If it's Friday, it must be 3-Lib plug day 8-) Just a pointer that I've added three devices to the S60 History page, bringing it right up to date. Still a few blanks to fill in though - comment if you can help...
The much-delayed 3G Nseries clamshell, the Nokia N75, reportedly, is now going on sale in the USA, for the price of $200 (with a two year agreement and with a $50 mail in rebate).
Krisse gets to grips with Lost In The Pyramid and finds a game in which corners have been cut at every opportunity and in which much of the gameplay seems, well, random... Here's the review of the S60 3rd Edition version, but it's also available for UIQ 3.
Following Vodafone's lead, Orange has now brought in their own PAYG mobile data changes, with a range of daily and weekly options, e.g. a week's flat rate mobile data for £5. Pretty impressive, I think mobile data on high end phones and smartphones is going to take off in a big way in 2007.
In the second part of his Nokia E61i review Ewan covers the information side of things - Messaging , Web and the PIM applications. It includes a look at the push email functionality available with Mail for Exchange.
...except this time it is GPS/Navigation being touted as the saviour of the mobile industry. The always entertaining and accurate Michael Mace points out the fallacy of the magic technology bullet for mobile devices in his most recent blog post, along with the note that "a briefing [from] Nokia said that mobile billings are 84% due to voice, 10% SMS, and everything else accounts for just 6%."
In Steve's continuing review of the Nokia E90 Communicator, he looks specifically at some of the core S60 3rd Edition applications and how they've been adapted for the wide screen. Steve looks in detail at some of the PIM functionality and considers how good a job has Nokia done. He also discusses the comparative experience upgraders from devices such other S60 phones or the Series 80 range (9300 and 9500) will find.
