Category Archives: Nokia

Moving to an Online Life

Posted on April 14, 2008 by rahulgaitonde

So my Thinkpad’s hard disk (a standard Hitachi 2.5″ 4200 RPM 80GB HDD) died Saturday evening. It began making ghastly noises all of a sudden, signaling imminent mechanical failure. I shut down the computer immediately, and on restarting, a BSOD … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs, Editorials, Email, Firefox, Gmail, google, HowTos, IM, internet, mobile, Nokia, RSS, Social, Thunderbird | 6 Comments

Exit Outlook 2007, Enter Thunderbird 2

Posted on March 2, 2008 by rahulgaitonde

So I moved from Outlook to Mozilla Thunderbird this weekend. Though I’d been looking for an Outlook replacement for a while, the Nokia Synchronizer app (which I use heavily) worked only with Outlook, so that kept me from moving. Things … Continue reading →

Posted in Email, mobile, Nokia, Outlook, Thunderbird | 4 Comments

Syncing Nokia Phones – Alternatives to Outlook?

Posted on January 12, 2008 by rahulgaitonde

I am very close to dropping Outlook as my email client of choice for my institute mailbox. It is slow, incredibly disk-intensive and requires too much maintenance – the same problems I had with Lotus Notes during my time at … Continue reading →

Posted in mobile, Nokia, Outlook, Thunderbird | 3 Comments

HOWTO: Be more productive with the Nokia 6670

Posted on October 4, 2005 by rahulgaitonde

The Nokia 6670 I bought recently has turned out to be a computer in itself. I’ve found myself using my ThinkPad less and less as the week’s gone by. Email: I’ve configured both my Gmail and RahulGaitonde.org POP3 accounts on … Continue reading →

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