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Nokia World 09: How the N97 Mini breaks my heart

In Geek Toys, Opinion, Technology on 3 September 2009 tagged N97, N97 Mini, Nokia, Nokia World with no comments

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 [...]

The Importance of Data

In Opinion, Technology on 3 June 2009 tagged 3G, mobile broadband, N97 with no comments

What’s going to make or break the Nokia N97, or any other smartphone out there, for that matter, is data. Or rather, the availability of an always-on, live connection to the Internet. At least, that’s what I think will be the key driver of the N97′s success in a market already dominated by Apple’s iPhone, [...]

Nokia N97 Preview

In Geek Toys, Opinion, Technology on 24 May 2009 tagged Mobile, N97, Nokia with 2 comments

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 [...]

Marblecake Also The Game

In Opinion on 28 April 2009 tagged 4chan, cake, time inc with 1 comment

.. or how Time Inc got their asses handed to them by a bunch of internet users with a great deal of time, creativity, imagination and just plain pwn on their hands to dish out. Long story short, TIME’s annual list of 100 most influential got gamed big time, with the rank 1 position going [...]

Twitter’s New Financial Model

In Opinion, Sport on 30 March 2009 with no comments

… or to be exact, another way for third parties to turn Twitter into a new revenue stream. In the case of Mark Cuban, bajiollionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, the NBA decided to fine Cuban a cool US$25K thanks to comments made on Twitter after a game; examples here and here. [...]