There's a Time To Tinker and a Time to Stop!
Steve Litchfield argues that sometimes you just need to stop lusting, stop fiddling and simply enjoy.
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Video On Your Mobile - A Few Frames Towards a Revolution
Ewan's been looking at some of the real-time and not-so-real-time video solutions for smartphones....
Never mind the specs, let's remember why smartphones are 'smart'
Looking at LG's latest 'Secret', Steve Litchfield ponders on the mighty spec list, matching just about every smartphone blow for blow. But it's not all about specs - let's also remember why a smartphone is 'smart' in the first place - the native software which you can add to take it from being just a super-phone to being a true 'multimedia computer'.
Battle of the Black Metal Titans (i-Mate Ultimate 9502 vs Nokia E90)
Upon acquiring the i-Mate Ultimate 9502 for review, the first thing I thought of was its similarity to the Nokia E90. Not in terms of exact form factor, but in terms of feel, weight, spec and purpose. Here's my detailed head-to-head analysis...
It's An M. Web: The Top Ten Mobile Web Sites
We're about to get "Comes With Music"... why not videos, games and apps too?
Nokia is due to launch its innovative "Comes With Music" service this year, which will let owners of selected smartphones legally download as much music as they want and keep it forever. It sounds like commercial suicide, but it actually does make economic sense for both the music industry and the consumer, and this article explains why. We also ask whether such a scheme could be expanded to cover video, games and applications as well.
Start up Navigation, Abandon all common sense
In which I rant a little about the glaring lack of common sense in today's navigation applications... and explain what's happened to the sat-nav group test that we promised six months ago...
Over The Air, April 2008
Ewan Spence reports back from Over The Air, a two day mobile conference held in early 2008.
Never mind the form factor - size is everything
In which I muse on the fact that if a portable device gets beyond a certain size then you won't take it everywhere with you and it can't really improve your life....
The Future of Nokia Maps
Following on from my preview of Nokia Maps 2.0, the team behind the product got in touch to answer some of my points and to give me a glimpse into the product's future.
