Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

Sprint Developer Conference – M2M and Meego

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I’m at Sprint’s Developer Conference in Santa Clara today. I’m surprised at how large it is. There are 1500 registered attendees and at least half of the (typically morning adverse developers) showed up for the 9:30 AM opening keynote. Sprint is only the third largest US operator, serving 50 million customers or about 17% of total US mobile users and around 1% of the world’s phones. So why did 1500 mobile developers show up for a relatively minor operator’s event, … Continue reading →

Updated: T-Mobile USA’s Prepaid Web Daypass – Now Available For Android

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Updated 26-Nov-2010 The Web Daypass now works on all phones including Android devices. T-Mobile introduced a new Web Day Pass option for its prepaid users this week.  It provides 24 hours of unlimited data access for $1.49.  While its a little pricey for everyday use, it should come in handy for travelers or anyone else needing to use data occasionally.  To activate the day pass you just open the browser and try to load a page and you will be … Continue reading →

N8 Tips and Tricks – Using Widgets

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US tech blogs have been having a field day panning the new Nokia N8, something I don’t quite understand.  I’ve had my N8 for a couple of weeks now and I’m loving it.  It’s replaced an Android phone as the handset I carry everywhere. I’m pleased as punch with it’s responsiveness,  reception, call quantity and vibrant screen with reflective coating that makes it usable in sunlight.  The camera is in a world of it’s own as it’s by far the … Continue reading →

How to Set Up Gmail and Google Sync on the N8

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Update: Google pulled the plug on S60 mail and calendar sync for most users in 2013. If you set it up before 30-Jan-2013 it Gmail sync should still work .  However since 30-Jan-2013, only Google Apps for Work, Education, and Government customers can set up new Gmail sync accounts on S60. Source: Google Sync End of Life – Google Apps Administrator Help I’m really liking the N8 I got at last week’s Nokia Developer Day. The hardware and screen are … Continue reading →

Google Reader’s Wii Version Is My Bloglines Mobile Replacement

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In this age of Twitter I’m finding I use RSS a lot less than I used to. Most of the bloggers and sites I used to read in my RSS reader are active on Twitter and they always Tweet a link to their latest post. But I still use RSS, particularly to follow web forums and mailing lists. People who post to forums and lists don’t usually tweet about it,  but many forums including the My Opera Forums and Forum … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #232

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Found on the Mobile Web is a weekly WAP Review feature listing newly added and updated sites on the YesWAP.com mobile portal and WapReview mobile site directory. With these latest additions the directory and portal now list 2356 mobile sites. Movies IMDb m.imdb.com Finally! IMDb: The biggest and best movie and TV site has its own mobile version. Full text search of the iMDb database. Listings include star rating, plot summary, critic and user reviews, trailers, photos, full cast list … Continue reading →

CTIA: Opera’s Jon von Tetzchner on Mobile Advertising and Adobe Flash

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I spoke with Opera Software co-founder Jon von Tetzchner at CTIA today. Yesterday Opera announced that it had joined Adobe’s Open Screen Project, which aims to increase the use of Flash on all devices including mobiles.  I asked Jon what the alliance with Adobe would mean for Opera Users. He pointed out that Opera had long supported Flash in its desktop browsers, the Nintendo Wii browser and with Opera Mobile on Windows Mobile. He said that  Open Screen Project membership … Continue reading →