Posted on 21 October 2009
Thanks to the 850 people that dropped in to the session last night. We ran for about 4 hours and in that time you racked up 940 hours of viewing. That’s a lot of attention so clearly we’re getting something right with the live reviews.
The first thing to note from last nigh’ts N900 session is that there we didn’t find any show stoppers. Sizing is clearly an issue for some but within the bounds of the size of the device, Nokia have done an incredible job and married it with a software stack that is fit for the next-generation of ‘computing-first’ handhelds for both the geek and consumer community. Pricing appears to be acceptable to our target audience too. Over 85% of those voting in a poll during the session said it was value for money based on street prices we’re seeing of 500-550 Euros. In Germany the N900 is already free from some third-party resellers with high-end contracts.
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Posted on 19 May 2009
Finally we’ve got a bit of sun here in Bonn so it’s time to get out with the devices for some mobile blogging. I’ll be jumping on my bike to find a suitable place to work. Not too crowded, not too sunny. I’m thinking that the Rhine, south of Bonn might be good.
First though, I need to decide on what device to take and to do that, I need to write down exactly what I want to achieve.
- Work. Full keyboard, 7” or greater screen. Bright.
- Location. Tracking, occasional or live gps location information? If live, Ipoki or lattitude?
- Connectivity. Built-in 3G or tethered?
- Microblogging. Pocketable
- Photography. Reasonable snapshot camera with easy export facilities.
- Audio. For some tunes/podcasts on the way
- Communications. Phone, instant messenger.
The first problem I have is that a true ‘work’ device doesn’t quite match up to the microblogging requirements because I would like a big keyboard. My phone, as with nearly all phones, isn’t up to what I want from a microblogging experience so we’ve immediately hit a choice between taking 3 different devices or making some compromises.
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