November 2007
Nokia 6120 + RoadSync: Better than BlackBerry
Posted by James Kahn on November 26, 2007 in life
When up in Cairns on a business trip, I managed to drop (read: snap in half) my company provided flip mobile phone. It was a pretty basic phone, with a couple of annoying little characteristics, such as it’s incredibly laggy interface.
Well, after showing the results of my work to my boss, a new phone landed on my desktop pretty promptly: a Nokia 6120. It’s not particularly expensive, but it is a very, very cool little phone. As well as having all the standard gee-whiz features that phones have these days, such as bluetooth, 3.5G data connectivity and music player functionality, it’s a smartphone in disguise. It runs Symbian S60.
I managed to scour the web for push email functionality for the 6120, and happened upon RoadSync. RoadSync interfaces with Microsoft’s ActiveSync, including full support for push email.
After loading it to the phone, it was less than 5 minutes to set it up. It just works, beautifully. The interface is snappy, phone attractive, and it syncs my calendar and email like a dream.
Battery life and general phone sexiness is better than Windows Mobile. And what’s best, all the BlackBerry boys in the office are jealous ;).