HP just announced that Leo Apotheker has resigned as CEO and Chairman of HP. Meg Whitman, a HP board member, ex EBay CEO will take over Leo’s role as CEO. Ray Lane has been appointed Executive Chairman. Ray was from…
This is the end for WebOS
I just read that HP is beginning to layoff the WebOS developers. This spells the death knells for the handset OS. This may be sold off to other handset manufacturers. Supposedly to HTC. This is a sad way to end…
Nokia E71 firmware update to v501.21.001
I missed out this firmware update Nokia E71 which went out in December 2010. The change log includes Ovi Maps 3.03 Lite with free navigation New version of Music player New version of Ovi Store Office 2007 support Usability and…
Giving a presentation without a projector.
This is a really cool idea when you have to give a presentation without a projector. The only down side is that only the slide title is easily readable. I guess you can do about 10 slides without turning off…
UCWeb problem with images
I have been using UCWeb 7.6 on my Nokia E71 for ages. The auto network switching is really great! Everything was working fine. Well too fine, since it works so well. About 2 weeks ago, it started showing black bands…
Nokia rolls out E6 and X7
Yesterday Nokia rolled out two new handsets E6 and X7. This will be available in stores Q2 2011. They will be powered by the new Symbian OS, Symbian^3 or now known as Anna. The E6 follows on the form factor…
Tablet / Smart phone CPU
The processor used in smart phones used to be some low end, cheapest CPU core the handset manufacturer can squeeze into the BOM. Nowadays you get 1GHz class CPU in phones and tablets with nearly as much horsepower was a…
Nokia Mail for Exchange requires secure connection.
My Nokia E71’s Nokia Mail for Exchange (2.9) suddenly kept insisted on a secure connection. This is even when I have set it in the profile. Recreating the profile gave the same result. I re-installed the Mail for Exchange application…
Moto Droid Pro
Finally!! About time. Motorola announces the first Android phone with a front facing QWERTY keyboard, shipping by end of 2010. The specifications are pretty standard, Android 2.2, 1Ghz CPU, 3.1 inch capacitive touch screen display, 5MP camera with DVD quality…
Nokia E71 new firmware is out v500.21.009
New firmware for e71