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...
If you're a prospective smartphone owner and have come from a desktop computers or another, larger handheld with full keyboards, you may be more than a little wary of trying to get text into your device using Nokia's 'predictive text'. How can typing on a numeric keypad be fast enough for day to day use? And how can your smartphone know all the words in your own highly personal vocabulary?
Any smartphone owner with children will have let them 'play' with your device from time to time. The main worry, of course, is how to stop them accidentally deleting your contacts or emails, but another problem is that not all of your multimedia content might be suitable for young eyes and ears. From suggestive music videos to violent film clips, there are a number of reasons why you probably don't want your children to access all your media. But Gallery, helpfully, lists everything it can find on your device. How can you stop it doing this, short of deleting all your favourite files?
Steve Litchfield explores the potential of the latest crop of video-recording smartphones, explains how these will enhance your personal life and looks to the future...
Steve Litchfield demonstrates how to give your S60 smartphone the ultimate spring clean, increasing your free internal storage space and also (hopefully) improving performance and stability.
