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Entries Tagged as 'Nokia'

Vringo makes your phone more fun

September 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Vringo is hot!  I have been using it on my Nokia E71 since this interview about 2 weeks ago with Andrew Perlman, the GM of  Vringo US.  Basically, it is a video ring tone for your mobile phone and so much more.  You and your friends can share video ring tones  and you can set […]

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Tags: E Series · Interview · Nokia · Nokia E71 · Review · Thoughts · TopMobile20

Ovi is killing my phone book!!!

September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So I decided to sync my calendar/contacts with Ovi yesterday like I do every so often.  I know it has some bugs but none of them had worked their way into my handset or any other copy of my contacts, until yesterday.  I value my phone book more then anything else on the phone.  I […]

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Tags: Mac · Nokia · Ovi · Rant · Sync

Mute button on Nokia E71

September 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I find myself on at least a few conference calls every week and I was always disappointed that the E71, such a business centric device didn’t have a mute button.  Well come to find out it does.  All I needed to do was ask the right people to learn it does.  The right people are […]

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Tags: Brilliant · CTIA · E Series · Mobile Phone · Nokia · Nokia E71 · S60

Living a mobile life in a last minute world

August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So this morning started like any other morning except when my wife got in the car with my daughter it wouldn’t start. Being suburban living big city Americans the first thing we did was call AAA. They came out and diagnosed the problem as a bad battery (Joe was extremely courteous and helpful) […]

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Tags: E Series · MaxRoam · Mobile · Mobile Phone · Nokia · Nokia E71 · Proporta · Travel · Uncategorized · Waste time

Matthew Miller posts great Nokia Email shortcuts

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I was lucky enough to meet one of the most prestigious bloggers in the industry when I was in Barcelona a few months ago, Matthew Miller has published a post on ZDNet where he does a good portion of his writing. It’s all about Nokias very new email program. I have been using […]

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Tags: Nokia · Nokia Email · Review · Thoughts

Started using skyfire this evening

August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

I have just started using skyfire, a new mobile web browser, this evening and my first reaction is that it’s really living up to the hype.  Skyfire just started beta testing their first S60 iteration and I’m using it on my Nokia E61i over WiFi.  It loads fast and loads everything I’ve tried already. I […]

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Tags: E Series · Nokia · Nokia E61i · Review · S60 · WiFi

I have been using the N95-4 lately and LOVE it!

August 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I am really enjoying this N95-4 more then I ever imagined. It is my first US 3G device and for what it’s worth, it is SOLID. I don’t have to do many restarts unlike other devices in this family and I can multi task like crazy. The slide is solid and the […]

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Tags: E Series · Mobile Phone · N Series · N95-4 · NAM · Nokia · Nokia N95 · Review · S60 · Truphone · VOIP

I still like using a human travel agent and this is why

July 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I have been traveling since I was 3 months old and have done a great deal of travel for business in my life. I have used, Expedia, Travelocity, Cheap Tickets, and Kayak, to book flights but I keep getting drawn back to a real human travel agent. I have had my fare share […]

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Tags: Airlines · Customer Service · Flight Centre · Mobile Phone · Nokia · Travel

The E71 North American version is here!!!

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s confirmed on Jaiku by a friend of mine Jonathan Greene from Atmaspheric Endeavors  that the Nokia E71 in fact has a US NAM version for the public.  This is great news for AT&T users waiting for the next s60 smart phone.  I was privileged to play with it a few months ago and it […]

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Tags: AT&T · E Series · Jonathan Greene · NAM · Nokia · Nokia E71 · S60

Nokia where is Sync with Ovi?

June 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Nokia, you know I’m a fan boy, but I have a question for you.  Where is Sync with Ovi?  I have been waiting for months and months now and I’m getting inpatient.  I now have an N78 that I can’t sync with my MacBook because no plug in exists yet, or that I have seen.  […]

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Tags: Nokia · Nokia N78 · Ovi · Sync