Nokia MID series

Don't forget the N770, N800 & N810 series of MID's from Nokia. These do run Flash, have a solid AJAX browser (gecko engine) and high enough resolution screen (800x480) to give a decent web surfing experience.

These device are ARM powered, and having owend one for a year, they are just that bit underpowered. Anytime I hit a website with complex Flash or significant Javascript the surfing gets painful.

I'm sure that part of the problem is OS/browser optimisation, however the ARM chip does need more processing power for living with Web 2.0. That is the open door Intel may be able to walk through. Can ARM respond in time?

Counterproductive

Sir Kahn may have succeeded in taking on the Chinese even more successfully if his Code contained less capital punishments.

The logical punishment for homosexuality would have been to have intercourse with a nubile woman. (duh!)

data modelling does *not* imply RDBMS or E/R or...

I'm uncomfortable with the implication that 'data modeling' implies a RDBMS and E/R tool.

Let's suppose we have perfect object persistence (a stretch but humor me) then would we would still need data modeling?

OOA\OOD includes a means of analysing and structuring data. Conceptual and implementation.

However the modeling process here is not predictable and robust. So what would a "normal form analysis" of OOD look like? Or looking in reverse; if we had Normal Form analysis of the OOD why would that not be as high a quality of data model as any other?

I believe that the OO/Applications teams don't do enough data analysis and modeling. But the "data modeling activity" should be independent of the whole relational dB tool industry.

Now SOA is an interesting case. Here IMHO the modelling needs to be done on the surface of each service. Far from the database. How a data modelers going to engage here?.

Labled Nokia and not a mobile phone

I'm about to buy one (bugs permitting) so hopefully I'll have more to contribute, but for me the N800 is more an UMPC than a phone. For a phone I prefer it compact and straight forward.

What defines a UMPC? Running software you want? Third party S/W market? Multi-function device? Desktop/laptop (semi)replacement?

N800 is yes on much of this. Also, in common with iPhone, provides insight on why smart phones are not so smart.

Point is, if you expected a phone you may have been reviewing the wrong device.