I was quite intrigued to learn that the Nexus S is carried by our local telcos, and sold subsidized with 2-year contract plans. The Nexus S is made by Samsung, and it is the second Google flagship phone. I decided to hop over to HardwareZone Forums to check out and hear from the experiences of our local buyers. That’s when I discovered something rather shocking about the Nexus S. I was quite surprised, because I’ve not heard anything about this…
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Google Phone Hits Problems
Google’s new phone, the Nexus One, has started to turn up some problems. It’s their first mobile phone, and probably also their first real hardware they’re selling on their own (apart from appliances like the Google Search appliance). I thought it was somewhat too soon for the company to jump into something so new without much preparation. Customers are now facing a myriad of problems, problems that are not difficult to address even before they start.
Nexus One – Web Meets Phone
Google has launched their own Android-based phone, the Nexus One. It’s available for purchase immediately, and we lucky fellows in Singapore are one of the few countries which Google will ship to right now without any contract. Google’s Nexus One page lists the phone at US$529 without contract. Android phones are coming of age. Verizon’s Droid (from Motorola) isn’t too bad either, and this Nexus One adds on to the repertoire of high-spec’ed Android devices.
An Update On The Nokia E66
The truth is, my wife’s Nokia E66 hasn’t been playing well. It kept hanging, the display kept blanking, and it just hasn’t been playing nice. We sent the phone to Nokia Care, where it stayed a few days. When it came back, we were told the LCD display was replaced, and the firmware re-flashed. Unfortunately, the phone continued to hang, and the display continued to blank off randomly.
Problem With SingTel Mobile Network?
Has anyone noticed problems with the SingTel Mobile network this evening? I just started to observe the problem at around 18:55 in the evening, although I’ve heard from others that the problem had started earlier. Basically, my phone could not connect to the network. No signal at all. I was getting out of my house, and some 5 minutes drive away, I got a signal, but a SMS text message I was trying to send did not get sent.
iPhone, iBrick, iFire, iSueYou
First, Apple had the iPhone. The iPhone turned into an iBrick (I wrote about it too). One iPod became an iFire. Apple has also been entangled with many suits since the iPhone debut. Now, the latest addition to the iSueYou season is the issue over the iPhone’s Visual voicemail, this time starring Klausner Technologies which is seeking $360M over alleged infringements. Personally, I don’t really fancy the iPhone (maybe because I don’t have one…). The technology is not earth-shattering. Lousy…
From iPhone to iBrick
Apple has apparently made good on their threat to disable hacked iPhones (BBC News). Their latest iPhone software update has rendered the hacked or unlocked handsets inoperable. Depending on which hack was applied, some handsets may still be operable if fitted with an original AT&T SIM card (San Jose Mercury News, Brisbane Times). Although Apple has publicly said that they would not go out of their way to disable hacked handsets on purpose, this will definitely still remain as a…
Jabra JX10
[photopress:20070923362.jpg,thumb,pp_image]After much hesitation and consideration, I finally got myself the Jabra JX10 bluetooth headset. The hesitation came about because while practically every review I’ve read on the Internet seems to say it is a great design, personally I didn’t particularly think so. I agree it isn’t bad looking at all, but I thought there were other more interesting looking models from, say, Plantronics. Most of the time the JX10s featured on the net are the original silver colour ones; The…