Sims Reality show?
January 20, 2005 | CommentsEA wants a Sims reality TV Show: "When asked by reporters which television company would want to buy such a show, the SpokesEA jerkily stood up and went into the kitchen for no apparent reason."
El Reg complains that this would be "like watching paint dry", which seems like a good description of most reality TV to me...
PledgeBank
January 20, 2005 | CommentsPledgeBank: "the site that lets you say "I'll do something if other people will do it too.""
Phone purse
January 20, 2005 | CommentsThe phone purse: "Different light patterns would appear on the surface of the bag: each colour would be assigned to a group of callers: someone you know, an unknown caller or a blocked caller."
Open Mobile Platforms?
January 20, 2005 | CommentsMobile open-standards group recruits key players: "The OMTP's goal is to bring network operators, software and operating system developers, hardware designers, and device manufacturers together to create products the offer a greater level of interoperability and user-interface consistency than they do today."
Nokia 6260
January 20, 2005 | CommentsAntony@FP had a Nokia 6260 delivered today (a "temporary phone" whilst he awaits the arrival of his preferred 3G 3D beast). Interesting handset - is it the first clamshell Series 60 Nokia have done? The camera still looks crap - I can't imagine going back to 640x480 after experiencing the 1 megapixel gorgeousness of the 7610. But what I really liked was the addition of radio - which AFAIK is something that's been missing from Series 60 (I'm not sure why). The twisting head made me nervous though - I suspect I'd snap it the first time I took the handset out on the town for a night.
I need to write a longer post here about radio some time soon. We did a project last year which was heavily involved with this subject and mobile - which I've been given permission to write about, but it needs a proper write-up rather than a half-assed blog post.