As I mentioned the other day, Three have given me a nice new Nokia E71 to replace the N96.I've only had the phone for a few days, but so far I am very very impressed.First off there is the build quality.The N96 felt like it was cheap and nasty, while the E71 feels like it was built to last. Take a look at the back of it:The back is metal, while the N96's was weak plastic. This … [Read more...] about Nokia e71 Initial Impressions
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Phones To Avoid – Nokia N96
A couple of week's back we switched the company phones over to Three Ireland and were given Nokia N96 handsets:It looks quite attractive, doesn't it?Unfortunately it's also the single worst phone I can remember owning.While it may look quite good at first glance try putting in the battery and you're hit by the first of many shortcomings. The plastic cover that Nokia used for … [Read more...] about Phones To Avoid – Nokia N96
Vodafone Website Chaos
I'm currently considering getting a Blackberry or similar device. Much as I love my N95 it's lack of a full keyboard wouldn't make it my ideal choice for email "on the go".Since we're with Vodafone I naturally thought that checking their site would be a good idea.How wrong could I be!There is simply no sane way to see a list of available phones on their site.Sure. You can lie … [Read more...] about Vodafone Website Chaos
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Sunday afternoon exploring ruinsEDIT: I originally posted this photo from my Nokia N95 while standing beside the ruins of Dunamase castle. One of the limitations of using "life blog" is that you can't specify categories or tags (if you can I can't see the option!), so I have to do an edit afterwards. It also shoves the uploaded image directly into the web root, which isn't … [Read more...] about Dunamase
What do you do when your phone goes missing or gets broken?
These days mobile phones do a lot more than simply make telephone calls.Personally I really on my phone to get me out of bed in the morning and to keep me there (multiple alarms!).I haven't got a huge number of contacts in my phone, but the ones I have are probably going to be quite hard to replace.I got an email earlier today from a colleague in industry who is obviously … [Read more...] about What do you do when your phone goes missing or gets broken?