Smart in the Real World - the Nokia N95 takes on all-comers in a dozen common tasks
Looking at real world usability of the current (smart)phone flagships...
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So How Much Is A Game Worth?
You've written your Killer App, now it's a matter of selling it. But at what cost? Ewan thinks about the issue of pricing games and applications in the modern world. In response Steve points out the true cost of gaming and argues that purchase price is almost irrelevant.
Have you seen what budget phones can do now?
Owners of smartphones have long looked down on budget phones with the assumption that cheap means nasty. However, budget phones have developed in leaps and bounds lately, and they may catch up with smartphones sooner than most people realise.
A letter from the iPhone world
Last week I received a long and polite, yet hard hitting, email from an iPhone fan, Nikolay Andreev, questioning some of my statements and opinions in terms of device advocacy, specifically me quoting the Nokia N95 8GB and E71 as being better than the iPhone 3G. Now, these sorts of debates and opinions are very common in the computer world, but in this case I thought the points that Nikolay raised were interesting and worthy of me taking time to respond publicly, for general interest. Although this is 'All About Symbian' and opinions and comments may well be a little skewed towards the Nokias, I'd still welcome comments about my comments.... if you see what I mean!
How to: Print photos using PictBridge
PictBridge compatibility is something often forgotten in Nokia's Nseries smartphones - here's how it works.
The Great Commoditisation of the Smartphone
Something we've heard over and over again recently is that Nokia and others have all recognised that the future belongs to 'services and software' and that the hardware has become 'a commodity'. This is all a bit jargonistic and I thought it would be useful to expand on these phrases in plain english.
The Symbian Foundation unwrapped
Rafe looks at the details of the Symbian Foundation and its possible implications.
The argument for QVGA - more is not necessarily better
Are manufacturers wrong to still be putting QVGA displays into phones? Steve doesn't think so - at least, not yet, in 2008.
There Will Never Be One Phone To Rule Them All
Do we need all these different models and variants of smartphones coming out? Ewan thinks so...
Apple iPhone 3G versus Nokia N95 8GB
Updating the original comparison, Steve Litchfield looks at the new Apple iPhone 3G and wonders how the flagship smartphone balance has changed.
