While I don’t claim to have a perfect set up, it seems to be flexible and I have very few problems. So in other words, it works for me! And as a “one man” business it is very easy to integrate new technology very quickly if needed. Anything to make life easier has to be good!

Computers

I have two. A desktop and a laptop. The desktop is where I do most of my “business work”. It is not connected to the internet. It is at least 6 years old and works flawlessly.

My laptop is connected to the web. The only work on it is my tax return program – because I have to file returns online. I do not play games on it and rarely download programs

Why two computers? Well, if a virus comes along and knocks me out, I can still work. Also, how can you hack into my work machine if it’s not connected to the internet………Yes, I take security very seriously.

Telephones

I do not have a landline. Bet that surprised you! Instead, I use Skype. No line rental and very cheap call rates. Skype is loaded on my laptop and I also have a separate Skype phone. Call quality is excellent and I rarely have a dropped call. Oh, and can video conference as well via webcam. Highly recommended.

I also have a mobile. Well two actually. Ones for business calls. The other is a Smartphone for private calls. I can do the following on the Smartphone:

• write this article as it has word, excel and PowerPoint loaded along with Acrobat Reader (PDF)
• download email and surf the net using “3.5G” – if available in the area. £7.50 p.m. For 500mb download limit. Doubt I download 500mb in a year! Cheap at the price though 
• I can also surf via my home Wi-Fi network
• sync contacts and diary with Outlook when connected to my laptop
• if I need to use my laptop when out and no Wi-Fi connection is available, I simply plug my phone in and use it as a modem. Somewhat slow, but it works
• and I have a nifty free program called Fring loaded. This gives me Instant Messaging, Facebook, Twitter and Skype all in one program.
• Oh, and it has a 6gb memory card with music etc. And my entire client files as well. And yes, it password protected and can only be accessed on my phone. No one else’s. How clever is that!!

So it’s a “proper” business phone. Not an iPhone toy (ouch).

Fax

Unbelievably, I do have a fax number as the odd person still likes to do things the olde fashioned way. What they don’t know is that I don’t have a fax machine. Instead I pay an annual subscription to Faxtastic for the number. When a fax is sent it arrives as a TIFF file via email. So I can access it wherever I am. Neat. And way cheaper and more reliable than a regular fax machine.

Software

The best bit of software I have is a PDF conversion program. I can convert word, excel and tax returns into PDF files and then email them straightaway. No postage and  instantaneous receipt. Well worth the investment.

The random happenings in my life during October 2009.  The names of the guilty have been changed. But they should know who they are. I might even be subject to some retribution…….

Burger Boy is progressing well with his driving lessons. Unless he’s a lying wotsit, he’s only bumped the curb a couple times so far.

I had my annual encounter with Big Pete. Gas bolier serviced and tap fixed. He’s my “Mr Fixit” and I don’t know what I would do without him. We always have a good bit of banter as well. His latest plan is to sell up in the UK, max out on credit cards – buying Gold – and then emigrate to Spain without telling anyone. If you never come back will anyone chase the card debts? Anyone know the answer to that one?

Internals of my gas bolier

Before you ask, I have no idea how old it actually is. Best guess is about 40 ish. It’s indesuctable and oh so cheap to run.

An obscure Skype tale for you this month. If you have a smartphone, you can plug it into your laptop and use the phone as a modem. Nothing new there. If you have a satellite phone, you can do the same thing. Somewhat costly though! Apparently this is how rebel groups in remote areas of the world keep in contact. This from a UN peace negotiator who has just got back from Darfur.

We have all heard the phrase “it’s a small world”. Here is yet another example: One of my oft quoted tales is that my Dad was on the 2nd to last boat off Dunkirk. This month I met the son of the last man off the beach – he was beachmaster. So our two Dads probably met. Amazing.

This might be just a UK thing, but did you know “margarine” does not exist? Go on, look at the tub in your fridge. You cannot find the word now can you? That’s because it’s a “spread”. Oh, and the natural colour is white. The yellowish dye is there to make it look like butter. And as you may know, it’s entirely a man made product. Change just one molecule, and it falls under the heading of …….plastic. Go on, do an experiment. Put a dollop in a dish and leave it at room temperature for a week. It will look exactly the same. No mould. No fungus. Fly’s will not go near it. And how much of it do you eat?

I have not watched the news this month as bored silly with the stupid stories they have run for several months now. Did I miss anything? And to further expand, I’m getting increasingly agitated with BBC TV. We all know they cannot advertise. But an increasing amount of airtime is spent on never ending self-promotion. They are preoccupied with the word “trailer”. I’m sure most programmes are now 3 – 4 minutes shorter than they were 20 years ago. So I’m voting with my feet and switching off or changing channel..

Whilst my TV viewing is mainly news and sport, I have watched repeats of the rather ancient Yes, Prime Minister. They must be 30 odd years old by now. And totally relevant to what is going on today. I’ve howled with laughter many times. Only goes to prove the quality of writing stands the passing of time.

Another month with not a lot of cycling done. I still feel fit though and my main season of riding is now here, so no more excuses!  Here is a photo if your interested:

Mountain Bike

General Randomness

I managed to sneak a day out at Exmouth on a rather lovely day. Treated to great cooked breakfast and a boat trip. Hope you like the picture of the Marina:

Exmouth Marina

Apart from all the jokes, the two articles I have pblished this month (shameless promotion!) are:

UK’s Financial Crisis http://smarty09.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/uks-financial-crisis/

MP’s Expenses http://smarty09.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/mps-expenses/

If you would like me to blog on a specific topic, you only have to ask!

Sports News

I’ll start with probably the last bit of cricket news for a while. Australia won the ICC  Champions Trophy, easily beating their neighbours NZ. It was one of those games won by bowlers.

OK, I fibbed. Right at the end of the month Gloucester cricket club announced a personnel change. The long standing 30 year old wicket keeper is replaced by a 36 year old – on a 3 year contract. “It’s for the club’s long term future” states the press release. Um, what’s the word? Bollock’s. Yes, that’s it…..

The British Superbike season concluded at Oulton Park. It was a great weekend, the highlight for me being the Saturday when the classic bikes went round. Most of them did it for fun, but 3 riders really raced. Fabulous. And the noise and the smell – nothing like it. Think I had a stupid grin on my face for the whole weekend. As usual, I walked miles, got some great photos and needed a day of rest after to recuperate. I hope the team I followed – STP – can raise the funds for next season. They are a good bunch.

Hope you like the picture of STP’s bike:

STP's 2009 Superbike

As usual I went to several Bristol City games with friends. Performances remain patchy.  The gang I go with managed to get two “shout out’s” on Geoff Twentymans radio show after the Plymouth games. Lots of cheers and chanting followed and it’s a good job we didn’t crash!

Ashton Gate night game

As for Mangotsfield, well what a run in the FA  Cup. A magnificent performance saw them beat Truro City after extra time and penalties. Probably the best game ever seen at Cossham Street. Then they played Forest Green Rovers but it was not as good a game. Mangotsfield lost 2 – 1 although the balance of play was about even. This game saw the biggest attendance for a many a year – just over 900. I reckon the club made about £20k in prize, gate and bar take from the 5 FA  Cup games they played. Much needed finance for a small club.

MUFC warm down stetches

The best sporting moment of the year has not changed. The Australian cricket captain, Ricky Ponting. He was fielding close in in a test match against England. Batsman thumped the ball straight into his lower jaw. Ricky just stands there. Glares at the batsman whilst spitting blood. No pain displayed. Got on with game. Compare that to a professional footballer………

As for the funniest sporting moment. Well Valentino Rossi winning the MotoGP at Misano (San Marino). In the previous race, he crashed out doing a silly manoeuvre. He wore an enormous set of donkey ears on the podium with a cheeky grin. Self deprecating humour at its very best. You are sir, a GOAT (Greatest of all Time), with apologies to your hero Agostini.

For those of you technologically minded, most of this blog was written on my mobile phone. All the pictures are from the phone’s camera as well. It’s a Nokia E90. Love it to bits!

And finally my usual final question for you. Basic simple common sense seems to have disappeared. So, whose stolen it? Surely someone knows!

This bug or “feature” seems to affect at least the N97 and the E90. When the phone creates a file it uses GMT+0 as the creation date/time. Whenever the phone accesses the file the OS reports the creation date/time according to the timezone. The problem arises when you read the file using data transfer mode or if you use a memory card reader. You get the GMT+0 date/time.
OK a simple example. I took a snapshot. The name of the file was E:\Images\200909\200909A0\20092009003.jpg. The first picture shows the details screen on the E90 and the second picture the details of the file when the memory card was removed from the phone and inserted into a card reader. Notice the two hour time difference: I’m in a GMT+2 region.

File details on E90

File details on PC

TIM ha inserito nel proprio listino promozionale il ”vecchio” Communicator di Nokia, l’E90…

Un prezzo molto interessante per chi lo stava cercando usato da €669 a 399

clicca qui per maggiori informazioni

Fonte: TIM – PMFriends

For great looking video on the Nokia E90, use the following:

Select iPod Video (Fast)

click on Modify

change the screen resolution to

800×352

The resulting files will play fine and look great on the Nokia E90

Spesifikasi lengkap telepon selular (handphone) Nokia E90

Am avut in teste doua terminale HTC cu Android: Magic si Hero, dupa o foarte lunga istorie de Nokia Symbian. In acest moment ma uit la un Nokia N97 si la un HTC Hero, ambele varfuri de lance pentru producatorii lor.

Iata care sunt argumentele mele IMPOTRIVA SYMBIAN TOUCH / NOKIA N97:

1. Editarea de text la Symbian touch se face in mod rupestru: fereastra de editare text prin taste virtuale inlocuieste cu totul interfata aplicatiei (fie mail, messenger, browser). La Android editarea se face pe jumatatea inferioara a ecranului, lasand vizibila aplicatia, lucru foarte util in cazul unei discutii in timp real pe messenger, de ex.

2. Interfata touch a Symbian e total ne-optimizata pentru… touch in ansamblul ei. Scroll pe bara laterala, meniuri arbore, optiuni text in loc de butoane ergonomice, soft keys care ocupa permanent 1/4 din ecran – nu sunt deloc in spiritul ideii de ecran tactil. Daca pentru o tastatura fizica astfel de lucruri nu conteaza, pentru un ecran tactil sunt absolut aberante.

3. 75% din aplicatiile terte pentru Symbian sunt oferite fie implicit, in HTC Android, fie gratuite prin Android Market: de ex, clientul de MS Exchange care deja pe Magic e excelent, pe N97 este ori imposibil de folosit in mod constant, ori 49 euro (RoadSync).

4. Gestiunea RAM-ului si a partitiei Sistem la N97 e precara. Cu toate incercarile disperate atat ale mele cat si ale Nokia de a optimiza putinul spatiu disponibil in partitia sistem, acum mai am liberi 6MB din C://, lucru care nu imi permite sa fac update la QuickOffice 6.2 pentru ca nu are unde sa isi scrie cache-ul.
Stiu ca probleme de RAM apar si la G1, cu Android pre Cupcake, insa la 64 MB RAM cat au pus in el, era normal. Magic are acum 288 MB RAM, iar dupa boot sunt disponibili peste 150 MB. La N97, dupa boot, sunt disponibili 50 MB…

5. Aspecul fizic si materialele din N97 sunt mult inferioare HTC, dar de acest lucru nu esti constient decat dupa ce pui mana pe un HTC. E drept ca ergonomia (fizic, senzorial) a N97 e superioara HTC dar la Nokia aproape nimic nu e cizelat sau de calitate, chiar in comparatie cu HTC Magic. HTC Hero, pe de alta parte, depaseste IPhone-ul, care e deja un stas de calitate a materialelor.

6. Arhitectura functionala a OS-ului: la Nokia nu exista ideea de “integrare”. Practic, senzatia de dupa utilizare este ca fiecare aplicatie sistem, meniu, interfata a sistemului sunt facute fiecare de altcineva, cu scopuri si scule diferite.
Pe de alta parte, Nokia inca nu stie sa gestioneze o arhitectura client-server: trei sferturi din aplicatii lucreaza offline, iar doar 20% din ele stiu sincronizare cu vreun server care de cele mai multe ori nu e al Nokia si nici proximizat de Nokia / Symbian (veti spune ca widget-urile din N97 sunt un inceput? Uitati-va intr-un Android ca sa vedeti widget-uri adevarate. Iar Android are… 8-9 luni de cand e pe piata!).
Nokia practic nu stie sync, iar singura parte buna aici e ca bateria tine ceva mai mult decat la terminale care lucreaza dupa client / server, pentru ca modemul Nokia e mai tot timpul adormit, iar modemul Magic-ului tot timpul in sarcina.
Acest punct, legat de arhitectura sistemului, are o mare presupozitie in spate: un smartphone fara conexiune la internet nu mai e smartphone.

7. Nokia se dovedeste incapabila de reglaj prin feed back. Nu asculta nici utilizatorii, nici dezvoltatorii, sau o face intr-o masura atat de mica incat e neglijabil. Nokia nu produce rulmenti pentru masini-unelte, pe care nu-i vezi niciodata, chiar daca ii folosesti indirect permanent, iar asta Nokia nu stie; produce niste unelte care ajung direct in mainile si sub ochii utilizatorului final, sau a dezvoltatorului de soft. Acestia sunt absolut si irevocabil singurii care stiu ce ar trebui sa faca sau sa nu faca un smartphone, ce nu merge si ce merge bine in el.
Nokia a folosit grupuri pentru ergonomia N97 si a facut foarte bine. Dar N97 nu e doar o consola, cu o buna ergonomie fizica, ar trebui sa mai aiba si o ergonomie software. Degeaba tii bine un device in maini daca trebuie sa il pui pe masa ca sa mearga!
Pe de alta parte, in ce priveste feed back-ul, am scris catre Nokia cel putin 5 sesizari legate de disfunctionalitati remediabile (printre ele pierderea credentialelor in N-Gage, dictionarul implicit de romana care e facut parca de turci etc.); din 2007 si pana azi nu am primit decat raspunsuri automate: “veti primi un raspuns in maxim 15 zile”. Sistemul online de sesizari e o mizerie totala.
La HTC am sesizat ieri lipsa dictionarului roman din sistem si au raspuns in 2 ore, cu sugestia directa de a returna terminalul HTC Magic daca lipsa limbii romane este o piedica majora. La Nokia Romania nu s-a inventat conceptul de retur, desi toata lumea returneaza telefoane Nokia care nu plac, in tarile unde respectul fata de consumator exista.

Partile bune ale Nokia sunt si raman: telefonie excelenta, ergonomia senzoriala buna, integrarea localizarii: harti pentru Romania, limba romana la introducere de text, taste fizice excelente. Mai toate aceste calitati sunt rezultatul direct al experientei, vechimii si extinderii Nokia in toata Europa ca lider de piata in telefonia mobila, dar ma astept ca HTC, Motorola, Samsung, SE si toti cei care au anuntat terminale cu Android sa poata atinge in cel mult un an aceleasi standarde la care Nokia a ajuns in 10.

Nu pot decat sa sper ca Nokia nu va ramane cu mainile in san, desi ritmul de schimbare din interior spre exterior e dezamagitor.

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Daca aveti un Nokia seria E, atunci ati avut nevoie fie de ceva solid, fie de o unealta de tip “mobile office”.
Pentru cei care stiu ca au in mana mai mult decat un telefon robust, o veste buna: Office-ul built-in al Nokia seria E are un upgrade gratuit la ultima versiune de Quickoffice 6.03.

Cum ajungeti sa faceti update-ul:
In dir Office, mergeti la Quickoffice:

In aplicatie, selectati Updates & Upgrades sau Quick Manager:

Va cere update de catalog si conexiune la internet. Dupa download-ul catalogului, veti vedea urmatoarele categorii:

Intrati in prima categorie, Updates & Upgrades / New versions & features. Selectati prima optiune: QuickOffice 6 / Free for Nokia ESeries:

Noutatile acestei versiuni:
– fisiere parolate
– suport pentru arhive ZIP
– word count / numarare cuvinte din document
– viewer de chart-uri Excel
– deschide si editeaza fisiere office word, excel si power point, pentru versiuni Office 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007

Imbunatatiri:
– dinamica mult imbunatatita
– browser de fisiere inclus
– arhivator inclus
– sort in director dupa nume, marime, tip fisier si data
– view page layout – vederea paginilor in ansamblu
– 9 tipuri de fonturi, cele mai utilizate

– optiuni pentru paragraf: spatiere, indentatie

– functie de Find & Replace dezvoltata:

Pentru mai multa incredere in ortografie, e recomadabil sa descarcati gratuit dictionare editabile pentru mai multe limbi:

Iar daca documentele voastre sunt acasa sau la serviciu, si nu pe mobil, le puteti accesa sau le puteti face back-up automat instaland QuickAccess :

Aplicatia este platita (60 RON/an), insa merita absolut fiecare banut.

Ce face QuickAccess:
1. Back-up automat pentru fisierele sau directoarele din calculatorul de la serviciu sau de acasa si sincronizare intre original si back-up-uri
2. Acces la distanta direct de pe mobil , unde mobilul are drepturi de admin, iar clientii instalati pe PC-urile de acasa sau de la serviciu – drepturi de client (aplicatia desktop se poate instala fara drepturi de admin pe PC-ul de serviciu, singura conditie fiind iesirea la net, chiar si printr-un proxy / firewall corporatist)
3. Share direct din aplicatia admin de pe mobil : adica orice fisier, de pe oricare din calculatoarele voastre va putea fi atat editat si back-up-at, cat si sharuit cu orice adresa de mail sau numar de telefon. Aplicatia Admin din mobil va trimite o invitatie catre adresa de mail a prietenului carui vreti sa ii trimiteti, sa zicem, un director de 500 MB cu Hexagon 2, iar acesta va primi pe mail un link spre un ftp securizat unde se afla deja back-up-ul directorului vostru.
3. 10 GB de stocare pe server securizat in 128 biti

Mai jos aveti un print screen din QuickAccess, iar ce vedeti este un meniu contextual profesionist pentru un fisier al carui original se afla pe calculatorul de acasa, iar back-up-ul pe serverul Quick pe care browsez eu:

In concluzie:
QuickOffice e o unealta profesionista; dezvoltatorii ei mai au, evident, de tras pana reusesc sa acopere majoritatea cerintelor de tip Office, insa pasii pe care i-au facut in ultimul an sunt foarte mari, iar aplicatia satisface mai mult de 80% din necesitatile de natura Mobile Office (daca excludem Access-ul care are nevoie de putere de calcul mult mai mare decat pune Nokia suflet)
QuickAccess este cea mai desteapta si mai utila aplicatie de tip sync / back-up / share / FTP Office cu care lucrez de mai bine de o jumatate de an.

Daca ati citit acest articol pana in acest punct, aveti un Nokia seria E si va hotarati sa platiti QuickAccess pe un an, am putea face istorie in rapoartele de vanzari ale QuickOffice-ului: in Romania s-ar dubla cifra de afaceri peste noapte!

Pe bune, din curiozitate: Cine mai are QuickAccess, tinand cont ca e o aplicatie securizata pe arhitectura client / server, asa ca nu exista crack? Lasati comment

Posted by Wordmobi

Primele impresii:
- ergonomie excelenta:
1. cu tastatura desfacuta se pot folosi atat tastele cat si ecranul touch
2. pozitia telefonului desfacut este exact aceeasi ca a unui controller Play Station (aratatoarele prind bine conturul rotunjit al colturilor)
- ecran:
1. impresionant ca dimensiuni
2. unghiul fata de baza / tastatura pozitioneaza foarte bine ecranul spre utilizator
- tastatura:
1. tasta T si ENTER sunt mai greu de atins, dar te poti invata
-2. distanta dintre butoane e perfecta, e greu sa apesi doua taste deodata

(Thanks to CTGK for building & NokiaMobileBlog for the idea)

(in poza: re-scrierea caracterelor pe tastatura, imprimanta a dat mici rateuri)

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My-Symbian has posted some excellent comparison shots of the N97 with the E90, E75, 5800 and Samsung i8910 (Omnia HD).

A few interesting selections below:

1 – E90 and N97

E90 is huge, but that’s because of that big screen and that spectacular keyboard. Not the best looking phone though. You’d think the reason Nokia stuck the numbers row with the first letters row was because they didn’t have enough rows. 1 more row could have done it, right?

2. N97 and E75

…The E75 has four rows of keys, BUT still doesn’t have a dedicated numbers row. I guess you could close the keyboard and quickly right on the keypad – but it just seems very frustrating that Nokia puts a keyboard, yet compromises severely on the layout.

3. 5800 vs N97

3.2″ screen vs 3.5″ screen.

4. N97 and i8910

3.5″ screen vs 3.7″ screen.

5. Phone Pile!

N97 on top

Via My-Symbian

Disponibil prin PC Suite (e necesar mai intai update al updater-ului), FW ptr E90 a ajuns la versiunea 400. Atentie, faceti backup inainte de update, E90 nu suporta User Data Preservation, deci tot continutul telefonului va fi sters.

Change log-ul nu e momentan disponibil, iar la prima vedere nu e inca nimic notabil: Maps pare sa fie tot 2.0 (desi se spune ca ar trebui sa fie 3.0), iar Ovi Store standalone app nu vine cu update-ul:

(multumiri All About Symbian)

Here’s our monthly roundup of what we’ve been writing about and what you’ve been reading. The top ten most popular posts of April were:

At number 10 – News from MWC ‘09: The Samsung OmniaHD – In which we get ourselves all excited over Samsung’s amazing looking Omnia HD. Time will tell if it can live up to the hype but it’s looking good so far.

At number 9 – Why we hate the Toyota Prius – In which we vent some pent up frustration at the ignorance and smugness of most Prius drivers. Oh…and there’s a funny YouTube clip in there too but we’re sure that has nothing to do with the post’s popularity.

At number 8 – Nokia’s tempting little brick: The E90 – An old post that we assume has garned new interest with the release of the E75 that Nokia claims is a new ‘baby Communicator’. Well, to true Communicator fans, the E90 still reigns and here’s our take on it.

At number 7 – Repeat after us: Byron is Best for Burgers, Byron is Best for Burgers, Byron is Best… – Last month’s number 1, in which the astonishing pulling power of the humble burger is demonstrated both by a popular post and a phenomenally satisfying restaurant experience. Truly one of the best burgers in London (we haven’t yet tried a Hawksmoor burger.)

At number 6 - News from MWC ‘09: The Nokia E71 evolves into two very sleek, but very different, E-series devices –  Last month’s second most popular post, in which we comment on the unveiling at Mobile World Congress of two new smartphones from Nokia: the diminuative E55 and the ‘baby communicator’ E75.

At number 5 - A cosmopolitan night at the perfectly British Hereford Road – In which The Guide persuades two doubting Sicilians that there is such a thing as good British food after all.

At number 4 - Rolex Sea-Dweller: The most over-engineered timepiece in the world – In which we rave about one of our all-time favourite watches. This little chap is over-engineered to the point of insanity, supremely confident in its almost unparalleled abilities, and has some subtle styling cues to distinguish it from the ’sea’ of Submariners out there. The Sea-Dweller is a Prodigal watch.

At number 3 – Make way iPhone 3G, here’s the Nokia E71 – One of our older posts, in which we explain why, on release, we thought the Nokia E71 narrowly beat the iPhone for title of best smartphone in the world.

At number 2 – Pure watch pornography: Jake’s Rolex Watch Blog – In which amateur bloggers likes us discover the ability of one little word in your title to keep those hits coming. A well deserved plug for Jake’s Rolex Watch Blog, a great source of Rolex watch information and photography.

And the most read post in May…

At number 1 – Nokia E75: A tangible step up from the E71 but its marred by quality problems – Attracting four times more readers than the number two post, our review of Nokia’s latest smartphone proved very popular last month. We’re impressed with it but it’s not perfect and ours left the factory with some quality problems.

KONFIGURASI Manual Broadband 3,5 G IM2:
- Masuk ke menu utama pada ponsel Nokia E90 anda
- Tekan `Menu` dan masuk ke `Tools`
- Pilih `Settings` dan masuk ke `Connection`
- Masuk menu `Access points` dan pilih `Options`
- Masuk menu `New access point` dan pilih `Use default settings`
- Ikuti Parameter berikut ini:
- Connection name: Broadband Im2
- Data bearer: Packet data
- Access point name: indosatm2
- User name: (indosatm2) sesuai dengan registrasinya
- Prompt password: yes
- Password: (prabayar) sesuai dengan registrasinya
- Authentication: Normal
- Homepage: -
- Tekan `Back` hingga menu utama dan konfigurasi Broadband 3,5 G IM2 telah selesai

Sumber: Tabloid Ponsel

A long time without posting on wordpress because of some crazy project. They are still crazy (

Just forget them, this accessory comes from Nokia could make you happy because of  its dimensio, designn and quality. It is new Bluetooth headset called the BH-804.

Well, aside from two user-friendly buttons that manages basic call functions, Nokia is also packing in a neck strap if you want to wear the thing around your neck and not on your ear and a desktop charger.

The BH-804 also provides 4 hours operating time and standby time of 150 hours after continuous charging for one hour.

ALON Contact Guide for S60 is an advanced contact manager which provides the fastest way to search the required contact in your contacts database and get in touch with that person.

The application offers full set of actions with contacts: dialing, sending SMS, MMS or e-mail, opening web-browser, quick contacts search, adding and editing contacts, categories support, customization of contacts list and many others.

Call manager allows to manage incoming phone calls and assign different actions such as “Send busy”, “Mute”, “Reply by SMS”, “Answer immediately”, “Autoresponder”, “None” to call groups and to contacts.
Please, note that if you have ALON Contact Guide for S60 3rd Edition installed at your phone you need to uninstall it before installation of ALON Contact Guide PRO for S60 3rd Edition.

NEW!

• Improved backup/restore
• Auto archive of recorded phone calls
• “Sort by company” option

Overview:

• All types of operations with contacts: Call, SMS, MMS, send e-mail,opening web browser
• Quick search of the required contact
• Language independent search
• Advanced Global search of the contact by any symbols from the personal information
• Tabs in the detailed contact list
• Support full-screen photos
• Support thumbnails
• Opportunity to select personal info to be shown
• Personal info is shown entirely
• Setting preffered number
• Backup/restore the contacts
• Get contacts database info
• Compress the base of contacts
• The opportunity of reading and editing notes
• Send the category of contacts or single contact
• Create a new contact in certain category
• Sort contacts
• Zoom
• Show/hide company name
• Customize colors
• Page/line scrolling

Additional Features
The detailed contact list supports tabs with: main personal info, notes, full-screen photos. All personal info is shown entirely on the screen.

ALON gives opportunity to:

• backup/restore your contacts
• compress the base of contacts
• completely delete the base of contacts
• find out the size of your contact base in the menu item “Contacts info”

Contact Guide gives opportunity to send group of contacts/one contact via multimedia, Bluetooth or infrared.

Tuning personal settings:

• Change the colors off odd/even/selected lines
• Sort contacts: last name, first name; first name, last name
• Zoom
• Show/hide company name
• Show/hide grid

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The Nokia E90 Communicator is Nokia’s flagship smartphone, and with its unique blend of mobile office applications and multimedia wizardry, it perfectly mixes both business and pleasure. The Nokia E90 Communicator is the latest addition to the set of contemporary high-performance devices for executives. The E90, the latest Nokia communicator, is the first such device to run with the same S60 user interface that Nokia uses on the rest of its smartphones, now that the Series 80 and Series 90 user interfaces have been laid to rest. The exterior of the E90 looks much like the prior 9000 series communicator devices from Nokia. As with all Nokia Communicators, the E90 has two faces: open it looks like a miniature notebook computer, and closed it’s a large candy bar phone. The Nokia E90 is different. It’s not a small phone by any means, measuring 132 x 57 x 20mm and weighing in at 210g. But it looks more like a phone than previous Communicators, and its size is such that you can make a voice call without looking like a berk!. The keyboard is actually a joy to use, particularly when texting or writing emails. I’ve even written blog posts with it, although I wouldn’t want to use it for long periods of time. The only niggle is the annoying navigation pad in the top right corner. This device has an excellent camera (3.2 M pixels) with zoom and flash, the best part is its auto-focus ability which will ensure that photos will not be out of focus.

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We love our Nokia E71. In fact, we think it’s the best smartphone you can buy at the moment. So, when Nokia reps took to the Mobile World Congress stage today and announced two new variations on the E71 formula, they caught our attention.

Both ‘phones come with all the latest S60 goodness you’d expect from top of the range E-series devices: GPS, latest Nokia Messenging with HTML email, Music, 3.2 megapixel cameras and so on. They also have the latest version of the operating system with the cute screen transitions if that matters. So, let’s get down to specifics.

The first new device is the E55. This is a scaled down version of the E71. Nokia have sacrifced the full QWERTY and replaced it with a two letter per button layout for the keyboard combined with some clever predictive text softare, enabling them to shrink the device to an even smaller size than the already diminutive E71. In fact, Nokia are claiming that the E55 is “the world’s thinest smartphone” – a claim we can well believe.

If only for its tiny size, this is an appealing ‘phone. But as you know, The Guide is a firm QWERTY fan and the two letters per button solution is enough to rule it out to us.

So, the second new device is the more interesting to our eyes. The new E75 looks very similar to the E55 at first glance but then you realise that it’s a little thicker. Why? Because it has a full, great looking QWERTY keyboard that slide out from the side.

As Nokia were keen to point out today, it combines some design elements from the Communicator range in that it offers both a full QWERTY keyboard and a normal numeric keypad. The sacrifice you have to make for having a thin, pocketable device as opposed to the bulk of an E90 is that you lose the wide internal screen. On the other hand, the E75’s screen is no smaller than the E71’s and we get on well with that.

The E75 is a great looking device. On balance, we don’t think there’s quite enough here to tempt us away from our beloved E71, but if you don’t already have an E71, then the E75 should definitely be on your list of alternatives.

Some video footage of the E75 in action: