Another few tit-bits about the upcoming Sony Ericsson P990i. The folks at Esato have been trying the Business Card Scanner and also the auto-text features built into the text input system.
Rafe Blandford's been living with the Nokia N70 for over four months now. Here's his detailed (and illustrated) report, covering both the basic device and (in his case) its Orange network makeover.
T-Mobile just announced an unlimited data plan (web'n'walk') as a £7.50 addition to their existing business tariffs. You'll still end up paying around £40 a month or more though, but it's a step in the right direction. Who'll offer me £20 a month for unlimited data with no calls? Vodafone? O2? Roll up, roll up...
Symbian will be exhibiting at CTIA in Las Vegas from April 5th to 7th. EMCC, Visto, Zi and UIQ will be among those helping out. CTIA Wireless is the leading trade show for mobile and wireless for the Americas market.
More FOMA smartphones, built on Symbian OS, have been launched into the market the last few days in Japan. Press releases here and here and here for those interested. The phones concerned are the SO902i (Sony Ericsson), the NM850Gi (Nokia), and the D702i (Mitsubishi). Read one for basic specifications and pictures.
MobHappy has the best reading today - You'll have seen PayPal Mobile's launch plastered all over the net. But is it relevant to the likes of you and me? Carlo has a good analysis. Plus Russell Buckley makes the excellent point that one day your smartphone may be your ONLY computer.
New to S60 smartphones and confused by all the icons and the way nothing's to hand when you want it? Steve Litchfield has just the 'How to' for you. Do browse through the rest of AAS's 'How to' section when you get a chance, there's lots you may not have seen.
More bold talk from Nokia, now the world's biggest camera maker, with 100 million cameraphones sold in the last year alone, and with Konica and others withdrawing from the standalone market. Next in Nokia's sights, unsurprisingly, are music players and camcorders.
I was intrigued to see Mobile Review's four-part, two month test of the P990, given that the firmware isn't even finished yet and that the smartphone isn't due until some time in July, but there's still plenty of interesting facts and screenshots if you're waiting patiently for this device. Watch out for the dodgy English throughout though, the whole review's one big translation from the native Russian!
Nokia has posted a press release related to its keynote speech at this year's Game Developers Conference which reveals that its "next generation mobile games platform" will launch in the first half of 2007, "with a range of titles and devices". For more on developer information revealed at GDC read our related news story. Another article about the same speech also mentions that by 2008 Nokia expects to have a userbase of 250 million Nokia smartphones.
Nokia is talking to developers about its next generation of mobile gaming at GDC in San Diego. The new platform, evolving out of the N-Gage, will be based on S60 and we can expect to see the first devices supporting it in the first half of 2007. Nokia is also showcasing its SNAP Mobile solution which enables online and community-based Java gaming.
Nokia's Tommi, over on his S60.com blog, has penned a neat showcase for the steps Nokia have taken to help both new users and those upgrading from older devices.
