GLOBAL – There’s all sorts of ways we can back up and save our data in the event of something bad happening to our devices (specially losing them, or having them stolen). Following a survey from the folks over at BetaLabs, we figured it’d be a good subject for a poll on Conversations and you weren’t backward in coming forward with your thoughts. 30 per cent of you said you’d find contacts hardest to replace, with images and media coming a close second with 25 per cent. Continue reading>>
GLOBAL – The folks over at Betalabs have been running a survey relating to data back up and security. It throws up some pretty interesting questions (and if you have a couple of minutes, we’d urge you to head over and let them know what your views) about data back up and recovery. Enough that we thought we’d run our own poll on the topic. With Ovi Suite 2.0 now graduated from Betalabs, it’s never been easier to back up the data on your device. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t become even easier, or that there’s a lot more functionality to be had around data security.
What tickles our fancy though is what kind of data you consider most important to back up. About five years ago my phone was stolen. I’d just recently been through all of my contacts to clean them up, but before I had a chance to back up, I lost the whole lot.
Today, my contacts and calendar live in the cloud (along with most of my working documents) and my phone, computer and laptop are becoming dumber and dumber. Replacing any of them shouldn’t be too much heartache, except now my concern about loss has more to do with settings and applications (images and video tend to synced the same day they’re shot).
And that’s where I think we’ve seen a big shift. Sure, for regular phone users, backing up their contacts would be a wise thing. Not having to plug a device into a computer to back them up would be even wiser (Ovi Contacts, anyone?). For those of us who spend more of their time with higher end devices though, our needs are entirely different. With myriad apps, advanced device settings and things like Bookmarks, map waypoints and myriad other bits of information to collect, our needs are rapidly changing.
Given the different tools we have at our disposal to store and back up information, I’m going to focus this week’s poll on understanding what you’d find hardest to restore. You can choose up to four options, and there’s an “other” box for anything I haven’t already included. Happy voting.
GLOBAL – July is typically a quiet month here at Conversations (well, it was last year) so to see us through we’ve got a whole series of features to keep us busy for the month (which we are well aware, doesn’t start until Wednesday, but we like to start stuff on a Monday).
First up we’ll be focusing on some of the other blogs run by folks at Nokia, so check back every day this week to get a highlight on the main Nokia blogs and what each one has to offer. Don’t forget to check back throughout the month too so you can see what other treats we have in store. Today though we’re going to kick off with one of the greatest Nokia blogs of all, BetaLabs Blog. Continue reading>>
ESPOO, Finland – Nokia Betalabs, the virtual incubation room where new applications hang out to get tested and improved before official release, has had a makeover. The site plays host to a substantial community of Nokia users who use it to find and download new applications, released in beta mode, before feeding back comments and suggestions. Initial reaction to the refresh is very positive, but the biggest boost comes in the form of a mobile version of Betalabs (much like our own mobile version of Conversations – have you seen it?). Continue reading>>
ESPOO, Finland – We brought you some of the most exciting stuff from The Way We Live Next as it happened the other week, but now we’ve corralled videos of all the major demos and made them available in one place for you to watch at your leisure. So, time to stick the kettle on, sit back and relax and enjoy the, er, shows.
There was loads on show at The Way We Live Next and whilst some of it will be hitting our devices before the end of the year (such as point and find) other features are still in early stages of development. We’ve split the videos into two chunks (yes, there are that many) so here comes the first lot….
ESPOO, Finland – Here at Nokia Conversations, Mike and James (evil guys) have pushed me to talk about the things we link to via delicious. Some folks I know call it ‘blog all open tabs’, meaning as you find interesting things online and open them in new tabs in the browser, at some point, just write about all the stuff.
GLOBAL – There’s all sorts of ways we can back up and save our data in the event of something bad happening to our devices (specially losing them, or having them stolen). Following a survey from the folks over at BetaLabs, we figured it’d be a good subject for a poll on Conversations and you weren’t backward in coming forward with your thoughts. 30 per cent of you said you’d find contacts hardest to replace, with images and media coming a close second with 25 per cent.
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