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LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
04/07/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
The E71 is a beautiful phone. It makes people sad at Motorola if I use it because they feel bad when they see it.

::Looks at her Moto Q with shameful resentment::

Gah.
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04/07/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
IDK the hardware that has been coming out has been pretty boring lately and kind of sucky since most don't support any kind of US 3G. My first "handset" was a Psion and I have been using Symbian for a while but I am thinking of jumping ship over to Android. I have an N82, which is one of the best phones I have used but connecting via EDGE is so-so. Looking into getting an E71 but if I don;t like it I will get the G-1.
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GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
04/07/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone
Isn't there something else out there named "symbian", which isn't a phone?
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Kaiser-Machead
04/07/09

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You're going to have to do better than that to make it up to Jrsy Devil.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
04/08/09

@Kaiser-Machead: LOL! I guess I was a bit too vocal in the smartphone comparison chart that it's left a lasting impression..

Thanks John. I've only used a few of these apps. OperaMini is excellent on both the N95 and 5800XM. Google Maps, in my opinion works better than Nokia Maps on both of the above mentioned phones at least. It loads up and locks in much faster. I use the Internet Radio app(which is no longer available at Nokia's site for some reason) over Mobbler. Youtube and GMail apps both work great on the N95 however the newest version of the YT ap just released a couple of weeks ago won't even install on the 5800XM. GMail 2.00 works good on the 5800XM. Haven't tried it on the N95 yet (still using version 1.00 on that one).

QuickOffice works similarly on both phones. You can view office files with the free version but you'll need to buy the upgrade in order to edit documents. Another good app is Photo Flow for browsing photos on the 5800XM. By far one of the best apps I use is Handy Shell. It replaces the main active standby screen and has more configuration options than the default standby screen has. It's not a free app but well worth it, especially on the 5800XM since there's more screen real estate to work with. Handy Weather is a separate app with comes free for one year with the purchase of Handy Shell. It's nice having weather updates on the standby screen but not so much that I would have paid for this. Mobile Weather and WeatherBug (available both as a widget for the N95 & a widset for the 5800XM) are two free alternatives which do the job adequately.

There's plenty more freeware to browse from over at Symbian Freak.
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MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM
04/08/09

@Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: No way Jrsy, I couldn't help but think the same thing after reading the smartphone comparison chart they did a while ago. I don't even know what to make of the comment "We've even gone so far as to declare it too marginal to include in our smartphone OS guide" in the article above when it's preceded by a statement like, "Symbian is the planet's most popular smartphone OS-everywhere except the US, that is." I guess, some how a objective fact based statement followed up by subjective and biased opinion is somehow meant to re-affirm the reasoning and logic for their disregard of the Symbian OS in prior articles?...

I traded in my N95 8GB a while ago for a SE X1, and am so miserable now. :( Symbian, from my personal experience, has been great for me, and even plays nicely with my Mac (using iSync to sync calendar and contact info wirelessly using only bluetooth, and the Nokia Multimedia Transfer Software for the rest)! Depending on what Apple announces about there new iPhone this upcoming summer I may finally be forced to get one, or the forthcoming N97 from Nokia. As of now I'm leaning more towards getting a unlocked N97 and keeping my Tmobile plan, instead of paying through my nose monthly with AT&T for a iPhone...
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
04/09/09

@Ambiguous Blob 2.0: I've been thinking about the N97 as well. Having not used a touchscreen phone for more than say 30 to 45 minutes at any given time I decided to get my feet wet with the 5800XM first. Frankly this was because it's available now and a cheaper alternative to what the N97 will reportedly retail for.

After the first two days I did not like it. Well, that is to say, I liked everything except for the touchscreen. Now though after a week and a half of use it's grown on me quite a bit. I find that I still like buttons but this is a solid phone. Using the full qwerty is still a challenge because I have big hands. I found going with the T9 keyboard to be easier since that's what I am already used to. I can type without thinking just based on the number of taps to get to the desired character. The 'keys' are bigger so I can fly across them pretty good. I did switch back to the qwerty though to force myself to learn how to use it properly instead of taking the easy way out. I still cheat by typing with one hand which, for me at least is amazingly fast and accurate. I have a few days left so the jury's still out on whether or not I'm keeping it. My only real gripes at this point is that it's a tad small and the camera is nowhere near the quality of my N95 (I can't really consider that to be a gripe though since I knew this was going to be the case before I even bought the phone). I'm sure I will like the N97's physical qwerty over the touchscreen version but I don't know if I'd be any happier since it doesn't appear to be much bigger than the 5800XM.

There's always the E71 though...
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Graverobber
03/05/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Making iTunes Work For You
iconcertcal- best iTunes plugin evah:

[www.iconcertcal.com]
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discounteggroll
03/05/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Making iTunes Work For You
chalk me up as a vote for Mojo. The interface is simple, super-effective and dummy proof (who can mess up color-coded songs???)
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williamson
03/05/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Making iTunes Work For You
How could you forget Senuti (Mac)? It is the best thing to happen to ipods since steve jobs.
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Wilson Rothman
03/05/09

@williamson: It's lovely, of course, but it's really a separate app altogether.
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superberg
03/05/09

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Don't forget Doubletwist!

[www.doubletwist.com]
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Wilson Rothman
03/05/09

@superberg: We so didn't forget it, it's actually mentioned in the article. Have another look.
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daftrok
03/05/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Making iTunes Work For You
Sorry, but the new Winamp will always be way better than iTunes. Its faster, takes up less space, has a lot more format support and manages music just as well if not better on ANY mp3 player and not just an iPod
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IN THE FACE!
03/05/09

@daftrok: Windows Media Player does a better job of managing a large music library (and that is NOT saying much)...
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IN THE FACE!
03/05/09

@bpapa9013: Better than iTunes that is, I haven't tried the new WinAMP yet, I'll have to give it a shot. Does it still support the old WinAMP 2/3 viz programs? (MilkDrop RULZ!)
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Tom.Gilheany
03/05/09

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Any Windows equivalents to "Dupin"? Suffering this problem now, as my external drive seems to have confused iTunes index...

-->Tom
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Nick Spano
03/05/09

@Tom.Gilheany:

dupin works very well, too bad it cost money. the free version only fixes 15 songs at a time.... bullshit
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BeautifulAgony
03/05/09

@Nick Spano: Yeah, it really sucks when you have to pay money for a good product! Grrr!
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IN THE FACE!
03/05/09

@BeautifulAgony: Yeah I charge people to use my macros too... and my bottle opener, and my lighter, and if they ask me what time it is, you bet that's a $5 charge.
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BeautifulAgony
03/06/09

@bpapa9013: Anyone is welcome to make their own version of the product. People who like it but are upset about the concept of paying to own somehting someone else made, that's just retardiculous.

Or they can just go steal it and quit bitching about it. I'm not marally judgmental on that score, but I don't see the opposition to paying for a quality product, (as opposed to bitching about the price) whose creator put obvious effort into. Just seems childish and ignorant.
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hebrewhammer770
03/05/09

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cool beans.
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IN THE FACE!
03/05/09

@hebrewhammer770: Those aren't beans, they're rabbit pellets.
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zenpoet
02/19/09

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Overhaul Your Last-Gen BlackBerry
Thanks Giz! My Curve was feeling a bit anemic, and maybe with the above adrenaline shots, I might not have to dump its sad little body into the Hudson, where all unloved things eventually come to rest.
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bestpersonintheunivers
02/19/09

@zenpoet: I'd hate to be your wife...
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zenpoet
02/19/09

@bestpersonintheunivers: No worries, she is still loved at this point, but if things start on a downward spiral, maybe I can unload the Curve and the wife on Telepheedi. That way, everyone wins!
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Glare
12/06/08

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Make Your Old USB Stick Into a Digital Multitool
How do I do the emulators thing?

I mean do I just download them onto the thumb drive? Then what? Let's say I have a ROM.. how do I play it?

Oh I'm so confoozed!
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AmishJohn
12/07/08

@Glare: The emulator is the 'Shell Program'; Install it on the pendrive, add a folder with your ROMS in it, start emulator program, point it to the ROM folder.
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jaySoni
12/06/08

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Make Your Old USB Stick Into a Digital Multitool
Is there a way to combine the capacities of all USBs making it work like a single drive?
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John Herrman
12/06/08

@jaySoni: I looked into that actually, and as far as I know there really isn't a good way to do it, at least with RAID or anything like it.
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slaughter33
12/05/08

In reply to Dealzmodo Hack: Make Your Old USB Stick Into a Digital Multitool
Lifehacker recommended Puppy Linux, not Unetbootin.
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AmishJohn
12/06/08

@slaughter33: unetbootin is the program to make the pen drive bootable, and installs your choice of ISOs on as well.
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