The Easter weekend break has snuck up on us, with several Nokia N95 review parts still unfinished. But if you've now got some time off and want to catch up, here's a reminder of the N95 review part 1 (GPS/Navigation), part 2 (Music) and part 3 (Camera). Happy Easter!
Eagle eyed James has spotted that the Nokia N95 detects whether photos are snapped in portrait or landscape mode - it seems the device has a level sensor! Which begs the question why the general interface and other apps don't use this, of course..... Still, pretty cool.
Thanks to Darla for the scoop on the new version of PC Suite, available now, with selective content restoring, full Windows Vista support and firmware update notifications.
Continuing the current N95 surge of content, there's a torrent of new devices hitting the high street, with AAS readers now owning them out in the real world. Here's the AAS N95 discussion forum - it's your first port of call for asking questions.
The Open C SDK plug-in for developers is now available from Forum Nokia. Open C is built on top of Symbian PIPs and together they together they provide a number of standard, familiar C function libraries on the S60 platform. This allows the reuse existing code from other platforms speeding up development time and cost.
The team behind the Nokia NSeries WOM World have started using Twitter. If you have an account, thenyou can keep up to date with all the Nseries news and links from around the web at their Twitter page. Nice to see mainstream companies testing out the new Web 2.0 world!
Although not Symbian-specific, AAS audio podcast 19 is well worth a listen, if only because Ewan managed to catch Jeff Hawkins (the guy behind the PalmPilot, Handspring Treo, etc.) and talks to him about his theories on how the brain works and how this can be applied to mobile computing.
In part three of our series of reviews Steve looks at the camera performance and functionality of the Nokia N95. The review focuses on still image capture (we'll look at video capture later) and makes a direct comparison with a dedicated digital camera.
Projekt, a popular Symbian OS outliner, is being ported to S60 3rd Edition. Asri al-Baker has been beta testing it and some screenshots are shown below. With Projekt, you can manage your lists, todos, mindmaps and shopping lists.
Just a note that I've done a big update to my 3-Lib 'S60 History' page, detailing the specs and features of every S60 smartphone since the 7650. Comments welcome!
Google has rolled out a new version of its mobile optimized search site, including a simpler interface, new result page layouts, location awareness, quick links to build a mobile customized homepage and easy access to Gmail mobile. In your smartphone's web browser, type google.com/m
Ewan's been in the USA, as you may have gathered, but he's been keeping up with stories from around the world on his Nokia N91. Here he reviews NewsCopier, a Java applet for any smartphone, presenting you with RSS-fed news simply and effectively.
The Easter weekend break has snuck up on us, with several Nokia N95 review parts still unfinished. But if you've now got some time off and want to catch up, here's a reminder of the N95 review part 1 (GPS/Navigation), part 2 (Music) and part 3 (Camera). Happy Easter!
