Jay Eye Sea

Ian Leader: About a year ago,  I posted a new years wish list that included “A decent Google mail…client for the Nokia E-series phones.” At the time I was using RoadSync to get push email from Exchange on my E51, and wondered if they might add IMAP support.

They left it almost to the last minute, but yesterday, Roadsync 5.0 for Symbian S60 was released, an now includes support for Google apps: push IMAP email, in addition to calendar and contacts sync through ActiveSync that’s been available since the summer.

I’m pleased to say that it does exactly what it says on the tin:

Continue reading ‘RoadSync release decent push gmail client for Nokia / Symbian – better than BlackBerrry?’

Jon Bradford: The Jay Eye Sea blog has been (sadly?) bereft of posts from yours sincerely over the last 9 months.  The primary reason has been The Difference Engine, an early stage digital accelerator based in the North East of England.

Since inception, it has taken around 12 months and a lot of discussions to get the programme off the ground.  As with any business proposition I had to articulate my rationale and justification for the project – my attempt was a white paper called “A Perfect (Disruptive) Storm”.  For the purposes of history and for those might be interested in attempting this in their own region a copy of the final “draft” of the paper is available below.

Continue reading ‘The Difference Engine’

Jon Bradford: Today the Android Guys have tracked down the technical drawings of the new Google phone.  As they highlighted there are a number of surprises which had not been previously identified.

Andy Rubin is no mug – he has worked at Apple and was one of the founders of Danger Inc which designed the Sidekick – a device concerned with function over form.

So what’s different about the G1?  The chin.  The G1, it’s all about “the chin”. Continue reading ‘Android – It’s all about the chin!!’