We must have missed this at the time but better late than never with the news. There's a whole new release of the one essential S60 utility, FExplorer. 1.16beta adds (among other things) an 'Open with' function, copying of locked files, the choice to hide system or hidden files and optional faster display of folders using built-in icons.
The Nokia N80 'multimedia computer' (editorial coming on that particular term!) has been voted the Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2006 by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), the largest photo and imaging press association in Europe. Full press release follows...
Not to be confused with my own Smartphones Show (see how I slipped that little plug in?), I've spotted hard dates for Symbian's annual (free) Smartphone Show. It's on 17th and 18th of October and is highly recommended. Almost as highly recommended as the annual AllAboutSymbian meet, which will be the evening before (i.e. the 16th) in Central London. Details to follow!
We've been adding to the AllAboutSymbian Support section. It's now got hundreds of well-crafted(!) entries and is well worth a trawl if you hit a problem with your smartphone. All Symbian OS-powered platforms are covered.
So summer seems to have arrived in the UK and it's a slow news day. In the meantime, Rafe's off to the USA for Orange Partner Camp, Ewan's been busy playing with his Nokia E61 and promoting unsigned music bands on national radio, and I've been trying to extend my big comparison table of Series 60 hardware - except that I've still got more question marks than I'd like - can you help fill in any of the blanks?
Here are two session summaries from Orange Code Camp Opio (October 2005). Engineering with a Business Plan (part of a starting up guide) looked at the business side of mobile software development. While Developing for the Sony Ericsson P990 examined the developer options for Sony Ericsson's UIQ super phone. Orange's next biannual developer event, which I'll be attending, starts on Monday and we will be bringing you more developer coverage in the near future.
Here's an interesting addition to the S60 freeware canon. MobiFlirt is a S60 client for the worldwide craze, in which your smartphone checks out the local 'talent' for you. Never mind being nervous, your smartphone now does the chatting up for you! The mind boggles...
Opera has announced Opera Mobile 8.60, their native browser for S60 smartphones, which is now compatible with S60 3rd Edition devices such as the Nokia 3250, N91, etc. Highlights of 8.60 include auto-completion for URL entry, password manager for easy logins, improved smooth scrolling, a new skin and the ability to read and bookmark newsfeeds. Full press release after the break...
Nokia's Research Centre has posted up the binary files that will allow you to run an Apache server on your S60 smartphone. As well as the server files, there is a mod to allow Python integration, so you can use the scripting language to power the web page generation.
There's a new release of Opera Mini now available. Version 2 of the most popular mobile browser in the world adds favourite-speed-dial, better navigation and extra search engine selection. The full press release follows.
