Archive for the 'Phones' Category

The Nokia E70 is out

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Looks like its _finally_ been released. I see it for $550 on expansys, $520 on importgsm, and a few

Super hack-tastic

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Whatever device I end up buying, it’d be nice if I could use Japanese on it. It’s not a hard requirement, but it would sure make things more interesting. Unfortunately, getting Japanese to work on an American or European device involves quite a bit of work, but there are people who manage to get it […]

Another twist

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

A friend at work who is a Nokia fan tells me of another possibility: buy un-subsidized phones. Apparently places like expansys sell European imports which are unlocked and I can just use with Cingular.
This gives me the option of getting an N71 through a different route when it comes out, or getting the E70 which […]

The drill down

Monday, January 16th, 2006

Ok, the frontrunners are still the Treo, the 2125, and the Nokia 6682.
By screen size: (1) Treo, with 320×320 (2) 2125 with 240×320 (3) Nokia with 176×208
By Mac sync - ability: (1) Treo and Nokia tie (2) 2125 because its Windows SM 5.0
By data plan expense: (1) Nokia and 2125 ($20/mo) (2) Treo […]

You can never get exactly what you want: Phones

Monday, January 16th, 2006

My Sony Ericsson T6xx whatever phone is totally dying. I liked it for about the first month, then I realized it totally sucked. Interface is slow, and reception is balls.
Fast forward a year, now its physically starting to break, so its time to switch to Cingular and get a new phone. It seems like the […]