I have heard an expression "Do no evil". That is good, but to me there is something better... How about a motto that says "Do some good"? Yes, I work for Nokia, so you should have some reservations whatever you read following. I hope this doesn't sound like a PR entry. I just want to put on a human face and look at the issues.

Donations for rebuild and food are very important in disasters of course. Yet in this mobile age, there is one more item that can really make a difference, connecting people. There is an image I have seen from NPR and I have posted it here. One can tell from the image how desperate and important for people to have connections to their families and friends.  When some thing turmeric happens, such as an earthquake, fire, or cyclone, the first instinct for victims is to find their families and friends. The needs for food and shelter are likely to come a little latter. A few words from familiar voices can lift the spirit and make us strong to face the toughest situations. At least to me, that would have been my priority.

I truly believe the mobile industry is a very unique technology industry. For what we do are very personal and human. Sometimes, the impacts are more then we can ever imagine... And some times, the human sides are not something we can designed and architected, they come naturally...

Highlights from Nokia press releases.

Nokia donated 5,000 phones with prepaid SIM cards in partnership with Sichuan Mobile.
In addition, Nokia sent its Care Vans into the affected regions to supply power and telecommunications to survivors and rescue teams, as well as transport a 25-strong medical team.

http://pressbulletinboard.nokia.com/tag/earthquake/
http://pressbulletinboard.nokia.com/tag/myanmar/

W.Seto 

I have come across this video in some blogs and on youtube (well, what is not on youtube anyway). Enjoy... 

I regularly enjoy watching video podcasts on my N82, usually while on my train commute to and from work. Mostly I download them with the Nokia Podcasting application, or sometimes with another computer when there's no WiFi around then copy the videos to my N82 with the USB cable.

Here is a roundup of the video podcasts that I watch including the RSS Feeds that you use to subscribe and download the shows,

DL.tv: Video podcast about things in your Digital Life, for Tech fans, by Tech fans. Hosted by Robert Heron. Robert is very knowledgable about the various High Definition technologies ranging from HDTVs, to Bluray, and often discusses HD on the show.
RSS Feed: http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/ziffdavis/dltvipodpspvideo

DiggNation: Weekly show discussing some of the top stories from social news website Digg.com. Hosted by Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/diggnation/feed/quicktime-small/

Tekzilla: Weekly show answering your tech questions and helping find solutions to with your problems. Hosted by Patrick Norton and new co-host Veronica Belmont
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/tekzilla/feed/quicktime-small/

The Totally Rad Show: Three friends discussing the latest in movies, video games, and occasionally TV or Comics. Hosted by Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/trs/feed/quicktime-small/

The Digg Reel: Weekly show covering some of the most popular videos from Digg.com
RSS Feed: http://revision3.com/diggreel/feed/quicktime-small/

Smartphones Show: Video podcast covering the latest Smartphones and the Smartphone industry. Hosted by Steve Litchfield
RSS Feed: http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/sshow/sshow.rss

RocketBoom: Daily Video show covering a wide range of topics with a comedic presentation. Hosted by Joanne Colan
RSS Feed: http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/tele_daily_enclosures.xml

Cranky Geeks: Weekly show covering the tech industry from a cranky perspective. Hosted by John C. Dvorak
RSS Feed: http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/audioblogs/crankygeeks/cg.ipod.xml

Driving with The Guru: Come hitch a ride with the Symbian Guru as he discusses the latest Symbian and S60 news and devices.
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/symbianguru/drivingwiththeguru

These video podcasts can be played on the Nokia N95 8GB, N82, N95, N93, or N93i.

If this isn't enough videos to keep you entertained for hours, Revision3 hosts a few other video podcasts. Also DL.tv and Cranky Geeks have recently started to be made available for download in 3GP format, (15 FPS, 320x240 resolution videos) that can be played on a wider range of mobile devices, such as the N81 8GB.

Do you have other video podcasts that you enjoy watching that I missed? If so leave a comment so I can check them out! If I like the show I might add it to the above list.

Following the last post I had... Today I have tried the new Google Reader on my N810.

I rest my case. I just hope Goolge will not do some "clever" thing to detect my http headers and redirect my N810 to the regular site later..

Brand new Google Reader for iPhone

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/05/brand-new-google-reader-for-iphone.html

I have tried it and it is really good experience. What is the motivation to optimized for 1 device? Obviously, some resources (engineering time) have to be spent to maintain and  develop this single device version. In that effect, resources are taken out from the "standard" version, I suppose.

I would like to hear your thoughts... Please!