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Re: Daaaaamieennnnnnn

whatleydude — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:46:39 -0000

Just like being back in Billericay... ;)

Re: The Best Free Twitter Apps for Android

whatleydude — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:38:23 -0000

Would've loved to have seen http://dabr.co.uk on there - mobile web admittedly, but we've optimized it for Android.

(includes twitter lists too)

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

whatleydude — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:02:32 -0000

PS. If you want to know more - http://video.ebags.com/v/1865/one-minute-run-do...

(mine's in black)

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

whatleydude — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:50:56 -0000

The Northface Surge: Mine got me around the world with Lucozade and it rocks.

It has a dedicated padded laptop section and a gazillion pockets. I swear by it, as does Christian Payne - aka @documentally - who recommended it to me.

Re: Nokia & Dopplr, sitting in a tree…

whatleydude — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:47:12 -0000

It's interesting to note that Nokia have recently announced 'Ovi Journeys' which is being pitched as the next evolution of Sports Tracker/Nokia viNe.

Whether the Dopplr engine will play a role in this new app in the future remains to be seen but still, worth an update at least.

Re: Underwhelmed by Pre launch buzz

whatleydude — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:37:35 -0000

Dun dun dun, @adonisdemon in 'not clicking through' shocker...

Caption: "This is what sarcasm looks like kids..."

;))

Re: Palm Pre launch party [There ain't no party like an O2 party... Hey... Ho... etc]

whatleydude — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:18 -0000

Not sure what you mean?

Re: I’m Tired Of People Who Don’t Understand Netbooks

whatleydude — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:57:09 -0000

Nicely done.

Re: What it Takes to Be an Overnight Success

whatleydude — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:23:11 -0000

Good words.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:46:45 -0000

'the x-plore option' - do tell

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

whatleydude — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:53:20 -0000

The camera on the Satio beats everything else hands down.

By miles.

But.. Battery, sharing and just the damn size of the thing put me off.

Re: Head to head – N86 8MP Vs N82

whatleydude — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:03:11 -0000

I used to be (and still am to an extent) a huge fan of the N82. The Xenon flash made such a HUGE difference...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/230948...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/231268...

Close up mode FTW!

I'm not running v20 on my N86 just yet, but I here the close-up mode is improved immensely. Hopefully I'll be taking similar shots very, very soon!

Cheers,
J.

PS. Nice new blog man ;)

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:50:30 -0000

Serves me right for liking Vodafone so much? Eh?

I pay Vodafone a *shed* ton of cash every month to use their network, surely I - as the paying consumer - should be able to use whichever handset I choose.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:49:20 -0000

I must say Lee (and it's something I've expressed privately to Terence too), even though a solution is yet to present itself, I do appreciate the time and effort Vodafone are taking to engage with this issue.

I'm looking forward to VF360, much.

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:46:25 -0000

"As much as I love Mippin (they're a major technology provider behind http://vodafone.com/myweb )"

Um.. is that a Really Mobile exclusive?!

:D

(that's kind of awesome btw)

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:41:12 -0000

I appreciate the in-depth response, I do.

However I only have one answer to one of your questions. Which is:

"So, should we show links to the games, music, apps etc? Or should we remove them? Or should we show them, but on download present a warning that what you've bought may not work and there are no refunds if we don't support your phone?"

Yes. You should.

"We don't recognise your handset as a Vodafone Live! handset, we think the best service is X but cannot guarantee it will work 100%. If you'd like to talk to Vodafone about upgrading to a Vodafone Live! handset we do support, please call 08700 700 191 from your handset or click here to carry on."

Give the user the choice, offer to up-sell them AND include a call to action.

Surely this is a better option than just having the service bork everytime I need to check my trains?

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:36:13 -0000

You can rant about it here properly if you'd like, you have my email buddy...

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:35:35 -0000

EXACTLY!

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:32:43 -0000

Win. Saving that now.

Shame, doubt I'll be heading back to VF Live! anytime soon...

Re: Vodafone Live!, not available on the N86

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:32:23 -0000

Makes sense huh?

Re: The Nokia N97: The ultimate geek phone?

whatleydude — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:21:26 -0000

Thanks for the name check buddy, but I think I need to update you...
Although I *have* an N97, I don't necessarily use it anymore.

Those in the know, use an N86 ;)

http://thereallymobileproject.com/2009/09/love-...

Re: Why the Ovi Store is still total bollocks

whatleydude — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:30:23 -0000

Wow. Changed your tune.

http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2009/05/nok...

Re: How Microsoft Office 10 will be locked out of my toolbag

whatleydude — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:25:39 -0000

Horses for courses though surely?

The iPhone wins hands down for any kind of content consumption. Music, video, navigating the web... It's a perfect device. But when it comes to content *creation*, then - to my mind at least - it has to be a Nokia.

Android is kicking it (aside from a few reported battery issues) it's well thought out UI which has fantastically produced a true unified comms system for the 21st Century.. *if* you're Google-centric, of course.

;)

Re: How Microsoft Office 10 will be locked out of my toolbag

whatleydude — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:52:39 -0000

Uber mobile geek and all round nice chap, sporting a Nokia N86 right here. Robert, I totally understand your thoughts around Android - the HTC Magic (or MyTouch over there I believe), nearly swayed me from the Finnish but the N86 brought me back again...

I know you used to carry an N95 about your person, have you tried the N86?
Without being a complete and total link whore, here's my brief thoughts - http://trmp.tv/?p=1514

All of that aside, sod Microsoft. I use Nokia Messaging sync'd with my Google Apps account.

You're bang on there.

*tips hat

Re: All change in the UK: Orange announces iPhone 3G/3GS agreement

whatleydude — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:01:10 -0000

For the record, I have a Satio. It's right here.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/390358...

The camera on it is *amazing*, see here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatleydude/390406...

However, it is one chunky handset. The iPhone which, and anyone in this stream will tell you, I am no fan of, is much more comfortable to hold and easier to use. The Satio is running a poor man's version of Symbian 5th Edition and really could benefit from either an OS overhaul (something like Android would be awesome on this device) and/or some firmware improvements that a) fix the horrendous battery issues, (360hrs? Really? What, if you leave it plugged in you mean?) and b) Do something about the UI.

At least with an iPhone I can send a photo to flickr. Still trying to work that one out on the Satio.

Yours,

A fan of neither SE or the iPhone,

James