The XHTML browser on the Nokia 3650 takes Danger’s CSS media screw-ups to a new level. Nokia’s browser doesn’t merely render my Screen stylesheet instead of the Handheld one, it actually appears to be merging them.
WTF?!
Archive for April, 2003
Flip-Flop
24Apr03Frank McPherson had thought that PDA phones were better than smart phones because phones are lousy PDAs, but now he is realizing his T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition isn’t the greatest PDA either: not enough RAM, no SDIO, no jog wheel.
Samsung’s SPH-i700 and SGH-i700 should address those complaints, but… It takes a long time to […]
Boot OZ from SD
24Apr03There’s a FAQ explaining how to Boot OpenZaurus from an SD card. With this method the original OZ image is retained in ROM and can be booted by removing the SD card.
Cordless IM for All?
24Apr03Has anyone heard of Motorola’s upcoming IMfree? It’s some sort of wireless device for AOL Instant Messenger that slaves off of a PC.
305, 954, 561, 786
24Apr03AT&T messed up my wireless order, the phone number they assigned me was not in one of the area codes that I requested. The first customer service rep I spoke to was helpful and friendly enough, but was unable to change the phone number assigned to my SIM card. Ultimately she directed me to a […]
In other Palm news…
24Apr03Palm OS 5.2.1 has a “memory breakthru” that ups the limit from 16MB to 128MB. This would explain Garmin’s 32MB device, which can now be pre-order from Amazon for $549.
Palm has begun shipping two Palm OS 5.2.1 devices of their own. The $299 Zire 71 has a 144MHz TI OMAP processor, 16MB RAM, 320×320 color […]
Palm Aggravation
24Apr03I needed to fire up my Palm Vx LE today. The poor thing has become cranky in it’s old age, the digitizer settings had drifted so badly that I couldn’t open the digitizer preferences.
No problem, I can just install Palm Desktop, HotSync, hard-reset, HotSync, and everything should be fine… Right?
Wrong! As it turns out, Palm […]
Switching…
22Apr03FedEx delivered my new AT&T Nokia 3650 this afternoon, it’s finished charging and ready to go. Had a mini panic attack over how to transfer my phone numbers, but my SIM-unlocked 8890 finally emerged from the junk on my desk.
First Impressions
It feels lighter than it looks. The speakerphone is barely loud enough to use at […]
