing the stages in the software release cycle

Image via Wikipedia

For once in my decade at Nokia, I’ve been given the opportunity …

14 May 2008

Does Anyone Use Phone Booths Anymore?

Filed under: mobile network operators, telecom - 14 May 2008

2008.03.18 - Share on OviBack when I was a kid, I always knew where two things were: the nearest pay phone and, if I …

25 April 2008

Deconstructing The Skype Mobile Client for J2ME

Filed under: mobile phones, software, voip - 25 Apr 2008

Various people today on Jaiku and Twitter pointed me at the mobile Skype client for J2ME handsets. Several Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and SonyEricsson phones are …

16 April 2008

Why Conference Calls Suck

Filed under: business, phoneboy, telecom, voip - 16 Apr 2008

I work from home for a certain large company. While like all large companies there’s an office within driving distance to my house, the local offices have nothing to …

14 April 2008

Why I Don’t Use VoIP On Mobile Handsets

Filed under: telecom, voip - 14 Apr 2008

There are a lot of great companies out there that offer some form of VoIP on a …

10 April 2008

Will A Product Like Handsolo Ever Be Real?

Filed under: business, gadgets, mobile phones - 10 Apr 2008

I recently came across the following “fake” product:

While clearly this is a fake product by Qualcomm to gather some

5 April 2008

An Ambassador For Nokia?

Filed under: nokia, phoneboy - 05 Apr 2008

Screenshot0006-001For the past nine years, I’ve worked at Nokia. It has had almost nothing to do with phones, however. In the beginning, when …