Alec Saunders was fortunate to receive a new Nokia N97 while participating in a project we’re involved with for Nokia last week in San Francisco. His review pits the Nokia N97 against the new Apple iPhone GS and clearly shows why for multimedia, the real purpose of the N9x devices, since the N90 was first … Read more
Over the past month I’ve tried an experiment. First I wanted to see if I could wean myself away from my Blackberries (yes I have one on T-Mobile and one on Verizon) for email and have been using both a Nokia E75 and two different E71s (one for North America and the other for Europe … Read more
A quick note about the Novatel MiFi devices, both the CDMA version that works on Verizon and the GSM/HSPA version that works here in the USA on AT&T and on any GSM operator’s network around the globe. 1. Verizon’s network smokes the current edition of AT&T Mobile Broadband in the Bay Area for real time … Read more
Hat Tip to Doug Mohney for his discovery of Comcast’s new International plan, which is another broad shot cross the bow taken at Vonage and Skype by the cable companies. While not a “free” offer, this is a move by the cable giant is offering another reason to buy their triple play (voice, video and … Read more
I’ve been trying to come up with a name for the cool, pocket size WiFi hotspot creators that are rapidly coming to market, starting with the Novatel Wirless MiFis (of which I now have both CDMA and GSM version-unlocked to boot). Then it hit me..the term is POCKETSPOT. I claim first use of the term, … Read more
Normally when I’m at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field for a flight I’m used to amazingly fast download speeds. Not so today as I was waiting for Virgin America’s flight to SFO this morning. My download speeds were just pitiful, indicating either the network is overloaded or they airport is rate limiting the users. If it’s … Read more
Rafe Blandford, of All About Symbian, is someone I’ve gotten to know as a result of the Nokia Blogger Relations efforts over the past few years. He’s someone whose perspective on what is happening on Nokia Symbian based devices combines the understanding of a user, with the insight of an analyst and the why it … Read more
In what may be a controversial post with some pundits, Lee Dryburgh has gone out on a limb, picking up on a Phil Wolff meme to describe his passionate viewpoints and perspectives about what’s up with Skype in the future. Phil in turn captured Lee’s views and put them up on SkypeJournal. Dryburgh (whose event, … Read more
Chris Albrecht over at NewTeeVee has penned a piece on the plans of the cable giants to start to charge for online video. In a nutshell, they want to treat online video as premium channel like HBO, which means you pay more per month. This is not a surprise to me at all, as back … Read more
If you subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, either hard copy or online, today’s edition has Walt Mossberg’s review of the new Apple iPhone and OS 3.0. Apple always provides Walt an advance version of the phone, and his review tends to help set the stage for many things. Of what he didn’t like on … Read more
