Paul Jacobson

Category: Devices

  • Norwegian PM runs his country using an iPad

    Ok, this is a little gimmicky but a fun insight into how the iPad is being used. Norway Uses iPad to Run the Government During Icelandic Volcano: “Thousands of travelers are stranded throughout Europe as ash continues to rain down from an erupting volcano in Iceland this week. Among them is Norwegian Prime Minister Jens…

  • Mobile 2010 – the year your mobile experience changed radically

    I probably should have started this post a few months ago when I attended Brandsh’s Mobile World Congress feedback session in Sandton. The next best time to get this post done was around the time I flew to Cape Town to hear more about Nokia’s Ovi Maps and its recently announced free maps and navigation…

  • Is a BlackBerry the best productivity and messaging device available?

    Its my wife’s fault, really. Frustrated with the persistent unavailability of the Nokia X6 which she had her eye on for several months, she switched to a BlackBerry Storm 2 (her first choice was the Bold but the MTN store she visited didn’t have any in stock). BlackBerry devices hadn’t really interested me until she…

  • Want an eReader? The iPad probably isn't for you.

    I have been resisting the urge to speculate about the iPad since it was announced. I have a history of seizing upon the latest Apple/Nokia gear and proclaiming it to be the next best thing since the printed word (or the last Apple/Nokia gear). I have generally been wrong about just how awesome the device…

  • Learning how to take better photos

    I realised that my camera, a Canon Powershot SX100 IS which I bought in Japan in July/August 2008, has a lot more functionality that I realised. I’ve started learning how to use it better and that largely includes playing around with many of the manual or semi-automated settings which I have pretty much skipped over…

  • The SMS ripoff and what you can do about it

    I started thinking about sms and instant messaging the other day. Actually I was thinking about how MTN seems to keep fleecing me for more money and/or just can’t maintain a working and reliable billing system. I started thinking about the relative cost of an sms compared to, say, the same amount of text sent…

  • The Nokia N900: room for improvement

    This is a follow up to two posts I have published about my experiences with an N900 which you can find here: My experiences with a Nokia N900 The N900 is … I am accustomed to having installed apps on my N97 for a variety of services including Gravity for Twitter/Identi.ca/Facebook and the app ecosystem…

  • Google ChromeOS: I just don't get it

    Google Chrome OS attracted a huge amount of attention and continues to do so. As you may know it is a Linux-based operating system developed largely by Google and which will be released in about a year. It is touted as the next Next Big Thing and, like many Google products, it will apparently solve…