Yes, it's all kicking off (literally) in a couple of days time and now even complete smartphone newbies can take the World Cup with them. Ewan reviews Resco's World Cup Mobile for S60....
The sessions reports from the recent Orange Partner Camp are now available on the Orange Partner website (registration required). Sessions ranged from the technical (Developing for UIQ 3) to the informational (S60 Business Update). Read on for more.
Steve reviews the N71, Nokia's S60 3rd Edition clamshell. He finds a device with some foibles, but a unique form factor. With the first S60 portrait QVGA screen, clean and stylish lines, good camera and both Snakes and Quickoffice viewers built into the ROM, Steve is impressed. It might not be the media darling of the Nseries, but it packs a powerful mobile punch.
There's a fascinating half hour podcast from the Voice of S60, with an interview with Charlie Schick, who helped create and shape Series 60 from the days of the 7650 until recently. Lots of insights and anecdotes and a must-listen.
We were supposed to be going on a Links Of Interest diet, but how could I pass over this week's Carnival of the Mobilists, when it's hosted by Darla and when we're hosting it ourselves next week?
Ewan's been mulling over the arrival of .mobi, a domain extension dedicated to mobile access. .mobi has its fans, but it appears that Ewan's not one of them, arguing that it'll cause confusion and fragmentation.
Having seen Nokia's Series 90 interface get subsumed into S60, and with Series 80 seemingly well on the way, I've been busy over at 3-Lib and present my thoughts on what the Nokia Communicator of 2007 will look like. Comments welcome on whether I'm on the ball or way off the mark!
The next generation of the secure database 'Handy Safe for S60' is now available, and it's significant because version 5 is now fully syncable with the Handy Safe Desktop and Note fields are finally supported. Thanks, EpocWare, you've just made me a happy man! The new version also adds 3rd Edition compatibility.
The recently announced Nokia N72 started shipping today. The Nokia N72 is a variant on the N70 and is intended as a fashion focused smartphone for emerging markets. It is a tri-band GSM (with EDGE) phone with a 2.0 Megapixels camera, FM Radio, Music Player, and 20MB of on board memory (expandable via a RS-MMC slot).
Nokia have announced an update to their excellent Mobile Search application. Local search support has been added for Denmark, France, Italy, Norway and Spain (in addition to the UK, Finland and Sweden). Nokia Mobile Search is available as a free download for both 2nd and 3rd Edition phones.
Steve compares the important, but often ignored, metric of standby time between a i-mate JAM (Windows Mobile 5) and a Nokia 9500 (Symbian OS 8). He comes away with an interesting result which may bear on purchase decisions for true mobile warriors.
Ewan's been snuggling down each night with a copy of David Wood's 'Symbian for Software Leaders' and found it to be both comprehensive and readable, mainly for developers but with lots of anecdotes of interest to anyone interested in Symbian's history. Here's his review.
The clever folks at the Internet Radio for S60 project have now finished a version for all S60 2nd Edition smartphones. Details and links courtesy of the S60 Multimedia blog. The usual disclaimers over GPRS bandwidth apply, of course!
The well known 24/7 sites, which focus on Windows Mobile and Palm PDA/smartphones recently published an initial look at the Nokia E61 inthreeparts. Shaun found himself pleasantly suprised by the E61 and declares that the E61 is the 'best Smart Phone I have ever used. From its build quaility, through to the operating system and finally its flexibility it stands head and shoulders above the rest'.
The Blackberry Connect software for the Nokia E61 is now available via the Nokia Business site. This means the E61 can now replace any Blackberry device while retaining the Blackberry email and calendar experience. The software adds a Blackberry Mail account to the Messaging application and allows you to receieve push email from your Blackberry server.
