June 2009

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Portable Movie-viewer Face-off: Creative Zen Vision M vs. Nokia N810

June 24, 2009 in Gadget Reviews, Reviews, Uncategorized by admin | No comments

I spent five hours on a bus today. During that time, I watched two movies, one on my Creative Zen Vision M 30 gig player, and one on my Nokia N810. Here are my impressions:

Creative Zen Vision M 30 gigabyte

I watched A River Runs Through It on the Creative device. I expected to have difficulty watching a movie on such a small screen, and was pleasantly surprised with the experience. The colors are clear and vibrant, and I had no difficulty keeping up with the action. I turned the brightness up to 100%, but probably could have been comfortable with less.

After I got home, I turned the movie back on and left the player running to see how far it would get before the battery died. Including the time on the bus, it played for just over 3 hours before switching off.

Tags: creative zen vision m, movie, n810, nokia, Review, viewer

Unanswered Questions: Word processing and spreadsheets for Nokia N810

June 11, 2009 in Gadget Reviews, Software Reviews, Uncategorized by admin | No comments

Someone arrived here yesterday after searching for “word processor for nokia 810.” Here are a few suggestions:

Notes

The N810′s built-in “Notes” application is good enough for note-taking and rough drafts. You have your choice of fonts, as well as italic, bold, and underline styles. You can also do bullet lists and numbered lists. I’ve used it while offline to write blog posts, which I then copied and pasted here.

One of the advantages of using Notes over Abiword or Google Docs is that the Notes application is optimized for the tablet’s screen resolution, so you don’t have to squint to read your own work.

You can save Notes either as HTML or text files. The HTML files will open in your desktop browser.

Tags: Abiword, Gnumeric, nokia 810, notes application, tablet, word processing program

Unanswered Questions: Sony Ericsson themes and Knetwit Referral Link

June 8, 2009 in Uncategorized by admin | No comments

Search engine traffic statistics are a great way to see what your site visitors are looking for. I recently noticed that I sometimes get visitors who, based on their search terms, probably didn’t find what they were looking for on my site. I know how frustrating that can be, so I’ve decided to follow the example of another blogger (unfortunately I can’t remember who) and start addressing some of those unanswered questions.

Here are the first two:

Search Term: “Sony Ericsson new themes free download”

This one is easy. There are many sites that offer cell phone theme and ringtone downloads. Some are free, others are not. I tend to use umnet.com when I want a new theme or ringtone. Lasyk.net is also a good place to visit. It focuses on Sony Ericsson devices, and seems to be better organized than umnet.

Tags: cell phone, Ericsson, Knetwit, link, myThemeCreator, referral, ringtone, Sony, theme

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet Review

June 8, 2009 in Gadget Reviews, Product Reviews, Uncategorized by admin | 10 comments

This is a belated followup to my previous post about the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. I hadn’t received the tablet when I first wrote about it. I listed some of its features that made it attractive to me, and promised a review once I had the device in hand.

~~Here are some photos of the device next to my Creative Zen Vision M (approximately the same size and shape as an iPod Classic) and my Toshiba e330 Pocket PC.~~

Sorry, the photos were lost in transition.

Here is a list of features I mentioned in my previous post, and my impressions of them in actual use:

Tags: cell phone, device, gps, internet tablet, mobile internet device, nokia, Nokia n810, PDA, skype, wifi

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