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These are thoughts in my mobile life. By Jeb Brilliant

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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

The Nokia E71 is blowing my mind

September 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I have been using the Nokia E71 NAM for over 2 weeks now (thanks Colin at WOM World) and have been mostly impressed. As a whole I think it’s amazing but there are a few aspects of it that could use some work.
For example, it needs to restart much less often, it also needs […]

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Tags: E Series · NAM · Nokia E71 · Nokia Email · Uncategorized · WOM World

CTIA is off to a roaring start

September 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Fall CTIA ‘08 is off to a great start.  I was invited to attend a cool networking party last night hosted by Nokia.  As always they through a great party.  We heard some speaches from Nokia execs and I did quite a bit of networking.

Ewan MacLeod of Mobile Industry Review and I
Today was filled with […]

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Tags: CTIA · Events · Ewan MacLeod

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

A quick note about Nokia Email, E61i, and E71 NAM

August 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

It ROCKS. I took out my E61i so I could try out the new Nokia Email. I haven’t given it a play with yet and I must say I love it. It has a funny flaw it that it won’t show me my sent email, but that aside it’s the best email […]

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Tags: E Series · Mobile Phone · NAM · Nokia E61i · Nokia E71 · Review · S60 · Thoughts

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 · No Comments

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