Ewan goes into more detail on how well Nokia's new breed of music smartphones (starting with the 3250 and N91) work with Windows Media Player. Music on your smartphone suddenly got a lot more practical!
AllTunes is a music download service from the company behind AllofMP3. AllTunes provides an iTunes like PC client, but there is also a beta version of a smartphone client application available for S60 (2nd Edition) and UIQ 2 phones. The program is not fully functional yet (downloads are not yet implemented), but it does provide an interesting glimpse of one possible music service for mobiles.
There's a huge significance in Russell Buckley's vision of the future, I know there is, even if the realisation is still a few years in the future. Here's part 2 of his musings over on MobHappy, and here's part 1, in case you missed it. If I were Russell, I'd be considering a trip down the patent office...
Steve rants on poor journalism and provokes debate over initial user experience with S60. How is it possible that a six year old can use S60 without help but a professional reviewer found it disappointingly awkward?
There's a new release, 1.4, of Nokia's free Mobile Search application on the official site. Curiously, it's still labelled as a beta in the 'About' screen. Mobile Search is an official mobile-friendly way into Yell.com and Medio's country databases, plus Yahoo Web and Image search. Watch this space for a detailed review.
Steve gets his hands on the first S60 v3 phone we've had for review, the Nokia 3250 Music Phone. With an interesting keyboard layout (the bottom section spins around to reveal the playback controls) it's well suited for music playback, but how is it as a general smartphone? Read the full Nokia 3250 review to find out why.
Proving that Series 80 development is alive and well, AAS's own Arjen has a new freeware utility for auto-starting the applications of your choice (to save waiting when needed). See his forum post for links and feedback!
Push email is arriving at a Symbian smartphone near you shortly, and Ewan's been living with push email for the last 3 weeks while in the USA. A welcome tool or nagging distraction from the business of life? Push email treads a fine line. Comments and experiences welcome!
Falling well into the category of 'interesting but not confirmed' is this story from the Netherlands, detailing and picturing the Nokia N93, running Symbian OS 9 and S60 v3. Plus mention of an N73. Anything you want to tell us, Nokia? Read on for more.
Smartphones Show 7 is out, this time featuring a review of the Nokia 3250 S60 v3 music phone and a head-to-head between the Nokia N70 and Orange SPV C600.
