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Re: Gizmo5 brings you Universal IM

JustinPeer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:41:04 -0000

I've been a Gizmo user for many years, owned a phone in number in the UK and had it set so that when we lived in the US and the far east we could afford to call home and, more importantly, they could afford to call us.

I've always preferred the service to Skype as it's not proprietary and has allowed me to do things that even now skype can't compete with. I have gizmo on my mobile and recently, while in Spain, used it to phone a friend in Canada via the wifi at the place I was staying. I'm looking forward to Gizmo5, but I'm not switching yet as it doesn't allow the voip over wifi function that the version you can get at Nokia Labs offers. For me, it's the ability to use it over wifi that's the killer app, and one of the reasons I chose my Nokia N95 8Gb originally. Even if I'm travelling, I can still use it anywhere there's a wifi hotspot without needing to either buy a local sim card or pay roaming charges. When they incorporate the wifi capability into Gizmo5 I'll be all over it.

Re: Nokia 6212 - 1st Near Field Communication mobile phone

JustinPeer — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:03:00 -0000

Since my post on <ahref="http: www.techwinter.com="" 2008="" 05="" 27="" what-will-be-the-next-great-utility"="">the utility of GPS I've been thinking quite a bit about this subject and I'm putting my best behind this as likely to be the 'next big thing' that will change our lives substantially. The removal of cash from our society is going to be a big change and, like so many things, once it gets a mass roll-out with the manufacturers behind it, full adoption will happen rapidly. Just look at Oyster on the underground. Who knew we needed that, but now we all see how much more efficient and easy it is than cash tickets (not to mention cheaper). It's like the old saying 'people don't know what they want until you give it to them'.

Re: A-GPS: The future of Mobile Mapping

JustinPeer — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:35:27 -0000

It's interesting watching the gps position on my N95 lock in this way, but it always seems to be a much larger error circle than the gps itself. I wonder if that's to do with Nokia's implementation or just the way the cell towers behave in London. I generally see an error circle of up to 1500m until the gps locks in.

I'm guessing aGPS would work better in urban areas given the higher number of smaller cells that would give you a lower hDOP.

Shall have to read up a bit on how this is working and see if I can figure out why the aGPS on the Nokia seems poor in comparison.