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The powerhouse in your pocket

I've been adding to and fleshing out my original Nokia N93 'TV out' showcase - see the revised 'Powerhouse in your pocket' feature. And, of course, everything mentioned in this piece will now also apply in equal measure to the upcoming N95 and other top-end future Nseries devices.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 15:16, Dec 3rd

Ed's Nokia World blitz

Everyone loves Ed at E-Series blog for the professional way he presents everything. Here's his resulting take on Nokia World and Nokia's Nseries devices, new to him.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 07:59, Dec 3rd

Experiments in Python - the new OPL?

OPL, if you remember, was the 'edit and run it on the device' programming system for old Psions and UIQ/Series 80 smartphones, but OPL never made it past Symbian OS 7. With the steadily increasing maturity of Python (there's a new version 1.3.14 out now), I've been playing with my Musician mini-app again. Read on for thoughts and the download...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 14:53, Dec 1st

The Carbide podcast

Don't switch off just because AAS podcast number 6 is all about Nokia's Carbide C++ development tool - firstly, it's actually quite interesting and secondly, it's quite short! Ewan talks to Markus Ahonen about the new release of Carbide...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 10:59, Dec 1st

It's CHRIISSTTTMMAAAASSSSS... on your smartphone

With the start of December and the Christmas season, Krisse points you towards the different ways you can kit out your hardware to fit in with the lights and the mistletoe...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 07:16, Dec 1st

Nokia: "We're already selling phones compatible with Next Gen games"

Nokia's Jaakko Kaidesoja gave a very interesting interview to Pocket Gamer at the Nokia World event. Apparently, there will be between five and seven S60 3rd Edition smartphones which will support Nokia's Next Gen gaming platform when it launches next year, presumably with that number expanding after the launch as even newer models appear. Here's the interesting bit though: "Some of (the smartphones) are already being sold today ... if you have one of those devices, you'll just have to go to our website, download the application to your phone." Frustratingly however, he declines to say which models these are. (Thanks to Symbian Freak for pointing this story out!)

# Posted by krisse in News || Comments 17:32, Nov 30th

Internet Editions galore - in Asia at least

Darla reports on Nokia's apparent plans to create 'Internet editions' of the N70, N73 and N93 - in Asia. I can't quite see the point, given that all these devices are fully Internet-ready as-is. I guess it comes down to marketing and fitting in with local data rates/tariffs.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 16:36, Nov 30th

How to: Create and sell a successful smartphone application or game

Ewan provides over a dozen pointers for would-be successful hobbyist programmers and small developers who'd like to create successful applications and games.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 11:55, Nov 30th

Not so Mini after all?

I was resisting posting about this because I think they're in danger of complicating the application, but Opera Mini is now up to v3.0, with photo publishing (to an Opera photo server), RSS (news/blogs) and HTTPS (secure site) support, plus various usability improvements. It's still the best way to keep your GPRS bill down though....

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 08:52, Nov 30th

S60 site additions

Thanks to See into S60 for pointing out the additions to S60.com ready for the current Nokia World. There's an official Application Wishlist, finally a place where anybody can tell Nokia what they want, plus a proper device browser with edition/manufacturer filtering options. Plus some well-done 'real life' use cases and some very slick Flash-animated third party application ads...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 05:01, Nov 30th

The Future of TV

In another excellent analysis, AAS's krisse predicts the fall of traditional TV broadcasting, along with the eventual redundancy of even DVB-H, DMB and Slingbox-style location shifting. The future of TV might be mobile after all, but as with most things, the Internet is the key...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 09:47, Nov 29th

Nokia announcements

Just following the announcements at Nokia World this morning, press releases so far are on the announcement of the Forum Nokia Pro awards, the concept of 'Rich calls', the launch of the Flexi EDGE Base Station and easier VoIP on the N80 Internet Edition.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 08:40, Nov 29th

Ewan chats to Sony Ericsson development supremo

In another interview culled from the maelstrom that was the Smartphone Show, Ewan chats to Mimmis Olsen from Sony Ericsson Developer World about UIQ 3, developers, phones and more, in AAS audio podcast number 5.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 14:51, Nov 28th

The 6290 'midrange' smartphone

Nokia has unveiled the Nokia 6290, a 'midrange' 3G smartphone based on S60 3rd Edition. The Nokia 6290 is expected to begin shipping in Q1 2007 with an estimated retail price of 325 Euros before subsidies or taxes. New features include multiple alarms and handy 'Quick Cover' access keys, plus an interactive world travel application. Pictures and the full press release below...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 13:04, Nov 28th

This Week's Carnival Is At Fierce Developers

It's that time again, to round up the world of mobile technology in the Carnival of The Mobilists overview. It's held this week at Fierce Developers, and I definitely agree with this week's favourite post regarding Walled Gardens of content crumbling.

# Posted by Ewan in News || Comments 09:47, Nov 28th