Rafe demonstrates in illustrated detail how to use Nokia's new Phone Software Update tool to upgrade your S60 smartphone with the very latest firmware version.
PDA Essentials issue 52 is now at newstands across the UK, with a group test of 'Blackberry killers', in which the Nokia E61 was pronounced 'a clear winner'. There's also a guide for users of other mobile OS for migrating everything to S60, plus a full review of the UIQ 3 Sony Ericsson M600i, with the verdict 'Superb as a mobile email handset'.
No, I haven't 'defected', but I do believe in giving credit where credit's due. My Smartphones Show 14 video podcast is now out and has a review of the impressive Windows Mobile-powered HTC TyTN; on the Symbian front, I look forward to the Smartphone Show next month.
The Nokia-sponsored Word Of Mouth (WOM) blog has launched a dedicated N93 blog, with lots of links I'd never seen before, including official news that the new Phone Software Update system will carry N93 firmware (and presumably that for other 3rd Edition devices) as from September 1st, only a week or so away.
Symbian has released Q2 2006 sales figures, showing the usual robust growth. Highlights include 23 new Symbian OS-powered models introduced in Q2, ownership of 92% of the worldwide 3G market, 12 million smartphones shipped in Q2, bringing cumulative total to 83 million worldwide. Full press release follows...
While I've been hammering the S60 3rd Edition-powered Nokia N93, Rafe's been having some serious one-on-one time with the UIQ 3-powered Sony Ericsson M600i messaging smartphone. Here's the full and detailed review. Summary? Powerful and innovative, but not all features work well for both one-handed and stylus-driven modes.
In an innovative push, top developer SmartphoneWare has made available a special 'extranet' for local mobile phone store owners to be able to sell on third party software at the point of sale of the hardware. More details here.
Just a quick note to say that I've been adding new Tips pages to 3-Lib for some of the S60 3rd Edition smartphones. Here are the Nokia N93, E70 and E61 pages. Hope you find them helpful!
Very welcome though perhaps early days, Nokia has released a S60 Phone Software Update utility/service, letting users update their own firmware. For more on this huge story, read on...
In part two of our Nokia N93 review Steve looks at it as a smartphone. While the photo and video capabilities get most of the media attention it is worth remembering that you will not be using these functions most of the time. In concluding the N93 review Steve delivers our verdict on Nokia's multimedia flagship.
Just spotted this interesting blog entry over at Forum Nokia. In advance of this week's second and final Nokia N93 review article, Hartti talks about and photos the N93 as a super S60/multimedia presentation tool.
S60.com continue to put out licensed games as free 'exclusives', this month featuring shoot-em-up Galaxy Fighter. Curiously, their exclusives are for only older S60 2nd Edition smartphones though, which is a bit of a shame...
Rafe looks at the hand-made leather cases from Noreve for the Nokia E61. Such cases do come at a premium price, but if you are looking for a high quality case it is an investment worth investigating. Noreve also produce cases for the Nokia N93, N91, N80, N70 and N71.
