Diaries of a Nokia Fan Boy

Seems that there are a number of hands-on videos out on the interwebs now, and while most of what they show isn’t anything new, there are some that show neat tid bits of information.

In the X6 hands-on the reviewer shows an interesting function of the music player that allows you to select your mood and plays the corresponding music from your library. Actually seems like a really useful feature, sort of reminds me of a similar music player for Android (see my earlier Android reviews). The X3 doesn’t actually seem to bring anything new to the table.

The Booklet 3G doesn’t show anything new either, however it does provide a nice overview of the hardware and shows you the relative size. The device does look quite attractive, although the screen could have been bigger. You can also see the size of the battery at the bottom, and to be honest, my hopes are up that it will be able to run for 12 hours of decent usage, not just a 12 hour standby sort of thing.

The N900 preview is actually quite interesting, even if the preview is more of Maemo 5 preview than the N900 itself . The OS has multiple desktops, and kind of reminds me of Android, which was my first interaction with that sort of system. The dashboard shows running programs and appears to be well designed, but of course only time and usage will tell. Anyway, I won’t spoil anything for you so just take a look at the video.

The N97 Mini preview is also somewhat telling, but more so because I would like to see the Maemo 5 UI on the device instead. Besides that there isn’t anything new on the video.

- Nokia FanBoy

via: Engadget (read)

Not much to it, here are a couple videos on the N900 that have been circling the interwebs.

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Here is an excellent video as to why we should never pay more attention to the cell phone than to the road. The video is quite graphic so viewers beware. But parents, teachers, girlfriends/boyfriends, friends, if you know someone who is like this, please let them watch this video. I think the most sobering piece is not the crash itself (it looks a bit fake), but the fact that the driver’s friends are killed, and the 3 minutes following the crash. Make sure the culprit watches the entire video as it just won’t sink in otherwise.

For anyone who found this too graphic, I apologize, but even I am guilty of checking my phone from time to time while driving, and believe me, this video really gets to you.

Note: if the video doesn’t work, try here.

-Nokia FanBoy

via: Engadget (read)