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Surveying the world of VoIP
Kudos to well respected S60 tipster Antony Pranata for going the extra mile and trying out all the various Voice over IP solutions for smartphones, comparing EQO, Fring, Gizmo, iSkoot and Truphone, with Fring and Truphone seeming to come out winners, depending on your requirements. Also of note is that Truphone's new v3.0 is now available in a full beta.Nokia launch mobile printing service in Europe
Nokia have launched a mobile photo printing service for Europe for its Nseries phones. The Nokia XpressPrint service is a downloadable add-on for the Gallery application. Photos are uploaded to an online printing service and delivered by post. Prices and availability vary by country; in the UK prints cost 10p and in addition to a different print sizes a number of other products (mugs, t-shirts and bears) are also available.Pimping the Nokia E61i
With photos and review comments on a cradle and four cases, Steve has been pimping the Nokia E61i. Just how much should you pamper your smartphone? Of the four cases, and not for the first time in a roundup, the cheapest accessory won out!Nokia tops the 'green' list again
The fourth edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics is out now, with Nokia regaining top place as a result of phasing out PVC and meeting or exceeding a wide set of Greenpeace benchmarks, designed to reduce the amount and toxicity of electronic waste piling up in Asia and Africa.Applications on the RIZR Z8
In part 2 of our huge review of the Motorola RIZR Z8, Rafe Blandford looks in detail at its PIM applications, email and web functions and the host of other utilities and applets. Look out for part 3 in a few days time, looking at the Z8's multimedia performance.Unboxing the 6120 - the most compact smartphone in the world!
Krisse unboxes the Nokia 6120 Classic - at 66cc, it's probably the most compact smartphone in the world! There'll be a full review to follow at some point soon. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section.Assisted GPS and the importance of location
Steve looks at the technology behind assisted GPS (A-GPS) and describes how it can be used to speed up lock on times before asking what potential benefits there are for a smartphone that always knows where it is.Smartphone as Mac webcam
OK, so there are now several ways of using a smartphone as a PC webcam. Now there's a Mac solution too. The N95 blog reports on Movino, a S60 (or J2ME) solution for Mac OS X.Firmware updates officially stopped for P990, W950 and M600
No new firmware is planned for the Sony Ericsson P990 and W950 after 'R6D23', released two weeks ago. The last firmware release for the M600 was 'R6A16'. Explaining the termination, there's an official statement below from Niklas Sivander, Head of Product Management, Open OS.Hands on with the LG KS10, the Sony Ericsson P1i and W960, all at CommunicAsia 2007
AAS's special envoy Asri al-Baker has been hogging the right stands at CommunicAsia 2007 and here he presents a hands-on preview of the LG KS10 (nee the JoY), plus previews of the Sony Ericsson P1i (comparing it, side by side, with the P990) and W960 ultimate 'Walkman' phone.Sad, sad, sad... and yet Cool. And new Python!
A Nokia 5500 Sport smartphone as a Star Wars light sabre? Yup, you got it, thanks to Python (which is the 'cool' bit of the headline, by the way, and which has just had a big new release, 1.3.23, discussion and help here). (via Symbian Guru)Europe standardises on DVB-H
It seems that the European Commission is going to recommend all member countries adopt DVB-H, as used in Nokia's N92 and N77, as the mobile TV solution of choice, in the face of at least two other solutions, more prevalent in Asia. The press release is below. (Via S-F)
The Story of Psion, The Last Computer 'Made in Britian'
Ten years ago, the Psion Series 5, with EPOC v1 OS (effectively Symbian OS 1.0) was launched, and Psion threatened to become as big as Sony. The Register's Andrew Orlowski has posted a wonderfully detailed in-depth look at Psion to find out why the dream never happened.
If you ever wonder why Rafe started EpocHelp, Steve became a writer and programmer, and I started flag waving for a simple programming language, it was because we saw the promise in Psion. Here, for the first time, is a look back at the ghosts in the closets, the mistakes, the bad karma, and the fear of the last High Tech British company.