GLOBAL – Earlier in the week we announced our Summer Blowout with the news of our comment of the week promo, where we’re giving away a Gravity license for the best comment made on Conversations every week. Also earlier this week, we ran a poll asking what you expect from a software update. Well, what a hot potatoe that turned out to be (results and hopefully some follow up coming next week). There were many points, all well made, but one for me stood out more than most. Read on to find out who said what, and why it mattered.
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
BOSTON, USA – In this last of my catch-up link round-ups, I want to focus on more general industry items. These links do show a bit of what I find most interesting, such as cloud computing, entrepreneurship, and the future of mobile.
But I cheat a bit: two links point to pages chock-full of links and analysis, two pages showing the best collection of thinking out there. Of course, you need to read on to find those links below.
GLOBAL – Nokia users who like to keep their work in their pocket will be chuffed to hear that Quickoffice Premier 6 has been released for S60 3rd edition and S60 5th edition devices. The update includes support for viewing the full suite of Microsoft Office 2007 documents and the editing of most.
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BOSTON, USA – As I read the past month of articles in my feed reader, I found a bunch of articles pertaining to Nokia that might not have been necessarily big news, but that did resonate with some of my thinking.
Ranging from new devices and a device retrospective, to acquisitions and spin-offs, to clever employees, and to a thoughtful video – the last month was rich in things that made me think.
Before we get to the notable acquisitions and spin-offs, let me first start with a device that is dear to me: the Nokia N86 8MP.
GLOBAL – There’s been plenty of discussion around the N86 8MP and the fact it doesn’t come with a Xenon flash. There’s good reason, as to why, some of which we outlined in the interview with Damian Dinning, the man behind both devices. Damian himself wanted to highlight the low light performance differences of both devices so set up a true like for like test which he’s shared with Conversations.
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GLOBAL – Last week’s cameraphone poll got plenty of feedback, including this suggestion from lupixx – what do you expect to see in a software update? Although we had a different poll planned for today, we figured this one was good enough to run instead so let us know what you think. Software updates are a regular part of our lives now, and for many a welcome addition. That we’ve bought a device, but it’s still being developed offers an assurance that what we have will constantly improve, at least through the period of time we’ll own and use it. Question is though, what kind of improvements do we expect? Get your vote in now!
[UPDATE] If you opt for the “other” option, we’ll compile all the answers and publish them next week, with some attempt to weigth them in popularity order.