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Great news about the soon to be released update to Nokia Maps …
As part of the Ovi brand of Internet services, which includes the Nokia Music Store and N-Gage gaming platform, Maps on Ovi will allow users to plan their trips on their desktop or laptop and then synchronize (automatically or manually) it with [...]

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Tonight I learned from Gerry Moth and Matt Stevens that Google Reader has been updated for the iPhone … which of course means it works great on the S60 Platform as well as the Nokia Tablets running the MicroB (mozilla) browser. I tried this tonigh on the N82 using the S60 webkit browser but [...]

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As you can see here, I’ve got the Nokia N82 along with the BH-903 and have to say my early impressions of both pieces are excellent! I was only semi-interested in the original flavor of the N82, but now here in my hand and in black, it’s sweet!

I’ll be posting more soon but here’s [...]

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I’ve been actively using PC Suite to connect to the N95 on my commute for about two weeks now and while it’s about the easiest way I’ve ever connected a phone to a laptop, there are a few missing details I’d like to suggest.

First, it’s great to see when I connect and at what speed [...]

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This makes absolutely no brand sense. Why would you take a high end device like the Nokia N95 and pair it with a low to mid-range Renault?
The car comes with Nokia’s integated GPS as well as car kit (naturally) to pair with the N95. The integration of GPS is an interesting [...]

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Last night I was invited to the Nokia Store for the launch of the Nokia Productions project which is a collaboration between the consumer and Nokia to producer a short film to be directed / edited by Spike Lee. Anyone is welcome to submit video, original music, photos and text. The event itself [...]

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I just caught a post in my reader, which is a bit alarming and rather disappointing if true.
There has not been a checkin to the S60 port in over 8 months… As far as I can tell, the port is dead… Does anyone know the status of the port? If the port is in fact [...]

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In the past week, I’ve been gently ribbed a bit by some people at work regarding the number of gadgets I’ve got working but the best was the guy next to me on my return flight from Chicago who broke our in-flight silence with ” I think you win for the most number of gadgets [...]

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I’ve had a pair of Shure EC4 in-ear phones for a few years and I recently shorted out my second pair. I’m not sure what the deal is with my usage, but I tend to kill mobile headsets and earphones far too easily.
Tonight while waiting in Atlanta I decided to go for it and upgrade [...]

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I’m back from Barcelona and attempting to catch up with posts I want to write, people I need to contact and a bit of reality as I head back to work tomorrow. While I’m reflecting though I wanted to note a few things …

This was my first conference attended as a member of [...]

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One of the more exciting devices at the Mobile World Congress last week was the Sony Xperia X1. At least until I got a closer look …

The hardware is actually really nice. The demo guy I encountered though was nervous about letting anyone get too close and it seemed the more I [...]

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Coming in Q3 2008, The 6210 Navigator will really open some new paths in the Personal Navigation market. The navigational enhancements looks very promising and as the first device with both a compass AND a lifetime subscription to the maps enhanced services, the 6210 should please quite a few.

The device is quite small and [...]

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Captured in realtime with the N810…

OPK started sharing stats on devices and Nokia’s success in music and cameras (100 milliona and 200 million respectively). They have also sold some 35 million GPS devices and are looking to offer a new array of location based devices with the 6210 which a very handy pedestrian [...]

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Just got an email with some light details on what to expect from the S60 team at MWC:

S60 will be making its presence felt at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. With its own section in the Nokia stand in Hall 8, Nokia S60 promoters will be showing the business opportunities and technology trends [...]

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I started pulling my gear together tonight and as you can see here I’ve got a lot of goodies ready to go.

On the software side I’m ready with Qik, Flixwagon, Fon, Boingo and Devicescape as well as mobile blogging via Maemo Wordpy on the Nokia N810 so I’m feeling good about my travel kit.

If you [...]

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In my experience the ability to begin broadcasting, inform your friends and maintain a dialog is both incredibly social but amazingly powerful! I’ve been dabbling with Qik and Flixwagon and this area of mobile development is simply fantastic. When I covered the Web2 Summit last fall, my coverage was limited to 1 min [...]

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Devicescape received a nice update to 2.0 today and allows secure and simple access to paid and free hotspots automatically. I’ve added a few hidden APs from the office as well as my home network to my list to start combined with my Boingo Mobile and FON credentials so I can easily connect my [...]

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Stefan noted an awesome new application today called JoikuSpot Light which of course is in beta but solves a need quite a few power users have been seeking. If you carry a few different devices like I do but only have one SIM, it can be tricky to use more than one at a [...]

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Silicon Alley Insider drew my attention to a new project at Google designed to embed 2D Barcodes into print ads. On the surface this seems like an interesting idea and I like the 2D/QR/Semacodes. They are pretty easy to deal with as a geek and in theory can provide shortcuts for text entry [...]

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Why must Dial up Networking (DUN) crash my N95-3? It happens so regularly I often think twice about using DUN when on the train for my daily commute. When I used an N73 or E61 with my Nokia 770 internet tablet and subsequently the N800, I never had any issues and in fact [...]

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