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Re: Opinion: The Nokia N900

Matti — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:52:09 -0000

It's the evolution of the same mozilla based microb browser that was allready in earlier Maemo devices. Firefox extension require bit of porting before they work with it. There's also a Webkit based browser from Digia (finnish software corporation) coming to N900.

Re: Opinion: The Nokia N900

danlane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:57:30 -0000

it's worth saying that the N900 is almost the ultimate tool for anyone doing any on-call Unix sysadmin work... this will be the subject of an upcoming article :)

Re: Opinion: The Nokia N900

danlane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:56:30 -0000

Battery life is what you'd expect from a modern smartphone... it's not going to last you long with intense usage but like my Android and iPhone handsets it survives a day with moderate use.

Re: Opinion: The Nokia N900

danlane — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:53:56 -0000

The Nokia browser actually appears to be a mini derivative of Firefox as opposed to a whole new browser based on the Gecko rendering engine. Hence the familiar security windows when visiting a site with an invalid SSL certificate and the availability of some common Firefox extensions such as Adblock Plus.

Re: VoIP on the Nokia N900

danlane — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:40:42 -0000

If you jailbreak your iPhone there is a nice SIP client called SIPhon.

The handset on my desk is a SNOM 820 :)

Re: VoIP on the Nokia N900

lwsdm — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:40:50 -0000

Thanks Dan,
It's on the must have list now for my upcoming mobile purchase.

Re: VoIP on the Nokia N900

danlane — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:01:09 -0000

Yes, you can do exactly that. Because VoIP over 3G can be a bit unreliable you can also set your VoIP number to divert to your mobile number if you aren't online. That way you can use VoIP over WiFi on the N900 (or any other SIP device) at home or, if you're offline, you'll receive the call on your mobile (you'll have to pay for the divert charge but it's very cheap compared to international calls from your mobile or landline). Your relatives in the UK won't know the difference and will just be charged as though they were calling a normal UK landline.

The guys at VoIP.co.uk should be able to set this up for you.

Re: What’s the best backpack a geek can buy?

danlane — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:15:23 -0000

I carry an Oakley Kitchen Sink but it was quite hard to get hold of and I don't recommend anyone else gets one because I've never seen another one at any events and I don't want to ;)

Seriously though, I can put every portable gadget I own in there, along with a couple of laptops and chargers and it still looks empty!. Nifty padded section with sneaky side-zip for laptops, top-loading section for glasses, mp3 players etc and a back section for smaller gubbins. It also has a reversible inner section that's accessible from the bottom that's great for traveling as it lets you keep clothes separate from gadgets while still sharing the same space... also good for separating clean and dirty clothes.

But you should just buy a crumpler ;)

Re: Spotify and Hero on 3UK

jamesbody — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:10:29 -0000

Yeah - if only...

And - I forgot the sting in the tail at the close of the fruitless exchange with the floor manager.

3FM: "Ah Mr B - I see that you are a very special customer - you have had your account a long time and have always paid on time - I can offer you a very special offer"

JB: "Oh yes" (Faint glimmer of something good)

3FM: "I can cancel your PAC and put you on a new monthly contract for 10 pounds a month - with UNLIMITED SMS"

JB: "With data?"

3FM: "Oh no - but it is such a good offer - what have you got to lose?'

JB: "A chance to own a brand new HTC Hero?"

3FM: "We don't do the HTC Hero...." {back onto previous script again}

It might help if the 3 operatives realise that telling UK customers the same thing 10 times just makes them ANGRY !

I WANT A HTC HERO !

JB

Re: Spotify and Hero on 3UK

danlane — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:59:51 -0000

PLEASE tell me you recorded that conversation?

Re: O2 launch the Palm Pre: We go to the party…

plwweasel — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:01:46 -0000

:) guess I have to cut you some slack then. also, it probably did not have the latest software update to 1.2.1. There should be an arrow button in the right hand corner, which is the send button. I am really starting to like the PRE and I am former iphone 3G user and also was a Nokia fan.

Re: Spotify and Hero on 3UK

danlane — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:55:40 -0000

Very clever since this device is one of the few (perhaps even the only) Android handsets that has a standard 3.5mm headphone socket!

Re: O2 launch the Palm Pre: We go to the party…

danlane — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:52:20 -0000

I should probably start by saying the drinks were very very free ;)

However, from the photos application, I hit something like send as... MMS then what? I got an MMS compose window with the photo and added some text and then... then what? where is the SEND button? there was a "TEXT" button but that just sent the text portion and there was no photo.

Re: O2 launch the Palm Pre: We go to the party…

danlane — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:40:54 -0000

There were also pork rolls and very nice pizza... we were filming by the exit from the kitchen... dangerous stuff!

Re: Touchnote goes iPhone

danlane — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:27:42 -0000

Apple don't allow physical products to be purchased using in-app billing.

Re: Video Diary: Whatley & the Sony Ericsson Satio in Soho

danlane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:19:20 -0000

Don't encourage him!

Re: Video Diary: Whatley & the Sony Ericsson Satio in Soho

bensmith — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:50:48 -0000

It was live when we recorded it ;-)

Re: Video Diary: Whatley & the Sony Ericsson Satio in Soho

danlane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:43:00 -0000

IT'S NOT LIVE! HOW MANY F!@KING TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?!?! ;)

Re: iPhone app: Gmail Alerts

danlane — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:19:37 -0000

I wrote this at 3am... you're lucky I published it on the correct site!

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

TerenceEden — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:31:16 -0000

I quite agree. As much as I love Mippin (they're a major technology provider behind http://vodafone.com/myweb ) they're not selling anything. No one rings their call centre up to complain when something isn't compatible.

As I've said - I'd like to see a better basic version. But without being able to sell content through it, there's little incentive to do so.

T
(These comments are my preciouseses - no one else's)

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

twitter-775957 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:00:37 -0000

"It's not like James has turned up in a speedboat."

It's only a matter of time before he gets cast as Bond.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

twitter-14779499 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:19:11 -0000

We manage fine with a 2 person dev team using WUFL and our own historic data. If nothing can be done we degrade gracefully to a basic version.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

danlane — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:51:30 -0000

But in this analogy Vodafone aren't a car manufacturer they are a road! If I buy a car I expect to be able to drive it on any road. It's not like James has turned up in a speedboat.

Mippin don't have any issues supporting every handset, perhaps Vodafone's acquisitions team should have a whip-round?

Re: MIR Show - The Microvision Mobile Projector - GENIUS

Martin Hillerby — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:52:12 -0000

Dan, I guess you know the MVIS SHOW WX has been shipped to MVIS's Asian distributors. Look for details from the distributors soon. European distributors might get some soon. Check with MVIS to do an update with an actual final product that is for sale.

Re: Looking at Vox Sciences

Mike42 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:17:07 -0000

That's what the MNO's say.