Monologue on a cold, chilly winter morning!

One fateful morning, I was standing on a platform at Pipariya (a small town in MP, India) at 2:45 am. I was on my way back to Mumbai after attending a close friends wedding. As i stood there, I could clearly hear the clitter-clatter noise that my teeth were making. It was some 8 degree C out there. All i was wearing was a cotton shirt over a vest and a jeans. I was dead tired having danced like mad at friends wedding (but that's another story) and very very cold. The only support that i had was that of warm tea. It helped in keeping me warm and kept me awake as well.

So i welcomed the gentle breeze (though it made me cold) and tea as both helped me keep awake that night!

Here is what i decided to kill time. I realised long back (back when i was all of 9 years) that i'm most comfortable when i'm with myself.

I decided to spice up this time that i was spending with myself, engrossed in my thoughts. So i decided to talk to the camera of my Nokia N82 in video record mode. The motive was to talk loudly and keep this as a videolog.

So this video above was a result of this self-talk. I realised that i can actually talk absolute nonsense for hours at a stretch, if the audience lends a good ear.

Firefox on Symbian???

It was yesterday that I laid my eyes on this piece of information and needless to say that I was most elated.

The source of this information is none other than the ‘S60 Blog’. The guys at the S60 Blog are putting the beta version to test on Nokia N82 and Nokia E90.

What better news could have come the way of all symbian users but to see their favorite desktop browser sitting tight and pretty on their mobile device as well. I sincerely hope that it would hold up against ‘Opera mobile browser’ which needless to say has had quite a head start.

This project has been codenamed ‘Joey’. It is an experiment by the great people at ‘Mozilla’. They seek to allow the most needed/critical information to appear on your phone as quickly as possible with minimum data download.

Kudos guys and all the very best for your effort!!

Nokia N82 It's convergence at it's best!

Just bought a new Nokia N82 'with bill' from Alfa mobile store at Mumbai. I'm in awe of this phone. The more i use it the more it surprises me with its features.

But before i go all ga ga over it, i'll give a brief background.

I can safely call myself a Technology 'Enthusiast' if not an evangelist. I love to dwell into the technology 'things'.

Coming back to Nokia N82 and my self professed love for mobile phones. I've been researching since the past few months for a phone that has the best combination of features, speed and cost. I was always disappointed whenever i tried to take a ratio of price and features. Nothing matched my expectations. Then, like a bolt from the blue, i heard of the astonishing capabilities of the N82.

I readily moved ahead and scouted the world wide web for any information on this devil of a device. I must say i was disappointed. There was hardly anything called as a review. There were just product features lists everywhere (yes, the features certainly did impress me, but most important factor in any high end device apart from the features is its speed, an idea of the same is a must for technology fiddlers like me). Not one to be easily dissuaded, i continued my search for more info and was finally rewarded when from 'Gsmarena.com' decided to have a go at the device. I was delighted to read the reviews. They confirmed that the phone is as fast as it can be and is probably the fastest N series device out there. This news instead of quenching my thirst, added fuel to fire. I was left wanting more. I wanted the general user to vet this opinion of 'Gsmarena.com'. As it stands today, there were several people and several sites that tested the product and came out with a thumbs up for this device.

I finally had my hearts set on this device. As i was about to buy this device, out came the news of the other 5 megapixel camera phone crown contenders. And, alas, i spent the next couple of days reading the review on all of these, viz, Sony Ericsson K850, Nokia N95 8GB, LG KU990 Viewty, and Samsung G600. To help me reach a conclusion the wonderful team of 'Gsmarena.com' came out with a marathon test of all 5 megapixel camera phones But, it was the Nokia N82 that came out shinning to top the chart. There were areas where it was beaten by LG Viewty, but N82's other features like GPS,speed, Ngage platform compatibility, etc more than compensated for the same.

And moments later i find myself standing outside this shop in Mumbai to get this phone for myself. And, here i am writing about my experiences about this phone.

I will try try to put up a comprehensive summary of the research that i did on this phone. I will add my 'valuable inputs' as and when necessary.

Till then, i am busy exploring my Nokia N82.