Symbian in Motion

Apparently the folks at Nokia subscribe to the theory that if you’re going to do something, do it big. Nokia’s CTIA presence was just that: BIG. The Nokia booth was tremendous and very well laid out. The perimeter was lined with service demo stations for things like Mosh 2.0 and Share Online while the interior was home to a wide variety of Nokia handsets and accessories. As you’ll see in the gallery, a bunch of recently announced handsets such as the N78 (hot), black N82 (hotter, barring lack of US-3G) and the 6210 Navigator (hottest, probably the most well-built and smoothest Nokia handset we’ve seen in a while). I was a bit upset to learn that the N96 didn’t make it to the show, but fingers crossed that it has something to do with the alleged re-run that may be adding a xenon flash to the specs.

My frown was quickly turned upside down once I came across the 15+ WiMAX N810s on display in the corner. Aside from the subtle coloring changes that I like a lot, you might pass by this one thinking that it’s simply a standard N810. Oh no, a quick browse into the connectivity settings displays the oh-so-lovely WiMAX settings that are now available. Unfortunately there was no WiMAX connectivity available at the show, but it’s coming sooner rather than later. No word yet on pricing in terms of Sprint WiMAX plans but hopefully we’ll hear something soon in that department. Nokia also had the now available Hava Player client on display on one of the N810s. Hava Player, for those who don’t know, is a content streaming solution similar to the one offered by Sling Media and it features HD streaming along with a host of other features.

The Nokia fun didn’t end at the booth, by the way, or in the five other booths where Nokia had a presence. It continued out in the parking lot in front of the convention center. Nseries had a special tent set up where attendees could sign a waiver to take a ride in the “Internet Cafe in the Sky”. What’s that, you might ask? Essentially a platform housing a table and several seats. Once everyone on board was safely strapped in, a giant crane lifted the rig off the ground and participants enjoyed the opportunity to play with the new WiMAX N810 while suspended in the air. Odd? Maybe. Over the top? Definitely. Big? For sure. Hit the BGR gallery for pics.

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Yesterday a package arrived for me which I didn’t expect. Upon opening and inspection revealed a poster and a t-shirt with a strange face on it. Intrigued I logged onto the url provided;

http://www.theworldismycanvas.com/

Not many people have heard of him, some may even be scared of him on first view, but one thing for sure is Stavros is a Genius unique.

Today he starts his journey in Rome to create what is known as Live Art, using his trusty Nokia N82 he will use the integrated GPS feature to create “art”. The GPS will track his movements to create a trail which should then resembele something arty?

Is this a good idea? Is this even art? One thing’s for sure, I’m both confused and intrigued.

You can follow Stavros on his journey via his Bloggy (beware the intro is somewhat unorthodox, but watch it nonetheless.)

Users can also submit their ideas suggesting arty shapes Stavros can create on his journey. For now the journey has begun.

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This is just a quick note to let everyone know that commenting here on SiMo has been fixed. Woo hoo! Unfortunately you’ll have to retype some text that you see in a small window (I hate that) but it’s better than not being able to comment, right? ;) If the text in the window isn’t clear you can reload new text or even click the speaker icon to have the text read to you.

Thanks to all of my readers for your patience and thanks again to Jeroen for pointing out the problem. If you’ve posted a comment in the past month and not seen it published on the site, I do apologize. Hopefully we won’t have any more issues…

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My apologies everyone. As Jeroen has kindly pointed out to me, commenting is not currently working on SiMo. In fact, it hasn’t been since the middle of December… :(

I’ve identified the problem as being Akismet, my spam catcher. For one reason or another it is marking everything as spam. Editing the settings hasn’t helped so far and I can’t disable it as SiMo sees several thousand spam comments each week. I’m going through now to recover as much as I can amongst the thousands of spam comments I have since the last time I cleared Akismet.

Rest assured that I’m working on the problem and I’ll post as soon as it’s fixed! My sincerest apologies - you know that I love hearing what you have to say!

Oddly, I don’t remember putting my name on any list but I just got a call from the NYC Flagship store. The nice woman on the other end of the phone (I didn’t catch her name) informed me that the N95 8GB is now in stock and available on a first come, first serve basis. If you’re in the area and looking to pick one up, I wouldn’t rush. At a price point of $778 I don’t think that it will quite be jumping off of the shelves. It is one damn smooth-looking device though! :)

On a semi-related note, I was happy to also learn that www.mobilecityonline.com FINALLY has stock of the newer BL-6F batteries. I have one in the mail right now to accompany my two BL-5Fs and if you’re looking for a bit of backup juice, I recommend you head on over in a hurry as I doubt they’ll last.

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