LET'S SAVE NOKIA! BECAUSE A NOKIA WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE!

Slipped off the Apple/Android bandwagon recently and have happily gone back to Nokia. Contrary to media hype, Nokia were one of the pioneers in smartphone technology. Now we're being told by the media (some writers who were too young to own a Nokia) that they were late to the party. More accurately, they were too early to market. Now Nokia stock has been downgraded to junk status. What is incredulous in all this is that so many of us have fallen for the Apple/Samsung/Android hype that we are more than happy to shell out the price of a used car or decent laptop computer, only to receive something that dies after just a days use or even a few hours if you, God forbid use it as a phone!

My Nokia E6 lasts on average 4 solid days, sometimes a little more. Allowing me to actually use it as a phone and talk freely, take gorgeous HD videos and photos, email, surf the web, and search maps or listen to the radio! Also, I am secure in the knowledge that if I were to be caught in an emergency (not uncommon for a worldly traveller), my Nokia will still have enough juice to call emergency services or send that vital SMS!

Again, I implore you to ..... SAVE NOKIA! BECAUSE A NOKIA WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE!

Fake Copy n Paste on IPhone/iTouch

iPhone Copy and Paste from lonelysandwich on Vimeo. In my previous post on the iTouch upgrade, I failed to mention the other glaring ommissions Apple left out. Like a nice little Office suite or viewers for Word, Excel and Powerpoint, and a little PDF viewer for eBook reading. Come on Steve, this thing is OSX so it can run any Open Source Office app! Another crucial little gem which has been bugging me has been the lack of copy and paste on the iPhone. Why not? Some standard mobile phones have this, why not on this device which essentially a mini MacBook. Apple gets it so right and yet they get it sooooo wrong.

Not So iPod Touch Heaven

This guy really needs to take a chill pil and take stock of things. Kill the arrogance and start listening to your customers. Says me, one definitely pissed customer right now.

Well there I was last weekend mosing around London town when I decided to pop into the Apple store on Regent street, just to see what the latest was. The guys in the genius bar told me they knew nothing about any upcoming plans for the Touch or iPhone, and they were geniuses! It said so on their t-shirts! They added that even when Lord Steve visits them they are not permitted in his presence, and they have to leave the store. I asked if he was God, they told me it seems so. In any case, they advised me to at least stick with my original plan and don't hack the device just yet, as this would void my warrantly and the new third party apps will require official certificates. I left somewhat a little bemused.

Anyway, a couple days later I check Google Reader to discover that a new update is available for the Touch. Entitled version 1.1.3, it enables movie and TV programme buying via the iTunes store for later viewing on the Touch. In addition you require this version in order to add the new mail and weather apps etc, but wait for it, at a fee of $20. That's £12.99 to us Brits. Yes I heard you gasp, so did many journalists at Apple's keynote speech when Jobsy announced it. Aparently, he still kept a straight face. It seems the price may have something to do with Apple's accounts reporting. Some complex Sarbanes-Oxley compliancy or whatever.

Well like all the other poor sods (sucker for the Yanks) out there I handed over the cash, only to get a few apps, and a customisable home screen that jiggles like jelly. You wonder why, well I still cherish that warranty, the only reason why I haven't hacked the damn thing yet. So I plan to persevere for the next few months until Steve shaft's me proper next time.

What you get? A pretty cool mail app that can support IMAP, but no landscape browsing or search. It's a shame as Google's mobile web offering is pretty cool now, with full optimisation for iPod Touch and iPhone screens. In consolation, the beauty of the Touch email client is that you can switch off the WiFi and still read email, which is a must as WiFi eats battery power like a cookie monster. So not that bad, but would have been much happier if it were free Steve!!!