Archive for: October 2007

31 October 2007

Nokia N810 Wins Best Overall Product at CTIA

Filed under: gadgets, linux, nokia - 31 Oct 2007

Nokia N810Last week at Evening With S60, I did get to see a Nokia N810 very briefly. Major differences between my N800 and this device:

Slide-out keyboard (N800 has no keyboard)
Camera isn’t on a …

Happy Halloween!

Filed under: phoneboy - 31 Oct 2007

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Trick or treat!

Take Care Of Yourself

Filed under: blogging - 31 Oct 2007

Darla Mack ThemeWhile I personally don’t get caught up in who has the scoop like many other bloggers do, I blog quite a bit. Some of it as a matter of personal pride, …

30 October 2007

CTIA Spreading Lies Again

Filed under: gadgets, mobile network operators - 30 Oct 2007

CTIA LogoBack when I actually watched football on a regular basis, Steve Largent was a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Despite the fact I live in the area now, I am not a Seahawks fan. My blood bleeds red and gold.

Now Steve Largent is the frontman for the CTIA, the lobbying group representing the mobile carriers here in the US. And guess what, Mr. Largent, I’m still not a fan of your work.

His latest post on the CTIA blog was a response to Walt Mossberg’s tirade about how phones here are locked. Now I’m not a high-profile guy like either of these two, but maybe you’ll like my opinions on Steve Largent’s statements all the same, which I will present after the jump.

VONCamp Unconference

Filed under: voip - 30 Oct 2007

The great thing about trade shows is not the trade show itself, it’s the hallway. Specifically, it means that it’s the people you meet outside in the hallway is what makes the trade show for you. It’s the gathering itself, …

29 October 2007

Sprint AirCard 595U

Filed under: connectivity, gadgets, mobile network operators - 29 Oct 2007

Sprint 595UOne thing I did on this trip was give my boss my Verizon Wireless V620 PC-card, which allows me to get high-speed Internet access anywhere Verizon Wireless had service. A couple of …

28 October 2007

PhoneBoy’s Week That Was 28 October 2007

Filed under: gadgets, phoneboy, voip - 28 Oct 2007

PhoneBoy ThumbnailMy body is overwhelming my desire to blog lately, which is making it hard. Traveling doesn’t help, which seems to wipe me out.

Meanwhile, I’m home and getting back to the …

27 October 2007

Opening A Dialog

Filed under: blogging, phoneboy - 27 Oct 2007

It’s funny, this blogging thing. I, of course, started doing it just for fun. And in a way, I am still doing it just for fun.

It’s taken on a whole different flavor now that I’m doing it both for money …

26 October 2007

Should You Get A WiFi-Enabled Mobile Phone?

Filed under: gadgets, mobile network operators, wifi - 26 Oct 2007

N91Let’s Talk asked through the Techdirt Insight Community about why consumers might want to get a WiFi-enabled mobile phone. From what I can tell, my “insight” was posted more or less un-edited

25 October 2007

QuickOffice On The Nokia E61i

Filed under: nokia, software - 25 Oct 2007

QuickOfficeOne thing I didn’t realize I’d have on my Nokia E61i that I used to have on the Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 is the ability to create Word documents. The …

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