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Good-bye Nokia, Hello Android!
6May 21, 2010
It comes as no surprise to those who know me that I’ve been a Nokia/Symbian fan since the 90′s. Every mobile I’ve owned, save for my first in a 1991 Fujitsu, has been Nokia. Over the years that meant I had a lot of “firsts”; 1st mobile browser, 1st camera, 1st multi-band, 1st BT earbud, 1st to load a 3rd-party app, 1st to use my mobile for music and video, 1st to make VoIP calls… All of this before any iPhone was even rumored.
Oh, the iPhone. In the year leading up to Apple’s iPhone launch, all those who knew me as “that Nokia dude” asked me if I was going to get one and what my thoughts on it were. Made sense, I’ve also remained a Mac user over the years. Well, armed with knowledge from a vast community of ardent Nokia/Symbian loyalists, I knew better. My answer always politely More >
A Detour for Some Fun
8February 20, 2009
A Detour for Some Fun
The guys over at the Nokia Innovations Newsdesk started a contest, “Track a Heart, Win a Nokia N79 Active”. They’re asking participants to use the Nokia Sports Tracker program, available for most Nokia handsets, to trace the shape of a heart on the earth. To enter, go to the Sports Tracker website and create an account, then join the group “Location Artists”. Install the Sports Tracker application on your Nokia mobile and start “drawing”. Your workout routes show up as a continuous line, what you do with that line can be artwork with some planning. Here’s a screenshot of my workout for the contest:
The planning for my entry too a couple hours using Google Earth. I first More >
Nokia N79 Active with Polar BT HR Monitor
6January 15, 2009
First, here’s a nice Nokia promo for the product mentioned in the press release…
…and here is a link to their press release: Nokia N79 Active gets your heart racing