Video On Your Mobile - A Few Frames Towards a Revolution
Ewan's been looking at some of the real-time and not-so-real-time video solutions for smartphones....
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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'.
Software that's truly worth paying for: The Top Applications
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?
It's An M. Web: The Top Ten Mobile Web Sites
We're about to get "Comes With Music"... why not videos, games and apps too?
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.
Start up Navigation, Abandon all common sense
In which I rant a little about the glaring lack of common sense in today's navigation applications... and explain what's happened to the sat-nav group test that we promised six months ago...
Over The Air, April 2008
Ewan Spence reports back from Over The Air, a two day mobile conference held in early 2008.
Easter-related themes for S60 3rd Edition devices
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.
Nokia Maps 2.0 - a woman and pedestrian's perspective
Hearing that my long-suffering wife, Fiona, was off for a day jaunt to 'somewhere she'd never been before', I wondered if she'd like to get help from some smartphone technology and try out one of the new features of Nokia Maps 2.0 - namely the explicit pedestrian navigation mode. She agreed and handed over her Nokia E51 for me to preload it with the latest beta and the UK maps. I also stuck a pocket GPS in her jacket and guessed it would see enough of the satellites from there. Here's her report.
Nokia N78 Hands-on Preview
Rafe looks at the new entry level Nseries - the Nokia N78 - with its 3.2 megapixel camera, integrated GPS, multiple connectivity options and feature-heavy multimedia software suite.
