Steve Litchfield ponders the way the average S60 smartphone is used, observes that most users are actually happy in ignorance - and Rafe Blandford counters with a plea for changing user expectations at a fundamental level.
It's been three months since S60 3rd Edition smartphones were first spotted in the wild. Right from the start, lack of compatibility with 2nd Edition software was (rightly) highlighted. But how does the application catalog look now - is there enough software to fully kit out a 3rd Edition device? Steve Litchfield investigates...
Newcomer David Bozward has been thinking about fragmentation in the mobile games industry and concludes that Symbian-based handsets are the logical growth sector for the future...
Now, before anyone rises up in indignation, this isn't an anti-Windows Mobile rant. I've got an i-Mate K-JAM that I've been trialling alongside my various Symbian-powered smartphones. And it's a very cool device. But one aspect fascinated me and I wanted to put it to the test.
Steve Litchfield explains the reasons for the ever-present über-utility on each (in this case) Symbian-powered software platform. The users always get what they want in the end? Yes, although it's easy to see both points of view here...
