Pictures to Text and Back Again - Art and Confusion
Steve muses on icons, labels, disasters and the world-gone-mad that is custom icon sets/themes...
Recent Features - Comment - Page 49
Where am I now? Who's asking? And why has Google Latitude not taken off yet?
With the advent of Google Latitude, Nokia Chat, Nokia FriendView and other similar services, Steve Litchfield ponders their future, wondering why they haven't taken off as fast as he'd originally predicted.
The Nokia N82 on a Belated Pedestal
Whatley Wednesday - Should Gravity come down?
In our first Whatley Wednesday the topic for consideration is the pricing of applications. Comments and feedback appreciated.
Nokia 5800 Sauna Edition Preview
After a successful launch of the 5800 XpressMusic, All About Symbian can exclusively reveal Nokia's future plans for the big-selling handset.
Look, everyone, Multitasking does work after all! And has been doing so for a decade and a half!
Why the big deal over problems with multitasking in a phone? Why the cries of "Can't be done" from the Apple world? I've been multitasking on just about every device I've owned since 1993.... What's really behind the current negative thinking over background applications?
What is Symbian? What is S60?
Nokia and Mac - working beautifully?
In a follow up to his popular series, from August 2008, investigating the practicalities of a S60 smartphone owner switching to an Apple Mac as the desktop counterpart, Steve Litchfield reports back after a couple of months of living the Mac life for real.
NB. It seems that some of the functionality below isn't applicable to Samsung S60 phones, e.g. The crucial Nokia Multimedia Transfer doesn't recognise a non-Nokia device. Fair enough, I guess, but something you should be aware of.
Resistive vs Capacitive: the invisible tech war in which both opponents can win?
Much has been made of the Apple iPhone and T-Mobile G1's capacitive touchscreens, with many proclaiming them superior to the humble 'resistive' touchscreens that have been used since the dawn of time (oh, ok, since about 1995). But is it as simple as the one technology being superior? What advantages does 'resistive' tech have and what else do you need to know?
Steve Litchfield investigates...
Ten Things that Nokia Did Right in making the 5800 XpressMusic
Having spent an entire feature slamming Touch in general and perhaps the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in particular, I think it's only fair to give Nokia some credit and balance the equation with a breakdown of Ten Things that Nokia Did Right in the 5800, things which they didn't have to do but which impressed me nevertheless. Are these ten plus points below enough to make the 5800 XpressMusic a must-buy? Maybe, maybe not, but their very existence speaks well of Nokia, of the 5800 and of sister devices to follow. Let's get started.
