As mentioned in Symbian's Q1 figures more than 20 million phones running on Symbian OS have now been shipped in Japan (that's around 16% of total Symbian shipments). There's an amusing, 'Boo Hoo for You', cartoon available on YouTube (embedded in the full story) celebrating this milestone. Two cartoon characters remind us that Japan remains the cutting edge market - smellphones, biometrics and mobile wallets are all the rage!
Symbian have released their Q1 2007 figures, highlights include a total of 15.9 million phones shipped in the first 3 months of the year, cumulative shipments of 126.4 million and cumulative shipments in Japan of 20 million Symbian OS phones.
In the final part of our initial E90 coverage Steve looks at the Nokia E90's GPS and navigation capabilities. The navigation features are good, but there is room for improvement too. Steve also rounds up a few software odds and ends before summarising his summary(!) of the new Communicator.
The UIQ 3-running Motorola MOTORIZR Z8 is definitely the Symbian OS smartphone that we at AAS want to get our hands on next. Gizmodo were at Motorola's conference a couple of days ago and videoed some of the main Z8 animated slideshows. Good stuff and in many ways this will give the Nokia N95 a run for its money (thanks, Stefan).
Well, I was just about to launch into my own review of Nokia's BH-501 stereo Bluetooth headset, but I see AAS friend, S60.com's Phil got there first. And I pretty much agree with his findings. Great gadget but there are occasional cutouts...
Smartphones Show 32 is 'up', here in MP4 format and here on YouTube, featuring a video review of the budget Nokia 6290 smartphone and a rant on buying unlocked versus locked smartphones.
This week it's the turn of Xellular Identity to do the roundup of the latest posts, thoughts and editorial in the mobile world from around the internet, that make up the Carnival of Mobilists.
Guest writer Asri al-Baker is a huge fan of LCG's X-plore file manager for UIQ 3 smartphones such as the Sony Ericsson P990i. Disregarding the non-standard interface and a few small niggles, he's been using the review format to show off what X-plore can do.
Krisse has been trying out the Nokia BH-500 adapter, which takes any standard 3.5mm stereo headphones and makes them A2DP and Bluetooth-compatible. Here's the illustrated review.
Mobhappy's Carlo has been blogging about his briefing from a Motorola VP, talking about future UIQ 3 smartphones to follow up the MOTORIZR Z8. Apparently there are some announcements tomorrow....
Proving that AAS is not averse to linking to content relating to rivals(!), Communicator fans will be interested in hearing Michal Jerz interviewed in this week's Voice of S60 audio podcast. Lots of chat about the Communicator's very earliest days and My-Communicator.com, as it was called at the time.
Ewan reviews the Merriam-Webster range of Dictionaries for Symbian OS smartphones, trying them out in detail on the Nokia E61i. See the review for links to UIQ versions. Summary? Slickly programmed and competent, they do what they say on the tin.
Nokia Ticket Rush launched this week, an SMS-based gig ticket notification service with heavy S60 music smartphone branding. Check Ticket Rush out here (via RingNokia).
In the penultimate part of my big Nokia E90 Communicator review, I look in detail at the surprisingly good stills and video camera, plus I try video and music playback. After all, all work and no play makes Steve a very dull boy etc....
