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Re: Shopping at the OVI store…

geekyouup — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:28:50 -0000

most excellent, absolutely made everyones day at Mippin HQ

Re: Nokia World 2009: Really Rapid Round-up

bensmith — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:02:03 -0000

We couldn't just squeeze that in - we're doing a full feature film on it
next month with Bradd Pitt playing @Flashy1980.

Re: Nokia World 2009: Really Rapid Round-up

geekyouup — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:58:58 -0000

you guys, you guys, these videos they are getting so damned professional. the whole thing was fluid, funny and informative.

The only bit missing was that Mippin won the Nokia Innovator Award 2009 and was annouced at Nokia World,... ahem.

Re: Nokia’s Ovi let’s the market decide. The market says, ‘no’ (and how to fix it)

geekyouup — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:01:05 -0000

It always stikes me that the featured and top applications in the Ovi store should be an exciting and awesome list like Qik, Gravity, Shozu,Skyfire, Opera Mini, Fring, Yahoo Go, JoikuSpot, Snaptu, Mobispine, even the London Tube Map, there have been many high quality apps written for S60 over the years but somehow they aren't there or aren't immediately obvious.

I searched for a couple of them at http://store.ovi.com and Qik appeared, but when I clicked on it I got "Sorry, this item is no longer available."

How long do Nokia need to iron these issues out?

My advice, do what Ewan suggested, but use half those programmers, maybe one warehouse full to develop an Ovi Store that works. Even better than that, learn from the iPhone and Android stores and make one that is better than either, making it as easy to publish to as Android Market with the graphical elements and previews of iPhone App Store, and most of all show the publishers how many downloads they've had!!!

Re: Android cometh: Sony Ericsson confirms Android 2.0 handsets

geekyouup — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:32:56 -0000

I've just had a strong coffee so passion may come across a little ranty, advance apologies submitted.... You can't rush the formation of a new ecosystem. There is no doubt that Android is currently small fish compared to other players in the market, but anyone who underestimates it must do so on their own head. The number of Android fanboys, net promoters and evangelists is increasing at an almost alarming rate, I fear that cannot be said for WinMo or Symbian, possibly the opposite.

Where Android is succeeding is in bringing together current and new developers to learn a new set of APIs, the basics aren't a million miles away from writing MIDP but the deeper concepts are. The Android framework is a seriously powerful bit of kit and the developers are still discovering it. Anyone who realises the true powers of the of: Activity, Intent, Broadcast and Receiver is in a strong position. The point being that Android is designed from the bottom up to be a collaborative platform where all apps work together harmoniously to bring the most powerful experience possible to the party. If that dream is realised then no other current platform can touch it. I'd explain now but this post is going to be long enough already.

This evolution of the ecosystem means that, yes the first apps out have been a bit 'shonkey', but it is also clear that the quality, functionality, user base and developer base are all on the up. Also with companies throwing around predicitons of 900% growth, the possibilities are pretty huge.

In terms of the fragmentation issues, there are definitely some hurdles coming up. The first issue was the launch of the Magic, without a hardware keyboard, it was cleared with no major issues. The next problem is going to be different screen resolutions, and even though Android and the SDK are designed to cope with this well, there are developers including myself who go for pixel perfect designs that won't scale very well - e.g. Ultimate Stopwatch where the background is a 320x480 graphic. It is going to be annoying, but not unnegotiable as the framework provides a couple of ways of working around it. In the end, Google has unlimited resources and a very many clever engineers and they aren't going to let Android slip through their fingers, infact quite the opposite.

btw, re the Ovi Store, great stuff, Nokia distribution has always been an issue. But our 1st app was rejected as 'Early Series40 6th Edition devices don't have that certificate preinstalled' - the certificate in question is Nokia's recommended Thawte Certificate, ouch. Talk about complexity and hurdles.

Re: Something new, really soon.

Tim — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:33:31 -0000

I've seen those shoes before. Ewan, I know I promised I wouldn't tell anyone about them, but... oh.

Re: Something new, really soon.

geekyouup — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:21:04 -0000

oh baby the video is just making me want more, DO IT, DO IT NOW!!! stop making me wait, PLEASEEEE!!!!!

Re: Something new, really soon.

whatleydude — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:06:09 -0000

Hey! That's my N95! ;)

Re: Something new, really soon.

LeifM — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:15:13 -0000

Immediately I thought of Tankgirl for this.. also the same artist as behind Gorillaz.. Kult!

Re: Something new, really soon.

geekyouup — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:53:46 -0000

great isn't it how a simple peice of clothing like that can represent a person

Re: Something new, really soon.

willmcinnes — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:48:33 -0000

C'mon - you recognise that tie. It's a perfect piece of personal branding.... This is cool though: nice one guys!

Re: Something new, really soon.

geekyouup — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:09:29 -0000

I recognise those boots and those sunnies. The tie is a bit of a hint too... but I've not seen those shoes before. How exciting! :-)

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

ilicco — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:02:16 -0000

yup bring on the community fed site, loads of mobile bloggers out there with qik capable phones...

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

DavidCarrington — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:42:25 -0000

Someone please do option 2! I've gained a lot through MIR and at least half of that was triggered by simple news and comments.

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

MartinSFP — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:41:57 -0000

Number 2 is an interesting idea but Engadget Mobile, All About Symbian and a couple of others give me all the news I need. It's the videos and informed opinion that I love MIR for. Others may come to fill the space but unfortunately few people have the knowledge, time and resources to run a site like this to such a high standard.

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

Mike42 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:38:50 -0000

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

jamescoops — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:18:51 -0000

im not sure the licensing will allow you to split a single user 12k ways..!

i dont think anything can really replace what MIR provides, especially for us in the UK ... yes, there are other mobile news sites but none have the same character and community around them

Re: Mobile Industry Review goes subscription-only from 30th March

geekyouup — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:13:08 -0000

congrats, it can't have been easy in the current climate, you will be missed. I'm sure on the 28th I'll click on my MIR bookmark out of habit and find no news :-(

For the rest of us I have 2 suggestions:
1) We club together as a 'corporation', split the 12k about 12,000 ways.
2) We start our own communinty fed mobile site, a little like a digg mobile tech.

any takers?

Re: The crux of the mobile developer conundrum: Forget the 99% without iPhone

geekyouup — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:58:12 -0000

In whole-hearted agreement with you on this one Ewan, if a mobile website can be provided for the lower end phones then fair enough, but my application developement time is now reserved for the high end. Even though everyone and their mum are releasing app stores and widget stores for their devices this year, I don't think it'll shift my perspective.

Of course being luckily enough to own and run a high end device must add bias.

Re: ‘And a 3.5mm jack’ - Why isn’t this a standard?

geekyouup — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:00:40 -0000

are you sure? in my experience not even every HTC mini USB headset will work on the G1. I've tried Motorola USB headsets, samsung USB headsets, HTC Touch Diamond USB headsets, none of them worked. Honestly, if it doesn't say G1 on the pack then I'd advise not going there.

Re: Nokia 5800 ‘The Tube’ Launch Event

geekyouup — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:36:54 -0000

ha ha, I'm going to get a carl zeiss lens transplanted onto my G1, make it up to 10MP, no really.

Re: I want, you want, we all want Swedish Beers!

geekyouup — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:19:26 -0000

Last year, Swedish beers kicked off MWC with a bang for us all, it really was a night to remember. It also became the location of choice to meet up for the rest of the week. I made friends and industry contacts at Swedish beers that night that will stay with me for a long time.

Re: The T-Mobile G1: The Whatley Response

whatleydude — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:28:03 -0000

Great points if only mildly flawed because your 5800 thoughts are based on one conversation we had in the pub last night. I'm yet to write *anything* on the 5800. It'll come.. Just not yet, and I'm 'putting up with it' because I was asked to review it. Not because I'm a fanboy.

Just like I was asked to 'put up with' the G1.

There are elements of the G1 that I'd really like to see in Nokia handsets (in fact - I think I even mentioned that in the piece above) - I needed to get these thoughts of my chest so I could reference them at a later date.

Finally..

"The second Android device to hit the shelves will bring up a host of issues that Android developers will have to work around, but we will work around them..."

I love that.

Re: The T-Mobile G1: The Whatley Response

geekyouup — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:15:44 -0000

...says the man who is putting up with a Nokia 5800 for the sake of being a Nokia fan boy. I think you've missed the point a little this time James. Something like the 5800 is just another device, the G1 is the first device of a new era, showcasing a spanking new mobile operating system, the apps are just starting to come out and the momentum is just starting to build up. The fact that the G1 is as complete as it is actually amazed me, I was expecting less.
The second Android device to hit the shelves will bring up a host of issues that Android developers will have to work around, but we will work around them and Android will fly.

NB: all views I express here are completely biased as I'm a complete Android fanboy, love it
p.s. I've never had any problems with contact/calendar synching on G1, I had way more problems with duplicates with my old Nokia, especially when entering an event into both outlook and phone then synching.

Re: Now it’s been out a while, what do you think of the G1?

geekyouup — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:49:17 -0000

well it'd need to be touch and more importantly responsive, any touch device that comes out that doesn't have the power to react quickly whatever its screen resolution frustrates me immensely - yes HTC Diamond and Nokia 5800 I'm talking about you.

Another thing it seems is that it would have to have the 320x480 screen resolution of the G1 as so many of the apps, mine included, have element locations and sizes hardcoded to improve their appearance and wouldn't work very well at all on a different screen resolution without some tweaking. Imagine having a shiney new Android device with a shiney new 640x480 screen and then finding out none of the apps in the Marketplace really work with it, ouch.