Archive for October, 2007

October 30th, 2007

E61 – The best mobile phone EVER!

by Florian Jensen

Hey,

yesterday I acquired an Nokia E61, which turned out to be one of the best investments I ever did.

My E61! My E61 … again!

It’s a great mobile phone. You can install a ton of applications, and it has WiFi. Here is a small list of the things I currently do with it:

E-mailing

I have setup my E-mail account on it, using IMAP. It even supports IMAP IDLE, which is a really great feature if you have to pay for the data connection traffic. I use my WiFi mostly though, so I don’t really care.

My E-mails

Jabber-ing

I installed Talkonaut 3.0, which is a great Jabber client for Symbian OS. It supports alot of features, such as File Transfer and Jingle Audio. The key feature though is, that it supports data compression. This is very nice if you use it via 3G.

Talkonaut 1 Talkonaut 2 Talkonaut 3

As you can see on the last screenshot, Jabber is the perfect IM Platform. Thanks to Jabber data compression, you can chat for nearly nothing using GPRS or 3G! That was actually the result of 1 day chatting.

Vodafone Live! and Proximus Mobile TV

You’re bored? Well just go onto the Vodafone Live! portal and watch TV on your E61! The screen is big enough, and it is quite cheap. Just 0,49€ per session. You have a choice of 30 live TV stations and alot of on demand content. I just watched the Looney Tunes! Great fun.

VoIP!

I call quite alot to foreign countries, which leads to a very high phone bill. But now I can call via my VoipStunt account on my Mobile Phone. The quality is as good as via the GSM Network. All that routed via WiFi means that you don’t pay anything for the calls. If you want, you can also call via VoIP over the 3G network. Haven’t tried that yet, but I will in a bit. Atleast VoIP calls via WiFi are that good quality, that you don’t notice any difference! And it is integrated seamlessly into the general OS.

A Keyboard!

You actually have a nice Keyboard on the E61. I hate writing SMS with these numbers, like on the normal GSMs. Now I have a full keyboard on it. Very easy to type. Even with my fingers.

A really good Webbrowser

There actually is a very good webbrowser on the E61. It’s based on Webkit, and even runs complicated JS. It’s very nice to browse the Web from your mobile phone.

E61 Webbrowser

As you can see, it displays perfectly!

iPod Video without stupid iTunes.

I wanted an MP3 player with Video support. That was why I was thinking of getting an iPhone, but that is not available in Belgium at the moment. A hacked one, would be a possibility, but it’s also quite expensive. But now, with the E61, I have a MP3, OGG Player and Video Player.

Music Video

As you can see, I still love The Simpsons :) I need to tweak my encoding quality though, as in Fullscreen it isn’t that nice.

Google Maps & GPS

I also installed Google Maps on the E61. It is a really great app. The next thing I am going to buy, is a TomTom GPS adapter, so that I can use it in my car as a GPS.

Google Maps

What other application would you like to see on your Mobile phone? For me, I have everything I want on my E61. I can just recommend it.

October 27th, 2007

Save the environment – by John Maynard Keynes

by Florian Jensen

Hey everyone,

those who know me know that I in general don’t care about the environment. I believe that the “Global Warming” is a myth, and we do not need to change anything. But someone just sent me this picture. For all of the people who are currently reading “The Principles of Economics” by John Maynard Keynes, you should pay attention to this hidden message.

Stabilo Ad

You just got to love Stabilo markers!

October 25th, 2007

Eternal Happyness!

by Florian Jensen

If you want eternal happyness, send 10€ to florian@florianjensen.com (PayPal), and enrich your life :)

October 10th, 2007

What happens when you don’t use escaping characters!

by Florian Jensen

I was talking about this with a friend a few months ago, and he just sent me this small Comic.

Escaping Characters

So please, use escaping characters. Loosing your entire DB is not very smart :)

October 8th, 2007

The best way to get rid of pigeons!

by Florian Jensen

If you have a problem with pigeons, then you should definetly look at this!
Motion Activated Sprinkler Vs Pigeons
This is what you need!

October 7th, 2007

Get Microsoft Office Ultimate for just 60USD!

by Florian Jensen

Do you want to use the new, official, legal Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007? It’s not expensive anymore! For 60USD!

I have to get an E-mail adress from my school, so that I can get the Office Edition. I’ll tell you once I have the edition. If you have tried it, tell me how it went!

Great deal!

Visit the Website

October 7th, 2007

DivX’s Stage6

by Florian Jensen

Hey everyone!

I suppose, all of you know DivX. There is no point in continuing reading this, if you do not have the official DivX codec installed, get it on DivX.com.

The problem with YouTube is the appaling quality. DivX has always been known for its good quality and small filesize. That is why it is now going to the Web. DivX’s Stage6 is something like YouTube, but based on DivX! Just install the Webplayer and enjoy.

Here an example: Video

By the way: The Veronica’s aren’t that bad!