Comments on: That Reminds Me To Tell You About My Wednesday Morning… http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/ Russell Buckley and Carlo Longino on mobile technology. Tue, 22 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bill Scott, GetJar http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-121125 Bill Scott, GetJar Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:11:24 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/#comment-121125 My take on this: - to get Nokia to synch with a PC, dump the PC and get a MAC. I have an N73 and N95 and music, photos, address book, calendar, etc. all worked in 5 minutes. - Got my wife an iPhone (in line with yesterday's NYTimes article that says babes are the big market for Iphones now. I figure the N95, for me, is much higher utility. Better camera, more robust, synchs with iTunes, real buttons, etc. My take on this:

- to get Nokia to synch with a PC, dump the PC and get a MAC. I have an N73 and N95 and music, photos, address book, calendar, etc. all worked in 5 minutes.

- Got my wife an iPhone (in line with yesterday’s NYTimes article that says babes are the big market for Iphones now. I figure the N95, for me, is much higher utility. Better camera, more robust, synchs with iTunes, real buttons, etc.

]]> By: alfie http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-121041 alfie Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:31:18 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/#comment-121041 Along the lines of what Tim said, I don't think it's entirely fair to brand Nokia as un-innovative. What Nokia are doing in terms of innovation is all taking place online and in how they leverage online services and products through the handsets. Ovi, Mosh, Labs, Video Centre, Download, Share are all services which they have managed to get operators to agree to retain on handsets when shipped. What this really means is that 'Normobs' might get their first use of rich media services via the handset and once using, look around for other services out there. I think that's an incredibly innovative and ballsy strategy for a handset manufacturer - aside from the iPhone (where innovation is in the UI only really), can you think of any other manufacturer doing anything nearly as forward thinking? Along the lines of what Tim said, I don’t think it’s entirely fair to brand Nokia as un-innovative. What Nokia are doing in terms of innovation is all taking place online and in how they leverage online services and products through the handsets. Ovi, Mosh, Labs, Video Centre, Download, Share are all services which they have managed to get operators to agree to retain on handsets when shipped. What this really means is that ‘Normobs’ might get their first use of rich media services via the handset and once using, look around for other services out there.

I think that’s an incredibly innovative and ballsy strategy for a handset manufacturer – aside from the iPhone (where innovation is in the UI only really), can you think of any other manufacturer doing anything nearly as forward thinking?

]]> By: Tim McQuillin http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-120979 Tim McQuillin Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:28:04 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/#comment-120979 Carlo, sounds like you and I have a lot in common. Agree with everything you say about the user experience. I've gone through the same thing. But to give Nokia some credit, I think they are innovating at a higher level in terms of integrating the phone with the PC. At least, more than any of the other major mobile phone makers. I think they're moving in the right direction, but have a case of the Microsoft disease by launching half-baked products just to get them out quickly. Carlo, sounds like you and I have a lot in common. Agree with everything you say about the user experience. I’ve gone through the same thing. But to give Nokia some credit, I think they are innovating at a higher level in terms of integrating the phone with the PC. At least, more than any of the other major mobile phone makers. I think they’re moving in the right direction, but have a case of the Microsoft disease by launching half-baked products just to get them out quickly.

]]> By: Richard M Marshall http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-120975 Richard M Marshall Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:42:05 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/#comment-120975 Agreed - recent experiences: - Backup, flash firmware, restore fails due to new firmware version. Duh! - Try to download maps: asks where to install to, F: or G: on the N95 8Gb? Huh? Since when has it had DOS drives? Gave up in the end. At least the Outlook syncing seems to be working now: http://is.gd/s1I Agreed – recent experiences:
- Backup, flash firmware, restore fails due to new firmware version. Duh!
- Try to download maps: asks where to install to, F: or G: on the N95 8Gb? Huh? Since when has it had DOS drives? Gave up in the end.

At least the Outlook syncing seems to be working now: http://is.gd/s1I

]]> By: whatleydude http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/comment-page-1/#comment-120972 whatleydude Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:58:47 +0000 http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2008/06/06/that-reminds-me-to-tell-you-about-my-wednesday-morning/#comment-120972 "Its level of annoyance is now at, eh, a poke in the eye, rather than being hit in the crotch with a hammer." LOL “Its level of annoyance is now at, eh, a poke in the eye, rather than being hit in the crotch with a hammer.”

LOL

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