Author Archives: Donncha

Nokia – Nokia 7650 Phone Support More Software – the Triple Pop and Bounce games here are worth downloading. Despite what the page says, if you don’t have access to IRDA or Bluetooth you can always email yourself (to the phone) the .sis files for installing. Thankfully, unlike with Java applets, once .sis applications are installed they can be moved into different folders. This contrasts with java midlets which have to remain in the application manager. (AFAIK)

Where Performance is Concerned, Optimization is Key

When our Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Mainframe article caught the attention of Slashdot last month, quite a few people were curious to know about how our server handled the traffic.

I posted too soon! Here’s a preview and screenshots of Frodo on the Nokia 7650!

Looks like there some work being done to port E32Frodo to the Nokia 7650! Great!

E32Frodo – Open Source Commodore 64 emulator for Symbian OS – wow! I wonder if I can get Bits ‘n’ Bobs running on it.. 🙂

Great, I tried to download email to my 7650 this morning, followed all the directions online and in the supplied manual and it didn’t work. A 10 minute call to Vodafone (via a freephone number) resulted in them “escalating my problem” and someone will be in touch in a day or two.

Nokia 7650 links

Myself and Martina saw the excellent City Of God last night. Wow! It’s bloody, it’s gritty and doesn’t hold back. Go see it!

OfB.biz: Open for Business – Desktop Dreams in the Wake of MandrakeSoft’s Bankruptcy

Yeah, right. Just to be clear, I don’t agree with a single word I just said, but that statement is an exclusive first look at what all of the GNU/Linux desktop critics will start crying out once again.