Nokia Nseries: Not Selling? January 28, 2007

“Giga” Om Malik writes about Nokia’s Nroblems. Selling in the US is tough. How are they doing here in Nokia-loving Philippines?
I’ve been curious as to why US consumers don’t want to pay cash for phones, and prefer to get it through carriers instead. Or is it how the market works? There are people here who [...]

Mobile Phone History January 18, 2007

The mobile phones I have used through the years…

Motorola MicroTAC. Used this with Piltel’s Mobiline AMPS analog service.
Nokia 5110. The classic Nokia. Left it in a FX taxi and lost it along with my first prepaid Globe number.
Panasonic GD45. This one looked like a toy.
Panasonic GD90. This looked like the essential “J-Phone” of the time. [...]

Down to Series 40 on the 6233 January 15, 2007

My affair with smartphones is taking a break. I gave up the N70 – why? I’ll share the reason later.
I’m now on the 6233. I followed Abe and Migs. While I could live without the S60 “smart” features,  I miss task switching. Java ME (J2ME) is enough for apps. I don’t think I need flash [...]

So it’s iPhone. January 9, 2007

Will Steve Jobs’ latest hit solve both my Mac envy and future phone requirements? Mac OS Mobile – Mac OS for the “masses?”
So there’s iPhone, the N95, the RAZR-looking N76… new phones never stop coming, maybe I should get cheap ones instead.

My Nokia N95 December 26, 2006

I don’t have an N95 yet. Nobody has, at this time. Do I want one for my birthday? If I can afford the $700 (or more) at that time. (What will N95 pricing in the Philippines be?)
I hope the camera is better than the N80’s. The GPS would be useful for building a Manila map, [...]

S60 3rd Edition Envy December 17, 2006

S60 3rd Edition Envy. Or, N73 envy. While the pink N70 is doing great, web browsing isn’t too great. No, it’s not the small screen. Opera Mobile is fine.
The problem is that Opera Mobile gags on pages that claim to be XHTML but are not. There are lots of those.
I don’t really need mobile browsing… [...]

My Pink N70: Still Good December 3, 2006

I have a pink Nokia N70.

Yes, it’s pink. My significant other got it from her brother, then she replaced the casing. I got her the N70 Music Edition.
I’m not changing the case yet. It’s a conversation piece. I’ll wait for it to wear out. Only one bad stare so far on the LRT2.
At first I [...]

N70 Music Edition – Broken Camera November 29, 2006

The N70 Music Edition developed a problem. The camera exits a few seconds after launching it, whether the front or back cameras are used. I brought it to the Nokia Store in Glorietta 3, run by Memo Express. They said it was a physical problem, which I thought it was odd. I decided to come [...]

N70 Yahoo! Go and Flickr Integration November 24, 2006

Yahoo! Go is an app made by FastMobile. They outsourced the development, unlike Google’s in-house GMail Java ME app. I tried it on my N70.
Yahoo! Messenger would be the most useful, but I had trouble logging in until earlier today. It looks pretty much like the familiar desktop Y!M. The response on Smart’s 3G network [...]

Nokia N70 Music Edition and Phone Choices November 19, 2006

The Nokia N70 Music Edition is just a slightly modified N70. All black housing, bundled 1 GB RS MMC card, a “music” key instead of the “multimedia key,” and extra themes loaded in the card. My guess is that: the N70 and Series 60 2nd Edition are still a viable platform, so Nokia can churn [...]