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1 July 2009

I Ordered an iPhone, or Why Hell Froze Over Today

Despite my previous objections with the way Apple controls the App Store, not to mention my general preference for buttons over a completely touch interface, I am throwing in the towel, putting down my credit card, and buying an …

23 June 2009

Inbox Liquidation, Part 49

It’s that time again where I sift through the debris in my inbox and pick five or so things to write briefly about. It’s kind of like Stefan Constantinescu’s series called Trimming in Public except I only write about …

20 June 2009

Watch Out Buying Stuff From Ovi Store!

Filed under: mobile phones,nokia,software - 20 Jun 2009

While I was on my trip to Israel, I had to factory default my Nokia E71 because it was starting to act funny. While reinstalling RoadSync, Gravity, and most of my other apps wasn’t a …

24 May 2009

What Will The Emerging Nokia Look Like?

Filed under: business,mobile phones,nokia - 24 May 2009

A friend of mine’s post got me thinking about what I’m hearing from my friends who, technically, still work for Nokia, though they have no job. They were the people that either were not offered …

29 April 2009

How Many Arrows are Left in Nokia’s Services Quill?

Filed under: apple,mobile phones,networking,nokia,Services - 29 Apr 2009

Nokia Ovi logo. Image via Wikipedia

One of the phrases I heard when I worked at Nokia

24 April 2009

Can We Get a Proper SIMless Mode, Please?

Filed under: gadgets,gripes,mobile phones,nokia,software - 24 Apr 2009

Offline 5800 - Share on Ovi
This past week, I have primarily been using my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

14 April 2009

It’s Official: PhoneBoy Now Works For Check Point

Filed under: business,check point,nokia - 14 Apr 2009

Image representing Check Point  as depicted in... Image via CrunchBase

Now that we have …

8 April 2009

Job Change Dead Ahead

Filed under: check point,nokia,phoneboy - 08 Apr 2009

Om Malik posted a quote from John Gruber’s Daring Fireball blog that got me thinking:
You can obsess over your work, build an audience based on deep mutual respect, and eventually opportunities to earn money from it will …

4 April 2009

The Long Goodbye

Filed under: check point,nokia,security - 04 Apr 2009

Over my 10 years in Nokia’s Security Appliance Business, I have met a lot of people. Many of these people worked in the business and moved onto other areas of Nokia. Others were the direct result of my “poking around.” …

30 March 2009

Gravity Has Changed How I Use Twitter

Filed under: mobile phones,nokia,social networking,software - 30 Mar 2009

That’s quite a bold statement to make regarding an application, particularly one for a mobile phone. However, even with the read-only beta of this application, Gravity completely changed the way I used Twitter….

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