Just received a press release from WizMySite, attached. Essentially it's a web-hosted info, audio and video gallery whose main point is that, in addition to giving others standard web access to your stuff, it also automatically provides an XHTML version for viewing on smartphones.
Power users of S60 smartphones look away now. The rest of you, here's my tutorial on getting started and productive with Nokia's S60 predictive text system. If you're already a T9 wiz then why not print it out for your partner, colleague or mum, or anyone else still clutching on to multi-tap input and afraid to take the leap?
Just in case you miss these, there are some great promo and blog videos here (make sure you're on broadband, obviously). Plenty of 3rd edition device clues, with seemingly the whole of the N-Gage game back catalogue about to be available on all 3rd edition smartphones. Plenty of sequences involving over-the-air trials and purchase, multi-player gaming, and so on. Set aside an hour and have fun watching.
I just stumbled across the Nokia NseriesCast, apparently a video podcast shot entirely on a Nokia Nseries smartphone. Only thing is, the web page is all in German and the dialogue might even be in Finnish. Can you help shed light on this? Please comment!
Interesting post over at Engadget Mobile with loads of pictures of upcoming smartphones running N-Gage games, along with the glamour of Nokia's huge booth at the E3 games event.
Interesting article here on a new classification for electronic devices (thanks to the Carnival for the link), though I don't think either 'Communications and control devices' or PCD will catch on. (Nor will Nokia's 'Multimedia Computer', come to that) As in my previous editorial, I think 'phone' will remain the popular term, with the term encompassing all current feature phones, smartphones and connected PDAs.
Nokia's PC Suite's come a long way from its humble PsiWin and EPOC Connect ancestry. But come on, installing connectivity software's supposed to be really, really tricky, isn't it? Surely half the fun of PDAs and smartphones is spending hours despairing with your head in your hands?
Programme 9 of the video podcast, the Smartphones Show, is now live, with a 10 minute video review of the Nokia N91 music smartphone as its central feature. The Smartphones Show plays on all PCs, Macs and modern smartphones/PSPs/iPods. Do you want to watch now?
Nokia's N-Gage team have started a blog from the E3 gaming event. Lots of news and photos from upcoming titles as the event unfolds. Hopefully. Our own Ewan will be here with an editorial on the latest N-Gage plans shortly... (Via S60 Multimedia)
Nokia today announced the Nokia 5500 Sport designed for the active minded user. The phone, which is one of the smallest S60 Nokia phones announced thus far, has three modes which can be changed via a dedicated button and reflecting different usage scenarios - phone, music and sport. Features include text to speech so your messages can be read out while jogging, a pedometer function to measure distance run and calories burnt and a 2 megapixels camera. More after the break...
Fascinating stuff, even if it'll be a year or so before anything actually appears. Microsoft just announced a multi-platform extension to their gaming platform. Live Anywhere is interesting in that S60 is mentioned as one of the possible target platforms. Microsoft developing for Symbian? Whatever next?...
Symbian has formally welcomed BT into its Platinum Program. A useful alliance, no doubt, the full press release follows, with quotes from both parties.
PC Suite's been updated again for all modern Nokia smartphones. It's still marked as v6.8, but with a date of 4th May 2006. Fixes include some for installation problems, faster music conversion and a simplified sync interface. Thanks to the S60 Multimedia blog for the heads-up.
So I've been fiddling with the scores in my (now rather huge) Grid, plus I've added the Nokia E61. Which is the perfect mobile solution for you? For me, it came up with the Nokia N70, with i-Mate K-JAM as runner up. Interesting stuff, hopefully!
