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Nokia XpressMusic 5610 comes to T-Mobile {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 11th 2008 9:51AM That sure as hell looks like a 3.5mm jack to me -- am I missing something?
-olly
Nokia E66 finds its way into the FCC {Engadget Mobile}
May 22nd 2008 11:01PM Considering that the E65 doesn't have US 3G capability, doesn't seem like it'd necessarily be that big of deal to switch to the E66 -- if you can live without it now, it's not the end of the world if the E66 doesn't have it.
TUAW Review: Napster MP3 store {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 22nd 2008 4:48PM Try adding drm'd itunes tracks to anything other than a OSX/Windows/iPod and you see where it's a pain. There's nothing illegal about me wanting to listen to my music when I happen to have my Ubuntu partition open, or when I am using my N95 instead of my Touch, or when I want them on an internet tablet, palm, wherever.
I like to have my tracks all over the place, so regardless of what device I have I've got some tunes.
Not sharing with anyone, not passing them on -- just trying to use the product I paid for legally.
Sure, if you are never going to use anything outside of the iTunes/iPod ecosystem for playback, DRM is no big deal -- but a lot of us use other devices as well (I counted the other day and on a regular basis I use 6 different operating systems, all of which have mp3 playback capabilities).
-olly
Nokia switching up strategy to boost US market share {Engadget Mobile}
May 2nd 2008 9:34AM To be honest, I don't care as much about Nokia being involved with contract pricing phones -- sure, great, fine, whatever, I know it helps out -- but what I DO care about is them making models that are usable in the US unlocked (as in 3G) -- something that they've FINALLY started to do with the N95-3 and the N95-4.
Now if they can get me a good N or E series phone with T-Mo's 3G bands I'll be a happy camper!
-olly
iPhone Application List {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 18th 2007 10:52AM Hey, just as a heads up. Newer Nokia Series 60 phones, such as the N and E series (N95, N73, N93, etc), can also take advantage of these web apps, as the Nokia browser is also a KHTML/WebKit browser.
Over at Howard Forums in the S60 section, we've been testing several of these out and they work mostly fine, although the different screen sizes sometimes cause confusion.
-olly
CNET's James Kim and family missing -- have you seen them? {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2006 5:38PM Unfortunately there are large stretches of the coastal range roads that have nil for cell reception... including analog. I really hope they spot the car from a heli or something, and I REALLY hope that everything is ok.
-olly
James Kim -- brief update {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2006 5:33PM When you realize that Hwy 38 is notiorious for zero Cell reception, you understand why he probably called from a landline. Usually when I've taken that route, the only time I've gotten reception with ANY carrier is spotty Verizon reception, and analog when it was still active. There's a good 50 mile stretch through winding roads where communication is non-existant.
I hope this works out, I sincerely do.
-olly
Maxfield intros MAX-IVY MP3 player {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2006 4:25PM Definitely is overpriced, as was said, but I'm happy to see some .ogg support!
-olly
Data Troubles This Morning? {BBHub}
Sep 26th 2006 2:03PM Using T-Mobile, data problems here... I can't use the built in browser for anything except t-zones sites... Opera works fine, but that's because it uses the wap.voicestream.com APN rather than the BlackBerry APN.
-olly
Pearl Poll: Will you buy the BlackBerry Pearl 8100? {BBHub}
Sep 7th 2006 12:33AM I'll have it on the 12th... and if it sucks, I'll return it shortly thereafter. I have high hopes, but will be very critical of it (it better be a good PHONE unlike the 7105t!)
-olly
