tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post3688826083842098894..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: N8 on trialDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-43869966257278262782011-06-11T18:18:45.813+05:302011-06-11T18:18:45.813+05:30"... for breakfast he eats E63 slices of toas..."... <i>for breakfast he eats E63 slices of toast</i> ..."<br /><br />"... for breakfast he eats his eggs, tea, three slices of toast ..."<br /><br />All right, a tad lame.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-56818965756810930182011-06-11T18:01:50.514+05:302011-06-11T18:01:50.514+05:30"E63 slices of toast and cereal" - getti..."E63 slices of toast and cereal" - getting difficult. Essex tea/coffee, 3 slices... I am guessing. The eggs seemed to be an indecipherable inside joke. Essex eggs in Mumbai? Becoming as hard as E5 took a PhyE6-3 course, N8?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-82901702915351807872011-06-11T08:12:27.877+05:302011-06-11T08:12:27.877+05:30Ah nevermind. I'll get an LG. I like the smell...Ah nevermind. I'll get an LG. I like the smell of asafoetida in the morning.<br /><br />Dilip - I'm acronym challenged too but HSDPA is the faster form of 3G, up to 21 Mbps (the E63 only does about 400 kbps I think).Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-73553061304830432402011-06-11T07:09:53.979+05:302011-06-11T07:09:53.979+05:30About RSid needing N8 E5 job, it may be difficult....About RSid needing N8 E5 job, it may be difficult. Because for breakfast he eats E63 slices of toast and cereal. (though sometimes he substitutes coffee for tea). The eggs, especially, take forever.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-32006926582664934212011-06-11T02:47:54.403+05:302011-06-11T02:47:54.403+05:30Two weeks only? What an N8thema to you! You could ...Two weeks only? What an N8thema to you! You could have your "pocket picked" in 1.9 weeks. They may indemnE5 you for the loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-76205200334723482282011-06-10T21:49:47.493+05:302011-06-10T21:49:47.493+05:30E5 said it once I've said it a million times: ...E5 said it once I've said it a million times: almost N8hing can be turned into a pun. <br /><br />I am, however, an acronym-challenged dude. Therefore, what's HSDPA?<br /><br />Yep, I'll have to give this up after two weeks. Those are the terms!Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-18459002614013826912011-06-09T16:46:53.210+05:302011-06-09T16:46:53.210+05:30"N8 my lunch" - love it! RSid really nee..."N8 my lunch" - love it! RSid really needs N8 E5 job to keep him busy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-81968783623956028292011-06-09T15:37:41.275+05:302011-06-09T15:37:41.275+05:30So after 2 weeks you'll have to give all this ...So after 2 weeks you'll have to give all this up?<br /><br />If I were buying a new phone it would probably be Nokia's E5. Because it suits my budget, and has all the features of the E63 (including the most important, a qwerty keyboard, and the next-most important, a torch), plus the high-speed version of HSDPA. And because it's a shade less pun-friendly (though I can't quantE5 that).Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-73669823082938655392011-06-09T15:25:20.228+05:302011-06-09T15:25:20.228+05:30Anonymous, N8hing you do, I can do better. So ther...Anonymous, N8hing you do, I can do better. So there. To celebr8, I just took a break N8 my lunch.<br /><br />Liveotherwise, I have swype on the phone. Takes a little getting used to, but I've been using it quite a lot.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-49203593907894906922011-06-09T13:45:54.422+05:302011-06-09T13:45:54.422+05:30Has it got swype on it? If not, get off to the ovi...Has it got swype on it? If not, get off to the ovi market and get it installed. There's also the map app which is very nice.<br /><br />I reviewed the N8 on loan from three, it is a beautiful bit of kit. Things I liked about it included the dedicated camera button, a lot of smartphones let down good cameras by having you have to touch the screen to take a picture. Things I didn't like, lack of cut and paste.Liveotherwisehttp://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-37247378502012055312011-06-09T03:44:11.697+05:302011-06-09T03:44:11.697+05:30You illumN8! I musn't procrastN8! N8 over unti...You illumN8! I musn't procrastN8! N8 over until it's over!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-63069344138320398522011-06-08T14:22:13.690+05:302011-06-08T14:22:13.690+05:30ps - I just posted my updated impressions of the A...ps - I just posted my <a href="http://horadecubitus.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/more-on-the-adam/" rel="nofollow">updated impressions</a> of the Adam.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-34222127640571631622011-06-08T13:59:35.297+05:302011-06-08T13:59:35.297+05:30Dilip - well, I wrote about the Adam here. My imp...Dilip - well, I wrote about the Adam <a href="http://horadecubitus.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/new-toy-the-notion-ink-adam/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. My impressions are still the same. Nice hardware (other than the camera); lousy software. Notion Ink released an update this month that improves things a bit. But they have made it easy to flash an alternative ROM onto the device, and several have sprung up; I'm using a thing called Beast, which makes it very usable indeed. I like the Pixel Qi screen but there are people who hate it. I can also run a traditional Linux distro in a "chroot", but there are issues with special keys (ctrl, alt, arrows etc) on an external keyboard. <br /><br />In short, it's a very nice device if you're willing to download and flash a third-party ROM. If not, it doesn't offer much (not even the Android Market), and it's sluggish, unstable and prone to crashes. Basically they have tried to construct their own UI (Eden) on top of Android and I think they have been too ambitious.<br /><br />They are taking orders again, but give order links only on request and at their own pace: go <a href="http://store.notionink.com/subscribe.php" rel="nofollow">here</a> if you're interested. They also promise a software update at the end of June, with Google's Honeycomb (Android 3.0 or 3.1). Right now it runs Froyo (2.2). I hope they get their software act together -- they cannot hope to be a mass market player otherwise.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-50939359452744270832011-06-08T12:37:35.451+05:302011-06-08T12:37:35.451+05:30Alternatively Rahul you could just buy an external...Alternatively Rahul you could just buy an external qwerty keyboard and carry it along in your pocket with the E63 ...<br /><br />What do you make of the Adam? Read a lot of good stuff about it some months ago, but at the time Notion Ink had stopped taking orders, so I gave up. Don't know if they are now taking new orders.Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-65060757094982263372011-06-08T12:26:51.805+05:302011-06-08T12:26:51.805+05:30I have had a Nokia E63 (low-end smartphone with qw...I have had a Nokia E63 (low-end smartphone with qwerty keyboard) for more than 2 years now, and an Android tablet (the Notion Ink Adam) for a couple of months. A real keyboard, even if phone-sized, is <i>far</i> easier to type on, because your thumbs can actually feel the keys and get a tactile response. I quickly got very used to my E63 and can type comfortably on it, if not as fast as on a computer.<br /><br />The Adam is fine for reading, web-surfing and playing Angry Birds, but decidedly not for writing or sending e-mail. (But it does recognise an external USB keyboard -- maybe I should just buy one.)<br /><br />So my next phone -- which, I hope, won't be for a while -- will have a qwerty keyboard. That's a requirement.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-81979758568707723942011-06-08T09:31:59.023+05:302011-06-08T09:31:59.023+05:30Anonymous, that's terrific! If you're in A...Anonymous, that's terrific! If you're in Austin, you should participate in the next edition of <a href="http://punpunpun.com/" rel="nofollow">this</a>. Or at least doN8 to it. Or at least go there and sereN8 the other contestants.<br /><br />Rachit, yep, I imagine over time we all eventually succumb and move up to the new technologies. As much of a gadget freak as I think I am, I also find I'm often the last to move up, reluctantly too!Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-86223869401136230492011-06-08T02:22:04.376+05:302011-06-08T02:22:04.376+05:30Quite similar happened with me few months back whe...Quite similar happened with me few months back when I had to shift to new enhanced Samsung mobile when I lost my three and a half years old Nokia 1650. It pains yet change is the law of nature :(||:)Rachithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09671194017987611900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-42558526223635577882011-06-08T02:21:04.674+05:302011-06-08T02:21:04.674+05:30You need N8 talent for using modern-day cell phone...You need N8 talent for using modern-day cell phones. You must N/8 if you don't have talent. Otherwise you are behind N8 ball!Guess you have a lemon, make lemoN8.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com