Archive for July, 2007

Bargain Nokia 770 Internet Tablet

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Expansys have the Nokia 770 for only £73.95 (due in 25 July). I purchased one for £245 about a year ago and it still shows this price on the UK Nokia store so the new price is a bargain. Nokia have recently released the N800 so I suspect Expansys will be selling off the remaining 770 devices.
I have used […]

Carbide.j Dropped

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

I am not sure when it actually happened but Nokia has dropped further development of Carbide.j. The reasoning is that the EclipseME plugin and Sun’s NetBeans IDE with Mobility Pack provide two adequate solutions.
This all makes sense. In the (distant) past I tended to avoid Sun’s development tools as they were slow and cumbersome. Similarly, […]

Is FlexiSpy Malware?

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

You may remember my post a few weeks ago talking about Flexispy being flagged as malware. Well, there’s a new article on VNUNet where Symbian defends why Flexispy passed Symbian Signed…
"Bruce Carney, director of development programs and services at Symbian, has defended the application, saying that it should not be classed as malware. It is […]

Connect Phone to Linux

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Need to use Linux or another Unix with your mobile phone? There’s a great resource at tuxmobil.org. For example, there are links to articles on how to use the Sony Ericsson M600i with Debian Etch and how to set up your Nokia E-series phone as a modem for your linux box.