Submitted by Roland on Sun, 2009-07-05 23:21
Experienced the usual "early Nokia firmware why-can't they-get-it-right-the-first-time" glitches today on the N97:
- The phone rebooted when I inserted the USB cable to recharge it
- USB charging via the USB cable didn't work until I rebooted the phone (charging via the USB to normal Nokia power charger coverter dongle worked flawlessly!)
As Dave Winer says, "We make sh*tty software". The frustrating part is that Nokia doesn't seem to improve its firmware for the initial release of its phones. My 7610 in 2004 and the trial N97 I have today in 2009 both have random reboot problems and other glitches; the fit and polish of the initial Nokia firmware releases (i am running the 2nd release i.e. V11 on the N97 but it doesn't seem very polished) hasn't improved in the last five years. C'mon Nokia, you can and should do better, please!
Submitted by Roland on Thu, 2006-11-09 08:29
The N93 suffers from the the lack of standard hardware interfaces. Forget the POP port! Put a standard tripod jack (I guess I'll buy the Nokia DT-22 tripod that Darla mentioned assuming I can find it in Canada, fat chance! In the meantime if anybody has a way to mount the N93 so I can shoot talking head videos of myself, please email roland AT rolandtanglao.com or phone 604 729 7924), USB port and a headphone jack in every phone Nokia, please! The POP port belongs to the past. Thanks! End of rant :-) !
Finally, I guess I'll buy a POP Port to Standard headphone jack adapter so I can listen to music on my phone in the car like I used to with the N91!
