My favourite non-smartphone handsets have always been from Sony Ericsson (SE). My friends always found the interfaces a bit confusing before, as there were often no such things as "call" and "end" keys, and the UI relied very heavily upon softkeys that would do different things depending on the menu. The last SE phone I owned was the k750, which took some of the most fantastic picture I’ve ever seen on a mobile phone.

Today we’ll be taking a look at the Walkman w760 and the HVH-PV715 (I still think these need catchier names) Bluetooth headset. Let’s see what’s changed in the last four years since I used an SE device, shall we?

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OK, so I have a confession to make to all of you.  I have been using Windows Mobile for a long time.  But lately, I have been getting a bit fidgety and a little bored.  I wanted to expand my horizons and try some new things.   At about that same time, Rita joined the JAMM team, becoming our own Symbian Guru.   It was not long before she was sending me crisp and clear pictures snapped from her E71, and writing about all of the great things her E71 could do.  The next thing I knew, I was scouting out Nokia phones online and finally settled on a gently used E71 I found on ebay.

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Edutainment is a mix of education and entertainment. It seems that these days a lot of games are falling into this category. From running a diner and learning time and management skills with game like Cooking Dash, to games with focus at improving various aspects of intelligence such as memory, mathematics, analysis, and more, the growing number of edutainment titles are pouring into the market.

Brain My Day is one such title that has entered into the mix. Featuring 28 mini games and 4 game modes, this collection of mini games aims to sharpen your cranium. Sounds like a plan, but is it any fun? Or is it a dud that’ll give me a headache? Join us as we Brain My Day here on Just Another Mobile Monday.

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Those who know me well know that I am an avid S60 and Nokia fan, but this fanboy’ism (of fangirl’ism?!) is not unconditioned nor did it come without tests and trials. But let’s go back to the beginning of the story, shall we?
How I came to S60

Some 4 years ago, I was introduced to S60 through a friend of mine who had just bought a Nokia 6630 for over 500$ no less. I remember looking at the phone and telling her "it’s just a phone" and I clearly remember her answer "no, it’s a smartphone". At the time, I couldn’t care any less about smart or dumb, but she started installing applications on it, and it isn’t until I saw her running a dumbed-down version of Word and Excel that I understood the difference that a "smart"phone can bring. That’s when I decided that my next device will be running S60.
For many reasons, a year later, I went with the Nokia 3250 XpressMusic, the first S60 3rd Edition phone released by Nokia. I explored every single lighted and dark corner of that handset, I came up with tricks that very few people had discovered, I customized the hell out of it with applications, themes, games,… The 3250 was, and yes it’s funny to say that now, my powerstation. It was as robust as can be, internally by taking everything I threw at it, and externally by still functioning even after having kissed the ground more than I care to remember or admit.

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A lot of people have been underwhelmed by Microsoft lately when it comes to Windows Mobile.  At the same time, I work in a business that only buys Windows Mobile devices because of its great integration with Exchange.  It is pretty clear that Microsoft has targeted enterprise markets more than consumer markets over the life of Windows Mobile so far.

Clinton Fitch has probably reviewed more Windows Mobile devices than most of us have ever seen up close, so he is a great person to give a good look at the business applications for Windows Mobile.  Clinton compares the business features of 4 different Windows Mobile devices, both Professional and Standard editions.  Curious about what Clinton thinks about Windows Mobile?

The platform simply does everything:  Email, Word editing, Excel editing, PowerPoint viewing, OneNote synchronization, some have printing and PDF applications included (mostly HTC devices)… the list goes on.  Which which phone is really the best when it comes to business needs?  While it could be said that the ultimate decision comes down to individual needs and usage, which would be correct at a level, there are some key indicators as to which device would be best suited for a business user.

Check out the rest of the article to see one area that Microsoft has actually done very well in compared to some of the competition.