In All About Symbian Insight 135, we start with a look ahead to Nokia World. What are the team expecting and what devices will they be taking with them? We move on to a discussion of Nokia N8 pre-order pricing, after which Steve offers some concluding thoughts on his time with the Nokia E5 and Rafe shares some details of Nokia's new game, Ovi Maps Challenge. We end with a discussion around Steve's recent editorial, asking how many essential applications do you really need?
In All About Symbian Insight 134, we start with news of new, community created Samsung i8910 firmware, which leads to a discussion of Samsung's mobile platform choices. Rafe discusses the Ovi Files closure and talks about how the thinking behind Nokia's Ovi service strategy has evolved. David shares his Pixel Pipe Send and Share experiences, before bringing news of UK operator Orange's HD Voice service. Ewan talks about Swype, an alternative text input entry system, which is now available in beta. Finally Steve gives his first opinion on the Nokia E5.
In this gallery we look at the Nokia E5 (E5-00), which is Nokia's new budget QWERTY slate smartphone. As usual, we show off some of the key hardware features of the phone and include some first impression commentary. In summary? The E5 has rock solid build quality and a good base specification, but there's an important screen caveat to note. All-in-all though, it is an attractive entry into the mid tier smartphone market.
In All About Symbian Insight 133, we start with news of the Nokia 5250, Nokia's cheapest ever smartphone, which leads to a general discussion in the importance of low end handsets. Steve shares some more detail from his recent reviews of Let's Golf and Mommax's Mains Battery Charger. Rafe talks about Nokia and Intel new joint laboratory and Nokia's open innovation research framework. Finally Ewan gives us his commentary on the the re-branding of Nokia Music to Ovi Music.
Rafe, Ewan, Steve and David discuss a firmware update for the Nokia 5800. Ewan shares his ZTE Racer experience and David gives more details on his time with the Nokia C6.
The Nokia C6, which is part of Nokia's Cseries range, is a hybrid device, featuring both a QWERTY keyboard and a touchsceen, with a horizontal slider form factor. Other features include a 5 megapixel camera, integrated GPS and Ovi service bundle (Maps, Messaging, Store). At £250 it offers excellent value for money.
