Rafe and I look at Nokia's 'Refresh' of the Nokia E61i, in both text form and in AAS video podcast form - take your pick! The additional box contents will significantly help SMEs, as we explain in detail, although home users won't benefit significantly. Let's hope that 2008 brings a faster, FP1 E61-alike with much more RAM.
It's Out! Version 20.0.015 firmware for the Nokia N95 classic is now available via Nokia Software Update. This includes demand paging (!), so 30MB plus free RAM after booting, faster operation, N-Gage game store previews and portal stub, new camera software, integrated Search, new Welcome apps and more. Comments below!
Calling all Flash Lite programmers- to promote the upcoming launch of the Playyoo Games Portal, they are offering a prize fund of $25,000 (with $10,000 to the winner) for your Flash Lite games. Playyoo is hoping to be a community destination for players and programmers of mobile games, and rather obviously given the competition based around using Flash Lite.
Popular Web 2.0 ‘microblogging’ site Twitter has put in place SMS usage limits for UK users . Each month you’ll only be able to receive a maximum of 250 SMS messages to your handset (although there are no limits on using it over IM or the Web). The change is likely due to the cost of SMS traffic on the parent company; unlike America, UK customers do not pay to receive text, so there’s no opportunity to do a revenue share with the outbound messages.
It's AAS Insight number 2, also known as AAS podcast number 48... err... you are following this, aren't you? In this show, Rafe, Ewan and I discuss 3's Xseries services (on Nokia N95 and N73) and Skype on smartphones generally. If you haven't subscribed yet, here's the RSS feed!
A couple of weeks ago over on All About N-Gage, we asked you which technically compatible S60 3rd Edition device you most wanted added to the upcoming Next Gen N-Gage gaming platform. The polls have now closed. The most voted-for phone won by quite a wide margin, and it was quite a surprising choice too. To find out what it was, as well as the full results with a touch of analysis, click here...
One of the best games in the Symbian world just hit UIQ 3 smartphones. Oval Racer doesn't sound very exciting, track wise, but it more than makes up for this in terms of full-on 3D real time action and realistic computer opponents. It's compatible with the Sony Ericsson P990, W950, M600 and P1i.
Forgive the (now) monthly plug, but I've added the Nokia N82, N95 8GB and (non Symbian) HTC Kaiser/TyTN II to my infamous 'choose your perfect smartphone' grid. And hey, the iPhone's in there too, comments welcome on any unusual winners!
Krisse has been reviewing arcade puzzler Li-Nuggz, a colourful and dynamic game for all Symbian platforms except UIQ 2. Verdict? Plenty of playability and great design, but you might want to turn down the sound effect volume!
We're called All About Symbian for a reason... never let it be said that we don't review everything that has Symbian written on the side of it - last month's Smartphone's Show gave me the best product from Symbian in a long time. Read on for Ewan's video review of this must have item.
Guest writer Matt Radford brings us his impressions of the Apple iPhone after a lifetime of S60 use, from Nokia 7650 to N70. Although the transition would have been even more apt if he'd gone from something more up to date like an N95, it's still a terrifically interesting comparison and a good read.
