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Nokia N900 first photo samples available

August 28th, 2009


Didn’t have time to finish the previous article, when I was hit by Nokia’s latest bomb: the N900!

This toy does looks smart and surely deserves some attention. Read more…

Arno Articles, Mobile Phones Nokia, nokia n900, sample photos, smartphone

Smartphone killer: Sony PSP Phone!

August 25th, 2009

I am a gadget enthusiast! In these summer holidays I have been wondering about some features of some popular smart phones.

IPhone is the stylish teaser, has an awesome user interface and usability, maybe the largest display available, (still not big enough in this large-screen/display era) but incredibly poor hardware feature set compared to other phones, and fair/poor camera quality. Read more…

Arno Articles, Mobile Phones Iphone, Nokia, Phones, psp, PSP Phone, smartphone, Sony

Nokia Carmenu review

August 5th, 2009
Notice: there are some updates to the present post beginning from here please read through

I have recently written an article about Nokia Maps 3 woes, it looks nothing happened since then; let’s hope the guys at Nokia will improve quickly the dude: I have bought a license and wish to have the software usable.

In the meanwhile I’ve made a gift to my car with the Nokia Car Kit CK-300! Read more…

Arno Articles, Mobile Phones car audio system, Carmenu, music player, Nokia, nokia car kit, Nokia Carmenu, playlists, review, user interface

Nokia (Maps 3) big flop

July 3rd, 2009
The article has been updated, keep reading at the end of it.

I have just installed Maps 3, freshly released on Nokia’s site and sadly discovered it has so many bugs, that it’s unusable.

I dunno what’s happening inside Nokia’s house, but I have to admit they’ve been very clever in the past months to score consecutive bad records in a row. Read more…

Arno Articles, Mobile Phones buggy, flop, maps, Navigator, Nokia, Nokia phones, Phones, software

Parental Uncontrol

April 21st, 2009

This morning me and my wife had a long discussion, about our son caught playing PES 2009 on his Sony PS3, before having breakfast; the argy-bargy heat was a good starter for my lazy-twice-weekly early-jogging: got energy from that.

So the deal is always the same: how do you cope with your child’s e-fun, preventing their transformation in plants?
Read more…

Arno Articles gaming consoles, nanny, parental control, sony ps3, time usage, timer, timing management, TV, watchdog

Stupidity faces FaceBook

March 23rd, 2009

“Facebook is a free-access social networking website that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc.[1] Users can join networks organized by city, workplace, school, and region to connect and interact with other people” – Wikipedia (2009)

Of course the phenomenon has been explosive, and the numbers behind that network are impressive, we’re talking about billion US$, nowadays.

Nonetheless, one aspect that has been left out IMHO is how many users are really using FB for getting in touch with lost/old friends. Read more…

Arno Articles FaceBook, Trends

This is an ad-overloaded site

March 18th, 2009

When running a site based on your flat purse, it isn’t uncommon to inject ads everywhere, hoping to squeeze out of them some money.

You may be arguing about that, and I agree with you complaining: it’s nasty being bothered with something stealing your attention with “special effects”, animated gifs, flashing animations…

But that’s it, that’s how it works! It’s easy to be smart and generous when floating on money heaps…oh well, we’ll promise to go for a low-profile advertising strategy when things will change! Read more…

Arno Articles Advertising, Earnings, GIF, low-profile advertising strategy, Money