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Nokia, Microsoft and Windows Phone
Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, has now famously been quoted for his “burning platform” memo, but with today’s announcement that Nokia will be taking up Windows Phone 7 as its leading smartphone operating system, what we are seeing is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, ballmer, capital, day, developers, elop, foundation, Google, Intel, Linux, markets, meego, microsoft, microsoft windows phone 7, N8, N9, Nokia, ovi, stephen elop, steve ballmer, Symbian, windows phone, windows phone 7, wp, wp7, wp8
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How to install tp_smapi and change battery charging thresholds on Fedora 14
In this article I will explain what battery charging thresholds are, and if you’re using a Thinkpad, how to install the tp_smapi kernel module (kmod), have it run at boot time, and automatically rebuild itself when you update kernel versions. … Continue reading
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Tagged akmod, automatic kernel module, battery, charging, Fedora, fedora 14, IBM, kernel, kernel module, kmod, laptop, Lenovo, Linux, module, smapi, Thinkpad, thinkwiki, thresholds, tp, tpsmapi, tp_smapi
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Lenovo Thinkpad T400 14” Review
I have owned my Thinkpad T400 for a sufficiently long period of time to be able to give my overall view of the machine now. I have had a couple of Thinkpads in the past a T41p and a T61, … Continue reading
Fragmentation on the Mobile Web
Every day I see some advert for an iPhone App, usually heralding itself as life changing. What concerns me is that a lot of the time these iPhone applications such as the Empire and Guardian ones, are really only providing … Continue reading
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Tagged App Store, Apple, applet, application, empire, Empire Magazine, film, Guardian, guardian newspaper, iPhone, magazine, mobile, mobile web, Newspaper, Nokia, open, QT, standards, web, web standards, WRT
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The Smartphone Operating System War
In between History essays I can’t help but get distracted about technology, and my friend’s dilemma about which smartphone to plump for, now, with a year left on his contract, has made me think. He is very enamoured with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 5800, 5th edition, Android, Apple, Google, Hero, HTC, iPhone OS, Maemo, N900, N97, Nokia, Palm, Palm Pre, phone, pre, smart, Smartphone, Symbian, Symbian OS 9.4 5th Edition, WebOS, Windows Mobile, XpressMusic
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Thoughts on the Nokia N900
Looking ahead to the UK launch of the N900 in late October, I wanted to collect my thoughts on the N900 whilst taking into account my previous ruminations on the N810 release, and making comparisons where appropriate (although unfortunately this … Continue reading
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Tagged 770, handset, Internet, Internet Tablet, Linux, Maemo, Maemo 5, mobile, n, n series, N800, N810, N900, N97, Nokia, Nokia N800, Nokia N810, Nokia N900, Nokia N97, phone, series, Tablet
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Optimoz Tweaks 0.4 Updated for Firefox 3.6
Optimoz Tweaks no longer appears to work with Firefox 3.6 despite me making my usual alterations. At present I do not have the time nor ability to attempt to fix this, so I do apologise. Download it anyway and give … Continue reading
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