S60 and Mac - from first principles - part 2
Continuing the series looking at Mac options from the point of view of a S60 phone owner.
Recent Features - S60 3rd Edition - Software - Page 8
Top Applications for the Mobile Journalist
Ewan's topical picks...
Some Top Widgets For Your Consideration...
Lots of little tiny programs are ready to invade your S60 handset. The widgets are coming! The widgets are coming! Ewan takes a look at some of those he finds most useful. Rafe explains some of the technical details.
How to: Get faster GPS locks and Get more from Navigation with Nokia Maps
Steve Litchfield shares a little of his sat-nav experience, hopefully of help to anybody suffering from slow GPS locks, especially under S60 and Nokia Maps, and frustrated by the apparent 'unreliability' of mobile navigation software.
The wonderful (widgetised) world of Web Run-Time (WRT)
Nokia is rather proud of their efforts with Web Run-Time, a system for developing applications for S60 using web technologies. Ewan takes a look at why they are so proud, and what it means for the developer experience on S60.
Steve's Navigation Weekend of Frustrating Freebies
This is 2008 and, being away from home, I wanted to revisit some of the free satellite navigation applications that I'd previously played with over a year ago - surely one of them had developed into something that could get me home? Or is successful real time navigation still the preserve of the commercial applications like Nokia Maps, Wayfinder, CoPilot, etc.?
Searching the world around your position
Steve Litchfield looks at the state of the market in terms of location-based search software and services. A bit of a mouthful, that - what we're talking about is ways of asking 'Where's the nearest hospital (or ATM or hotel) and how do I get to it?' That sort of thing.
How to: Show others where you've been
Nokia's Sports Tracker has always been a useful free utility for your GPS-equipped smartphone. With the addition of Nokia's new companion widget for your web site, it just got downright essential.
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'.
