Category: messaging

11 October 2008

Nokia Email Beta 3: Still Needs Work

Filed under: Services, messaging, nokia - 11 Oct 2008

After all the fits and starts over the weekend with their backend server upgrade, my comrades in the Software and Services at Nokia got Nokia Email Beta 3 rolled out. It’s certainly an improvement, but it’s …

27 February 2008

How Do You Feel About Mobile Communities?

Filed under: messaging, software - 27 Feb 2008

Ericsson is doing a study on Mobile Online Communities. This covers things like Twitter and Jaiku, but also mobile versions of things like Facebook. If you feel like helping their …

31 December 2007

Rapid Messaging Possible In The 18th Century?

Filed under: connectivity, messaging - 31 Dec 2007

Optical TelegraphBefore the electrical telegraph was invented, there was the optical telegraph. Optical telegraph were the “smoke signals” of their day, making it possible to communicate messages over a long distance.

According to …

6 October 2007

S60 Versus Windows Mobile: Contacts, Calendar, and To-Do

Filed under: gadgets, messaging, nokia - 06 Oct 2007

HTC MogulMore on Windows Mobile versus S60: the personal information management (PIM) parts of the phone. Again, I will be comparing the Nokia E61 to the HTC Mogul Qwest lent me for review.

Disclaimer: …

7 September 2007

Quechup Spam

Filed under: messaging, security - 07 Sep 2007

QuechupA couple of people I know got signed up for Quechup. My address was apparently “harvested” from the address book of these folks and I’ve been invited–multiple times, even–to join this service.

I’ve …

2 August 2007

Why I Have Facebook Fatigue

Filed under: blogging, messaging - 02 Aug 2007

FacebookOm Malik ruminates about why people have Facebook fatigue. While I don’t claim to speak for everyone else, I can explain why I’m not using it.

To put it bluntly, their mobile interface …

9 May 2007

Twitter, FaceBook, and Cowboy Boots

Filed under: messaging - 09 May 2007

I have to smile at this use of Twitter and FaceBook by Dan York, which I saw unfold as I saw the first Twitter message he sent out. I’m glad it worked out for him, and it basically …

7 May 2007

Why People Don’t Get Twitter

Filed under: messaging - 07 May 2007

I look at anti-Twitter articles like this one and I realize what it is people aren’t understanding about Twitter. People who hate it break out the “who cares what you are doing” argument. I’m not going to argue with …

TinyTwitter… On my Phone!

Filed under: blogging, messaging - 07 May 2007

(Title sung to the tune of Tiny Bubbles by the late Don Ho)

No, I’m not talking about the Mobile Twitter interface that the Twitter folks finally got done, I am talking about a Twitterrific-like application for your …

4 May 2007

Twitter: Life’s Back Channel

Filed under: messaging, nokia - 04 May 2007

When I saw David Beckemeyer’s agreement with Tom Keating’s dissing of Twitter, I did stop and think. And then I Twittered: Twitter is like an IRC backchannel for everyday life. It’s my link to a continual conversation …

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