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I chose to choose the worse – yet another iPhone4 vs HTC Desire comparison
Aug 17th




I keep on playing with an iPhone 4 for a few days now. Why? I have one of the best smartphones on the market at the moment, namely the HTC Desire. It’s got one of the best OS’ in existence at the moment: Android by Google. It does almost everything I need it to do and shines-on except for a few small “unimportant” details, like battery life and the lack of pushed-email (Vodafone’s fault on this one!). Then why looking over the fence where everybody says the grass is greener?
Well, curiosity. Inquisitive curiosity. And hype. A job at which Apple’s always ace.
While I’ve only used it seldom, I’ve been able to go thru quite a few situations of an everyday smartphone user: I browsed the net, posted to Twitter, used various applications, downloaded a free application from the App Store and…fell-out of love with the iPhone 4. You take a picture. You wanna share it with friends. You can’t beam it thru Bluetooth, there is no option to do it. You can’t send it on TwitPic by uploading it on the site – the “browse files” button was greyed-out (no, it wasn’t a Flash button, works like a charm on my Desire) due to the fact that the iPhone has a security procedure in place (enforced by a password) of not allowing anything in a browser to read the files in the phone. Plain stupid? Yes, if you ask me. You can’t email it to Posterous or to other emails because for example, you have a problem with your SMTP server, like I did.
And why is this all happening? Just because Steve decided to “protect” the consumer. Who asked for this? Not the king, the customer himself. Of course, I can understand the logic and the logistics behind this great, great progressive undertaking but I’m not sure it was done in our best interest.
Looking over the fence again, I see a regulated but self propelled market of innovative, useful and mostly free apps that can be installed at user’s free will. Are the Android users less protected? No, I don’t think so. The system is different. There will always be hackers to combat and holes to plug.
But you know what they say: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”.
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[ro] Noutati la MWC 2009 [tech-head/GSM]
Feb 16th

- Colectie de fotografii de la MWC 09
- Ziua 1 la MWC 09 prin All About Symbian
- Fostul smartphone G2 cu sistem de operare Android este de fapt HTC Magic, terminal exclusiv Vodafone
- Adobe expune un demo Flash Player 10 Beta pentru mobile la MWC 09 Barcelona
- NVIDIA aduce Tegra pentru mobilele Android La MWC 09 Barcelona
- HTC anunta lansarea in viitorul apropiat al modelelor HTC Diamond 2 si HTC Touch Pro 2
- Conferinta de presa Nokia de MWC 09 Barcelona
- Sony Ericsson anunta Idou – un prototip avansat (camera 12 MP,touch-screen de 3,5 inch si noul sistem de operare Symbian editia 5, un produs al noii Fundatii Symbian)
- Sony-Ericsson Idou – fotografii si video
- Alte informatii despre Sony Idou
- Samsung Omnia HD trece de pe Windows Mobile pe Symbian S60
- Palm Pre la MWC 09 – video
- Palm lanseaza un nou demo cu Palm Pre la WMC 09
Surse: boygeniusreport.com, engadget.com, allaboutsymbian.com, precommunity.com, slashgear.com, eweek.com, techdigest.tv
[ro] Prima zi a MWC, Barcelona 2008-Mobile World Congress [tech-head/GSM/Stiri]
Feb 16th

Astazi a inceput la Barcelona Congresul Mondial al Telefoniei Mobile, editia 2009. Dupa cum o spune si numele, in perioada 16-19 Februarie 2009 la standuri se vor regasi cele mai importante nume din lumea “mobila”, incepand cu producatorii de componente si terminale, gigantii Internetului (Google,Yahoo si Microsoft), pana la operatorii de telefonie mobila ca Orange, Vodafone sau T-Mobile. Scopul este prezentarea celor mai noi tehnologii si produse, de a discuta oportunitati de afaceri si starea actuala a industriei de telecomunicatii.
Desi initial se credea ca actuala criza economica va goni principalii participanti la Expozitiei, in final singurul mare absent este Apple; compania a participat la Macworld 2009,insa chiar si acolo a fost prezenta pentru ultima oara, iar Steve Jobs a trimis un inlocuitor, alimentand astfel zvonurile conform carora este grav bolnav.Site-urile majore de tehnologie si telecomunicatii mobile sunt prezente deja acolo si transmit live informatii referitoare la produsele prezentate:
[ro] HTC HD – la prima atingere [GSM/tech-head]
Jan 12th



[en] UIQ/Sony-Ericsson P1i experiences [GSM/UIQ/tech-head]
Dec 5th
As I said before, sometimes the P1i makes me crazy. My first intention is to smash it in pieces, but then again, I can’t change it now – I’m only too used to UIQ 3.0 interface to switch to something else. Such is the power of UI’s – not only that they have a learning curve you have to take, but then the UI is”enslaving” you to the point in which you need to have the same UI every time you want be comfortable with your gadgets. And, of course, if you need to be efficient. In both professional and social life. That’s the reason most of us have these gadgets, right?- irregular restarts “in
order to improve performance” - different sets of bugs
after every software update, even when you re-flash with the same version
just to get rid of the corrupt versions of applications like Calendar,
Messaging or Contacts. - disappearance of the
in-call clock after a month or two from re-flash - irregular kernel-exec error
which lead to Opera Mobile crash (explained partially by the normal size
of some HTML sites that Opera Mobile can’t handle) - irregular restarts leading
to a bug that won’t turn off the back light completely-dim screen will
always consume energy - themes aren’t always
coherent-you can always find a nice Black theme but the text is also black
which renders it useless. - connection-priorities (and
sometimes changing to its own accord) are inconsistent and I guess it’s
due to its complexity - service menu ( for checking
phone properties like phone screen usability) is not available in the menu
(why not?!!) unless you know the code - Push-email never worked
- Streaming Media never worked
- the impossibility of
recording calls even according to law
[en] Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 review [GSM/tech-head]
Dec 1st
Making a follow-up of the Xperia X1 pre-launching, I read this review with great pleasure. It covers all the important aspects, with a section dedicated especially to Sony-Ericsson pannels. There is also a nice video clip regarding the way the pannels work, the speed and the operations.





