Comments on: How do you use your mobile handset?

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:44:51 +0000

Hey James
nice one, thanks for the FB post. think you’re pretty spot on with your phone use. some good apps in there I’m gonna try out.

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By: Neil Hopcroft

Neil Hopcroft — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:51:20 +0000

Gone are the days of the SH888 when it was quite feasible to use it as a hammer, phones are altogether more flimsy these days.

By: Chief

Chief — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:19:46 +0000

I have an iPhone. Deep joy. It does not work. Took it back to 02 store. They referred me to Apple store. Apple store will not look at it without booking an appointment.
No mans land.
Ewan who is the CEO of 02? The CEO of 02, Steve Job and me need to talk.

By: James Whatley

James Whatley — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:29:30 +0000

Wow – thanks for your comments folks. Seems like I’ve really touched upon something here….

Expect a follow up post addressing all that ^ and more next week; Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.

By: martin

martin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:06:03 +0000

similar to how I used my old N73 see here (http://martinjsmith.blogspot.com/2006/11/story-vignette-1.html) – mobile Dopplr might also have given you a serendipity chance meeting with a buddy whilst in town,and of course now using the mobile versions of jaiku/twitter which were’nt available at the time of posting..

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:52:07 +0000

Nice post, makes me realise that there’s still always more I can do with my phone. Just wondering, what’s the real advantage of paying for Agile Messenger over using a free app like fring? Because I’ve been using fring recently and it’s pretty good but not perfect, but the full price of Agile is 34.95 euros and I’m not sure if it’s worth it.

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:12:04 +0000

James,

Excellent post! It would be really interesting to get a broader picture of what people use… Me?

Roadsync for syncing my E61 with Exchange – I know Nokia do a free application, but I really value the sub-folder functionality in Roadsync and its better reliability. I’ve tested thrid-party PIM apps, but never found one I prefer much over the built-in ones so I view the data with those.

Autolock for S60 an incredibly simple tool, but essential for avoiding accidental pocket dialling.

Google Reader (on S60 and iPhone) for all my RSS reading when commuting because I like my read status to be nice and synchronised with the laptop.

Facebook on the iPhone for keeping track of my friends – the customised interface beats the pants of the normal ‘m’ version.

iPhone ‘video iPod’ functions for watching TV recorded with my EyeTV and automagically exported to iTunes and listening to music / podcasts. My other devices can do it, but this has the best screen and interface…

iPhone Safari for browsing whilst travelling or on the sofa at home. For many sites its as fast as my 3G handset (loads of EDGE near us) due to the quicker lay-out and it handles regular web pages better than any S60 browser so far (although Opera’s offerings are a close 2nd).

SpinVox on the E61 – great for not disturbing meetings, but also nice to have a log for searching numbers and info later (via the e-mail notifications).

Tripit.com on the iPhone (sync from iCal) – I forward all my travel confirmation e-mails here and it interprets them and builds a trip list. You can interrogate it by SMS, but I subscribe to an iCal feed that puts all my journeys, bookings and their confirmation details into my calendar. Wish I could subscribe from the E61 yet, but AFAIK there’s no iCal client.

By: Mirko Corli

Mirko Corli — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:07:22 +0000

Ewan, great article, full of details.
Just a couple of questions: did you find it so quick and easy to find out where a place is by founding the address on the net, putting it into nokia maps and then getting back the result? I’m asking because i would ask someone on the road instead
And, second, when you sit down to take some notes after a meeting, do you use the Nokia Bluetooth keyboard or type notes by T9 keypad?

According to me (i’m an e51 user, not N95), one of the most useful applications is Active Notes. I use them by creating a note for each day and then putting into it pictures or quick snaps i take for a book i see and i want to buy later, or info about something i need to see later more in detail.

By: Antoine of MMM

Antoine of MMM — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:54:03 +0000

Reading this makes me quite happy. I am borderline the same way, without nearly the commute that you have. Honestly, I like computing better this way, it just feels better.

Next step for my devices, plug into a dock so that I can work from them without worrying about whether the battery will last the entire day. That will pretty much natch it for me.

By: Rich Hyndman

Rich Hyndman — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:02:53 +0000

Handy insight, in answer to question 3) Sky Anytime for Symbian with its remote recording is a winner for me. But Google Maps and Nokia’s Share Online and Podcasting functionalities are simply killers.

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Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:55:26 +0000

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By: adonisdemon

adonisdemon — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:22:50 +0000

I wouldn’t classify myself as a power user, but there are many similarities between yours and my journey, i.e. music and jaiku (but using the m.jaiku site), I also tend to check e-mails, reed my feeds via google reader as my journey is over ground and sweet HSDPA is available.

By: Terence Eden

Terence Eden — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:29:51 +0000

You forgot the invaluable http://m.facebook.com/
Other than that, sounds like a typical morning for me, too!