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This xmas I got my wife a new cellphone a Nokia 7100 Supernova which although not a 3G phone fits perfectly her needs. It has a slick design, a good enough camera (1.3 megapixel), GPRS/EDGE, support for the usual suspects (MMS, Java MIDP) and Bluetooth.

Nokia 7100 Supernova

Now comes the catch:

I completely forgot to check if it was supported by iSync.
So after the gift unwrapping I was faced with an unsupported phone with no plugin available either by Nokia nor anyone in the internet (as far as my google search is concerned).
Faced with this situation, I decided to go ahead and develop the plugin myself with Apple’s iSync Plug-in Maker. This utility is available in your system in case you have installed the developers tools in your OSX DVD. You can find it under /Developer/Applications/Utilities/.

The tool is very easy to use, and quickly enough I produced the desired plug-in, and my wife was able to sync her contacts with the phone over bluetooth. I did not test it with the USB cable (which I don’t had at the moment) nor did I test Calendar sync.

It therefore doesn’t constitute a finished work but I leave it here for any one to pickup and improve.

Download iSync Plug-in for Nokia 7100 Supernova
Download iSync Plug-in Maker Document

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Wishlist 2.0

November 9, 2007 English

We are getting near “the season” and therefore starting the never ending process of scouting for the right gift for each of your family members and friends. For kids it means writing a letter to santa, for grown ups it means setting up an online wishlist because you never know when someone has no idea what to offer you and browses through your website ( hint ).

I’ve used the Amazon wishlist for sometime now, but I mostly regret the fact that it is limited to Amazon products. boxedup.com

That said I have kept a webpage in my homepage/blog in order to track my “wanna” christmas/birthday gifts. But it lacks the Web 2.0 features of tagging, sharing and inter-exchange of information.

That said I did the obvious… I googled for a wishlist website providing a Web2.0 service.

What I found was http://www.boxedup.com/ a website that enables everyone to easily share and maintain a wish list.

One of the features I found most interesting was the ability to import your amazon wishlist to the site, which sure eased the migration process.