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Our Daily Bread devotionals are available for your mobile phone
Posted by palmsolo in Christian, Nokia, s60, Smartphone, Uncategorized on July 17, 2007
I was reading Darla Mack’s excellent site (she is a Nokia enthusiast) and stumbled upon her post about the availability of Our Daily Bread as a Java download. I used to read these monthly books all the time and think they are wonderful daily devotions. I followed the link she had posted to the July Our Daily Bread downloads and immediately put it on the Nokia N95 (about a 70kb installation file). It installed in a snap and then after launching you are taking to the reading for the day. You can go back and read any other days you missed as well. Another cool feature is the ability to send a text message to people of the Our Daily Bread daily devotional!
I now have OliveTree’s BibleReader program and Our Daily Bread loaded on the Nokia N95. Do you have any other S60 Christian references or books on your device?
Home now, but getting ready to go on the road again
Posted by palmsolo in Nokia, s60, Smartphone on May 17, 2007
I am traveling like crazy again this year and actually achieved Alaska Airlines MVP already. Wow, it only took me just over 4 months to get that. Now to get to MVP Gold for even more perks when I travel 
I’ll be heading down to Texas on Sunday for a couple of days, come home for a day, and then head down to Cabo for the all-expense Party Lite trip my wife earned for both of us. Did I mention that my wife ROCKS?
I arrived home at 1:30 am this morning and opened my new E61i to charge it while I got some sleep. I am setting it up now with my custom ringtones and applications and am pleased with the purchase. PhoneSource USA sent it out to me in lightning speed and I will definitely keep these guys in mind for my next purchase.
Nokia E61i is at the house, I am not :(
Posted by palmsolo in Gadgets, Nokia, s60, Smartphone on May 14, 2007
WOW, I ordered a Nokia E61i from Phone-Source USA on Friday after selling my Nokia E61 on ebay (within 10 minutes of listing the auction) and it arrived today from China. That is amazing that it went through the FedEx system on Saturday and Sunday to arrive on Monday. Unfortunately, I am in San Diego until Thursday night so I can’t play with it at all.
I had the chance to use the Nokia E61i for a day in Spain and LOVED it so after looking at what was out there I decided it was worth the upgrade from the E61. As cool as the E90 is, I think the E61i fits my needs better and will stick with that for now.
T-Mobile data plan issues yet again, but Nokia seems to work
Posted by palmsolo in Nokia, Series 60, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, wireless carriers on May 11, 2007
I am getting a bit tired of T-Mobile and their data plan issues. I had the unlimited data plan for US$19.99 per month and then added the WiFi option for my trip to London in December, but they never came through with the WiFi part so I tried going back to the data only plan. They wouldn’t let me do that and said I had to pay the US$29.99 plan with the T-Mobile HotSpot access. Well, I don’t want the HotSpot access since I would rarely use it so I tried the US$5.99 T-Zones plan and that has worked for the last 4 months or so.
I just recently upgraded my T-Mobile Dash to Windows Mobile 6 and also just received a Vox to try out and now neither of them will connect with the T-Zones plan, even trying the proxy settings. It looks like my only alternative with T-Mobile is to go with their US$29.99 plan again. I would pay it in a heartbeat if they had 3G like EVERY other U.S. carrier, but they are still on EDGE and I don’t think consumers should have to pay US$30 per month for EDGE and WiFi that is not needed. Why can’t T-Mobile offer the US$20 plan again just for data? I think they better watch out or they may lose more customers with their extreme slowness in adopting 3G while still charging 3G data rates.
On a whim, I put my SIM back into the Nokia N95 I am testing and data seems to work fine with the S60 devices so T-Mobile must have some way of detecting what type of device a person is on and shutting down that pipe. So it looks like my choices are limited in devices if I stay with the T-Zones plan and T-Mobile. I guess that knocks the Vox out of contention for a new device and the Nokia E61i is looking more and more enticing to me now.
I am locked into T-Mobile for at least another year due to contract extensions or else I would most likely jump to Cingular where I could get 3G data for US$20/month. T-Zones may open up again on these Windows Mobile devices like it has before and if not it looks like I’ll be using S60 and not Windows Mobile for my wireless data access.
UPDATE: I gave in and added the full unlimited internet plan (with T-Mobile Hotspots) so I am not limited in what device I use and don’t have to worry about loss of connectivity again.
Goodbye Qbacca, hello Vox
Posted by palmsolo in Nokia, Palm, Smartphone, Windows Mobile on May 10, 2007
I just sent my Samsung Q1 UMPC and all accessories off to Spain (which is where I just was a couple weeks ago). It was in perfect condition, but I just found myself rarely using it with the work Dell laptop, my personal MacBook Pro, and all my mobile devices. I didn’t want it sitting around and also have my eye on a couple new devices I want to evaluate and maybe purchase.
An HTC Vox is out for delivery to my house right now and this may be the next device. I am also thinking about the Nokia E61i, Nokia E90, or Palm Treo 750v. Which one, or even other model, would you purchase if you had a bit of cash?
N95 and N800 are in the house and rocking!
Posted by palmsolo in Nokia, Review, Series 60, Smartphone on April 5, 2007
I just received a Nokia N95 to evaluate through the Nseries Blogger Relations program and have to say that so far it is FANTASTIC! Check out my initial thoughts and unboxing photos and stay tuned for more experiences as I dive into using it. It was wonderful to listen to Yahoo! Music through my Ultimate Ears earphones, surf the web, and check GPS status on the bus this morning. If you just saw the N95 sitting there you would think it was a digital camera with the large display and Carl Zeiss camera lens, but it is so much more.
I also received a N800 last Friday and love using it as a couch surfing device. My Samsung Q1 UMPC is now available again for sale and I’ll be posting an ad here and elsewhere soon so if you are interested in it feel free to email me at palmsoloATgmailDOTcom.
Nokia N80ie review up on Mobile Gadgeteer site
Posted by palmsolo in Gadgets, Nokia, Series 60, Smartphone on March 1, 2007
I posted my thoughts and 24 photos of the Nokia N80ie device that I have been checking out as part of the Nokia Nseries Blogger Relations program and you can find it here. I really do like the device, but I think the N93 fits my desires more. If VoIP is something you want to use a lot then check out my VoIP article to see how functional the N80ie is in this area.
Rediscovering my Nokia E61
Posted by palmsolo in Nokia, Series 60, Smartphone on February 27, 2007
I have been using my T-Mobile Dash for the last couple of months and really do enjoy using the device, but before I was using the Dash the Nokia E61 replaced my Treo 650. After discovering that some new VoIP applications worked on the E61, there was a new QuickOffice Suite for the S60 platform, and my Twitter usage has increased I decided to give my E61 another shot. I actually put the cool purple Nokia N95 theme on it too and love the looks of it. Fring lets me call people via WiFi on Skype, Google Talk, and MSN Messenger or even chat with them using these clients and this is just too cool. The more I play with the E61, the more I think an E61i with the camera may be in my future since a camera is really the only thing I miss from the E61.
Compared to the Dash, I love the way you can customize the folders, main Home screen, and look and feel of these S60 devices. I do like the way Windows Mobile Smartphones use the smart dialing feature though and this is missed on S60 devices. The web browsing on the E61 is incredible though and the BEST of any mobile device. The new free Nokia Maps application is also awesome since you get GPS navigation and maps for free.
I wish there was a PocketBible client for S60, but understand it can be difficult to develop and support the S60 platform with an application and books like this since Nokia makes regular updates to the OS that break the functionality on previous versions. There are some decent Bible applications for S60 though so that helps in a pinch.
I am loving the N93 again, after a hiccup this last weekend
Posted by palmsolo in Nokia, Review, Series 60, Smartphone on February 15, 2007
I can take awesome videos with the N93 and have used it quite a bit to take sports videos and other videos of my daughters to share with family and friends. Given that fact, I popped in my SIM and took along the N93 to my daughters end-of-the year soccer party held at Bullwinkle’s Family Fun Center in Tukwila. I then flipped open the fully charged N93 and the camera application wouldn’t launch. I shut it down and tried again and it came up. I then tried to take video and it locked up again. I did another restart that actually required me to take out the battery. This time I tried to check email and the device just kept freezing. I tried a few more times after waiting a bit and the device just wouldn’t perform. This was a mystery to me as this N93 has been rock solid up until now and I even used it for 95% of all the CES photos I took for Geek.com.
After the event, I had a bit more time to think about what was going on and thought that maybe the miniSD card was causing problems since I took it out to take off the photos and something may have been corrupted. I also saw that a version 2.x firmware was available for the N93 so in a bold move I completely reformatted my storage card and upgraded the firmware of the N93. Now, everything is working well again and my camera/device issues may have just been related to a corrupt storage card. You know there is a utility on the N93 that allows you to reformat the storage card right from the device so that is something to think about if you are having issues.
I also discovered that the latest version of Mail for Exchange from the Nokia Business site does not work on the N93, but the previous version (1.3 I think) does work very well and luckily I still had a copy of that on my hard drive and will have to burn it to a CD since I don’t see a way to download older versions from the Nokia business site. The N93 is a beautiful, high quality device and I plan to load up some Office suites and try using it with the TV out functionality as a mobile PC device coupled with my Think Outside keyboard. There have been lots of cool free apps released recently that I have been talking about on MobileTechRoundup that I will be trying on the N93 too.
Happy Valentine's Day, check out all the 3GSM love in the air
Posted by palmsolo in Gadgets, Nokia, Personal, Smartphone, Windows Mobile on February 14, 2007
Today is Valentine’s Day and as a father of three daughters I get lots of love today. We are all going out to dinner and then a Sonics NBA game tonight thanks to a great US$7.70 per seat deal by a local radio station.
Microsoft, RIM, and Nokia are spreading the love this week in Spain too with a TON of mobile device announcements and if you check out my ZDNet blog I have been creating image galleries like crazy to show off some of the devices. I am particularly excited about the HTC Vox and Nokia E90 Communicator and if I can ever get my yard work paid off I would love to pick up these devices when they are released in the next few months.
Enjoy your friends and family today and give them a hug for Valentine’s Day.
