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Christina Sng retired after a long and illustrious career as a usability consultant, site producer, information architect, and web developer. Retirement, however, is boring! Join her here on her continuing adventures on the web.

Archive for the 'Nokia' Category

After scouring the ads for 2 weeks, I’ve concluded that the 3 mobile service providers here simply concentrate on customer acquisition (ok, to be fair to Starhub, they do give their customers $50-200 vouchers depending on their plan every year, but their customer service person on the phone admitted that sometimes customers have to call [...]

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Nokia N82 vs N86 – The Xenon Flash Issue

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

I’ve been trying to give myself a reason NOT to buy the N86 because I really only bought the N82 last year.
What is important to me is capturing my kids on camera and video and having a functional (ok, pretty helps too) phone. Since I use my iPod Touch to surf these days, I really [...]

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The Glorious Nokia N86

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

No, it is not mine yet.
But I tested it out at the Nokia shop today and it was absolutely beautiful.
The slider is smooth, even for the display model, and the buttons easy to press. There was concern about the slider being too loose on one of the forums but the consensus was that that was [...]

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Is my Nokia N82 Toxic?

Monday, October 20th, 2008

I just had to know. My hand was burning after 30 minutes of surfing and this is pretty common.
So I surfed over to Nokia to check. According to a 2002 Nokia Environmental Report (PDF), a phone is made out of 20% ABS-PC and 4% PC. PC = BPA and BPA messes you up bad, even [...]

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Mobile Game Review: Stranded by glu

Monday, August 25th, 2008

I’ve been a fan of glu since I started playing mobile games back when. Now I can’t remember what game that was nor which ones they are famous for, but I remember they make great games.
Stranded, seems suspiciously reminiscent ofthe TV series Lost (same premise – people stranded on mysterious island) but when you start [...]

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Must-Have App for the Nokia N82

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

One of the faults with the N82 is that it is awfully hard to see the time when it is on screensaver or power-saving mode. Unlike the e61i and the 6280, it looks almost invisible.
Since I am already half-blind, the Large Clock Screensaver is a real lifesaver. It shows you the time, date, and even [...]

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Moblogging on the Nokia N82

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

So here I am, waiting for my pasta to cook, and phone in hand, typing out a blog entry on my Nokia N82 while keeping an eye on Boy – where did that cat go!
For some reason, the connection speed is lots faster than the e61i and it is far easier to hold and type, [...]

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10 Things I Love About the Nokia N82

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Thursday. Thursday is the day I bought this phone. At 3.30pm to be exact. The salesman was telling me that the black version had just come in and there were only 7 remaining. I said, yeah I know. Your colleague from the other branch I came from had reserved one for me.
Anyway, I couldn’t wait. [...]

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Yup! I got it! After all the discounts I bought the newly released black Nokia N82 at S$393.
Among the wonders of the pretty much perfect phone, the function to seamlessly upload pictures to your Flickr account is no doubt one of the coolest and most useful. Unfortunately for me, I am not a frequent user [...]

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Review: Nokia e61i

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Here were my requirements:
1. Better camera phone than 2MP
2. Wifi
3. Ability to edit text files
4. Pass my touch test
Although I had my heart (and budget) set on the e65 or the N80, after an intimate touching session with the e61i, it was love at first touch. Sure the buttons were a bit yummy and I [...]

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