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Archive for March, 2009

What the Not-So-Distant Future Will Look Like

I am totally awestruck by this video from TED in Long Beach Feb. ’09.  This is what I’ve been wanting to see for years.  Thanks to my buddy Hillel Fuld for turning me onto this.  For a long time now I have been wanting to see someone do so much more with a mobile phone.  [...]

Fring is available for S60V5, found on Clinton Jeffs blog

I can’t believe I never came across Clinton Jeffs blog until tonight.  Anyways, I just read on it that Fring (an IM/VOIP client) is now available for S60 V5, meaning the Nokia 5800 and soon the N97.  I download Fring via m.fring.com.  You can also watch a quick interview I did with Boaz Zilberman Frings [...]

NeuStar adds presence into your handsets contact list

My good friend Cian over at GoMo News wrote about NeuStar during Mobile World Congress and I’m just reading about it now.  I’m really excited because of what they are doing.  NeuStar is incorporating presence into the Telecom Italia (TIM) service.  In your handsets phone book they will show you how your contact wants to [...]

Quick thoughts on the Nokia N85 after 2 months

Okay, so I’ve had the Nokia N85 NAM for about 2 months now and I have thoroughly enjoyed using it for the most part.  The UI speed is amazing.  It connects to the 3G/EDGE and wifi super quick.  I’m using it on AT&T.  The browser is fast.  The build quality is absolutely amazing (though I’m [...]

Pictures I took during MWC ’09 were used on an Israeli news channel, Nana10

I’m really excited that 8 pictures I took during Mobile World Congress ’09 (MWC09) were used on an Israeli news channel called Nana10.  Here is the direct link to the pics.  You can see my name right below them. By the way, the pics were all taken with a Nokia N85.  It has a 5mp [...]

Why does everybody have a QWERTY keyboard phone now?

Suddenly it seems like everywhere I turn everyone has a phone with a QWERTY keyboard.  I am curious why that is.  Is it the new statuesque?  Does this mean everyone is writing emails on their phone?  Or are people just texting with their QWERTY handsets? I have asked a few people and one or two [...]

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