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RIM BlackBerry Storm

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have it

Review date: June 9, 2009

Nokia N810

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6 pros

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want it

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Review date: December 16, 2008

iRex iLiad

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4 pros

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want it

Review date: November 21, 2007

Nokia N95

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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Review date: November 21, 2007

Amazon Kindle

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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Review date: November 20, 2007

Eva Solo Smiley Bowl

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2 pros

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Review date: October 23, 2007

SanDisk Sansa e260 4GB

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1 pro

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Review date: October 22, 2007

Rockbox

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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Review date: October 22, 2007

Winamp

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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Review date: October 22, 2007

Nokia N800

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Review date: October 22, 2007

Phoenix-Fly Vampire 2 Wingsuit

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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Review date: October 22, 2007

tyrion updated RIM BlackBerry Storm

June 9, 2009 at 3:02 pm

Tapped as "have it"

Disagreed: "no music/app purchasing"

Agreed: "Proprietary RIM operating system "

Disagreed: "keyboard is cramped"

Disagreed: "most web pages only load as mobile versions with limited functionality"

Disagreed: "zooming is horrible"

Disagreed: "no apps"

Disagreed: "no youtube"

Disagreed: "clickable screen isn't a good feature"

Agreed: "has the ability to cut & paste"

Agreed: "built in GPS"

Agreed: "user replaceable battery"

Agreed: "Typing in both portrait and landscape modes "

Agreed: "very good web browser "

Agreed: "Can be used as a tethered modem "

Agreed: "Downloadable 3rd party apps "

Disagreed: "No tactile keyboard "

Agreed: "Blackberry Application Center is carrier-specific, with apps not necessarily working across all Blackberries "

Disagreed: "interface can be slow"

Disagreed: "tactile touchscreen can take some getting used to "

Agreed: "no WiFi connectability"

tyrion updated Nokia N810

December 16, 2008 at 4:20 pm

Tapped as "have it"

Agreed: "Built in VoIP support with Skype"

Agreed: "Palm OS Garnet emulation allows use of Palm PDA applications and games"

New pro/con: Not enough RAM / Bloated OS

Disagreed: "Way too expensive for what it offers."

tyrion commented on Nokia N810

December 16, 2008 at 4:17 pm

Edited a comment

"I finally got my hands on one of these, and wrote about it on my blog."

tyrion responded to the thread Scheduled community meetings

December 10, 2007 at 5:47 pm

"Saturday or Sunday are easier, I could stay up till 2/3 here on a Friday or Saturday night which wouldn't be too late for ye..."

tyrion responded to the thread Scheduled community meetings

December 7, 2007 at 5:05 am

"19:00-21:00 GMT?"

tyrion commented on 2 items

Commented on Sorapot Modern Teapot

November 21, 2007 at 6:34 am

"If the heat is dissipated to the metal handle will it be hard/hot to hold?"

Commented on Nokia N95

November 21, 2007 at 5:43 am

"I may be biased tword Symbian, but this Device looks very nice. One of the things I like most about it is third party application support (which the iPhone utterly fails at currently). You can hook up your Slingbox setup, or use ControlFreak to manage WinAmp over bluetooth, or use WirelessIRC for IRC+Twitter on the go. more

tyrion updated iRex iLiad

November 21, 2007 at 6:30 am

Agreed: "Can run open-source and third-party applications"

Chose iRex iLiad over Sony Reader PRS-500

Chose iRex iLiad over Bookeen Cybook Gen3

tyrion updated 2 products

Updated Nokia N95

November 21, 2007 at 5:28 am

Disagreed: "No support for 3G networks"

Disagreed: "Lackluster alphanumeric keypad (non-QWERTY)"

Disagreed: "Poor standby battery life (~1 day before requiring charge)"

Agreed: "Expensive (~$700)"

Agreed: "Great multimedia capabilities"

Updated Nokia N810

November 21, 2007 at 5:27 am

Chose Nokia N810 over HTC Advantage 7501

Chose Nokia N810 over Nokia N800

Agreed: "Adds a full QWERTY sliding keyboard"

tyrion updated iRex iLiad

November 20, 2007 at 6:10 pm

Agreed: "Able to browse the web"

Agreed: "Built on Linux"

tyrion commented on Amazon Kindle

November 20, 2007 at 5:34 pm

Edited a comment

"This seems to be a very interesting concept that has one minor and one major failing.   Minor failing: EVDO only. I'm not sure if offering EVDO only is the best option, it effectively means that you must use cell signals to use this device (from what I can see). Why can't I use my home Wi-Fi connection? In a rural area it may be easier to hook a $50 Wi-Fi router up to a cable/ADSL (or, god forbid, dial-up) modem than go hunting for a EVDO signal. After all, we read books most at home so it makes sense to have Wi-Fi on this thing. Second problem with EVDO is that you alienate all of us over here in Europe (or at least the parts I frequent). But from what I can see this is tied to contracts anyway, so that's out the door in any case. Major Failing: Closed platform What about the E-Books I already own? Any digital playback device should allow you to play back a file, regardless of it's source. And what's the point in having a device that can only browser Wikipedia (maybe edit / comment) and Amazon's site? The entire point of a device that has the potential of accessing the internet is to give it just that... access to the internet. All of it. It has the potential to browse, comment and contribute to something like ProductWiki here, why not let people use if for that? I think these guys are potentially scared of getting sued for allowing dubious content on this device (so they cut Wi-Fi and any other sync), and perhaps the cell companies wont allow them to use the device to browse the web untethered on their networks. If both of these are true they may have shot themselves in the foot by being too nice. On a positive note, there are a few things I like. The QWERTY keyboard is very appealing. I might not get a device with a QWERTY keyboard over a touch screen device, but I know many people who would. Having an e-book reader with newspaper and magazine subscription support is superb, these are media which should be taking full advantage of readers like this, and now they can. However, if we're paying for magazines and newspapers we should not be charged for blogs and E-mail. RIM do not charge per E-Mail (your carrier may charge for data transfer, but it seems like there is some deal here for a lifetime data plan or something). And 10 cents to receive e-mail? What on earth? That makes no sense, forward the E-mail as a text to your mobile. So, to summarise: Needs Wi-Fi (and UTMS if they want to branch outside North America) Needs to open up to third party applications (full web browser) Great to see Magazine and Newspaper subscriptions Nice to have a device with a QWERTY keyboard " more

tyrion updated 2 products

Updated Amazon Kindle

November 20, 2007 at 4:58 pm

Agreed: "No internet browser"

Agreed: "Can't share books with friends"

Agreed: "Limited to buying from the Kindle store"

Disagreed: "plain ugly"

Disagreed: "QWERTY keyboard is overkill"

Updated iRex iLiad

November 20, 2007 at 4:56 pm

Chose iRex iLiad over Amazon Kindle

tyrion updated 2 products

Updated Eva Solo Smiley Bowl

October 23, 2007 at 12:26 pm

Agreed: "Sleek design"

Agreed: "Has a place to put the discarded parts"

Updated Nokia N810

October 23, 2007 at 12:11 pm

Added a link http://www.lugradio.org/episodes/86

tyrion updated 3 products

Updated Nokia N810

October 22, 2007 at 6:23 pm

Edited the description

Updated the features

Updated SanDisk Sansa e260 4GB

October 22, 2007 at 6:12 pm

New pro/con: Will run Rockbox

Updated Rockbox

October 22, 2007 at 6:11 pm

Edited the description

Changed category from to

Added a link http://forums.rockbox.org/

Added a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox

Added a link http://www.misticriver.net/forumdisplay.php?s=67fc39d3a616cfd61452acabee89b643&f=125

tyrion updated Rockbox

October 22, 2007 at 5:20 pm

New pro/con: Doom

New pro/con: Custom UI (skinning)

New pro/con: Does not support DRM crippled music

New pro/con: Supports Recording (certain players) to multiple formats

New pro/con: May shorten battery life (iPod)

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