aBrilliantBlog

These are thoughts in my mobile life. By Jeb Brilliant

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Life without the Nokia E71

January 22nd, 2009 · 4 Comments

I want to thank Nokia and WOM World for  so graciously loaning me a Nokia E71 to review.  Now that they have it back (it’s been a few months now, I’m slow to publish sometimes) I am left without a work horse, everyday device.  I have been using a Nokia N78 but there are vast [...]

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Tags: Mobile · Mobile Messaging · Nokia

So I’m going on vacation…

December 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So I am going away for 3 weeks this winter.  I will  be visiting the beautiful country of Israel.  I am trying to line up my technology in advance for this trip and trying to keep it as light and little as possible.  I will have a handful of phones with me including the Nokia [...]

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Tags: Mobile · Nokia · S60

Choose what address book to access on your S60 FP2 device

November 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I am traveling to Israel in a few weeks mostly for vacation and a little business on the side.  I have a local Orange BigTalk sim card that gives me an Israeli mobile number.  I will likely be using the Nokia N78 that runs S60 Feature Pack 2.  One thing I like about Nokia S60 [...]

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Tags: Mobile

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 releases the N78 for the US in the US!

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Nokia is getting better at launching phones.  It was only a few weeks ago the N78 became available world wide and today it became available here in the US.  This is much better then the months and months we used to have to wait for US editions.  Anyways back to the announcement.  With the launch [...]

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Tags: Announcement · Nokia · S60

Update to Nokia N78 review

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been evaluating the Nokia N78 for a few days now and have been really enjoying this device. It has everything I really want besides US 3G. It really is a great device. It has taken some time to get used to the keypad but it’s not bad at all.
My big issue with device [...]

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Tags: Nokia · Review · S60

An Evening with S60 Boston tonight

June 5th, 2008 · No Comments

The S60 Ambassador program threw a party called An Evening with S60 Boston this evening and rumor from my friends is that it should have been a rockin party. I hope everybody had a good time and maybe just maybe someone grabbed a goodie bag for me (I won’t hold my breath). Now [...]

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Tags: Events · Nokia · S60

Initial thoughts and a short review of the Nokia N78

June 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I have had the Nokia N78 in my hands for about 24 hours now. WOW, I’m so happy I’m reviewing this device. Initially I didn’t have high expectations for the N78 but I’m very happily surprised. This is the first S60 v2 I have used and I’m really enjoying it for [...]

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Tags: S60