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N93i and Vox
Nokia has just announced new cool multimedia computer N93i – a better version of N93. I’ve been using it for a while now, and should say I really love that phone. Slick design, black mirror cover, LED that has different colors for indication of new messages, missed calls and charging, metal keypad, better joysticks and…
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Is the future of web services in mobile java?
During this year a very interesting trend has emerged. New and existing web services started creating mobile java applications to optimise and enhance user experience on the mobile devices. While mobile browsers are becoming more and more powerful, it seems not enough to have "minimap" or Small Screen Rendering or even OperaMini in order to…
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Vancouver
11:17 21 October 2006 Natural History Museum in London 07:30 22 October 2006 View from Hilton Metrotown hotel window Flight there was a bit spoiled by Finnair strike. I had to spend almost a day in Heathrow, waiting for a connecting flight. The delay turned out to be not as bad as I thought –…
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taivasalla.net – Under the Open Sky
Student from Helsinki University Niklas Sjöblom has created a photo blog a few years ago and has published thousands of absolutely fascinating photos of Finland (mostly of Helsinki and surrounding areas). Niklas has also created a moblog where he publishes photos taken with Nokia 6680. It just proves the idea that a really talented person…
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Elävä arkisto – The living archive
(Via "The Butt Ugly Weblog") Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE has opened its archives to public. Thanks to Elävä arkisto (The living archive) web site it is now possible to watch old TV news and news films and listen to the webcasts of old radio programs. Really facsinating stuff. News coverage of 1976 visit to Finland…
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Summer memories…
Finally I had time to go through a pile of our holiday photos.Ten brightest memories of the holiday trip: Bridge between Sweden and Denmark Nyhavn in Copenhagen Bavarian beer Frauenkirche in Munich Modern Art Museum in Munich Austrian Alps Reichstag New Berlin Hauptbahnhof Gendarmen-markt Drinking beer under Berlin TV tower Berliner Dom 08:50 09 August…
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Opera Mobile vs. Nokia S60 browser – new browser war?
I guess it all has started from The Register controversial columnist Andrew Orlowski’s review of Nokia E70. The article has been commented on some blogs, including Opera PR Manager Eskil Sivertsen’s blog. Tero Lehto wrote in his blog in relation to that, that "Pohjoismaiseen kulttuuriin ei ole tavallisesti kuulunut kilpailevan tuotteen avoimella loanheitolla" ("Openly throwing…
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Time to move on…
These have been a wonderful two years with Nokia Lifeblog team. I’ve seen Lifeblog transformation from a venture fighting for its place under the sun to an application that is now an integral part of all Nokia Nseries multimedia computers. And I am proud that I have been a part of this transformation. It’s been…
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A sensible alternative to business travel
Financial Times management columnist Lucy Kellaway described a revolutionary way to change business travel in her insightful and witty article "A sensible alternative to business travel" (if you don’t have FT subscription – read full version here). After describing all the horrors of business travel in modern times, Ms.Kellaway explains the real reason for business…