Mobile / Cell Phone Thoughts & Reviews

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Entries from April 2009

Emoze opens up to the Social Community

April 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Earlier today Emoze (a client) announced a developers program.  They are giving developers the opportunity to create plug-ins for Emoze.  In one case developers created a plug-in where by Emoze users can collect, create, and reply to Facebook messages.  This is a large step opening up hundreds of millions of users to have the opportunity [...]

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Tags: Announcement · Mobile Messaging · emoze

Joiku Spot is still rocking

April 29th, 2009 · No Comments

So I have been using Joiku Spot on and off since it first daybued just before Mobile World Congress.  I used it extensively in Barcelona on 3G and LOVED it.  I haven’t been using it as much since I have been home using EDGE but I’m using it now because the internet is not working [...]

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Tags: Tech · Thoughts

Emoze supports Facebook Messaging

April 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I’m very excited to show you my first ever edited video.  I spent days working on this and now I think I could do it in 1 afternoon.  That aside I created a short video (under 2 minutes) to show you how to set up Emoze (a client) on a mobile phone and run your [...]

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Tags: emoze

Initial Review of the Nokia 5800

April 28th, 2009 · No Comments

I’ll be honest here and not fluff Nokia, for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t all that impressed with the a Nokia handset I had to review, the 5800 Xpress Music to be exact….  at first.  After using the 5800 for a few days now it has grown on me in a [...]

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Tags: Mobile · Nokia · Review · S60

Swine Flu can make Twitter shine… even more.

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments

I think there’s some some potential for Twitter to come  out of this sad and scary Swine Flu ordeal with shining colors.  Twitter could easily be a united global communications tool.  Like during the horrific attacks in India a few months back or a plane landing in the Hudson River in New York.  Twitter brings [...]

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Tags: Thoughts

AOL is about to get Push Email thanks to Emoze

April 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

+ A little bird told me that in approximately a month Emoze will start to support what was once the most popular email service in the world and is still ridiculously popular.  Along with Gmail, Hotmail, Facebook Messages, most work email, hosted email, and ISP email, AOL will be getting Emozed.  This means [...]

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Tags: Announcement · Mobile Messaging · emoze

Google Maps makes my life easier

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

My wife and I went to have breakfast at a Cocos (I’ve never eaten at one before) over the weekend, as we walked up I could see the wait was going go be long. I started feeling for my phone in my pocket and as they told us there was a 20 minute wait I [...]

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Tags: Mobile

Pushing down on the E75 D-pad doesn’t always work…

April 21st, 2009 · No Comments

I have been having real issues with the E75 and using the D-pad to press down.  I know I’m not the only one so why is it so mushy?  This is an E series device not some $15 prepaid dumb phone, it’s supposed to be the flagship of Nokia’s E series and a replacement for [...]

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Tags: Nokia · Rant

Why aren’t more people on Ovi Contacts (IM)?

April 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments

I’m not here to criticize my friends or Nokia or my friends at Nokia.  Nor do I want to pressure them.  But I haven’t seen all that many people on Ovi Chat.  I know what you’re going to say, I don’t need another IM ID.  Well I know lots of people who signed up for [...]

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Tags: Mobile · Mobile Messaging · Rant · S60

Huge Congratulations go out to MaxRoam and Qik

April 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments

+ =  Two of my favorite companies and two I have evangelized around the world, literally, have hooked up.  They got together and made a baby called QikRoam.  It is the best of MaxRoam, an internationally roaming sim card providing low price minutes and data around the world and Qik, instantly uploaded video [...]

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Tags: Announcement