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I want to start off by thanking WOM World once again for sending me the amazing Nokia N97.  It is without a doubt in my mind one of the most technically advanced and good looking mobile phones on the market to date.  It blows many handsets out of the water, chews them up and spits [...]

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A writer over at Bright Hub named kkndka (I’m trying to get his real name) wrote a great 3 part piece about how to set up emoze on Symbian S60 handsets.  Part 1, below is an explanation on how to get the emoze app on your phone.  Part 2 which I’ll publish soon is about [...]

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Mobile phone and brand app stores have reinvigorated the internet and it looks like a small version of what it was before the bubble burst.  I was just reading Ewan Macleod come back story (great guy by the way) and I’m thinking about his Mobile Industry Developers TV and I’m thinking, it’s back to the [...]

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So I’m sick and tired of contact management applications.  I have not come across anything that does the job well enough.  I am frustrated with a specific aspect of contact apps at the moment.  I have a very common situation which is that I have many friends that are couples or married so I [...]

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I’ve been using a smart phone for a while now and I don’t think they are all that smart anymore.They are not keeping up with where I think they should be.  I need my phone to get smarter.  Maybe in my case that means I want my phone manufacturer to get smarter or maybe it’s [...]

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I was recently reading a Nielsen report and it has some very interesting facts that really make me ask my self when will the mobile telcos figure out what young people want and offer them plans that reflect their needs.
Did you know that the average US consumer now uses their mobile phone fore texting more [...]

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I don’t have all the details just yet, but I got an IM the other night telling me that Truphone (mobile VOIP) is now set up to receive calls on the iPhone.  Previously users could only place calls, which is nice but a little restrictive.  Now having Truphone on your iPhone is like having 2 [...]

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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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Great news for the S60 enthusiasts out there, like myself.  Nokia has gotten the 6650 in AT&T stores starting tomorrow.  It has been a while since we in the the US have had access to a Nokia Symbian smart phone from a mobile service provider.  The 6650 is not tricked out and laden with extras [...]

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I had never heard of DeFi until today and now I’m using their service and REALLY liking it.  DeFi is geared to international callers and heavy talkers.  They offer unlimited mobile VOIP or mVOIP calls to anywhere in the world (on Nokia S60 phones) as long as you’re on wifi for $40/month.  I call that [...]

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