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Technology journalist and blogger, software developer, ex-IT Manager.

The technology week in View: December 14th 2007

Gaming & Toys, Miscellaneous, Networking & Internet / By /

Nintendo WiiThis week I got hold a Nintendo Wii after a protracted but eager wait and to be honest the experience was far from what I was expecting which you can read more about in First impressions of the Wii. The games I have for the Wii include the sports pack, Catz, and a game based on the Ratatouille movie. My daughter likes the Catz game but only the mini game which she took to almost instantly. I just wish console games had a “quick replay” at the end of a game to quickly get back into the action. I aim to stick with the Wii and obtain a few other games so watch this space! GizmosforGeeks previously talked about the Wii in the Nintendo Wii article.
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The technology week in view: December 7th 2007

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I recently got hold of a Nokia e61i to complement the Blackberry 8820 that I won in a prize draw. I’ve been looking around for a remote email and phone solution for our field based staff for some time. There are a huge number of thumb based, email friendly devices out there which I wrote about in my Thumb Phones Blog post recently and these two devices were definitely high on my gadgety wish list. Whilst the shiny Blackberry is still sitting in its box in my kitchen (not for long hopefully) I have been out and about with the Nokia and giving it a good run its money. I have made a few observations and found out some useful tips whilst Trialling the Nokia E61i. The device works a treat and its Series 60 Symbian OS is about as good as you can get but I’m still having a few glitches with Exchange Server 2007 integration when using the MfE add-in as it seems to demand an SSL certificate which isn’t as straightforward as it should be, as I discovered when writing about The Perils of Support Desks: GoDaddy. For now I am focusing on the Nokia e61i in a mobile environment so watch this space for more!
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