Comments on: Mobile Vs Computer

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:53:08 +0000

I use my Nokia 6620 primarily for:

daily alarms
calendar (sync’d with .Mac)
SMS
browsing with Opera mini (mostly news, sports)
email (but the email client needs some real work to be worthy 100%)

One of the most useful features of my 6620 is that of a music remote control throughout my home (via Saling Clicker client). I run all of my music library from my IMac through an airport express and conencted to my amp and house-wide speakers. I can easily change my song or the volume from anywhere– really freaks my wife out.

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:22:47 +0000

My N70 is my right hand man:
Alarm
Calendar (although it syncs with my Mac, I still look it up on my phone)
Address book (same as calendar)
Calculator
Egg Timer
SMS
Sometimes I’ll also do the weather and yellowpages stuff on my phone first too. Go S60!

-A

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:27:52 +0000

Russell – I did read your article but it didn’t really address the issue I was posing – I just can’t see how on earth I could use a S60 screen and hope to build a website or edit a publisher document – Oh, unless what’s being said here is that nobody will have a desktop so all websites will be phone-screen size, which would make it easier, I guess.

Tim

By: alex

alex — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:01:17 +0000

A couple of more areas to consider:

-Bluejacking / Nokia Sensor

-Voice or video recording

-Secure file or password storage (like a USB key)

-In certain cases, moblogging rather than blogging

-Showing stored video clips or photos

-Depending on the phone model: status symbol

By: When Your Mobile is Your Computer at MobHappy

When Your Mobile is Your Computer at MobHappy — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:33:48 +0000

[...] I wrote last week comparing the mobile with the computer, concluding that for most things, the computer was still better. However, I also believe that our phones will turn into our computers and be our primary digital device. [...]

By: Lifeblog

Lifeblog — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:01:57 +0000

Russell Buckley on: Mobile Vs Computer…

Ah, that never-ending question: will the mobile replace the PC? I think Russell here has a nice way of thinking about this: when would you use the phone even if the PC were there. Yes. That’s the way to think…

By: Russell Buckley

Russell Buckley — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:20:41 +0000

Tim – oh ye of little faith:-)

Here’s something I wrote a year ago about how I see this panning out http://mobhappy.com/blog1/2005/03/17/nokia-wireless-keyboard-su-8w-and-samsungs-sgh-i300/

Russell

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:11:00 +0000

Highly unlikely I would say – how are you going to conduct desktop publishing tasks and website design on a S60 screen?

Tim

By: Anders

Anders — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:20:33 +0000

The listed things except camera (I have a good dedicated camera), plus:

Clock while playing PC games; I don’t have a watch and I obviously can’t see the Windows clock while playing

Testing, as I develop commercial Java applications and WAP sites

Modem, when I use the notebook outside my home/office

Paper weight (just kidding, maybe…)

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:57:31 +0000

I use my PC to download Mp3 and podcasting, but play them on my Nokia N70. The only reason is PC is faster. But I am looking forward to replacing those function once I have my WiFi phone, E70 may be.