Nokia acquires gate5 to add robust mapping and navigation to its devices
Cool. It was a discussion on location services that made me finally realize that things are different when you are talking about Multimedia Computer and not ent...
Month: August 2006
Infoworld reports: China hits 432 million mobile phone users
Woah! Thems a lot of apples. Chugging along to 3 BILLION users, when will it stop? Already almost everyone who can afford a phone has one. Soon everyone from se...
Tom Hume on: Off-hours mobile usage
Tom, below, makes an interesting observation that is complemented by another observation by Mark Curtis. Two points jump our to me:1) Do we have any flippinR...
The burden of mind-set
Gotta say that yesterday I realized how much some lines of thought were ingrained in me. Today, some of my pet ideas, so well received by others, kinda fell fla...
Rotary phone with a SIM
Funny retro phone. Link [via Peter B]: Spark Fun Electronics. Description: This is the ever popular Portable Rotary Phone, now in Red! Phone comes fully assembl...
Under Constriction – changes, changes, and more changes
Oy vey. It’s been a heck of a time these last few weeks. It feels like I am going through some Cosmic Constriction that’s just squeezing, twisting, ...
Kids’ hockey is well underway here in Finland.
Kids’ hockey is well underway here in Finland. Originally uploaded by schickr. 20:24 Tuesday, 22 August, 2006 Image339
Punkin’ – 15july90-21aug06
Punkin’ – 15july90-21aug06 Originally uploaded by schickr. A dear old friend had to be laid to rest. It was hard for us, but our selfishness would h...
Sideloading should be made easier
I’ve been doing a bit of reading into audio streaming lately and someone mentioned a term that I had to look up just to make sure – Sideloading, or ...
Gary Oldman short-short shot with Nokia N93
This little clip from Gary had a few film critics I know at work to snicker unkindly. Well, pooh-pooh on them. Link: Gary Oldman Premieres on the Nokia Nseries ...