Perhaps overshadowed by some of the announcements and devices at the Smartphone Show, Symbian also quietly released a lot of interesting numbers and stats. Read on for the headline figures that I've been able to dig up and comments on the Symbian world and the industry in general. Includes the latest Canalys numbers from Symbian's own licensed reports.
I've been emailed about mScrapbook, a brand new video editing and uploading/sharing solution from Mogic, a company started by one of Quickoffice's architects. Essentially it creates embeddable Flash movies directly on your smartphone. More details below.
You'll remember that Symbian launched two major new technologies at their Smartphone Show? Both have now gotten Flash video explanations on the Symbian web site. Here are the links to the pages for ScreenPlay and FreeWay. Good stuff and both technologies are now a whole lot clearer.
Six weeks ago, I previewed the upcoming O2/Apple iPhone, putting it head to head with the upcoming Nokia N95 8GB. Now that I've had the latter for over a week, it's been time to revise my initial head to head. For completeness, if this is a comparison that you're interested in, here's the N95 8GB vs iPhone page to read/print/link to...
You may remember that Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman did a motorbike ride from the tip of Scotland to the bottom of South Africa, sponsored by Nokia and with them supposedly using the 6110 Navigator to get them there (and not a fully kitted out film and support crew)? The series starts on the BBC tonight at 9pm, so enjoy and remember to count your 6110 sightings!
SanDisk has started shipping 8GB versions of its microSD and M2 cards, for the current generation of S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3-powered smartphones, taking possible capacity of these devices to 8GB while maintaining the flexibility to swap cards or transfer data in this way. MyMemory, (e.g.) have these coming soon at £60 inc VAT)
One of the best S60 3rd Edition utilities has just had a big update, though you wouldn't know it from the .01 version change. 'Best Profiles', which automanages your profiles to reflect your schedule and location, is now at v1.01 and worth checking out. Changelog and link below. (via Symbian in Motion)
Phone Guardian, perhaps the ultimate security utility for anyone paranoid about losin their phone, has just been given a major new upgrade. V2.0 introduces security fixes over the previous version and adds new SMS commands for instant thief tracking, full lock and turning on and off the siren. The press release and screenshots below...
With the rise and rise in YouTube video, is another nail knocked in the coffin of the digital mobile TV? With the Nokia N92 that never arrived and with the N77 still yet to put in an appearance in most countries, what does the future hold for phone-borne video? What will be the limiting factors and which technology will dominate? Some Friday musings below, comments welcome!
Opera has launched a new Link service to keep your mobile and desktop Opera browsing in step, with synced bookmarks, speed dial sites and personal bar. It has also launched a new beta (3) of the upcoming Opera Mini 4, point your browser to mini.opera.com as usual. The Opera Link press release follows...
Six weeks ago, I previewed the upcoming O2/Apple iPhone, putting it head to head with the upcoming Nokia N95 8GB. Now that I've had the latter for over a week, it's been time to revise my initial head to head. For completeness, if this is a comparison that you're interested in, here's the N95 8GB vs iPhone page to read/print/link to...
