Testing using Windows Live Writer
October 31, 2009
Trying out the software from Microsoft to allow me to have more control on how I want my blog post to look like.
Pictures of Black Nokia
February 24, 2009
I’ve captured a few shots of the recently announced colour for the Nokia E66, E71 and N79 comparing side by side with the grey of E66, grey of E71 and the white of N79.
BlackBerry Coming to Eseries
January 23, 2009
One of the main gripe among Eseries users in Malaysia is the lack of support for BlackBerry. It was a dumb idea from Nokia to drop the support for the most popular push email solution here. I’ve heard a fair bit of comments from those who wanted to upgrade to E71 or E66 only to be turn off by the lack of support for BlackBerry.
Now here is a piece of good news, hopefully it will materialize as according to this interview, RIM is readying support for their service on Nokia devices.
In the interview, Tom Furlong said “We are in the interim period of time when we have dropped support ourselves, and Blackberry is readying support for their service on Nokia devices,”
Source from e71blog.
Black Wednesday – E66 & N79
January 21, 2009
Black is the colour of the day for Nokia Malaysia has launched the Nokia E66 and Nokia N79 in Black. Both will be available at your local dealers for RRP RM1610 and RM1670 respectively.
The E66 Black may not have a huge colour change impact as many considered the Nokia E66 Grey Steel as black. While the N79’s sexy black exterior really does suits my taste for everything in black.
Buy N-Gage Games with Maxis
January 13, 2009
One of my complains about N-Gage is it’s payment procedure which only caters to user with credit card. What about those that doesn’t own one? I am sure N-Gage’s target market includes teenagers and college kids that I presume doesn’t have a credit card.
Why.. worry no more! As Maxis together with i-Serve now offers it’s subscribers the chance to buy N-Gage games and having it bill to your phone bill. That’s if you are a Maxis subscriber. If you don’t fancy Maxis charging your purchase to your bill, then you can head to any of the 140 i-Serve kiosks around Malaysia and get your by paying cash. Excellent!
N-Gage user just need to follow a simple on-screen instruction
I certainly hope that other operators will follow suit and also to expand this fantastic solution to not only in i-Serve kiosks but maybe to 7-Eleven? I am sure 7-Eleven has more stores than i-Serve.
Read more @ Mobile88
Nokia E71 – Nokia PC Internet Access
January 8, 2009
One of the think I like about Nokia phones is the option for you to select what type connection do want to use when you plug in the microUSB cable to your PC or laptop.
The earlier Nokia phones that runs on Symbian S60 1st and 2nd edition doesn’t give you that option and whatever you need to do have to go thru the sluggish Nokia PC Suite. When Nokia launched their S60 3rd edition smartphones, you can choose if you want to connect to the PC Suite to perform various function that is available in the Suite, or just basic Data Transfer (or Mass Storage on some models), your PC or laptop will recognise your phone as an external storage, much like how you use your USB thumb drive.
Nokia 6208c – First S40 Touch Screen Phone
January 7, 2009
With all the hype surrounding the Nokia 5800, billed as the first Nokia S60 touch enabled device. It’s easy not to notice that Nokia is going to launch the first S40 touch screen phone.
Unveiled in China on the last day of 2008, the 6208c is specifically catered to the chinese market as handwriting recognition is much more suited to the different strokes in chinese characters.
This is not the first time Nokia has launch a touch enabled device for the chinese market, remember the Nokia 6708? I am sure not many remember or even knew about the 6708 as in my opinion failed miserably especially in Malaysia. Three reasons I can think of:
- Using a proprietary charger, USB port and battery – a Nokia user would not be able to use back their charger and USB cable from other Nokia phones.
- UIQ operating system – A steep learning curve for those who are used to Nokia user interface found on all the other models and you can’t install software that you have on your Nokia S60 phones.
- Proprietary PC Suite – You have to install a totally different PC Suite just to sync your 6708.
The Nokia 6208c is based on S40 and it would be interesting to see how would the S40 be optimized for touch navigation. The 6208c specification isn’t that impressive at all. Triband 900/1800/1900, GPRS and EDGE, 2.4″ 16M colours display with resolution of 240 x 320, microSDHC, 3.2MP camera, FM Radio, Bluetooth 2.0, 3.5mm Audio Jack.
No news on whether will it be available in Malaysia. I will give you guys the heads up if there is any news about it.
Nokia 5800 XM and E63 Available in Malaysia
December 31, 2008
The much awaited Nokia first S60 touch screen smartphone is now officially available at your major phone retailers in Malaysia.
The Nokia 5800 XM will be yours for RM1,499.
At the same time, Nokia E63 will also be available for RM1,099. The E63 is the toned down version of the more powerful E71. I’ve prepared some images on the next page.
Anywhere Wi-Fi?
December 24, 2008
No no no, I am not talking about some service providing you with over a thousand hotspots for your to be connected to the Internet.
Imagine having your laptop, netbook or iTouch accessing the Internet without worrying about carrying messy USB cables, looking for hotspot, setting up Bluetooth or installing modem drivers and the convenient having this internet access wherever you go, just as long as your bring your Wi-Fi capable S60 phone. What’s the catch?
Nokia Handwritting Calculator
December 22, 2008
Wouldn’t it be cool to have your Nokia 5800 doing the math by recognising your handwritten formula? That is what the Nokia Handwritting Calculator really do.
The application will work on the latest Nokia touch enabled smartphone, the N800 and N810 and also on your Windows PC.
