Is it going to be too little too late? Announced at the start of the week is the joint program by Sony Ericsson and Orange to use music smartphones to promote unsigned bands in a traditional ‘Battle of the Bands’ voting experience. And while it will promote both the audio and video capabilites of (I’m assuming) the W960, it’s going to be attempting something else.
Just call us quick off the mark.... Quickoffice Premier has just received a big update, to v4.5, with added multi-language spell checking, improved document compatibility, Series 80-style keyboard shortcuts, extra features and plenty of bug fixes. Is it the ultimate office suite for S60 smartphones? I upgraded the Nokia E90 and sat down to find out.
Yup, you read that right. The Sony Ericsson P1i, combining the best bits of the original UIQ 3-powered P990 and M600, is only 4 days away from availability now available and in stock at Clove Technology. It's listed at only £315 plus VAT, too, at which price it should do very well.
In this editorial Ewan looks at 3's recently launched Next Portal. The portal lists products in two categories: mobile site and mobile applications. The idea is to make these mobile services easier to find for the average consumer. Ewan takes a first look at the portal and finds promise, but also has concerns over longer term health.
A timely reminder from Scottish Games Developers Black Company Studios about how important the UI is on both a mobile device and in applications . It's an area that is getting more and more attention in the mobile market, partly because with the hardware specs of mobile phones becoming similar by the day, how people interact is becoming a major selling point.
Digital Chocolate, a well known mobile games developer, will be publishing games for the next generation N-Gage platform. The first of these will be DChoc Cafe which has a virtual cafe around with a number of different casual (card, board, puzzle) games can be played. The games also features social elements with customisable characters, game recommendations and competitions.
In a return to an original theme from earlier this year, and with the onset of our summer vacations, I've been musing on the best hardware to take with me in order to make sure of getting the best snaps. It's really not an easy decision.... But is there a workaround? Read on...
The Nokia E90 is now widely available and seems to be gaining some fans. E-Ninety is a new, dedicated blog, with a couple of interesting posts up showing how to take better night-time photos and how the E90 fares as a wide-screen HD movie player.
Nokia has bought up the Seattle-based Twango, a media-sharing company (photos, video, audio). Nokia's existing media sharing deals with Flickr and Vox will continue, to give users more choice. The full press release follows and Carlo from MobHappy comments here.
I know the Sony Ericsson UIQ 3 smartphones haven't been to everyone's tastes, but I couldn't help noticing that the SIM-free, unlocked price for the M600i is now only £137 plus VAT, while the larger P990i is only £166 plus VAT. With latest firmware for each, there's a bargain to be picked up here, if you ask me.
Ewan's been trialling some of the ZingMagic games for UIQ 3 smartphones (like the Sony Ericsson P990 and Motorola Z8) - here's his review of Hearts - a game that's slick and professionally implemented.
The Nokia E61i just scored a victory by being PDA Essentials magazine's Group Test Winner in its seven page 'Email smartphones' feature, in issue 64, out now in the UK and selected world destinations. PDA Essentials concluded that 'the excellent voice quality and immense battery life helped tip it that one step higher to take the top spot in a field of mobile messaging monsters'.
In a return to an original theme from earlier this year, and with the onset of our summer vacations, I've been musing on the best hardware to take with me in order to make sure of getting the best snaps. It's really not an easy decision.... But is there a workaround? Read on...
