At ZYB we test SyncML synchronization of just about every cell phone on the market, so we can optimize the sync process. That’s because phone manufactures have very different ways to support SyncML to say the least. It also means we get our hands on a lot of cool devices from time to time – and some not so cool ones too.

Today, I was so lucky to get my hands on the brand new LG KU990 Viewty. It is a Symbian smartphone with a huge 3” touch screen and no keyboard. It also has a 5 mega pixel camera with flash and auto focus.

I was a big sceptic to begin with about the touch screen, since I’ve only seen it work properly on the iPhone. My fear was that it would be a hassle to write text messages or perform just the basic operations like it was on the HTC Touch.

After playing around with it all night I must say that I’m very impressed with the responsiveness and precision of the screen. It just works. Sometimes though, my fingers are too big for some small icons and the stylus that is bundled in the box is just not a thing I would like to carry around with my phone. That being said, it is a rare case when the stylus is needed – I have no plans to use it not even once.

There’s nothing like a new gadget.

I’ve owned this website for quite some years now – even before I started using it for blogging. Before that I mainly used it as a sandbox or playground if you’d like. It ran on Windows Server 2000 in a shared hosting environment and has been really stabile for all those years.

Then about a week ago I got a phone call from my hosting provider Next Level Internet asking me if they could move my plan to a Windows Server 2003 machine instead. It didn’t really mean a lot to me at the time, because of the stability on Windows Server 2000 and because I didn’t use any features that demanded the use of Windows Server 2003. But of course I said yes.

Now, a week later it has become clear just how much faster Windows Server 2003 is compared to its predecessor. It is super fast, has much fewer application restarts and is more efficient in handling memory. Sweet!

Writing this post I realize that I’m excited about a 5 year old piece of software and wonder if I should stop right now so I won’t make a fool of myself. Nah, it’s probably too late for that anyway. I’m looking forward to trying Windows Server 2008 in about five years time. That’s gonna fly.