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- The Mobile Internet Lifestyle
- Why I won’t be buying the iPhone 3G
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- Prediction Proved: The Immediate Future is Native Mobile Apps
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Aug
9
The Mobile Internet Lifestyle
Filed Under Editorials, Email, Facebook, Gmail, IM, Internet, Mobile, Nokia, Opera, Social, Twitter | 4 Comments
(This post began as a reply to a comment question on my previous blog post about iPhone 3G. It’s also a complete re-write of an earlier post.)
My experience with the Internet on my Nokia N82 has been more than satisfying, but that might well be a result of my usage pattern. Your mileage may vary. And yes, my ideal internet-access device would be iPhone, but I’ve already written about why iPhone is a no-no for me.
Mar
19
Why Safari won’t matter
Filed Under Editorials, Firefox, IE, IntellectualProperty, Internet, Opera, Predictions, Safari | Leave a Comment
Apple released Safari 3.1 today, and has claimed that it is “the world’s fastest browser”.
“Safari loads web pages 1.9 times faster than IE 7 and 1.7 times faster than Firefox 2. Safari also runs JavaScript up to six times faster than other browsers…”
Apr
29
Does Microsoft need Internet Explorer?
Filed Under Editorials, Firefox, IE, Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Opera, Vista | Leave a Comment
I was reading a Fortune Magazine article on how Ray Ozzie is the vanguard of Microsoft’s new Internet Services strategy. It struck me that Microsoft realizes that we’re moving away from the desktop to the “webtop” paradigm, where your data resides in the “cloud” of the Internet, and that we’re moving towards fundamentally new services that leverage the power of the Web. In other words, MS seems to “get” the Internet of the future.
Mar
22
Opera Mini - as good as it gets!
Filed Under Internet, Mobile, Opera, Trends | 2 Comments
What’s the best mobile browser out there? On my Nokia 6670, I’ve tried NetFront 3.2, Opera for mobile (the 15-day trial). Both of these run neck-to-neck in terms to overall experience. There are a few features NetFront has that Opera doesn’t, and vice versa. But I wasn’t happy with either of them - the speed, the rendering, the fonts (awful for both) - mobile browsing wasn’t quite there yet, I thought.
Oct
4
HOWTO: Be more productive with the Nokia 6670
Filed Under HowTos, LotusNotes, Mobile, Nokia, Opera, Outlook, PC | Leave a Comment
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 the phone. The built-in email client does a very good job at retrieving, composing and displaying messages and their attachments. It’s also well integrated with the rest of the system, so I can click on most files and select “Send as email”. I’ve heard that Profimail’s the best email client out there, but i.) it isn’t nearly as integrated as the default mail client, and ii.) it isn’t free! After spending nearly Rs. 13000 for this beast, I’m not spending a paisa more 