"Mr. Spock, you’d make a wonderful computer." – Star Trek

"Lock on to him R2!" – Star Wars Episode III

People talk to computers in the future. It’s the most natural form of communication. One day I would love to carry a phone that was as smart as R2D2.

I can’t live without my Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E61 since it has a QWERTY keyboard. What if I could just talk to my phone? Use my voice as an input device.

"Nokia, appointment, dentist at 5 pm on Friday." Imagine if you uttered those words and your phone was smart enough to know what you said and automatically added it to your calendar? The processing power to do something like this on a mobile phone isn’t there yet.

What can we do today?

Why don’t we make an application that I can launch, hit record, put the phone up to my face, say a few words, hit stop recording and now I set an alarm. When that time comes my phone rings, I pick it up and I hear my little reminder. It’s crude, but for people who don’t have a QWERTY keyboard on their phones they can now setup little todo’s that are a lot more personal. Better yet, these little snippets of sound can be stored as mp3 files on the phone and can be sent OTA to a service like Jott who then provides a transcript. This transcript can now be sent to a "Notes" application on your phone, which is also synced to a server online.

We have the technology; no one is building the solutions.

I want to try something new. I love your feedback so tell me what you think about this:

Instead of blogging 20+ times a day, I can just keep Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Word open all day and type one long blog post that I would publish at the end of every night.

Why would I do such a thing?

It’s easier for me. It’s easier for people subscribed via RSS. It’s easier for you guys to check this site once a day versus 50. The hits don’t matter to me, connecting to people does. I’ve spoken to at least 50 Nokia (NYSE: NOK) employees since starting this blog, partied with 4 of them in NYC and 1 has even taken me on a tour of the Nokia USA headquarters in Texas. I’ve met Rafe from All About Symbian, Darla Mack, Jonathan Greene and Robert Scoble. I probably know more about Finland now than the average American knows about the entire continent of Europe. This blog has seriously been one of the best things I’ve ever done in my life.

I still don’t get it Stefan, only once a day?

If I get a random idea or want to share some off topic videos or news then I’ll do it. I’m not putting a limit on myself to once a day; I just want to change the format is all.

I love and respect your opinions. Give me your feedback. Please.

From the official Nokia PR:

Today, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) revealed the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, an accessible 3G smartphone augmented by a dedicated audio chip for enhanced music performance.

That’s great news … but it’s useless to me. Who makes the DAC? Which model is it? What’s the SNR ratio?

While 99% of people don’t care for this information, I’m one of the few who gets excited.

The FCC released a notice of approval for this mystery phone from Motorola (NYSE: MOT). The form factor is quite familiar but there is no name to put to the touch-sensitive face. So, for now at least, the new mobile from Motorola will remain a mystery.

Mystery name aside, we can still tell you that this phone packs in some impressive features. The 3G clamshell sports a 2 megapixel shooter, external lcd screen, Bluetooth, usb, and touch-activated audio controls on the external face. And with Motorola’s new SCREEN3 technology, you get click-free access to news, sports, and entertainment.

Via: MobileWhack 

The XML file is up.

QVGA screen. 16 Million colors. S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. 2 MP camera. HSDPA.

I think this new naming scheme will be a complete mess. You think people had a hard enough time remembering 4 digits? Imagine the pain they’re going to go through trying to remember a suffix attached to that.

Most of us remember the seemingly original and innovative 2007 Academy Award Show commercial for the iPhone. It featured a montage of clips of actors answering a phone with the famous Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) slogan, “hello.” Apparently, Apple stole the idea from the 1995 film “Telephones,” by Christian Marclay.

So, according to Marclay, Apple “approached us [about using Telephones] and I said no, and then they just went ahead. The way they dealt with the whole thing is pretty sleazy.”

After watching the scene from Marclay’s movie, “sleazy” sounds quite appropriate in describing Apple’s actions. Check out the two video clips for yourself!

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I’m speechless.

Utterly speechless.

Engadget:

Yep, it’s a coffin. Mobile phones have become such a critical part of our daily lives, and apparently they’re becoming a critical part of our deaths now, too — but if you’re going to spend the rest of eternity inside a single phone, do you really want it to be a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 7250? Seriously?

I don’t even want to be buried. During antiquity one would be cremated and then parties would commence for a week. The Greeks know how to do it right.

With more and more players entering the mobile search game, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is also thinking about starting their own mobile search service. Even big-hitter Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is just starting to develop mobile search platforms and is by no means a dominant force – leaving ample room for the likes of Nokia.

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The ubiquitous Bluetooth short-range wireless standard gets an update in Bluetooth 2.1. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group officially announced the updated standard and touts its improved specifications.

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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is set to rule the mobile web phones. Their latest patent filing explains a mobile application that should allow users to search the web using a mobile phone, without a browser. The software will have a predictive search (i.e. mobile version of Google Suggest), and should automatically reformat web pages for viewing on the small screen. Furthermore, Google explains why they took this route – opening up a browser can be slow and for search to be accepted on mobile devices, it should be as seamless and as quick as possible. (via: Mad4MobilePhones)