Let me show you some of the phones I “got hold” of.


too used to an on/off button thus had a hard time figuring out how to turn this phone off.
 

 
There are just teenagers around who kept insisting of breaking the rules and some just did it too openly. Also found out that majority of them used their [...]

Yesterday saw the TV news regarding Samsung launching the 8MP camera phone (INNOV8). Not very sure about the details, as if it’s really launched - on sale or what. Can’t trust the news nowadays, they like to mix up the use of certain words.
 
where is Sony Ericsson’s C905? they always come up with the features then wait [...]

Do you switch off your phone before you sleep? Or do you just leave it on?
I off mine because I do not want to be disturbed at night.
There’s the silent mode but I still prefer the phone to be off (can save battery too!)
 
Now here comes the irritating part, friends who sent you sms at [...]

I sort of “forced” someone to write the following…
———- 
Life without my phone has been terrible. I have been unable to contact my friends, or arrange sessions with my tuition teacher. Also, when I go out, my parents are unable to contact me in case of an emergency and have forced me to take my brother’s [...]

After the initial problem with the program, I gave it another try.

Now it seems better though loading still takes time.

You can select which channel to watch but do note that you won’t be able to do anything, example every time I took a screenshot, the program will stop and to play it again means taking [...]

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I have the data and a mobile plan, and I am using one compatible phone (N95-8gb) so I am going [...]

As you know, waiting for someone or being stuck in a meeting can be boring. I have a short attention span, so games can be boring after a few plays. Listening to music, fine but in a meeting?
That’s why I like to surf net on the go, and that’s also one reason why I [...]

Yesterday, I was at the museum for the Studio Festi performance: The Dancing Sky. It’s stunning! Especially the flying ship part, simply captivating.
 
Ok, back to purpose of this post, actually it’s somehow linked to my previous one.
Was taking pictures, mostly using my ixus with no support. My night shots sucks
 
Somehow I just wanted some pictures [...]

Holding on to 2 phones – N95 8gb (5MP) and k800i (3.2 MP), all due to their photo taking quality. Recently consciously or unconsciously, I find myself using back k800i as the photo taking phone more. Quality wise, 5MP vs 3.2MP, but on screen, both are ok. So it all boils down to the convenience [...]

I like to compare.
So let’s see what quality can the 2 3.2MP camera produce - K800i and E71.
k800i vs E71 vs N95 8gb



k800i vs E71


k800i vs E71


k800i vs E71


so you can see, the colours was a bit dull but it’s normal for the first few shots using nokia phones. I don’t know but that seems to [...]

How do you connect your mobile phones to your PC?
For me, long long ago, I don’t because there’s not much data, or zero data to transfer. Then came along T610, finally there’s a need as I have to transfer the photos taken. It was infrared, then Bluetooth. Not in favor of using the data cable [...]

Though I had returned the E71 but I am still able to play with the phone, thanks to my friends to bought it. The more I look at the phone, the more I like it. To balance that feeling, I will try to list down what are the things I do not like about this [...]

3.2 MP camera, do you know that I had a hard time taking pictures using the phone at the beginning? Come to think of it, so far all the phone I used, I have never refer to the user manual and was able to take nice shots, but that cannot be said for E71. For [...]

This is the second phone that I’ve used having the QWERTY keypad (first one was the E90). Though the keys looked small but they were not uncomfortable. Using my fingers, actually my nails to press the keys, made typing much much faster. Did not realize that I was not using the predictive text input. This [...]

Though I have used my phones to retrieve email but that is just using the browser to do so and not getting the mail to be downloaded to the phone. Setting up was easy using the e-mail wizard, just need the email address and password.
Tried using it to connect to company mail but can’t, so [...]

Had a chance to use the E71 for a few days. This is one really slim phone. Love at first sight? Not to that extreme but I really like how the phone looked and feel. Majority of the phone is made of stainless metal and not some creaky plastic. The phone just felt the right [...]

OK, actually not really going to talk about the music part of the phone since I’m still comfortable with my iriver H10.
One of the new features for N78 is the FM Transmitter. Was wondering why this particular feature in a phone. Nevertheless tried it out, not bad, I can receive the signal clearly on my [...]

Are you able to spot which photo is taken by which phone? Which one you prefer?
Or to you there are no differences in the photos?
I would not say they are the best one taken, but I tried to keep all variables constant and make it as fair as possible.
Nokia N95-8gb, N78, Sony Ericsson K800i









Just move [...]

A typical nokia 3.2 MP phone. Nothing special about it, maybe except the geotagging feature. The data will be recorded in the EXIF so you can know where the photo was taken, especially overseas.
Try entering the longitude and latitude in google maps and find out where this picture was taken.
GPS information: -
GPSVersionID - 2.2.0.0
GPSLatitudeRef - N
GPSLatitude [...]

The Navi Wheel is an improved one from N81. Now the wheel can be used in majority part of the phone menus and lists. Just move your fingers round and round the rim of the wheel. Nifty feature but I find myself using the up down left right and the number pad to scroll through [...]

Do you know today is 端午节 (Dumpling Festival? Dragonboat Festival? Duanwu Festival? I really do not know what is the proper name for it in English.) Have you had your dumpling?
Some believe that one will be lucky for the year if you can make an egg standing up at noon. Yes, there’s a scientific explanation [...]

Been using the N78 for a few days, now let’s see what I have to say about this phone.
Would I get one for myself?? No, not because it is not a good phone but I want something more (especially after N95 8gb, I do not see myself getting something less J) and N78 does not [...]

Just went for a short Penang trip to supposedly recharge myself.
This is the first time I’ve went overseas with a wifi phone and I must say it’s a good equipment to bring along.
The hotel I stayed in had broadband access in their rooms but that requires the normal connection. They had wireless broadband access in their [...]

Have you seen the latest phone model from Samsung, LG, and SE? Been seeing more touch screen features in such phones. So far, I’ve mainly used candy bar, and one slider phone. Touch screen… played with HTC touch before but actually using one, still a no.
As for nokia, any touch screen offering? (I’m not talking [...]

My friends and I were planning on where to go for the June holidays. Finally after we decided on the destination, we started to think of what to do there. As I had my data sim card with me, so just pop it into the phone and off we go googling.
I’ve already been surfing on [...]

I’ve been confiscating handphones whenever they were seen popping up at the wrong place at the wrong time. I’ve also seen students using various models of handphones, some change phone like nobody’s business. Out of so many brands, the 2 most common one will be Nokia and SE.
 
The “trend” previously was mostly Nokias, then once [...]

I’ve gone back using SE k800i as my main phone, at least for now.
What happened?
To cut the long story short, my n95 8gb is now for surfing purposes as I’ve put the data sim card inside instead.
Having 3 sim cards is really a hassle. Now waiting for contract to end and do some reshuffling.
How I [...]

For those who had tried out rotateme would have had the fun of rotating their phone and change the screen to landscape or potrait mode.It’s while the novelty last. For me, I had deactivated the program as the only time I used it on N95 8gb was when viewing pictures, otherwise it can get irritating [...]

I normally stick to one theme once I’ve found it to be simple, decent and pleasing to the eye. However during holiday season, I will change the theme to fit the holiday mood - Christmas, Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, Mooncake Festival….
Below are the 2 Christmas themes I’m presently using for N81 8gb and N95 8gb respectively,

When [...]

One thing I realised on N81 8gb and also on N95 8gb that’s different from E90 is how the phone notified user of missed call or sms.
Personally felt it’s better and neater in E90 as it will show up as a line under the active standby applications rather that a popup display in N81 8gb.

Also [...]

There is this Navi wheel in N81 8gb. I did not read the user guide beforehand and tried it straight away. I thought was the wheel spoilt?
Looking up the user guide, and in it showed what the wheel is supposed to do:

Personally felt that the Navi scroll key is kinda wasted here as the use [...]

The data transfer rate is slow considering this phone is released in 2007. Are they still using usb 1.0? (btw same can be said for N95 8gb which is quite a disappointment)
http://www.thenokiaguide.com/my_weblog/2007/11/a-matter-of-per.htmlThe phone felt heavy for its size and the body is slightly too smooth for my liking and it’s a fingerprint magnet. You can [...]

The phone is aesthetically designed, smooth outline, looks more like a mp3 player than a phone.
Smsing using one thumb is a pleasant experience due to keypad layout. It’s even more comfortable compared with the N95 8gb especially the last row *0#. Not forgetting that the keypad slides out smoothly and readily.
The screen is built-in similar [...]

Got the N81 8gb to try out. As the camera is only 2MP, I just do not have the urge to test it out. However I loaded some mp3 into the phone. Sound quality is good, no complain about that. Play, stop, pause, fast forward, rewind can be done with ease. However touted as a [...]

Had returned E90 the other day. So before I moved on to N81 and maybe N95 8gb, here’s a summary of this user personal experience.
The phone is real solid, the price does match the build quality. Battery life is acceptable (3-4 days per charge). As usual, the open keypad for communicator is
convenient for typing, the [...]

As a SE user, they had this predictive text input where while you type the letters, the phone will show a list of possible combination for you to select and it will somehow learn which words you used and put it at the top of the list. It makes messaging much faster than the normal [...]

Which 5MP camera phone takes the best shot?
If you are interested to find out with test shots,
click here.

GSMArena did a test and get comments from the readers, before revealing the model. I like C as it gives the best pictures or at least most of the shots provided.
Now the models are revealed. I’m quite surprise [...]

Tried out the GPS on E90 again, this time really in open area, no tall buildings around. Within seconds, the phone detected five satellite signals. Starting to zoom in… Success!



In the afternoon, at City Hall area, decided to try the GPS again. This time also open sky but with buildings like capitol building around me, [...]

I have been trying to get the GPS on E90 to work but all ended up in failure. It’s either no signal or the phone only managed to receive 1 or 2 satellite signal. I’ve read about how easy it’s to get the GPS connected, accurate… etc but why can’t I do that?
Today went out [...]

Some trivia while reading up on mobile phones:-
world first mobile phone - Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

first 3G phone in singapore - Motorola A835

first commercial camera phone - Sharp J-SH04

nokia first camera phone - Nokia 7650

first mobile phone to have built-in Bluetooth wireless technology - Ericsson T36

Looking back one can see how far technology had advanced.
Which of [...]

We’ve heard people saying if you want to take good picture, get a camera instead of depending on a camera phone, so one should not be complaining about the quality of camera phone. However as the MP for camera phone increases, one can take relatively good pictures using one. Printing wise, a printed 4 x [...]

Recently the inbox received the 1000th messages.

The difference between my previous SE phone and Nokia way of sms storage:
SE (comparing k800i)
Total in inbox + sent + … = 1000. The phone will prompt you when it is reaching the limit, asking you to delete some messages to free up spaces.
Nokia (E90)
Total in inbox… dunno yet, [...]

Having 1000+ (1190 actually) messages in your inbox is not that fun actually as I have found out. The messaging was getting laggy – reading, composing, too laggy for my liking.
So the sane way was to delete all after exporting the messages to my pc.
Now the speed is back to normal.
This is one exporter I [...]

This afternoon received a phone call from a private number. It was from a lady with China accent calling from dunno where to do a survey. This was the 2nd time I received the call. This time round I wanted to do a phone recording, but what a disappointment, I cannot find that feature in [...]

Ever since I got my T610, the one protection that I always get for the phone is the screen protector, all along using Martin Fields except for k800i got the Grab brand one from m1. I felt the screen is very important and easily scratched. Once screen got scratched, somehow you will feel very pek [...]

So where do you usually put your phone?
1.喜欢挂在腰间
占有欲望和控制欲望强烈，重视别人对自己的看法，因为努力工作会有很好的表现。求知欲望强烈、兴趣广泛，懂得尊重别人但不轻易接受别人的意见。会因为善良 和苦干精神而成功，脚踏实地。家庭观念强，为家庭而努力工作，但需要丰富的感情人生。喜欢温柔贤惠的女性，虽是贤妻良母但是要有自己的主张；不喜欢胆怯幼 稚型。你不是一个非常浪漫的人。
2.喜欢拿在手上
喜欢有挑战的生活，能够享受独立生活的乐趣。追求目标能力很强，属于思考型，永远有说不完的话题和理想，喜欢过轻松的生活并通常是有个很有才华的人。懂得 生活情趣，也有生活品味；有事业心，喜欢对你的事业有帮助的女性。你需要一个精明能干有很有潜力、能帮助你创造幸福人生的伴侣。
3.喜欢放在皮包里
个性保守安逸，喜欢享受正常舒适的人生。重视家庭生活品味，尊重和了解家人，也重视子女教育，能够创造和谐幸福的家庭关系。拥有主导家庭的能力，希望得到家人的重视，喜欢温柔和善、母性意味浓厚的女人，她能够帮助你分担琐碎事物。
4.喜欢挂在屁股后面
你喜欢自由和不受约束的生活，不喜欢和人斤斤计较，常常有大而化之的行为。喜欢接受人生挑战或多姿多彩的人生，偶尔也会寻找一些刺激。家庭观非常强烈，喜 欢慈父严母的模式。你心目中的女性应该是小鸟依人型的，并应该有良好的持家能力和管教子女的方法，可以独立照顾家人，不需要事事问你的意见。
5.喜欢放在胸前
喜欢交志同道合的朋友，求知和学习欲望强烈但没有适当的机会展现才干。你需要适当的工作伙伴培养良好的工作情绪，才能努力工作。过分喜欢交朋友容易影响你 的正当事业的发展。你是一个有潜力、喜欢工作的人，你会因为重视物质生活而成为一个努力奋斗的人。喜欢有主见的女性，她必须和你有共同的兴趣和嗜好，因为 你是一个需要展现个人理想和目标的人。
Me? None of the above because I like to put mine in my side pocket.
I don’t put it in my bag because I don’t like the idea of missing calls or messages (unless of course it’s from someone I purposely wanted to [...]

Been a hectic week but I still managed to get quite a number of photos using the phone, good or bad both included
While sorting out the pictures and my thoughts, here’s a small test that I found over the net.
It’s in Chinese, but basically asking where do you normally place your phone?
On the waist?
In [...]

when my friends first saw me using the E90, their comments always revolve around “new phone”, “so big”…
what are their impressions of the phone then since none of them had used the communicator before?
1. big, heavy, but all agreed that the phone is solid and quite nice to put it near to the ear because [...]

my first impression about the photo quality of E90 was not that good so how is it now after using it for about 3 weeks?
the pictures were getting better as i now have a better gauge of the camera.
how come?
surprisingly for this E90, lighting condition is very important (which camera doesn’t?), but it’s too important. [...]

when i used the E90, my first nokia, i kept sending a number of empty messages or incomplete messages.
reason? kept pressing on the wrong button.
until now i’m having some problems getting used to the keypad because kept getting mixed up the space key and caps key. ha ha ha!
luckily there’s the keypad, open the communicator [...]

Have been reading about symbian phones and programs that can be installed in it.
but the only symbian phones that SE made are their P series, and the recent newer models.
even though there are java programs out there but they are not as much in quantity and variety.
so using E90 gives me an opportunity to try [...]

When I got hold of the E90, I was like “hmm, not as thick as I had thought.”
It’s nice to touch and the built is solid except for some parts (near the speaker) that creaks.
The first time I brought the phone out, the only thing I felt was not it’s weight but it’s length. Was [...]

Let’s continue…

Shutter Sound
The shutter sound cannot be off which is a big turn off for me, not to mention it’s loud too. I know it’s to prevent perverts from taking pictures. Tried to take some shots of birds but they got scared off
Camera Settings
If you change the settings, say to close up [...]

The following are my personal experiences based on my usage of E90 and those that I used before.

Let’s talk about the camera, overall would consider the performance as average. The 3.2MP is like overrated because doesn’t looked like one. I got to remind myself E90 is a communicator.

When i looked at the screen (viewfinder), i [...]

My first mobile phone was a Siemens, it was supposed to be a nokia but the model (nokia 6150) was out of stock. My 2nd phone was supposed to be a siemens but at that time they introduced a reduced feature phone for the asia region and it’s been SE phone for me all the [...]