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Re: Video: President-Elect Barack Obama’s Speech in Chicago

kozjegyzo — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:38:55 -0000

I'm very happy Obama won! Finally after years and years the American people did something right. I'm not only happy for the US, but the whole world! Why? Because the person in power in the US effects us here in Europe more than most Americans think. It has grave relevance to our lives. Most Americans don't give a shit about the rest of the world, but it's not the same the other way around. We do care!
This was a historic election in many ways, and I really hope Obama can bring change not just to the US but to the whole world as well...

Re: SiMo, a Retrospective

kozjegyzo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:19:43 -0000

Sorry to see you go! Will miss this blog. I'll keep track of you guy on the mentioned other blogs. Thanks for all the hard work you've put into this one.

Peace,

Rob

Re: Skyemobile: New Mobile Marketplace Prepares to Make a Splash

kozjegyzo — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:17:07 -0000

Too bad the site is not up yet. At least a teaser would be nice on the index page...

Re: Psiloc Looking for Emoroom Beta Testers

kozjegyzo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:05:26 -0000

That's the thing, I don't want ANYONE to invade my personal space :)

Re: Psiloc Looking for Emoroom Beta Testers

kozjegyzo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:45:34 -0000

Wow this is the application that I would not ever want. A phone is like a sealed envelope that should only be opened by the person it's addressed to.
The idea of having my partner see all my private conversations is just too big brother-ish. Not that I have anything to hide, but still, I'd like to choose the time appropriate to tell my partner about the things that happened to me. A lot of things can be out of context by just seeing messages and phone calls.
The idea of having a private data bank between you and your partner (or family and friends) is great, but this as the way it is looks right now, it is like a control freaks dream come true. Even most sharing and loving couples have the right to personal privacy.
This is a BAD app, really bad! People are not gonna use it I think. Psiloc should concentrate on dev-ing better ideas IMHO.

Rob

Re: Nokia E71 - The Conclusion

kozjegyzo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:25:35 -0000

Gotta get me one of these :D
Thanks Abul for the reviews!

Re: Nokia N95 - Still Got It!

kozjegyzo — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:23:53 -0000

Yeah clouds are your friends when taking pics outside. Glaring sunlight just makes everything burnt out. Great that one can take decent pics with a phone nowdays...

Re: Nokia Plazes - Is it Going Anywhere?

kozjegyzo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:10:48 -0000

This is a sorry excuse for an app. I tried it too and wasn't very pleased with it. Even if it worked I would have no friends who would use it. Why use yet an other chat app just because it has location sharing? You can do that with Google maps already! Having it integrated in a chat app is great, but It should be an add-on to the already existing chat apps, and not a whole new one. Oh yeah and it should WORK!
Nokia should concentrate on getting their browser up to date not venture off and create stuff that is already there IMHO.

Re: Nokia E71 - The Letdown

kozjegyzo — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:24:45 -0000

Thanks Abul for the "Letdown".
I really don't think the camera is such a great issue. The aim here is businessmen, and of course they need to take a snap once in a while but that's prbably the least used function. More over if you look at it from a company side they would prefer not to have a camera all together. My collegue biught an E61 because it DID NOT have a camera, purely because we work in the media business and there are places we are not allowed in with a camera phone. This is becoming a very real issue when entering any companies more sensitive areas.
MFE well I that I cant really comment about that because I use SEVEN and although it's beta it still works sweet.
Since s60 is a great platform I think Nokia should concentrate on the hardware and the platform being as compatible as possible to 3rd party applications, the dev guys all over will take it from there. On this note Google and Android made the right step and will rule all :)
I also have an adaptor to my headphones and it works great. I really don't care that I have to use one, because the original Nokia headsets suck. They used to have a full functioning remote control on the that was great. Now since they use a jack (great step because it's compatible) there is limited remote capability. I'm sure more functions could be implemented if they cared to do it...

I really think that the E and N series dedication will fall away with having a touchscreen and everything that comes with that. NOKIA COME ON ALREADY WE NEED THAT TOUCHSCREEN AND MAKE IT BIG!!!
Since the E and N both run the same platform (more or less) the only bid differences are the screen and size camera. Everything else can be added via software, who cares if it's not there from the box, just add the best 3rd party one and you're off! :)

Re: S60 Browser Issues, Part 2

kozjegyzo — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:52:20 -0000

It's great Zach that you are addressing this issue! Nokia dev guys should read this blog. Hats off to s60 to take the leap, but it seems like the browser has been left to rot. This is a shame! Nokia should allocate resources to this rather than making a new chat application that nobody will use (because there are soooo many other better ones to choose from), or waste money on making a music store that is also already exists. All these side ventures are in the wrong direction.
Many greater minds than mine predicted that all IT will be done on the Internet not to far in the future. I have to agree fully. Just from personal experience - the company I work for uses Google for everything from company mail to online document editing cooperation, communication via chat, the list is never ending. Really from the applications on my laptop I use Firefox for most of what I need to do.
So keeping that in mind I would assume the browser on a mobile device would be number 1 priority in this day and age. I assume people at Nokia are not stupid and see this trend going towards everything being online. So why don't they do something about it???
Firefox is coming out in mobile for soon (the sooner the better) and that hopefully will solve some of the problems, I'm really waiting for it, becouse right now surfing the web on my E51 is such a put-off that I only do it when I really must.
Zach you mentioned Android... well all I have to say is line up with your plates because Android is gonna dish out some ass whoopin, that the mobile market has never seen before ;)

Re: Nokia E71 - The Lowdon

kozjegyzo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:30:41 -0000

Could Seven be the answer for this problem also?

Re: SEVEN Push Email FP2 Update Coming Within a Week

kozjegyzo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:47:14 -0000

Google scans and stores every single character sent through them. This issue is always there when you use an online e-mail service. I think you can never be safe. I bet that all big providers do the same everywhere. I don't think this is too legal, because there is a law about letter-mail secrecy that applies to electronic mail too. But who is gonna stop them from doing it?
As a matter of fact I know from an ex - Vodafone employee friend of mine that all traffic is recorded that goes through them. I mean all - phone conversations, sms, mms, data - everything. They record, keep ti for a while (few years) then delete it.
I'm sure if it came out to the open they would say "This is for national security" or some BS. But at the end of the day you can never hide from big brother or whoever.
If you send really sensitive data you should encrypt it. There are very good and nearly impossible to crack encryption applications out there. Of course "What man made, other men can crack" and I personally know a few who do it with ease...
No wonder the best hackers and crackers never ever go to jail, they get jobs at companies that they ripped off or with the police, doing cyber crime prevention.

Re: SEVEN Push Email FP2 Update Coming Within a Week

kozjegyzo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:28:41 -0000

That's very strange. Data is data, I smell bullshit at T-mobile :D

Re: SEVEN Push Email FP2 Update Coming Within a Week

kozjegyzo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:20:13 -0000

Try out Psiloc Connect. It will solve all your data connection problems. I use it with Seven and it works like a charm... (THX again Zach for the license!)

Re: AT&T 2H 2008 Roadmap Leaked; No N95 NAM, No E71

kozjegyzo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:04:44 -0000

Thank god here in the EU we have very strict guidelines concerning costumer protection. One of them is that any phone operator selling handsets not of their own brand has to offer the option of unlocking the phone. If you've bought the phone with a plan the unlock fee is high of course but if your contract has ended they unlock it for a few bucks. I think this is correct way to do it, since you might get fed up with your operator but you've payed for that handset, it's yours and you very well should be able to use it with any operator of your choice. Who are they to restrict you?
Also there is a law that operators have to allow you to carry your number (without any cost to you) if you decide to switch operators. The number is yours, you've bought it they are not allowed to restrict you.
Roaming prices are also restricted in the EU, so no matter where you are, your per minute, sms, and mms prices can never be higher then the price set by the EU.
And of course we abolished paying for incoming calls not long after mobile phones became reachable for everyone (back when you had to carry a briefcase size phone)
(Zach feel free to use my post to start a post on The Outsidr about how consumers should be handled)

Rob

Re: Face The Task: Support the WWF, Get Your Hands on the N96

kozjegyzo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:27:49 -0000

The videos are nice. I wonder if the Ninjas had N96 phones, would they be still around...? Or was this flyin lady a Samurai?
Anyway I entered the competition too... I hope there are many Nokia fiends who are willing to part with a bunch of €-s to get one of these handsets. The pandas would benefit :)

Re: Nokia Beta Labs Releases Nokia Chat

kozjegyzo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:36:59 -0000

I doubt that many people will use this, as there are so many other chat applications around. I hope Google will ad this to Google Maps soon and also to it's mobile client. I've seen applications do this kind of location sharing like GPSed, where you don't even need a phone to see your friend's location, just a browser. This is nothing new, a good step by Nokia, but not in the right direction. They should have integrated the already existing chat applications like Gtalk, MSN, ICQ and so on, rather then creating their own. I don't see location sharing to be enough of a lure to have lots of people use this app.

Re: 16GB iPhone 3G Giveaway!

kozjegyzo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:56:02 -0000

Yes please I want one!!! I have some pictures to hang up and my door is slamming shut when there is a draft, so I have 2 great uses for an iPhone... I'll try to think of other possible applications... :D

Re: SEVEN Push Email FP2 Update Coming Within a Week

kozjegyzo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:51:10 -0000

THX for the update! This means I don't have to switch my phone off and on once a week :)

Re: “Here’s Your iPhone; Is That an N95?”

kozjegyzo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:48:37 -0000

LOL great story! The clerk was right the N95 is better. All the iPhone has is hype and nice web browsing. If you want to use it for things that you would use a "smartphone" for it fails and fails and fails again. By this time you might have noticed that I'm not an "i" fan. Since the iPod came out and Apple hit it big, they have seemed to forget what Apple stood for: user friendliness. All they do now is hype and try to rack in more and more $, and try to sell already existing things like they invented them. They mislead costumers (half price iPhone). They practice unfair market behavior (iPhone only ATT). I'm surprised that lawsuits are not piling up already...

Re: SEVEN Push Email FP2 Update Coming Within a Week

kozjegyzo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:29:50 -0000

I use SEVEN after Zach recommended it. It's been great to me, and I've grown to love it. Very easy to set up and use. Sure it has a few bugs, but from a beta you have to take that with the package. It has a pretty good forum page too so you can get the lowdown if something acts up. Great that they brought it out for FP2 as well, but I hope that didn't take resources from dev-ing the FP1 version...

Re: Nokia E71 - The Lowdon

kozjegyzo — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:11:14 -0000

I was referring to the shiny and flashy but a disappointment part. Touchflo has a great way to go, it's nothing like the iPhone ui, I hope they will work on it.

Re: Nokia E71 - The Lowdon

kozjegyzo — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:44:34 -0000

Thanks Wouter for bringing these questions up, I totally forgot to ask them as I went into my bable about other stuff. I have an E51 too and these questions are very relevant.

Re: Nokia E71 - The Lowdon

kozjegyzo — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:40:25 -0000

I see so Diamond = iPhone ;)
Thanks for sharing that with us.
You guys should have a blog this professional for win-mo devices too :D

Re: Nokia E71 - The Lowdon

kozjegyzo — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:32:51 -0000

Thanks Abul! Great review! I'm glad you got over the hangover to write it :D
By the sound of it you where impressed by the device. What you write is what I was pondering about when I first saw the E71. It looks great but the screen and the keyboard size worries me. I have big hands and pushing small buttons is hard. I thought Nokia would stay with the screen size of the E61, because the phone is built with e-mail and the web in mind. Browsing with such a small screen can be strenuous. I'm glad that the processing power and the ram went up significantly, one needs them since there are so many apps now days that run constantly in the background, making our lives easier, but straining the device.
I still haven't made up my mind over getting one of these devices or switching over to a win-mo device with a nice big touchscreen... it's so tempting, but I'm not much of a win fan...
The HTC Diamond and the upcoming HTC Touch Pro are the candidates in my eyes. I wish that Nokia would finally bring out their touch interface. That would make even small screen browsing so much easier and the overall user experience better, I wouldn't even think about switching.

Sadly though that is far in the future, at least a year I presume, and I don't know if I can wait that long, and by then Android will be ready for commercial use. Hate to say, but Nokia has to come out with some great handsets to compete against HTC and a whole lot of other competitors that will run Android (which will level the playing field software-wise).

Sorry for going off topic... I'm waiting for the rest of the critical review especially the lacks of the E71, because the pros are plain to see :D

THX again Abul