Smart in the Real World - the Nokia N95 takes on all-comers in a dozen common tasks
Looking at real world usability of the current (smart)phone flagships...
Recent Features - Hardware - Page 50
Have you seen what budget phones can do now?
Owners of smartphones have long looked down on budget phones with the assumption that cheap means nasty. However, budget phones have developed in leaps and bounds lately, and they may catch up with smartphones sooner than most people realise.
A letter from the iPhone world
Last week I received a long and polite, yet hard hitting, email from an iPhone fan, Nikolay Andreev, questioning some of my statements and opinions in terms of device advocacy, specifically me quoting the Nokia N95 8GB and E71 as being better than the iPhone 3G. Now, these sorts of debates and opinions are very common in the computer world, but in this case I thought the points that Nikolay raised were interesting and worthy of me taking time to respond publicly, for general interest. Although this is 'All About Symbian' and opinions and comments may well be a little skewed towards the Nokias, I'd still welcome comments about my comments.... if you see what I mean!
The Great Commoditisation of the Smartphone
Something we've heard over and over again recently is that Nokia and others have all recognised that the future belongs to 'services and software' and that the hardware has become 'a commodity'. This is all a bit jargonistic and I thought it would be useful to expand on these phrases in plain english.
The argument for QVGA - more is not necessarily better
Are manufacturers wrong to still be putting QVGA displays into phones? Steve doesn't think so - at least, not yet, in 2008.
Apple iPhone 3G versus Nokia N95 8GB
Updating the original comparison, Steve Litchfield looks at the new Apple iPhone 3G and wonders how the flagship smartphone balance has changed.
A Nokia N95 owner's week with the Black 8GB
Hardened Nokia N95 'classic' fan Andrew Galpin has just spent a week with the black, 2.8" screened 8GB version. What were his impressions and conclusions?
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...
