Found Gold at SUPERCOMM: Nokia N900 Demonstration Just for You

If Viddler is not through encoding this video when you click to watch here, don't give up, come back and enjoy! We recorded this video (Noreen and I) during SUPERCOMM 2009 in Chicago. We'll add a full commentary on Techistan (online technology magazine) soon.



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Mary Anne Tolention's Facebook, Nokia or iPhone?

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Copy of Mary Anne Tolentino's Facebook wall discussion on Nokia or iPhone...

Mary Anne Tolentino... someone told me Texting in iphone is quite challenging. I tested it a few days ago in the apple store, medyo hard nga....easier with N97. Ergo, I need to decide will it be N97 or Iphone 3GS? Of course iphone looks sexier :)
7 hours ago · Comment · Like

Edwin Sallan... i'm getting used to it now. tiyaga lang, Maan. =)
7 hours ago

Edwin Sallan... although I don't think you'll regret opting for the N97, too. nice phone as well. did i just confuse you? =)
7 hours ago

Jerry RiveraN97 it is
7 hours ago

Suzanne Bowen... Mary Anne, Perry Ismangil said the Nokia series is easier to text and use Internet on than the iPhone. He's at http://perry.ismangil.com/. I use Nokia e61i, a little older than the 97. Enjoy, whatever you decide!
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Jed Domingo... My humble vote goes for the N97...8-)
7 hours ago

Travelife Mag... We find Nokia much easier for texting too.
7 hours ago

Eric Tiongson... @Maan, you buying or Globe giving you one?
7 hours ago

Mary Anne Tolentino... My handset upgrade of course am broke :) So which one? I like both! But I need to choose just one
7 hours ago

Mary Anne Tolentino... Txtng is impt but there are other considerations. Read a lot of reviews. Checked it out in apple store and nokia but briefly. I dont like to make a mistake cause will be tied up 2 yrs..........so
7 hours ago

Elmar M. Gomez... iPhone. Use N97 for your other SIM. :)
6 hours ago

Eric Tiongson... If texting is that important, I'd suggest the N97. :-) I'm using an E71 and I can't imagine doing as much typing as I do on an iPhone.
6 hours ago

Mary Anne Tolentino... voice calls, SMS, email very impt, internet sufing, FB of course, video, camera those are the impt stuff I use it for. Not music, mauubos battery agad. Another consideration is, can I get a spare battery at once? mpt for me. cant wait to have it charged before i use it again.
6 hours ago

Eric Tiongson... iPhone's cannot have their battery replaced, so usability-wise N97 is looking good for you. :-)

Catch though is that if you don't get an iPhone from Globe now, you might not get one in the next 2 years. Whereas Nokia's can be purchased anytime anywhere.
6 hours ago

Mary Anne Tolentino... so you mean they wont sell iphone in the open market? will u not get an iphone for u?
6 hours ago

Eric Tiongson... they offered the older iPhone model, i want the new one. not sure if they have any on stock by now. :-)

and, nope, not aware of any plans to open up iPhone anytime soon.
5 hours ago

Mary Anne Tolentino... end of july or early august ang dating ng iphone 3gs. N97 was released this week or was that last week? kaya ang hirap mag decide
5 hours ago

Suzanne Bowen... This is an excellent discussion on cell phone choice, Mary Anne. Small favor? Can I copy this discussion to my blog? Can I leave your names in or do I give a pseudo name for each? The content is something people should read.
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Mary Anne Tolentino... suzanne go ahead :) may help others in making a choice
5 minutes ago

Mary Anne Tolentino... but some of the sentences are in the vernacular :)

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Vippie! VoiceServe at CommunicAsia 2009

I love the attitude of the VoiceServe team. They are at every conference we participate in. Their enthusiasm for their awesome services and how they can work with you are contagious. They will be at CommunicAsia June 16-19, 2009 in Singapore at booth 4C1-03. (DIDXchange will be at 4P3-09.) Register now at CommunicAsia to meet with companies like VoiceServe, one of the many valued members of DIDX.

Enjoy learning about the plethora of VoiceServe offerings: Complete billing + softswitch solution, Symbian Nokia Mobile Softphone with Tunnel, retail services with self-care web portal, class 5 robust softswitch, multi-tenant, multi-user IP PBX module for ITSPs, and flash web softphone! They garnered the coveted Innovation Award 2009 by TMC.

We are the luckiest company to have industry friends like VoiceServe team. We first met them in person at ITEXPO. (Hello back to you, from Rehan and the rest of the Super Technologies, Inc. team.) We are a media partner for CommunicAsia and ITEXPO via our media tools and channels, and it is a blast!

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Fring and Symbian, Last.fm, Twitter, and iPhone iPod Touch

Let me share some new fring versions. Several of this blog's readers use Fring and others are interested, so...

Symbian version 3.37: Following users requests and feedbacks, a new & smoother fring.

New Last.fm fringAdd–on takes music social.

Twitter 2.0 for Windows Mobile & Symbian devices – taking Twitter mobile s just gotten even easier

iPhone iPod touch new version with Always–on add–on makes sure you will be there for your friends, always!

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ThinkMobile, Isn't Everyone?

Looks good... check it out!

ThinkMobile: Mobile Content & Marketing Strategies
March 18-29, 2009, New York City
Produced by Mediabistro

ThinkMobile will unite content business opportunities with successful marketing strategies surrounding the ultimate cross-media vehicle: the mobile device. This event will engage attendees with best-in-class monetization models and case studies. Leading analysts, keynotes and speakers will converge here, sharing strategies and tips on what's next in mobile and how you should spend your money – and how much. Keynotes include Nancy Hill, President/CEO of the 4 A's, Ralph Simon, Founder, MEF Americas, and Marko Ahtisaari, CEO & Co-founder, Dopplr. Other speakers represent Nokia, Microsoft, Opera, Associated Press, Yahoo!, Nielsen, and more.

Add yourself to the event area on Linkedin and Facebook.

For details and to register, please visit: http://www.thinkmobile.com/?utm_source=DIDX&utm_medium=mediachannel&utm_campaign=thinkmobile

Guys, Get the Ladies in Your Life a Gift at GSMA in Barcelona

Recipe:
1. Get a DIDXchange mobile phone jacket like this ...

2. From me and Paul Deane (my colleague) at GSMA World Mobile Congress, Feb 16-19, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. If you can't find us, call my Barcelona, Spain phone number I will use while at GSMA (from a www.DIDX.net service provider) at +34 931845154. No charge.

3. Give them to the special ladies in your life. I gave them out at ITGulfcoast meeting and to some of my fellow ECRT running team members. They love them. They even fit my Nokia E61i.

(Hey, Debbie, my favorite friend at Paetec. I'm saving one for you!)


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Globalize local communications = Followo Communications' Mantra

Yesterday I was showing a colleague how to tether his Nokia E61i to his laptop. This was my answer to his: "I can't work. I don't have any Internet."

;-)

Problem solved! Next, we both conferenced with a new DIDXchange (an electronic wholesale marketplace for buying and selling of DID/DDI) member* Charles Lu. He has been a part of the global Asterisk developers' community for several years. His company Softele is based in Canada.

What stood out to me in our conversation was Charles' collection of words into an interesting phrase, basically his mantra, his mission... globalize local communications.

With Followo service, clients get to:

1. Assign a DID from city in another country to a local home or mobile phone.

2. Assign a DID that is local to family, friends, potential customers in a city in another country.

3. Take the DIDs (phone numbers) while traveling and avoid overseas roaming charges.

4. Choose the most cost-effective phone to answer incoming calls: mobile phone, home phone, softphone, VoIP hard phone.

5. Change the "ring to" anytime as often as needed.

6. Ring 2 phones at once.

7. No contract, pay as you go.

Charles' team speaks English and Mandarin, both with a clearly understood accent. The target market will be China, Canada, USA and Pakistan where millions of people speak both languages, are very mobile, and need local presence in an area on Earth that they are not physically in that varies by the day even.

For now, watch for Followo service roll out before the New Year January 26, 2009!

* (At first I placed a comma between the words "member" and "Charles" and then realized that "Charles Lu" is essential to the sentence; therefore, no comma is needed.)

Cell Phone Discussion 1: Sony Ericsson

Sorry didn't mean to cut this guy's discussion of his new cell phone Sony Ericsson on Du mobile service in Dubai, but at least you hear his key thoughts about it compared to his Nokia.

Any time we try a new gadget, it's tough to learn the new processes. It happened when I switched from a Tandy 1000 HX to the Mac Classic and then to a Gateway PC and then to Dell, Toshiba, Acer, Asus Linux Ubuntu and Dell. (I've kept the last 2, still using.)

And from Kyocera on Virgin Wireless to Blackberry on Verizon and now very happy with the Nokia E61i on AT&T... except SMS fees and expensive global roaming. Don't do it! :-(




I've got another video to add soon where users are describing experience with IPhone, Nokia E61 and Blackberry while in Dubai. We had just finished an evening of the DIDX Dinner and Desert Safari.
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