Oh, Maemo, the promises you bring to nerds like me…

Mobile programmable computers have a new meaning now.

So my N86 got a software update, and Panorama mode works better with dramatic light changes as you can see above.  Even better, now the camera has face detection as well.

The 8 megapixel sensor with wide-angle lens was already there

Full disclaimer: this is related closely to my work.  Don’t expect me to be fully impartial.

It is still a beta and currently only works with N97, but I’ve been using it for the past week and it’s not only nice but useful.  I can’t wait to have this available for Twitter as well, but don’t expect me to divulge publicly where I or anybody else I care for exactly reside.

The Nokia N86 I’ve been using can also take panorama pictures. Judge for yourself (best in large).

One of my colleagues posted online the model we’ve been using for planning our digital marketing.  If you are involved in this kind of activities and don’t know where to start, it is an excellent tool.

All of this of course relates to spreading the word, participating in & enabling  conversations. That’s one of the reasons why I love my job.  We are building the future one day at a time.

Currently on my N85:

• Mail for Exchange
• Share Online 4.0 with Ovi Share & Flickr
• Maps 3.0 with Ovi Maps
• Nokia Messaging for Ovi Mail, Gmail & private inbox.
• Ovi Files widget
• Worldmate
• Sports Tracker
• Windows Live Messenger
• Ovi Contacts
• Conversation
• Mobbler for Last.fm
• Ovi Sync
• Flixwagon
• 118 Mobile

Plus bookmarks for:

• Facebook
• El Universal
• BBC News
• Helsingin Sanomat
• Dopplr
• Google Reader
• Ping.fm
• Twitter
• Ilmatieteen laitos

Thankfully I have a flat rate data plan, and WLAN hotspots at work and at home.

You may have noticed that the rate of new posts in this blog has slowed down a little.  Most of it is simply due to the fact that I’m spending a hell of a lot of time working these days (a common joke with my buddy Phil is that we see more of each other during the week than of our wives), so I don’t have that much time to share certain things as when I was studying my masters.

Furthermore, most of the impulses and insights that I have nowadays are related to work, and as you may have noticed I don’t feel comfortable blogging about it externally unless its public, live and water under the bridge (a not-so-uncommon problem).  For that reason I have started a Nokia internal blog where I post my thoughts on services, devices, marketing and industry shifts as I see them happening.  If you also work for the company and would like to read it, tell me and I’ll send you the link).

This doesn’t mean that this blog will whither and die (on the contrary, I plan to give it more attention now that it has finally moved to its own server and I was able to clean all 800-plus entries), but that I’m still trying to evaluate what focus to give it.  Let’s see what it brings, and hope you want to continue reading.

My work, of which I usually don’t talk about in this blog, can sometimes be great, sometimes frustrating but in the end one of the things that makes it worthwhile is the people.

To have an idea, you can check some of their public blogs:

• erkkola.net
• danielgoodall.com
• finlandforthought.net
• artojoensuu.wordpress.com
• digiantique.wordpress.com
• cognitions.typepad.com
• activefreemedia.com