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Author Archive: Andre

So you've read something I've written. yay!!
As you already know, my name is Andre and I'm currently a student based in Atlanta. Much like Jay, I pretty much blog here in my free time.

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Mobile Payments, NFC and the future of money

Mobile Payments, NFC and the future of money

| March 28, 2011 | 16 Replies

Advertisements NFC or near-field communications is a relatively new, wireless technology that is being slowly implemented into the mobile sphere much like Bluetooth and GPS before it. Much like Bluetooth, it operates over relatively short ranges to transmit  relatively small bursts of data. However, unlike Bluetooth it can interact with passive, unpowered objects in much […]

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Ride the Tandem: N8 world tour

Ride the Tandem: N8 world tour

| March 25, 2011 | 3 Replies

So what do you do if you’re a Finn, love cycling and a burning desire to travel? What do you do if you have a buddy that feels the same way?  Jontte and Nikke from ridethetandem.net decided to go on a crazy, continent spanning, tandem ride around the world and just so happen to be […]

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E7 pre-orders go live- Finally!

E7 pre-orders go live- Finally!

| March 24, 2011 | 28 Replies

To be honest, very few of us could understand the hold-up on this one, apart from possible firmware issues but it looks like pre-orders for the LONG, LONG awaited E7 have gone live in a few select markets. If you happen to live in the US, UK, Russia, China, Netherlands, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, […]

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Nokia signs on to Linux Foundation’s Smart TV working group.

Nokia signs on to Linux Foundation’s Smart TV working group.

| March 23, 2011 | 28 Replies

Make up your mind Nokia! One minute you’re deprecating your efforts on Open Source and MeeGo in smartphones and relegating it to a “future disruptions” platform and the next you’re signing on to help produce and standardize the next wave of televisions, connected TV’s. In any case, the Linux Foundation’s MeeGo Smart TV working group includes […]

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Nokia looking to push CDMA handsets??

Nokia looking to push CDMA handsets??

| March 22, 2011 | 12 Replies

One of the questions asked of Nokia CEO Stephen Elop after the Capital Markets Day debacle was whether Nokia would be making a larger push towards selling handsets in North America. Many thought, rightfully, that Windows Phone 7 would be the vehicle to conquer that market and it looks like Nokia agrees. Forbes is reporting […]

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Pics of the FINAL portrait QWERTY for S^3 and other minor tweaks.

Pics of the FINAL portrait QWERTY for S^3 and other minor tweaks.

| March 22, 2011 | 36 Replies

As I mentioned in our post on the T-Mobile Astound’s software being somewhat of a half-way house between PR 1.2 and PR 2.0, @Camb078 from blog-n8.fr has gotten access to an Astound via Nokia’s Remote Device Access and has been trawling through the firmware to see what changes have been made. So far he’s shown […]

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Opera Mobile 11 released for Symbian

Opera Mobile 11 released for Symbian

| March 22, 2011 | 52 Replies

The guys responsible for the browsers Opera Mobile and Opera Mini which between them likely control the lion’s share of the mobile browsing space are pleased to release their newest version, Opera Mobile 11.  While I’ve been unable to locate a changelog anywhere,  there is most certainly better support for Symbian^3 devices as well as […]

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Nokia Astound launched for T-Mobile: $80 USD with a two-year contract

Nokia Astound launched for T-Mobile: $80 USD with a two-year contract

| March 22, 2011 | 22 Replies

Well it took long enough!! Nokia has finally announced a  US-carrier subsidized version of one of their newer Symbian devices. The penta-band 3G toting device is pretty much a T-Mobile branded C7 with a somewhat updated firmware (somewhat of a halfway house between PR 1.2 and 2.0). The device comes with all the bells and […]

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Windows Phone 7 doesn’t multi-task? Right………..

Windows Phone 7 doesn’t multi-task? Right………..

| March 19, 2011 | 23 Replies

One of the complaints leveled at the Windows Phone 7 operating system and one of the main points used to vilify Nokia’s decision to switch their primary strategy to Windows Phone is the absence of multitasking. For many users, myself included, it’s absence is much more than an annoyance especially when one considers that user-facing multitasking is […]

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