Tag Archives: Linux

New Mobile Web App Added to the Wap Review Directory – LinuxInsider

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Mobile Link: www.linuxinsider.com Rating: Content  Usability  Doctype: html Home Page Weight: 1358 KB (772 KB compressed) Category: Linux Description: Online since 2000, LinuxInsider is part of the ECT News Network family of tech and e-business sites. It covers Linux and other free, libre or open source software for an audience of developers, sysadmins and IT managers. Earlier this year, LinuxInsider and the rest of the ECT family were fitted with a shape shifting responsive redesign. At desktop resolutions the site’s homepage design … Continue reading →

A Linux User’s Nokia Lumia 920 Review – Part 3: Transferring Files Between Windows Phone 8 and Ubuntu

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Qlix Linux MTP file transfer app

@Nokia_Connects has loaned me a Nokia Lumia 920 to try out. This is the first time I’ve used a Windows Phone device for more than a few minutes. The Lumia runs Windows Phone 8 While there are a few things I don’t like about WP8, I’m enjoying the overall user experience. It’s refreshingly different than anything else and fast, fluid and, for the most part, very intuitive. As a Linux user I wondered if it would be possible to connect the … Continue reading →

A Linux User’s Nokia Lumia 920 Review – Part 2: Using Dropbox With Windows Phone 8

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I don’t use cloud file storage services much, but I do use Dropbox for online note taking on all the platforms (Linux, Android, Symbian) I use. The notes are just plain text files containing things I want to remember and have available everywhere like; family member’s clothing sizes for gift shopping, GSM hash codes, frequent flier numbers, train schedules, tech tips, etc. I create and update the notes with a text editor; gedit on Linux, redak on Symbian and Text Edit or the built … Continue reading →

A Linux User’s Nokia Lumia 920 Review – Part 1: First Impressions and Google Apps Integration

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@Nokia_Connects has loaned me a Nokia Lumia 920 to try out for a couple weeks. Here are my initial impressions. Warning, I’m not a Windows user. My desktop OS in Ubuntu Linux and I use an Android phone. But I was curious to try the Lumia to see what Windows Phone 8 was like and whether I could use it productively without a Windows PC. Physically the Lumia 920 looks a lot like a larger version of the N9 or … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #249

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Liveside.net

Found on the Mobile Web is a regular 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 2367 mobile sites. Tech LiveSide.net liveside.net A news and information site focusing on Windows Live. Features interviews with Microsoft product team members and news on Windows Live and the Windows Live Platform, Bing, Silverlight, Azure and Windows Phone. Content: Usability: Search/Local/City and Campus Guides Dublin … Continue reading →

Found On The Mobile Web #248

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WP Central

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 2366 mobile sites. Tech/Mobile/OS – Brand Specific/Microsoft WP Central  m.wpcentral.com Formerly WMExperts, WP Central is a news blog covering Windows Phone. Hardware and software reviews, news and rumors. Part of the Mobile Nations network (Android Central, Crackberry, TiPb and PreCentral). Content  Usability Travel-Transit/Transit Metra Mobile metrarail.com/metra/wap/en/ Schedules, fare information, maps, nearest station … Continue reading →

KeePass, a FOSS Password Manager With Great Multiplatform (PC and Mobile) Support

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The focus of this site is on mobile web apps so I rarely cover native apps. However I prefer using a native app for password management.  I want my passwords available instantly and everywhere regardless of whether I have a wireless signal or not.  I also need a password management solution that works on all my devices using the same encrpted password database.  I use Windows and Linux PCs as well as Android andSymbian smartphones and basic feature phones with Java … Continue reading →

Linux Journal’s Big Mobile Site

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Since 1994, print magazine Linux Journal has been covering the open source OS from all angles with news, editorials, reviews, and how to articles on using the Linux and developing software for it.  The articles cover a wide range of skills levels from beginner to guru kernel hacker.  The quality of writing is very high for a tech magazine, hardly surprising as well known blogger and co-author  of the Cluetrain Manifesto, Doc Searls is senior editor and writes many of … Continue reading →