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.
Guest writer 'Snoyt' takes us expertly through the wonderful world of music compression, to explain how you can get thousands of music tracks on your smartphone, efficiently and in CD quality, using the eAAC+ codec rather than bog standard ol' MP3...
With so much freeware around, is there still a market for paid-for software? And which would be the top picks of the All About Symbian team?
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.
It's that (other) time of year again, so All About Symbian is taking a look at some Easter-related themes for Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones.
Real power users look away now - you'll have worked all this out for yourself - but I've been experimenting getting my GMail 'pushed' onto my S60 smartphone, for free. Herewith the results, comments and relevant how-to details.
[updated after comments on the original article - the auto-retrieval interval is different]
Steve Litchfield proclaims the ten smartphones from the Symbian OS world that have made the most impact in terms of innovation, style and functionality.
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.
Steve Litchfield looks at more J2ME games available through Nokia's Download! system and ClickGamer.com
