Picture this: a Blackout party at the Hunta Casa. Got DJ Manny spinning stripper rap. Got the girls in stripper heels in the background (they look like the Frisco-version of The Hills). The only thing missing a stripper pole. Instead, I get a drunk and free-spirited Henry obscuring my view.
I think I want cranky Henry back.
Option B. Option B involves using up my MMS messages to publish pictures. I like it more than Shozu, but I'm not sure I like using up my MMS messages. Which takes us to option C.
Option C is every techie's fantasy. It is writing a web service to accept an Atom publish, then forwarding (publishing) to blogger using the Google Blogger Data API. Yeah, I think I like that more. Now let's see if I can get off my arse and git-r-done.
My K790a has served me well the past few years and I will certainly miss it, but it was time for an upgrade. I had been looking at the Sony-Ericsson C902i with its impressive 5.0mp camera, but the further I looked into it, the more soul searching I did.
When I first got the K790a, my only requirement was a camera worthy to play in the same field as a dedicated digital camera, even if the field was big or the game was different. I did not care about the other features, such as internet browsing (I thought that was a stupid idea to begin with); they cluttered the phone with unnecessary and potentially unstable firmware anyway.
Oh, how naive I was (and still am). How the times have change. Internet browsing and reading RSS feeds comes in pretty darn handy when bored or too lazy to whip out and power up the laptop. If anything, it is my only outlet to keep up with current news and world events while passing time (and flatulence) on the porcelain throne. With the growing army of iPhone nerds browsing YouTube videos, I was not going to be left behind.
As much as I wanted to stay in the Sony-Ericsson family, the C902i just was not cutting the cheese. I could not justify spending over twice the price of an iPhone for just a 5mp camera. I do not remember exactly how I had heard about it, but I started reading about the Nokia N95 8GB. HSPDA, 2.8" screen, 5mp camera with flash, HTML internet browser, built-in wifi, GPS/A-GPS -- I liked what I read and made my decision that this was my next phone. And so far, it has been a great upgrade.
The only major disappointment is the lack of a blogger publish interface. There is one for Flickr and Vox, but not for blogger. I should not be completely disappointed with Nokia because they let you add service providers that support Atom. Unfortunately, blogger has deprecated Atom in favor for Google's Blogger Data API.
Having said that, this picture was published using a 3rd party application called Shozu. And I am not impressed. Next!
