When people in America started complaining about the price of the iPhone 3G S and how existing customers would have to pay up to $500 to get the new model, I resisted the urge to forcefully accelerate the palm of my hand at a 45 degree angle and make contact with my forehead. People just…
HD Video: 4 minute Nokia E72 product tour and comparison with E71
I don’t know about you, but I have a total hard on for the Nokia E72. It literally fixes the only two problems, lack of 3.5 mm headphone jack and shit camera, that I had with an otherwise perfect E71. I updated Dusan’s post yesterday quite a few times with some live photos, and today…
Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 3
Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 RSS feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1 I explained what RSS is and…
Video: Layar: The first mobile augmented reality browser
Augmented reality is awesome, when it works. Layar is a new application, by SPRXmobile, that was unveiled today and will be in the Android Marketplace soon enough. It claims to be the world’s first “mobile augmented reality browser” and it wasn’t until I watched the video above that I understood exactly what that meant. While…
Opera Unite: One small step for software, one giant leap for the internet
Today Opera launched Opera Unite and with it came a lot of excitement, confusion and questions. Opera Unite is a web server running in an Alpha version of the Opera 10 web browser. This web server can be accessed by anyone on the internet and goes around firewalls thanks to Opera’s proxies. Services can be…
In an effort to save money, Microsoft will pay an employee’s bill only if they use a Windows Mobile device
One of the nice things about working for a corporation is having your employer pay your phone bill. I once racked up a €1500 bill at Nokia during a weekend in Germany and making my phone a wireless access point. Those were the days. If you work for Microsoft, you used to be able to…
Lifeline: 1.4 million Americans recieving free or very cheap mobile service
Lifeline is a service that you would not be proud to tell someone you’re a part of. You need to fit within certain criteria the federal government has set for you to be labeled “low income” or qualify for social services. Around 90% of Americans have a mobile phone according to Nielsen, which may sound…
Samsung Jet: 800 MHz, 3.1” OLED screen, 5 megapixels and “smarter than a smartphone”
The Samsung Jet (aka S8000) has just been announced by Samsung USA, and the title of the press release is a bit offensive: “Samsung Jet – Smarter Than A Smartphone.” What exactly does that mean? Samsung says that the device supports multitasking and has Microsoft Exchange support baked in, but what about applications and an app…
Finnish operator DNA to launch 21 Mbps HSPA+ by the end of this year
I’m in Finland and I care about this, so therefore you have to care about this. DNA, which is really just the cool version of Sonera, feel free to correct me on this my fellow Finnish drinking buddies, is currently testing 21 Mbps HSPA+ and expects to launch it during the autumn of this year.…
Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 2
Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 RSS feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1 I explained what RSS is and…