Archive for November 14th, 2008

WLAN enters more and more phones – Sony Ericsson W705

Sony Ericsson W705After a premiere of Nokia E63 we could have noticed that the Company had decided to remove a GPS module, but as it is still considered as a business device WLAN is a must-be. Have you observed that more and more, even cheaper, phones are equipped with WiFi modules?

Sony Ericsson announced a few days ago a new Walkman series device – W705 with WLAN module of course. You can find W705 short review in here. I’m curious how often you use wireless module in your phones? For me it was a main reason for buying N80, which was my previous phone. Now I enjoy it even more with E71. I’m sure in a music device it will be useful as well.

Change your skin with Opera Mini 4.2 beta

Opera Mini 4.2 betaWhile most of us are still waiting for software update for Nokia E71, you can update Opera Mini browser to new beta version marked as 4.2. New features mentioned in change log are: supporting skins, new proxy server for customers in Americas and Asia-Pacific region, mobile YouTube (m.youtube.com) support on Nokia and Sony Ericsson devices, synchronization on Notes with Opera desktop version.

As a European user I don’t see it actually working any faster, but I hope it will be more stable. I really enjoy the skins because it allows to make Opera more like your current theme. Regarding YouTube the mobile version still doesn’t work on my E71. It starts Real Player but that’s all. Am I doing anything wrong?

You can get new beta by visiting www.operamini.com/beta/ with yuor desktop or pointing your mobile directly to: mini.opera.com/beta.