Few years ago I installed Nokia CK-7W car kit in my car and I have to say it was a good product until Nokia changed the PopPort to mini-USB port on its mobile phones. So, since I had my N95, the only way to use the Car Kit was to connect it using bluetooth. The [...]
Car kits alternatives
November 17th, 2007 · Comments Off
Tags: BH-500 · Car Kits · Nokia · Nokia Car Kits · Venturi Mini
Unbelievably cheap: Asus Eee PC 4G 701
November 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Ok, I don’t usually like to report reviews and comments of any sort because there are the shared items in my Google reader and other blogs for that. But looking at the news reports from my company’s intranet I found the Asus Eee PC 4G 701 (nice review here) mini laptop, which is simply astonishing [...]
Tags: ASUS · E90 · iPhone · N800 · N810 · Nokia · Symbian
Is the N-Series brand a failure?
November 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Actually, the original title was “Usability not counteless features is good for Nokia phones” but then my train of thoughts focused on the N-Series (as well as S60 usability) in the end… Reading this great summary from Russel and the following comments in this link, I recalled a previous post regarding the complex structure of [...]
Tags: Internet · N95 · Nokia · nseries · S60 · Symbian · Web2.0
Is WorldMate spyware?
November 4th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Since I started working in Sweden I installed WorldMate to use its currency converter. The basic features are free and I used mainly the weather forecasts and currency converter. However I noticed that after installing WorldMate, one application was using my internet connection without asking me first or showing any pop-up when connecting…. So, I [...]
Tags: Free S60 Apps · Mobile Spyware · Nokia · S60 · S60 App
Nokia Music Store
November 1st, 2007 · Comments Off
Thanks God there is Google News…. Finished working and started going through my feeds to see the initial comments about the new Nokia Music store (UK)… I have to say, it must be some sort of peer pressure between bloggers but most of the sites I regularly check were full of the same info, same [...]
Tags: Google News · N95 · Nokia · Nokia Music · nseries · S60 · Symbian
Cool app for my N95: change screen orientation when rotated
October 30th, 2007 · Comments Off
Been waiting for this functionality since the iPhone was presented…nice Update 16/12/2007: RotateMe v2.0 Beta 5 goes public. Read the instruction at the end of the RotateMe’s webpage and make a donation if you find it useful Video here… [Source: n95blog.com]
Tags: Cool Apps · nseries · S60 · Symbian
Working in Sweden
October 30th, 2007 · Comments Off
The first time I got here in Nokia Sweden I noticed there was a room with a bed inside…. Initially I didn’t pay too much attention because Nokia/NSN moved to this new building recently and some rooms are still either empty or full of boxes. Then I found out that they actually do massages in [...]
Tags: Nokia · NSN · Sweden · Travel · Work
A “new feature” in Nokia phones…Demand Paging
October 24th, 2007 · Comments Off
Apparently future Nokia mobile phones are going to be blessed with a “new feature” and I read a lot of comments/interest about this. The new feature is Demand Paging! It was presented at recent Smartphone Show and you can read more about DP from here and here and recently commented here (I actually read about [...]

