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3 January 2009

Really, Let’s Clear Out The Inbox Now

Filed under: Services, inbox-liquidation, nokia, software, telecom, voip - 03 Jan 2009

I have been avoiding my Gmail inbox for some time now, trying to get to things that have been sitting there for a month now. I feel like a failure every time I look at it. Time to do something …

6 October 2008

Some Thoughts on S60 3rd Edition FP2

Filed under: mobile phones, nokia, software - 06 Oct 2008

Now that I finally have a Nokia N96, as I wrote about on Joy of Gadgets, I can actually comment on some of the new features of S60 3rd Edition FP2. I have a phone that is currently …

18 July 2008

Where’s The Full RSS Reader, Nokia?

Filed under: nokia, software - 18 Jul 2008

One feature I like about the newer S60 handsets from Nokia is that they include a built-in RSS reader. When you go to a web page that has feeds listed in the meta tags, you can automatically subscribe to those …

6 April 2008

PhoneBoy’s Week That Was 6 April 2008

Filed under: nokia, voip, week that was - 06 Apr 2008

PhoneBoyIt’s been a busy week sorting out who I’m going to blog for and what kind of blogging I will be doing. I have a better answer to that question now, and it …

18 February 2008

Who Has A Decent Phone User Interface?

Filed under: gadgets, nokia - 18 Feb 2008

341648_ericanfly_-_t_630_3.jpgI just read a thought-provoking piece about how Nokia’s S60 platform is not exactly the paragon of a great operating system. The authors think that S60 is “confusing, obscure, constantly changing and …

28 January 2008

KDE versus GNOME Now A Dogfood Question

Filed under: linux, nokia - 28 Jan 2008

Chuck WagonI never thought the question of whether to use GNOME or KDE on my Linux desktop would be considered a dogfood question, but now with the announcement that my employer

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