... are just two of the short articles posted by AAS-friend Asri Al-Baker over on i-Symbian in the last day or so. Plenty to read and thanks to Al for giving us a heads up.
Following up on the launch in October and the November updates, UIQ has again updated the UIQ3 SDK, which is available for immediate download (Thanks to NewLC for the heads up).
Spotted recently over on Nokia's web site, both pertaining to the upcoming 9300i smartphone, are an official newsletter and a comparison matrix (to their other business smartphones).
Porting arcade games is tricky, but SkyForce has been a big hit on both Series 60 and UIQ, which arguably have the form factor for an up-the-screen shooter. So a conversion to Series 80 was always going to be tricky. Steve reviews the Communicator version of Sky Force and finds a twist makes this a classic.
Ewan's had a Nokia N90 for a month or so and proudly presents his long term review of this camera-centric Symbian OS smartphone. Does it live up to the hype? On the whole, a big fat Yes.
Moscow's Pushkin district greets the first Nokia Flagship Store in the world - the first of many from what we can hear. It's clearly a play from the Apple handbook - so is anyone in Moscow able to nip round and take some pictures for us? Especially the 'mobile gaming' dedicated area?(Thanks to Mobileburn for the heads up).
Dan Marlin is looking for Beta testers for The Core Pocket Media Player (the famous TCPMP) on Symbian OS. Beta testers must have 'above average' technical skills to be able to help report problems. If you're a video junkie (like me) and are interested in helping get TCPMP onto Symbian OS, please email betaboy@corecodec.com
Taking pictures when on the go and then posting to the web is something most people are going to look at. Splashblog is a popular solution as it provides the whole service, from the uploading software, to hosting and web site space for your pictures. They've just released the public beta of the service for UIQ users.
Ewan gets back to his arcade gaming roots in his review of Atari Legends Volume 1, for the Nokia N-Gage platform. Great conversions, but it's not quite the same as standing in front of a large-screened coin-op, is it?
Rafe Blandford sees the upcoming Nokia N80 'slider' as a solid echo of the original 7650. Lots of interesting technology insights in his detailed N80 hands-on preview.
Panasonic looks set to focus its effort around the Linux operating system rather than the Symbian OS. In a recent press release Matsushita announced they would be reorganising global R&D. It is accelerating development of the Linux OS, and closing the US R&D office where Panasonic's Symbian development took place. Read on for more and a status check on Symbian and S60.
The Register reports on a Microsoft and Palm rethink about how they get their operating systems, currently running at a far lower market share than Symbian OS, out to a wider market.
Steve Litchfield ponders the significance of reset holes and their absence from Symbian OS-powered devices. How much confidence do you have in your smartphone?
Jamdat, in under 6 years has gone from start-up to selling to Electronic Arts for $680 million US. Along with the Tetris Mobile licence, EA have also picked up the recently completed Doom RPG, Bejewelled and of course all the EA licenced games Jamat have been working on. From a wap version of scissors paper stone, to the number one publisher in the USA with 40% of the market, the boys have done well.
There's a new release of Nokia's all-singing, all-dancing PC Suite on the loose, v6.7, here's the download page. Version 6.7 adds the ability to manage your text messages and phonebook easily with File Manager, automatic notifications when a new version of PC Suite is available and improves the back-up and Image Store features. Support for the new Eseries and Nseries phones is also added. Read on for more information.
