lol … ya … i know u will remember Siva … after his trip to Savaje, he was telling a lot abt u and other folks to us. I am currently at Chicago doing my Masters with plan of doin some work on mobile computing [donna how far its gonna work!!] after 3 years @ virtusa. Many of the team members are here @ US. Actually found your websites through your linked in profile.

I have been going your websites … definitely lot of info for me to read n learn iSkoot .. nice concept … once i get my tilt delivered, i will test its demo version! also I read in the company website that the company is planning to integrate it with gtalk n yahoo! .. once it’s done, it would be really an awesome n powerful tool. I didn’t complete reading your personal company website and its releases. I just had a skim. Probably, when I find some free time, I will go through it.

Is there any specific reason for you to avoid Mobile OS and touch screen? I found that Nokia’s OS [Symbian] are bit slow and where as Sony response very well. You wont find any lag in it. Is lag the reason for Mobile OS?

I have been thinking touch screen is better way of user interaction. It’s easy to move your fingers than moving the pointer through the Track Wheel. But again, advantage of track wheel systems is that we dont have to worry of about durability of touch screen.

Thanks for telling me about your friend. I believe that I got company now. HTC is not famous brand. That’s the first time I heard though.

Ah! bit jealous on you… You get to play with all the latest gizmos in the market Oh zyb … thanks for pointing out that. Lemme add it to my bookmark. Might start using that sooner!

I guess sooner you can start a phone portal like http://www.phonearena.com. For sure, you would have lot of visitors flooding the website!

Regards,
Dinagar

Hey, another ex-SavaJe! (even if just by association) There is definitely a SavaJe mafia sprouting up… especially in Massachusetts.

The Virtusa team did a great job on the Theme Studio. I mostly worked directly with Shiva (cool guy!), so I’m sorry that the names of the rest of the team have faded from memory after a few years…

We have an AT&T Tilt in the office. It seems like a solid little device. Definitely thick. Personally, I’m just not very fond of the Windows Mobile OS, especially the touchscreen PocketPC variation found in the Tilt. So as a result, if you were to ask me which device I would spend personal money on, there are many devices I would choose in front of it.

Now, that being said, one of my best friends has a sister device to the Tilt called the Cingular 8125. He LOVES that device! Plus, I’ve met others here & there who are also big fans of the 8125 and the newer 8325. The 8125, 8325, and Tilt are all very similar devices as far as form factor (touchscreens with slide-out keyboards) goes plus they all run the PocketPC OS. So HTC must be doing something right with these devices!

As for me, we just got a UIQ-based Sony-Ericsson w960i in the office over the holidays. It’s the media-oriented Walkman phone, just released in early December. It has 8 GB on it for your music and videos! So all night tonight I’ve been copying over most of my music collection and a good chunk of my favorite videos. I also copied all of my contacts over via this fantastic free service called Zyb (www.zyb.com). Now it’s ready to rock & roll!

Needless to say, I’ll be spending the next few weeks intensely “researching” this phone!

Regards,
Anthony

Nice writeup on what features/specification one should look forward in picking up a phone! Narrowly missed ur blog. Two days back, i was hunting for ma new gadget. This detailed post would definitely helped me then. AT&T was my only option as most of the students in my univ are usin dat … der is some student offer on dat.

Finally after full one day on youtube reviews and phone community reviews, I opt for AT&T tilt [HTC-TyTN-II] model among the AT&T’s collection. Among their collection, this was the only phone which has all the features in it.

Of course, the thickest is one point. It cant match the sexy Motorola Q global. But, drawback of Motorola Q was that, it doesn’t have Wifi and our famous Blackberry 8820 doesn’t have in built cam!

What is your opinion on AT&T tilt model???

I am Dinagar. Dont know whether you remember me! I was in the Savaje’s offshore team (virtusa) and even worked in Theme Studio development.

Regards,
Dinagar

Unfortunately, it looks like DejaPIM is no longer available commercially.

Considering how new the OS2008 is with the N810, I would expect to see some free and possibly commercial calendaring apps to start appearing real soon. According to an Ars Technica review (http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nokia-n810-review.ars/4), OpenHand is working on PIM software, including a calendar.

In the meantime, because of the N810’s excellent web browser, you might consider using a web-based calendar, such as Google Calendar. Then you can both view and edit entries, even if you don’t get many of the great features you would from an installable software client.

- Anthony