Ewan's been asked for his recommendations of the first podcasts to try for new Nokia N91 owners - here's his reply. Note that podcasts are equally applicable to any other smartphones with Wi-Fi or unmetered 3G connections.
I've been reviewing Magi-Lines, one of ZingMagic's latest round of puzzle and strategy game conversions. It may not have 3D baddies or swooshing sound effects, but Magi-Lines is as brain-stretching as puzzle games go and it works superbly on every single Symbian-based platform.
I just love the idea of using smartphone technology to interact with the people around you - Mobslinger is an innovative Bluetooth multi-player game for S60 and should be a hoot when played at the annual AllAboutSymbian pre-Expo pub meet!
Here is the second AAS Week in Review. Recognising that it's easy to miss a few days and fall behind with what's new on All About Symbian, we do a weekly round-up of new contents and news on the site in the last 7 days. If you're really pushed for time, this is the weekly list of articles and links to check out.
Symbian formally announced the Symbian Academy program today. The program is aimed at supporting universities who are teaching students about developing Symbian OS software. Symbian will be providing course materials, training, technical support and guest lecturers. Symbian Academy reflects the need for a greater numbers of train Symbian OS developers.
A concrete date at last, Katshing.se (and they should know, being in the same country as Sony Ericsson) have the P990i down for being in stock on July 18th. Still early days for firmware though, judging from the bug reports about the M600i from around the world.
You may have heard about Widsets and widgets and the fact that they're something to do with Nokia? Rafe explains all and reviews the current Widsets application. Is it compelling for smartphones or just a way of extending non-Symbian features phones?
DataViz has announced that RoadSync, its Exchange ActiveSync client, is now available for all S60 3rd Edition devices. RoadSync provides direct push synchronization (of email, contacts and calendar entries) with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003. Full press release follows...
There's an interesting analysis of the mobile digital TV wars over on Open Gardens, where Ajit has obviously gone all out to try and win a Carnival of the Mobilists prize! His conclusion? Both formats will win!
Nokia are just about to open their flagship store in the USA, complete with huge LCD and LED panels and hands-on time with cutting edge S60 devices. And the folks from Engadget Mobile were there with a camera - their report is well worth a look, to see what Nokia are doing in the USA.
It's that time of the month again. I've updated the all-encompassing Grid again, this time with tweaked figures for the E61 and an all-new entry, the Nokia N80. Enter your preferences and let the Grid calculate the right device for you... Why not post the results in the Comments here?
