mike1727
Mobile 2.0: beyond the browser
The 'mobile internet'- ie accessing the internet from a phone, as opposed to a PDA or laptop- is very different to the 'traditional', browser-centric internet. I'm a heavy mobile data user (it goes with the territory, use what you analyse...) and I'm finding that applications- particularly web 2.0 apps like RSS- are much more useful on a phone than browsers. Apps either make life easier (RSS means I don't browse as much to find what's changed) or enhance what I'm doing (location tagging via zonetag) or are simply cool (changing phone wallpapers via pulsepaper).
So, in the 'what's in my bag' theme, here's a quick 'what's on my phone'. These are all running in the background most of the time, but I also use Lifeblogger (for retrospecive flickr uploads with better textual content but no geotags) and Google maps (excellent).
These are all beta releases, and fairly data hungry, so you'll need an unlimited data plan (like this one from my employer ;+) [other suppliers are available, but not many have unlimited data]
Shameless plug- if you like the look of widesets (and I'd highly recommend it) please drop me a message so I can reccomend you- they're running a competition for a Nokia N93 and my N70 is getting a bit tired and needs replacing)
Mobile 2.0: beyond the browser
The 'mobile internet'- ie accessing the internet from a phone, as opposed to a PDA or laptop- is very different to the 'traditional', browser-centric internet. I'm a heavy mobile data user (it goes with the territory, use what you analyse...) and I'm finding that applications- particularly web 2.0 apps like RSS- are much more useful on a phone than browsers. Apps either make life easier (RSS means I don't browse as much to find what's changed) or enhance what I'm doing (location tagging via zonetag) or are simply cool (changing phone wallpapers via pulsepaper).
So, in the 'what's in my bag' theme, here's a quick 'what's on my phone'. These are all running in the background most of the time, but I also use Lifeblogger (for retrospecive flickr uploads with better textual content but no geotags) and Google maps (excellent).
These are all beta releases, and fairly data hungry, so you'll need an unlimited data plan (like this one from my employer ;+) [other suppliers are available, but not many have unlimited data]
Shameless plug- if you like the look of widesets (and I'd highly recommend it) please drop me a message so I can reccomend you- they're running a competition for a Nokia N93 and my N70 is getting a bit tired and needs replacing)