tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77276859715691529162011-11-27T18:44:35.947-06:00I have created this blog as a place to discuss anything related to mobile technology. While I will be focusing principally on Nokia Mobile Phones (the best phones in the world), I will also be talking about a variety of other mobile technology, including software. In today's world we're all busier than ever before and to be successful we need to take advantage of all available technology.Mark Larishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449096786444218722noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7727685971569152916.post-79353512863915442442009-07-06T12:33:00.006-05:002009-07-07T03:37:19.226-05:00

I recently bought a Nokia E75 and got a very good deal thanks to a special notice posted by IntoMobile.com. I only paid $265 because I purchased the phone on the Saturday before Father’s day between 9:00 PM and Midnight.The E75 is a very nice phone and feels great in the hand. It has the very solid feel that is standard for E-series phones. I like the screen and it works well in both the portrait

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By the fall of 2005 I had been using Vonage for a couple of years and had really come to appreciate the flexibility of VoIP but was looking to combine that flexibility with the features of my mobile phone. Then Nokia announced the first E series phones, all of which had native SIP (session initiation protocol) applications, and I knew I had found the device for which I had been looking. I

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I been away for a while on an assignment and haven't had time to make a post for several weeks but I'm back now with a GREAT entry level messaging centric phone from Nokia to review. WOM World (thanks guys) sent me this great little phone yesterday. I was quite surprised as this is the first time they sent me a phone that had not yet been released.The E63 is the cheaper "little brother" of the

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This was my first Nokia sponsored event and I was very impressed. I have been an engineer for over 25 years and have been training young engineers for almost as long and I have to say how very impressed I was with all of the young engineers that I met in Helsinki last week. They were all enthusiastic, very intelligent, open minded and very responsible. Nokia obviously takes recruiting

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For about two weeks I have been trying a new application in Epocware's Handy line of applications: Handy Shell. Handy Shell seeks to replace the native S60 Active Standby screen and there is a lot to like in this latest Handy application, especially having weather on the home screen. This is something that I've missed since my old Windows PDA days. Basically, Handy Shell provides a new (

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I started this blog for fun because I like mobile technology and I like talking about mobile technology. However, today's post is going to be more political commentary than about any kind of technology. I read a news article http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/09/17/38FE-tech-policy-gotchas_1.html) on line today that really upset me. It seems that it is perfectly legal for customs inspectors to

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Well, it's almost 10:00 PM in Helsinki and I'm exhausted. It has been a very exciting, interesting, and intense day. We talked about so many different and exciting ideas today I think it will take me a few days to make sense out of my notes but I will post a detailed description of all the ideas that came out next week after I get home.

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We arrived at our Hotel in Helsinki (see photo) yesterday and everyone has been great. After check in and a power nap, we had a tour oh Nokia house and got to play with all of Nokia gadgets. The workshop started this morning (see photo). I'll have more later.

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On September 10 (this coming Wednesday) I leave for Helsinki, Finland, courtesy of Nokia and WOM World (thank you very much) to attend a Nokia workshop on the future of mobile technology. Four areas will be explored, as follows:Workshop 1: NeighborhoodDuring this workshop we'll outline our own online community involvement and social media history on a timeline and then get together with other

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Well, my colleagues and I are into our 4th week of our collective seeding test and our conscience is that the E71 is a great phone that is (almost) perfect for business. Of the 5 engineers (myself and 4 colleagues) who participated in this test and review of the E71, three of us (myself included) could find no fault with the E71. It handled every task and test we could devise flawlessly. However,

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The third part of my ongoing review of the Nokia E71 covers how well the E71 runs third party applications. I have been using the E71 as my primary mobile phone for just over two weeks and have installed all of my normal applications, which include the following:1. Mobisophy Interactive Voice Call Master2. Truphone (mobile VoIP)3. Epochware Handy Profile4. Epochware Handy Clock5. Epochware Handy

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I have been using the E71 as my primary phone for over a week now and have found it to be a very capable device. First let me talk about the basic business applications: Calendar and Contacts (the PIM functions). Both of these applications have been updated from what is available on other S60 FP1 devices such as the Nokia E90 and both are significant improvements. First, the new calendar views

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This is the first part in a four part series of posts on the E71. The first part will cover the physical aspects of the E71 (build quality, keyboard, etc). The second part will cover the E71's capabilities as a business phone and will include PIM functions, messaging, document editing, creation of documents, and Maps. The third part will cover third party applications and will include

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This is just a short post that is a follow-up on yesterday's post on the E71 cellular reception problems. I had a lot of running around to do today and spent very little time in the office. This gave me an opportunity to test the E71's reception in a number of different locations. It is clear that if the signal is weak to begin with, holding on to the E71 from the bottom and covering up the

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The great and very cool people at WOM World have sent five E71s for me and four of my colleagues to use for a month (thanks Dons). I received the devices today and passed the out with great fanfare. My initial impressions however are a little mixed. The E71 is fast, thin, sexy, and fast. It's also very fast. I've never before seen any mobile devise even come close to the speed of the E71, there

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Well, I've just finished 2 weeks with the new E66 (thank you very much WOM World) and I have to say that I'm very impressed. My usual phone is an E90 Communicator and although I missed the QWERTY keyboard, everything else on the E66 was great. The first thing you notice when you pick up the E66 is how good it feels in your hand and how thin it is. The build quality is just excellent and it feels

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