How to switch from iOS to WP8 - this are the must have apps.

14:46 mareku 0 Comments

Actually beacuse of the many API's out there - having your favorite iOS apps on WP8 is rather easy. Sure they work different (mostly better) - the all your basic features are there. These are my must have apps on my WP8 (Lumia 920) so far:
4th & mayor - foursquare client
authenticator - google & dropbox authenticator
calculator3 - scientific calculator and universal convertor
caledos running - runkeeper client
cloudy box - dropbox client
connectivity tiles - shortcut to wireless connectivity and such
emailme - for reminders and to-do's in you inbox
evernote
facebook
flickr
flux - googlereader client
GDrive
gMaps - google maps client
Google
Googletranslate 
LinkedIn
Mehdoh - twitter client
Metrotube - youtube client
Moleskine
NY Times
OneNote
Parkmobile
PDF reader
Pinsation - pintrest client
Wpodder
SkyDrive
Skype
Soundrivin - Soundcloud client
Spotify
Tripadvisor
Weather flow
Whatsapp
Wifi Scale tracker - withings client
Yelp

Nokia Lumia: first impression - hmm mixed feelings

14:44 mareku 0 Comments

I got my Nokia Lumia 920 WP8 last week. Yes it is heavier then an iPhone5, but it feels nicer, rounder, warmer. The screen is much larger and brighter. The response is super quick and I am impressed with the lay-out of WP8. It all works very intuitive and much better then any android system I have. It also looks and feels much more modern then the outdated iOS interface. The live tile function is really handy and immediately feels like something which is hard to miss day-2-day.
Nokia maps, Nokia music the camera (with several "lenses" ) are great and yes all my heavy usage apps are available in WP8 or you can reach the services via API's with other apps.
The typography of WP8 is also a cute feature which looks rather nice.
I am hooked to wireless charging (Fatboy!) and battery life is two days or longer - so much better then iOS and much much better then android.
The build quality of the Lumia 920 is excellent - it feels solid. The buttons, the body, the screen - they are foolproof. If only... My first Lumia 920 just stopped working each time when I charged it. I had to hard reset it to bring it back to life. Nokia Care is trying to recover it. It seems to be a known issue for the Lumia 920. Strange that 5 months after its introduction these kind of issues still exists - I never encountered something like this with Apple products and did not expects such thing to happen with Nokia. On the other hand Nokia was so kind to sent me a replace (red) Lumia 920 for the time of the repair. That phone is doing ok.

Tyvärr: Eddie Razaz förlorade i tredje tävling

14:43 mareku 0 Comments

Hur är det mögligt? Eddie Razaz hade allt: ljuden av Thomas G:son, Peter Boström (från Euphoria - Loreen) och en bra act. Men inte så bra live prestanda... Nu är det slut för honom.

Marijn very busy doing the books

13:06 mareku 0 Comments

with MoneyBird naturally...

Why not?

13:05 mareku 0 Comments

Why should we do without wrestling at OS2016? What's better then this?

The Charioteer of Delphi

12:50 mareku 0 Comments

As a birthday present from Eddie I got this great statue of The Charioteer of Delphi; it's a copy of the one in the Delphi Museum and the original one dates from 500 b.C.

Birthday in Berlin

12:54 mareku 0 Comments

Curry Wurst


To Tempelhof

NSU R80 - classic beauty