The Convergence Zone - Comments

PhoneBoy comments on "Convergence Or Divergence?"

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:36:02 -0800

@nippotam: That'd be cool to have, for sure.

@TommiK: Use case is part of the convergence or divergence equation also, excellent point!

mart comments on "Form Or Function?"

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:01:26 -0800

i like the e61i. but please include the n95 software and and make it like the new S.Eric x series it would be even better.

PhoneBoy comments on "Form Or Function?"

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:52:49 -0800

@mart I am not going to disagree with that idea. :)

Mika comments on "Convergence Or Divergence?"

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:55:50 -0800

I've always had a very uncertain position when it comes to convergence. But at the moment I'm not happy with the over-segmentized mobile phone market. The devices are often oriented at a certain group thinking that therefore certain functions aren't needed.

For instance, where is the phone for a person who travels the world, checks their e-mail, but isn't a businessperson?

It's not really about whether a device has some feature or not, but whether the device can be a real part of someone's life. It's about wether people can say they 'love' their whatsitsname.

And I don't think, that for instance Nokia quite gets this yet.

PhoneBoy comments on "Convergence Or Divergence?"

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:00:38 -0800

@Mika I think it's tricky to find the right balance of features and functionality for a given segment of the market. I don't pretend to understand what goes into the decisions surrounding this, but I do know what I want: the best of an Nseries device with the QWERTY of an Eseries device. Whether I will get it or not, I can't say. Even if I knew. :)

Laurent comments on "Since When Does A GPS Include A Mobile Phone?"

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:15:26 -0800

convergence between GSM an GPS is not something very new: Benefon, Thuraya, for example...

Bim comments on "Share Online 3.0 and Social Networking"

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:48:45 -0800

Hi Dameon,
I love the concept of share online 3.0 and I had used an earlier version which allowed me to see recent comments, existing photos, etc directly on the native application.
The current app version of share online 3.0 does not show up flixkr for me except for Vox.
I had to get my flickr account config file and retrieve the link. However, now I get options like go to "Go to Flickr Webs" instead of recent photos, comments, etc.
Could you please inform how I could setup the earlier features which actually tempted me to shift to Share online 3.0

Thanks in advance

Dave comments on "Share Online 3.0 and Social Networking"

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:06:30 -0800

I have to agree with you,though I never used this service before.
It sounds like 8hands, just for mobile.

snoyt comments on "Could Your Next Desktop Be An S60 Device?"

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:11:40 -0800

Don't tease, tell me the price of a secure desktop phone ;-) VNC is nice, but I'd rather not be dependend on the network. Syncing is my idea. This includes using syncml to reinstall my Nokia phone with my fav. applications after a firmware upgrade!

Jukka Eklund comments on "Could Your Next Desktop Be An S60 Device?"

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:12:50 -0800

Have you tried Mobile Web Server?

Stefan Constantinescu comments on "Could Your Next Desktop Be An S60 Device?"

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:41:40 -0800

Have you seen the Nokia noBounds video?

http://www.internettablettalk.com/2008/03/14/the-nobounds-project/

PhoneBoy comments on "Could Your Next Desktop Be An S60 Device?"

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:14:05 -0800

@stefan I had forgotten about this. A more refined version of noBounds--as well as one geared at S60 versus Maemo--would be hot :)

@jukka I have tried MWS, but at least at the time, it didn't solve a problem I had.

@snoyt What if a firmware upgrade didn't wipe your applications to begin with?

Antoine of MMM comments on "Could Your Next Desktop Be An S60 Device?"

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:12:32 -0800

When more devices come with the ability to update firmware OTA, and without losing major settings, this will be my ideal setup.

Currently, the TV-Out facilities of the N95 series of devices does allow for this. However, one cannot update the firmware without a Windows box, so its still a mobile computer dependent on another to be completely set-alone. That being said, this is something that I am working towards personally as I can get along with a BT keyboard and N95 connected to my TV for my computing needs.

Solutions like noBounds, and the Ceilo Redfly are solid ones that I would expect to see Nokia explore as their hardware is certainly there, and most of the core software is as well.

MWS would be a better solution for when someone wants to make their mobile the center of an entire thin-client network. That is something that would be very cool, but we are ways from people accepting that paradigm (completely).

If this is something that Nokia is wishing to push (louder), I'd gladly speak about it more. Its really a smarter way to do computing for several types of users.

Social Bookarking Demon comments on "See You in San Francisco"

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:51:22 -0800

What do you think lies in the future of mobile phones and the internet? I have a client (I am and SEO consultant and service provider) who keeps going on and on about how everybody is underestimating the future of online marketing regarding mobile etc...

What are your thoughts? Personally...well I was going to say that it probably wont go anywhere but...I keep changing my mind!

Social Bookarking Demon comments on "See You in San Francisco"

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:53:32 -0800

Sorry if this got posted twice...I didn't see my first comment. Maybe I entered the capcha wrong.

What are your thoughts? Personally...well I was going to say that it probably wont go anywhere but...I keep changing my mind!