Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

Found On The Mobile Web #229

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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 2328 mobile sites. NFL Yahoo! Fantasy Football m.yahoo.com/fantasy Yahoo has updated their Fantasy Football Android, iPhone and mobile web apps for the 2010 NFL season with a new design and improved usability.  All three versions of Yahoo! Fantasy Football are free. Features include: … Continue reading →

Nokia E73 Connection Settings Demystified

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I continue to be impressed with the Nokia E73 Mode. I especially like the form factor, keyboard and quality construction. The E73 is a variant of the E72 made for and branded by T-Mobile USA. It comes with support for the operator’s unusual 1700/2100 3G frequencies and also has a rather nice feature which T-Mobile calls “WiFi Calling” or  “Unlicensed Mobile Access” (UMA) which  lets you  make and receive calls and texts using WiFi.  UMA is not the same as … Continue reading →

The E73 Browser Dissected

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This is a continuation of my Nokia E73 “Mode” reveiew. Here’s a look at the built in WebKit based Nokia browser. I’ve been using an N95-3 as my main phone for years so I’m pretty familiar with the Symbian browser.  But  the browser in  Feature Pack 2 (FP2) devices like  the E73 is quite a bit newer.  The E73’s is version 7.2, based on  WebKit; 525. The N95’s browser is based on the much older  WebKit 413.  Here’s the full … Continue reading →

UC Browser 7.2 for Android Hands On

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It’s been “coming soon” for the better part of a year but the English language version of China’s UC Browser for Android landed earlier this week.  Was it worth the wait? Only you can decide but read on for my impressions of the newest Android browser. UC Browser (formerly UCWEB) is a proxy based browser like Opera Mini,  Bolt and the Symbian and WinMo versions of Skyfire. It  renders, reformats and compresses web pages on a UC server before sending … Continue reading →

The Nokia E73 – Quality Construction And A Great Keyboard

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I’m been been enjoying the Nokia E73 loaner that I got at WOMWorld’s E73 Mode Beach Party Saturday. It’s a pretty and very useful little device.  I especially like the keyboard which I think is the best I’ve ever used on a pocket size device. The things that make it so good are: Single handed operation.  The phone and keyboard’s small size means you can easily hold it in one hand and reach every key, something that’s difficult or even … Continue reading →

What A Weekend! The E73 Mode Sunset Beach Party

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My weekend was rather special.  It all started with an email last Tuesday from Donna at WOMWorld inviting me to fly down to LA to stay in a house right on Sunset Beach and participate in making a video to promote the new Nokia E73 Mode for T-Mobile USA. I had no idea what I was actually getting into but wasn’t hard to accept an offer to get out of San Francisco’s fog for weekend on the beach. I arrived … Continue reading →

Don’t Miss Event: Mobile 2.0, Silicon Valley Sept. 20 and 21, 2010

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My favorite mobile event, Mobile 2.0,  is less than a month away. The conference agendas have just been posted on The Mobile 2.0 site. The Mobile 2.0 organizers; Daniel Appelquist, Gregory Gorman, Mike Rowehl, Peter Vesterbacka and Rudy De Waele  always seem to bring together the biggest names in the mobile industry for a fast paced, informal day of talks, demos and panels in an intimate venue. Repeating last year’s format there are two sessions.  Sept 20th is Developer Day, … Continue reading →

Facebook Places, the Mobile Perspective

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Facebook created a wave of excitement and consternation this week with the announcement of Facebook Places. It adds mobile check ins, ala Foursquare, to the Facebook iPhone app and the touch.facebook.com mobile webapp. When you click the Places Tab or a new teardrop shaped icon next to the status box on your Facebook homepage or wall, Facebook uses your location to display nearby  “Places” relevant to your interests (image top left). You can check in to a place, add new … Continue reading →