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The Future of Mobility is Linux (and iPhone) RussellBeattie.com from September 2005
Change 2008 to say 2009 or 10 and change Linux to Android (which is on top of Linux) and Russell was basically correct. Go Russ go! Looking forward to more mobile predictions now that you have joined...
It's all about the usability, not the features - Nokia unveils S60 5th Edition and DRMed Comes with Music
S60 5th edition and touch *sounds* good but if it's not in an easier to use form than the current S60, it's useless. And I am sorry but DRM'ed Windows only music doesn't work for me (I don't buy DRMed...
Nokia Open Lab 2008 - Video Wrapup
My video reflections on Nokia Open Lab 2008 (wiki) Show Notes (selected) It's been 3 weeks since Nokia Open Lab 2008 (wiki) in Helsinki and my mind is still reeling! If you don't want to watch my...
Mobile Camp Vancouver 2 is this Saturday at WorkSpace
Ooops forgot to blog about Mobile Camp Vancouver 2 unconference (topics and sessions decided the day of, all welcome from users to hard core devs to artists and sales and marketing folks!) Here are...
Going to Nokia WOMWorld Workshop in Helsinki September 10-14
Details have yet to be finalized, but it looks like I'll be going to a Nokia Mobile workshop (paid for by Nokia, including carbon offsets!) September 10-14,2008 being organzied by Nokia's WOMWorld fo...
iPhone 3G arrives - google reader faster, browser crashes, camera s*cks, apps are great but limited by Apple's SDK and p*ranoia
Got the 16GB iPhone yesterday. Stream of consciousness notes so far: Just like the original iPhone, ithe iPhone 3G still camera s*cks and not having video also s*cks! A slow, 2 megapixel camera do...
N78 Review - If you are a multimedia creator get an N95, else get iPhone
IF you are a multimedia creator and a north american THEN get an N95 8GB NAM or N95-3 NAM IF you are a multimedia creator and a european or asian (except japan of course) THEN get an N95 8GB or the o...
Nokia Acquires Symbian; S60 to go Open Source!?!
Interesting. I still think that S60 needs a drastic UI overhaul and simplification to compete with the iPhone long term and that Nokia would be better off with a Linux core for their mobile phones rat...
Nokia N78 and S60 3rd Edition FP2 Blink Reactions plus bonus N78 Unboxing Video
Got my N78 yesterday from Nokia Blogger Relations yesterday (thanks!)."Blink" reactions to the phone:I like candybar phonesWhy does the phone pre-flash even when I turn the flash off (I kno...
Cecily Walker Video on S60 Interface - S60 Ambassadors
As part of my contribution to the S60 Ambassadors program, I'm doing some videos of people's reactions to S60 and awareness of Ovi. Herewith my first 1:30 S60 Ambassadors video with Cecily Wal...
Nokia N95 8GB on Rogers has WiFi but no mention on Rogers site, appears you can't use 3rd party apps
Yay! The N95 8GB North American is available from Rogers starting May 6th. Looks like the N95 8GB has WiFi (just paranoid that Rogers would ask Nokia to disable it so I checked the site) according to ...
Running N95-1 Firmware V21 and ShoZu 4.0 but can't update Facebook Status
So far so good. The only bug I can see is that I can't seem to update my Facebook status from ShoZu 4.0. Everything else works (e.g. I can see the last few status updates from my 341 ShoZu "f...
N96 is growing on me - the N81 heritage is a wee bit disturbing though
For those who don't follow the Nokia soap opera, the N96 flagship (with 5 megapixel camera and an incredible 16 GB flash card built in with a micro SD slot so you can expand to 24GB and soon 32GB ...
1st Qik bicyclecast live from my bicycle over EDGE
The above photo shows my "bicyclecast" setup (Gorillapod + N95 + DT-22 Tripod Adapter + my bicycle). It worked for only 6 minutes of my 30 minute commute to work (bug? limited buffering capacity? EDGE...
Joby GorillaPod + DT-22 adapter + N95 + Qik = Bikecast
I am inspired by the Nokia Blog's N82 + Gorilla Pod post to get a Gorilla Pod, attach it to my Bike with an N95 and DT-22 and do a Qik live video cast as I cycle in (maybe play some nice backgroun...
ShoZu - please work around the S60 "Create WLAN connection in offline mode?"
Now that my N95 is SIM-less, everytime I try to upload photos with ShoZu or use the WiFi on the phone in general, I get the useless S60 "Create WLAN connection in offline mode?" message. Nok...
N81 8GB Review Part 4 - fun walkman for my bicycle commute
In spite of my whingeing about the not very useful navi wheel and the multimedia key, I am quite happy using the N81 8GB as a walkman for some music while cycling to and from work. The speakers are lo...
N81 8GB Review Part 3 - Navi wheel doesn't work well
Why? Because it doesn't click or move as smoothly as my 2G iPod and it requires you to press hard. Luckily it is set to off by default. I experimented with it on but finally turned it off because...
N81 8GB Review Part 2 - Multimedia key not intuitive
I kept hearing about the N81 Multimedia key and kept wondering where it was. I think I found it as you can see in the photo above. Hmmm not intuitive and not useful to me because I am used to just hi...
2008 Random Predictions
Richard said I have until January 15 :-) so here goes some randomly ordered predictions which are worth what you paid for them! Social Media microniching and microcontent-fication continues to grow...
How to modify your 1.1.2 iPhone to work with Rogers and Fido
Like Miss 604 I have a brand new iPhone (courtesy of Santa Roland not John :-) ! and my LA based bro-in-law) which i got working with Fido and Rogers with an iPhone Hellas Sim on December 24th. Here&#...
N81 8GB Review Part 1 - Solid but shame about the camera
Got an N81 8GB courtesy of the Nokia Blogger Relations Program. The kid and I promptly unpacked and danced around to the mediocre (Maroon 5 is not my cup of tea) music built in. Unlike Stefan and lik...
N95-1 with 20.0.015 firmware appears to pass the Roland ShoZu Challenge!!
Yes! I took 41 photos in about 30 minutes with the N95-1 with V 20.0.0.015 firmware and the N95-1 appeared to pass the Roland Shozu Challenge i.e. the phone didn't crash, the camera app didn't...
N82 has cool Xenon flash but will it pass the Roland Shozu Challenge?
The N82 was released today with great fanfare (rightly so since it's the first Nokia with a real flash!) and some fun video but nobody has told me whether it can pass the "Roland Challenge&qu...
Drupal and LAMP running on S60!
YES! Drupal running on S60 mobile phones! Have to try this, guess I'll have to get a S60 device with as much RAM as an E90!From PHP running on Mobile Web Server - Developer Discussion Boards: QUO...
N95-3 for crafty creators + N810 hacker's delight + iPhone for consuming content = My Mobile Dream Team
Assuming of course that the N95-3's increased RAM allows me to finally run ShoZu without memory problems (I can easily crash ShoZu on any S60 simply by following the "Roland Shozu Challenge&q...
S60 Python Success - Got Sample code to work, Nokia camera.py doesn't work
Yay! Go my hello world program to work and finally got the OS X Bluetooth console to work. The trick is to:ls -l /devand use the last tty for the screen commande.g. if the last modified tty is tty.bt_...
N95-1 for a week -blink reaction
I am doing a mobile study with Simon Fraser University and have the original N95 for a week. "Blink" :-) reactions after 12 hours with an N95-1: The double slide *does* appear flimsy as r...
iPhone like Keyboard available for N800
Welcome back to blogging, Russ! Gotta try this iPhone like keyboard for the Nokia N800. From RussellBeattie.com - Open Mobile Systems Rock: QUOTE Very cool - someone has already implemented an iPh...
Russ Beattie Agrees that Nokia should adopt open source core
Russ Beattie agrees with me that Nokia should adopt an open source core.FROM Nokia and The Next Gen Mobile GUIQUOTE Point 4 is something I’ve written about before: Symbian had its chance t...