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N91 Review Part 14 - ShoZu still rocks but is not stable on my N91

Thu, 2006-10-12 05:39 — Roland

ShoZu rocks! With the N91 and WiFi, you can set it up so that if you live in a "sea of WiFi" (i.e. spend most of your time at places with WiFi like I do), that it will automatically upload photos and videos over WiFi to flickr or wherever you want. No r*poff GPRS or 3G data plan needed.

Shozu is great on the N91 .... when it works. Unfortunately even though I am using the latest firmware on the N91 and the latest version of ShoZu, reformatted the Hard Drive, crossed my 't's and dotted my 'i's and tried throwing salt over my left shoulder :-( ShoZu starts freezing the phone after 50 or so photos.

I don't think my phone is a lemon :( Everything else works! My unfortunate reality is that adding ShoZu to the mix, destabilizes my N91. Lifeblog (even though I hate its 10 photos at a time limitation) works so it's not the WiFi stack (or so it would appear).

I blame ShoZu's tight integration with the operating system. My guess is that ShoZu has some sort of event handler or interrupt or some such operating system integration which is buggy or problematic in Symbian Series 60 v3. I figure it's a V3 issue since I uploaded over GPRS thousands of photos with ShoZu and the 7610 and N70 (both of which are v2 phones) without this instability.

Lazyweb HELP! I'll buy whoever fixes my problem lunch. Until then, I'll keep doing the ShoZu reset dance every 50 or so photos.

Comments

Tue, 2006-11-14 23:01 — BitShifter

Shozu hangs after 50 pics

Shozu hangs after 50 pics right? While lifeblog works but has its 10 pic limitations. Don't you think it's a memory thing? Like the phone can't handle 50 pictures? I mean, I don't know much about this technical gobbledygook but based from what I read though it seems likely. I'm just guessing here. I may be wrong.
Wed, 2006-11-15 11:42 — Roland
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yeah it could be memory!

n/t!
Sat, 2006-10-28 10:28 — himitsuheiki

Well, give Shozu some time.

Well, give Shozu some time. As with all new features, it takes time for them to iron out the bugs. Look at Yahoo, all these years and they still don't have it right. Seth Godin is right when he says that the small companies have a greater advantage in moving and making changes.
Sat, 2006-10-28 10:40 — Roland
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i am sure the ShoZu guys will fix it

Agreed! if it's possible, Cognima will fix ShoZu I am sure. I bet it requires a firmware upgrade though!
Fri, 2006-10-20 02:55 — Sergio Falletti

Mobile

Roland, I found your blog while trying to work out if we can offer MMS to a client of ours wanting to extend their service to Canada (things don't look encouraging). Are you doing anything in mobile or is it just a passion?
Sat, 2006-10-21 13:04 — Roland
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MMS is a r*poff in Canada

e.g. for my carrier, 35 cents per message and each message must be 300KB or less (which rules out any 2 megapixel camera phone): http://www.fido.ca/portal/en/support/mms.shtml

 

in other words unusable (i hear it's cheaper but basically the same in the USA) 

 

i'll be the first to praise any carrier that offers a reasonable data plan or  MMS plan though :-)

 

and yes mobile is a passion for the moment, not a job! 

Tue, 2006-10-17 21:34 — Basang Panaginip

Pinoy Blog Rank

Hi Roland, I've added your blog at Pinoy Blog Ranking.
Sat, 2006-10-21 13:06 — Roland
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thanks!

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