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Archive | September, 2006

Desk Wear

September 28, 2006

I’ve had this desk for maybe two months, tops, and I’m already wearing away the finish where my mouse travels. Symptoms of a person that works from home, I guess… (photo taken with the Nokia N73)

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Nokia N73 Review

The Nokia N73 has been a bit of a roller coaster for me. When it was originally announced and I wrote the story for MobileBurn, I didn’t like it. It just looked funny to me, and I wasn’t really interested. Here we are though, five months later, the N73 has been released and I have [...]

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Coming Soon on MobileBurn

Just thought I would let you guys know what reviews are coming soon on MobileBurn: Nokia N73 Nokia N93 Nokia 6708 Nokia E60 LG KG320 Helio Hero Helio Kickflip Phew, that’s a lot of Nokias, isn’t it? There will probably be others added between those as well, so don’t take the above as definitive. Also, [...]

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Handsets for Users with Special Needs

An issue was raised with me the other day about mobile phones for users with special needs, such as people with vision problems, hearing problems, and other such challenges. James Kendrick touches on the subject a little, but the solutions that he found are a little, well, poor. What I want to see is better [...]

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Marketing Mobile Handsets

One of the hardest parts of my job is remembering model numbers of handsets. For a long time, confusing numbering has been the norm, but finally some of the marketing folk that work with handset manufacturers are waking up to the fact that model names, rather than numbers, are the way to go. Samsung are [...]

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Kent’s Mock Opera

I have been a long time reader of Kent Newsome’s blog, since before he climbed to the influential position he is in now (yes Kent, I think you’re influential), and sometimes he pops up with a post that really makes me smile. Kent, thanks for making me a part of your Mock Opera. True, I [...]

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