First day here at Nokia World 09, and it’s been quite an interesting past couple of hours.
While i’m still digesting the loads of information shoveled my way, along with finalizing coverage for both HWM and HardwareZone.com, I realized that somehow, large scale events like these always find a way to slap me in the face. Kick me in the nads. Throw a wet blanket over the fire. Break my heart. You get the idea.
Case in point? The Nokia N97 Mini. Why so? Part of the answer lies in the fact that i’m now using a Nokia N97. The full-sized one that comes with mode storage and a directional keypad. The picture below neatly illustrates the second part of the answer to the question.
On the left: a white Nokia N97 Mini. On the right: my personal Nokia N97. Almost 200MB of free phone memory on the Nokia N97 Mini, versus a smidge above 10MB on their slightly older (former) flagship device.
Damnit. Damnitdamnitdamnit. Why, Nokia, why do you do such things to me?
Anyone willing to trade a N97 Mini for my used, but very well kept N97?
This entry was written by , posted on September 3, 2009 at 12:34 AM, filed under Geek Toys, Opinion, Technology and tagged N97, N97 Mini, Nokia, Nokia World. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Michael Arrington’s CrunchPad appears in today’s Singapore Straits Times. The Straits Time team apparently interviewed the Fusion Garage chaps last week. In short, the specifications as revealed by ST is as below:
- Dimensions: 12.77 x 7.83 x 0.74″
- Weight: 1.2kg
- Screen: 12″
- Hardware: 1.6GHz Atom & 1GB RAM
- Software: Webkit browser/operating system, developed by the Fusion Garage team
- Peripherals: 1x USB port built-in, for keyboard or mouse
- Connectivity: WiFi & 3G, with option for mobile broadband
- Price: Unconfirmed, estimated US$399 (approx. S$575)
The Crunchpad is apparently on track to be launched by November this year. Kudos to the Straits Times team.
Below are some snaps from the newspaper piece; click on the thumbnails to enlarge.
This entry was written by , posted on July 31, 2009 at 10:32 AM, filed under Geek Toys, Technology and tagged Crunchpad, Fusion Garage, Tablet. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Despite hanging in the air for close to half a year now since the initial announcement back in December, Nokia’s soon-to-be flagship Nseries device is due to be made available sometime in June this year, a little less than two weeks from now. The timing is no real coincidence, after all, Nokia did say they’d be releasing the phone in the tail end of the first half of 2009. What’s more, CommunicAsia is just around the corner, and it makes even more sense that Nokia would choose their Nokia Connection event to shout about the N97, ahead of the anticipated iPhone upgrade and other devices to be announced by competing mobile phone makers at CommunicAsia.
A couple of weeks back, I had the opportunity to check out a couple of prototype N97 devices courtesy of the chaps at Nokia. In short, the hardware was pretty much final, though the software was buggy as hell, suddenly restarting every now and then. (more…)
This entry was written by , posted on May 24, 2009 at 6:50 PM, filed under Geek Toys, Opinion, Technology and tagged Mobile, N97, Nokia. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Colleague just got back from a junket to Los Angeles for a HP launch, and while he was there, I managed to get him to pick up my geek toy of the month, teh Flip mino HD.
Yes, I know i’m ultra-late to the game where the Flip is concerned, but since I missed out on picking one up while I was in San Francisco earlier this year for Macworld (damn you, Radio Shack), i’m quite elated that this particular one happened to come through, despite the /wrist sales tax imposed by the lovely state of California. Guvnor Ahnuld must be in a bit of a tight spot, what with trying to ditch his Tesla Roadster and all. I’m happy I could contribute to their coffers. Not.
This entry was written by , posted on March 31, 2009 at 2:23 AM, filed under Geek Toys. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Work’s been rather crazy the past couple of days, but little things like the arrival of my latest geek acquisition can be a great way to perk up my day. I’ve been meaning to pick up a portable hard disk for quite some time now, and when opportunity presented itself to get the 500GB Samsung S2 portable at a very spectacular price (woot for journo discounts!), there was no question about it.
Retail therapy is a wonderful thing.
This entry was written by , posted on March 10, 2009 at 9:42 AM, filed under Geek Toys. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.