Web as you walk

By Dave Adamson in Reader

Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2009 at 12:13 pm

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Sooooo, my N95 is about a year old now… and what a year it’s been.

Thanks to the mobile version of Opera, I’ve got to say I’m pretty much addicted to web on the move.

Yes, as I walk along the streets of my home town and at various points during the average day I can be found tweeting, Facebooking, accessing my email and god knows what else.  When I’m shopping, I sometimes check out online retailers to see if I’m really about to buy a bargain or, more frequently, do a quick search for a review to stop myself buying completely the wrong thing.  It’s an addiction, but a very useful one.

Not sure what to cook as you stand there in the supermarket?  A quick search and I’m sorted.

Not sure whether the R2 DVD is better than the R1? dvdcompare.net sorts it.

About to drop £30+ on a game but not sure whether it’ll be good? gamespy.com will probably help you.

Okay, so you get the idea.

I like having access to Hotmail via Nokia Mail.  It was down for no more than three days recently and you’d think that the world had come to an end looking at the Nokia Forums.  Seriously, people were posting “I bought my Nokia phone specifically to use Hotmail. This is not good enough.”  Hoooooold on, I can still access Hotmail through the MSN Mobile website!

I guess I do far more social networking than casual browsing.  As I mentioned earlier, Facebook, Twitter and email have become just as common for me to use as text messaging.  There are also certain tools I’m particularly interesting in from Nokia… something that allows me to locate other Nokia users/friends (not that I really know that many, they all seem to have iPhones these days!)

I’ve even given BBC iPlayer a try.  Not too convinced by that one on the N95, but on the N97 or 5800 it’s probably fantastic.  The N95, albeit a fantastic phone, just has too small a screen for my video enjoyment.

On the other hand, Mobbler, an application for  S60 phones that let you access Last.fm is a lot of fun, even though I have to be attached to a wireless network to get the best from it.

Oh, yes.  That’s the other thing.  Wifi in the mobile.  It was a feature I sorely missed from the first Nokia Smartphone; the shiny brick N91.  Having the choice of access types is just icing on the cake.  Sometimes, it’s nice to have faster access.

Of course, eventually, I’ll replace my N95.  I’m looking at the N97 - bigger touch screen, slide out keyboard.  It’s probably going to increase my web use from my mobile phone!  One day, I’ll even get rid of this laptop.

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