Comments on: Normob watch http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:16:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrickatsms http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-250000 Patrickatsms Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:43:50 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-250000 John, you're probably right ... next time. John, you're probably right … next time.

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-250001 Ewan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:29:10 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-250001 approved approved

]]> By: Mike42 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249998 Mike42 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:52:46 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249998 yeah, so could ScanR, in theory ;-)<br><br>Problem is having a lense / pixel combo that allows you to capture text. Anything below about 2MP/no Macro mode can't get businesscard info into ScanR. The resolution is too low, and moving closer looses focus. yeah, so could ScanR, in theory ;-)

Problem is having a lense / pixel combo that allows you to capture text. Anything below about 2MP/no Macro mode can't get businesscard info into ScanR. The resolution is too low, and moving closer looses focus.

]]> By: John http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249999 John Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:47:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249999 He sounds like a terrorist using a 1-time-only pre-paid phone to call his contact, and by not keeping the number in the phone memory it reduces the chance of his mission being compromised. You should have grassed him up.<br><br><a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/jpg/_44816863_arrest_282.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/...</a> He sounds like a terrorist using a 1-time-only pre-paid phone to call his contact, and by not keeping the number in the phone memory it reduces the chance of his mission being compromised. You should have grassed him up.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/…

]]> By: Patrickatsms http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249648 Patrickatsms Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:43:50 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249648 John, you're probably right ... next time. John, you're probably right … next time.

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249649 Ewan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:29:10 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249649 approved approved

]]> By: Mike42 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249646 Mike42 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:52:46 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249646 yeah, so could ScanR, in theory ;-)<br><br>Problem is having a lense / pixel combo that allows you to capture text. Anything below about 2MP/no Macro mode can't get businesscard info into ScanR. The resolution is too low, and moving closer looses focus. yeah, so could ScanR, in theory ;-)

Problem is having a lense / pixel combo that allows you to capture text. Anything below about 2MP/no Macro mode can't get businesscard info into ScanR. The resolution is too low, and moving closer looses focus.

]]> By: John http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249647 John Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:47:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249647 He sounds like a terrorist using a 1-time-only pre-paid phone to call his contact, and by not keeping the number in the phone memory it reduces the chance of his mission being compromised. You should have grassed him up.<br><br><a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/jpg/_44816863_arrest_282.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/...</a> He sounds like a terrorist using a 1-time-only pre-paid phone to call his contact, and by not keeping the number in the phone memory it reduces the chance of his mission being compromised. You should have grassed him up.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/…

]]> By: DanLane http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249651 DanLane Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:30:30 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249651 Evernote could do that quite easily! Evernote could do that quite easily!

]]> By: Mike42 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-249650 Mike42 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:55:45 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-249650 Future app for Nokias: on startup, you are prompted to take a photo of said handwritten list of most-used numbers (or noticeboard at home, or page in FiloFax etc). <br><br>It OCR's the info, and presents it on-screen for confirmation.<br><br>Naaaahhhh...... Future app for Nokias: on startup, you are prompted to take a photo of said handwritten list of most-used numbers (or noticeboard at home, or page in FiloFax etc).

It OCR's the info, and presents it on-screen for confirmation.

Naaaahhhh……

]]> By: Patrickatsms http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-225459 Patrickatsms Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:43:50 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-225459 John, you're probably right ... next time. John, you're probably right … next time.

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-225458 smstextnews Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:29:10 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-225458 approved approved

]]> By: Mike42 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-225460 Mike42 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:52:46 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-225460 yeah, so could ScanR, in theory ;-)<br><br>Problem is having a lense / pixel combo that allows you to capture text. Anything below about 2MP/no Macro mode can't get businesscard info into ScanR. The resolution is too low, and moving closer looses focus. yeah, so could ScanR, in theory ;-)

Problem is having a lense / pixel combo that allows you to capture text. Anything below about 2MP/no Macro mode can't get businesscard info into ScanR. The resolution is too low, and moving closer looses focus.

]]> By: John http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-225457 John Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:47:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-225457 He sounds like a terrorist using a 1-time-only pre-paid phone to call his contact, and by not keeping the number in the phone memory it reduces the chance of his mission being compromised. You should have grassed him up.<br><br><a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/jpg/_44816863_arrest_282.jpg">http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/...</a> He sounds like a terrorist using a 1-time-only pre-paid phone to call his contact, and by not keeping the number in the phone memory it reduces the chance of his mission being compromised. You should have grassed him up.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44816000/…

]]> By: DanLane http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-225456 DanLane Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:30:30 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-225456 Evernote could do that quite easily! Evernote could do that quite easily!

]]> By: Mike42 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/normob_watch.html/comment-page-1#comment-225455 Mike42 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:55:45 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7063#comment-225455 Future app for Nokias: on startup, you are prompted to take a photo of said handwritten list of most-used numbers (or noticeboard at home, or page in FiloFax etc). <br><br>It OCR's the info, and presents it on-screen for confirmation.<br><br>Naaaahhhh...... Future app for Nokias: on startup, you are prompted to take a photo of said handwritten list of most-used numbers (or noticeboard at home, or page in FiloFax etc).

It OCR's the info, and presents it on-screen for confirmation.

Naaaahhhh……

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