Issue 65 of PDA Essentials magazine is out today and contains a 7 page 'Best Converged Device' round-up, in which the Nokia N95 trounces the HTC Advantage, the HTC P3600 and the Fujitsu-Siemens Y830, with the editor proclaiming the Nokia N95 as 'one of the company's finest moments'.
It's another big update to my cross-platform Grid, this time tweaking a number of device scores and adding the Sony Ericsson P1i. Which smartphone comes out on top for you? Just plug in your preferences and comment back. For me, the Nokia E90 and N95 are tied - which sounds about right.....
More from Ewan Spence in his continuing real world E90 test at the Edinburgh Fringe. A big part of chasing round after acts is being fully Web-connected and PDF-compatible and in this regard the Nokia E90 excels, with the huge RAM and screen making Web/PDF work a relative doddle.
Yesterday, Nokia announced that it was dramatically changing the way chipset design and manufacture will be handled. Direct audio from the announcement, including the Q and A session afterwards, is now available online, but you can also read the textual press release below.
Never mind disappointing hardware, in Smartphones Show 40 (MP4 here, YouTube here, RSS) I present my definition of what I want a 2007 smartphone to be. Can any current devices, running any OS platform, match up? (clue: the Nokia N95 gets closer than most) Also, for heavyweight fans, there's a hands-on review of the Windows Mobile Toshiba WVGA screened G900...
Guest writer Ricky Cadden's been itching to do this for a while - so we said go ahead. In this detailed head to head, he compares the two top commercial instant messaging clients, IM+ and Agile Messenger. They're closely matched, but one package pulls ahead at the end by virtue of keeping Ricky informed better even when it's in the background.
It's not a Symbian model, but it's just come to our attention that the recently released Nokia 8600 Luna intriguingly has just one external socket: a microUSB port. The Luna's sales package includes a microUSB-to-USB cable and a charger with a microUSB connector, which implies that Nokia has finally come round to supporting proper 100% USB charging as opposed to their previous USB-to-charging-jack cable. Is this the end of the Nokia-specific charger?
There's a new S60.com Blog in town. The Convergence Zone aims to explore the the convergence of software, services, and features onto mobile devices. Seattle based Dameon Welch-Abernathy has been writing on the See into S60 Blog, but now has a S60 Blog of his own.
Hey, it's not just AAS that gets guest writers, you know. In a one-off special over on 3-Lib, guest Nick Raets goes into detail on some of the wierd and wonderful things he used his Nokia N95 for in a week at the seaside, from marking a car park spot to acting as a Karaoke machine...
Although the issue of fonts never bothered me, it's sure bothering Ewan. In the second part of his 'E90 out and about at the Fringe' feature, he's found that he prefers to set up application displays to work on the external QVGA screen and then worry about the internal one later.
From reliable AAS contact apocalypso comes this huge, illustrated tale of woe about the Nokia N76. No, it's not about the appalling outdoor screen contrast or music-related software bugs that I spotted in our review - this time it's the peeling chrome finish that has got him (and his girlfriend) all worked up.
In part 3 of a series on TV out functionality, Krisse looks at the practicalities of editing Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents on the Nokia N95, aided by a Bluetooth wireless keyboard and a connected TV screen. What are the limitations and can you really leave the laptop at home?
