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No - Rodfather

LOL! - Jonathan Greene

"Michelle - Thanks for reading and commenting. I still find it hard to believe that it takes this long to get a pre-paid debit card issued and as a result I've got doubts about putting money into an account that may or may not be reliable. JG" - Jonathan Greene

For the last few months there have been rumours that Cupertino has been showing renewed interest in Near Field Communications. This is backed by an Apple patent from two years ago, which covers a "Touch Screen RFID Tag Reader" and recent comments from an NFC group that Apple has been testing an RFID-equipped prototype. But Nokia has been pushing NFC for years, so why could Apple succeed where Nokia has failed, and more importantly, why might it choose not to? - Jonathan Greene

"I sync over Exchange with my full work account ... it works great - no issues. I do also sync with .me OTA, not via iSync. The main issue there is that the data is essentially separate. You get duplicates you can't merge" - Jonathan Greene

"I'm getting a day with moderate usage. If I spend an intensive hour on the commute I need to consider topping up before coming home (for another hour) at the end of the day. That's about normal for me ..." - Jonathan Greene

"nothing yet ... need to re-stir the pot." - Jonathan Greene

"First of all - things happen, tech fails. It happens to all brands. I assumed there was fault with the battery which was confirmed by the store and they replaced my iphone no questions. If I had needed to hard reset to start over which never happens with other devices ;) - I would have had to rebuild from scratch, something I've done countless times. That process usually takes hours or manual "labor" and sometimes a day or two until you are back again. Compare that to Apple's one-button restore. My experience with Nokia (since I know that's implied) has not been the same on the repair side either ... I have received a number of devices over the years (gratis) and most have been great, though there were a few bumps. - My N91 just bricked out. It was sent into repair (no stores / repair options) and came back fixed, yet was still busted. - I had a device (believe it was the N70) with one of the batteries Nokia recalled. I filled out the form to get a replacement, waited and nothing ever..." - Jonathan Greene

seniors cycling club ... very cool - Jonathan Greene

"very strange indeed ... come on Apple." - Jonathan Greene

I love the layout of this keyboard. I wish it had a faster processor. - Rodfather

I was struck by how ridiculous the photo is ... It's open and yet sprint kept the phone in portrait mode making the screen and what's on it worthless - Jonathan Greene from email

"so far I'm up 20% from the commute, though I forgot my headphones so no music playing ... will see how the day ends up. It does not seem that the bugs have been fixed ... ;(" - Jonathan Greene

"I don't sync contacts with Google ... way too wacky. I use Exchange and .Mac which of course brings up the ridiculous bit about isolated data stores allowing you to see multiple versions of the same contact." - Jonathan Greene

certainly depends on the agency - Jonathan Greene

"The speed of change in Android is the thing to watch ... It's improved steadily and very quickly. Unlike Symbian ..." - Jonathan Greene

The Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition project has now released it's first final release, Maemo Flasher-3.5 Tool. Installation packages for Linuxes, Mac OS X and Windows are now available from Maemo Development Environment Downloads page. Maemo Flasher-3.5 tool supports flashing of N8x0 devices with Diablo images and N900 device with Fremantle images. - Jonathan Greene

"I'm not feeling it ... Seems like Symbian has a very uphill battle to retain share for Nokia (as their primary distribution platform). Android is very aggressively cranking away across a lot of devices and partners. We'll see what happens I guess ... but it seems like they are going to lose share - particularly in the higher end segments." - Jonathan Greene

"Exactly - Symbian needs to deliver substantial change to re-connect with the momentum that has been building against them. Years of being difficult to develop for and a complex UI for the consumer ..." - Jonathan Greene

have to figure out a way to work his into my travel routine - Jonathan Greene

"To be clear, he thinks Google will stay huge and relevant, but it’s dominance will go down because collecting data is less valuable than connecting people, he said." - jerobins

the notion of connecting people is very real and something that can add a great deal of context to search as well ... look at the new deals with bing and google to integrate twitter - Jonathan Greene

"I think this is 50 bucks for the forseeable future .... There have been no announcements about a second N900 coming with support for additional NAM carriers. Still a good deal for such a data-centric device. iPhone plans are quite a bit more ..." - Jonathan Greene

Yeah, I got a couple the other day. Deleted them from the threads. Gah... - Cheryl Jones

lame!! - Jonathan Greene from email

one-ups the training wheels with a gyro powered wheel for kids. This looks totally awesome - Jonathan Greene

maybe next year - Jonathan Greene

When you can run (and walk) comfortably for 30 minutes on three weekly runs, increase the distance of one run a week by half a mile. This long run should be one to two minutes slower than the other runs, with more walk breaks. There is an excellent reality check called the "magic mile" at www.jeffgalloway.com. Follow the instructions and set a realistic pace for your current level of conditioning. It's always better to go slower on a given day. - Jonathan Greene

"not sure where you are watching, but in Quicktime you can play fullscreen if you have Pro or Quicktime X in Snow Leopard" - Jonathan Greene

"I export as a full frame Quicktime first which is a HD 1080i file based on what was imported. If you import 720p content it will come out that way as well. This is really more like a save as ... I then use Quicktime Pro to export as the appropriate file for AppleTV which is a way to compress it down a bit yet retain a very high level of quality. Sites like YouTube, Viddler, Vimeo and Facebook can all except this." - Jonathan Greene

"losing twitapps will be a big loss ... it's made managing things so simple over email." - Jonathan Greene

By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj plans to skip tailoring software of its upcoming top-of-the-range model N900 to different operators, raising the risk some carriers, who focus on integrating their own... - Jonathan Greene

New York secretes its fullest range of smells in the summer; disgusting or enticing, delicate or overpowering, they are liberated by the heat. So one sweltering weekend, I set out to navigate the city by nose. As my nostrils led me from Manhattan’s northernmost end to its southern tip, some prosaic scents recurred (cigarette butts; suntan lotion; fried foods); some were singular and sublime (a delicate trail of flowers mingling with Indian curry around 34th Street); while others proved revoltingly unique (the garbage outside a nail salon). Some smells reminded me of other places, and some will forever remind me of New York - Jonathan Greene