TECHMUNDO 2.0

I’ve been having some Wi-Fi problems.  I’ve noticed that whenever I get less than optimum singal strength (3 bars), the E61 browser just times out.  This has really bothered me for sometime and for some reason, yesterday afternoon, I remembered someone posting a comment in my previous post about correctly handling the E61 that the Wi-Fi and bluetooth antenna are located at the bottom.

So I took off the silicone case and Wi-Fi signal strength was boosted.  I was able to get Wi-Fi access in places where I had dismal signal strength.

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Is it still necessary?  PC World is reporting that by the end of the year, Skype will start appearing on symbian mobile phones.

The article can be found here.

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A friend of mine swears by this.  Forget paying 30 bucks for AgileMessenger or IM+, mig33 has free MSN and YM chatting.  Send me your comments as I haven’t had a chance to try this out yet, from their website they also have VoIP solutions and International SMS sending at cheaper rates.

I’ll give this one a go once my router gets fixed.

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Check out S60’s feature on the upcoming Nokia Web Browser. They have flash demonstrations of the new features of the browser.

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A while back I read an article touting Nokia as a company that listens well to their customers’ feedback.  Nokia just unrolled 3 new interesting phones for release in the first quarter of 2007 and I can’t help but notice that some of the features are indeed features that Nokia users have been clamoring for.

Some interesting bits about these new phones are the 10 gig internal storage with built in 3.5 earphone jack of the N81, and the Symbian 9.2 OS of the N95 which will feature the updated Nokia browser and an internal GPS receiver.

Hmm . . . interesting times ahead for Nokia.  Also, Nokia Open Studio will be in Manila today.  I wonder if I can crash the event and score some pictures. hehehe.

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I’ve been quite busy for the past few days planning for my upcoming Singapore trip. I’ll be leaving for Singapore on the 4th of October with a few of my friends and will be staying there till the 10th. This will be my second time to visit Singapore and I’m quite excited not just to visit the sites but also to try out the capabilities of E61.

I loaded up some city maps of Singapore and I’m quite disappointed by the results. I used Adobe Reader LE and this is what I got.

The image on the left is a 1.5mb file that details Singapore street map, while the one on the right is a 650kb overview of popular sites and hotels in Singapore. These images are, to be honest, useless! I can’t make out the street names, I can’t discern any information from the map. And after a few tries of zooming in and out of the map, I got a Low Memory Error.

I also managed to get my hands on a 650kb chart of their MTR station in GIF format which yielded a much better result.

I saw another PDF reader the other day and I’ll try it out with the maps I got. Or maybe I just go really old fashioned and go get myself a map of Singapore from the local bookstore.

Also, I’ve read a lot of people raving about Google Maps on the E61 and I couldn’t help but disagree. My router broke last week so I can’t post any pictures from gmaps, but try searching for Singapore or the Philippines and any other country thats not the United States or probably the bigger European countries and you get nothing but the shape of the place (in the map view). There is very little detail on Google Maps that will be useful for me.

I’ll try to update the post in a little while with photos from gmaps.

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My sister gave me a D-Link Wireless Router (DI-524) last year for my birthday and it just decided to stop functioning yesterday. I tinkered with it a little and I still couldn’t get it to work; the led indicicator for WLAN doesn’t light up anymore. I shuffled power, changed cords, looked for new firmware, Aaaaarrrrghhh, this is so frustrating!

Today I’m cross because I really wanted to try a couple of things with the E61. E-Series has a really interesting article on Internet Radio that I wanted to try out; also I’ve been hearing alot of good things about Truphone for the Nokia E Series.

. . . grumble, grumble . . .

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Phonescoop’s early look at the Nokia Browser 2.0 can be found here.

Some interesting bits of improvements for the browser includes the following . . .

• The Web Browser and Services has been merged (full integration of wap and html browsing).
• Offline Browsing is supported by allowing saving of web pages.
• Much improved RSS feed reader.
• Auto complete forms and Password manager
• Support for SVG-T and Flash Lite 2

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It works! I’m using my E61 to write this post. Although it would take much more effort to do so, it’s a comfort to know that it can be done. I can’t go on and on as usual with my ramblings but its a nice functionality to have.

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One program that I use consistently is the built in web browser. I was pleasantly surprised at how most webpages transform nicely to fit the smaller screen. Nokme has posted some shortcuts that will surely improve your web browsing experience.

[0] During a browsing session, pressing the 0 key returns you to your Home Page or Bookmarks List.
[1] Displays the Bookmarks List
[2] Searches the text in the current page
[3] Navigates back to the previously viewed page
[5] Lists windows
[8] Toggles the Page Overview miniature image on and off
[9] Goes to the address entered
[*] Zooms images in, making them larger
[#] Zooms images out, making them smaller

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