No official word yet from Symbian, but this year's Symbian Expo, provisionally entitled "The Smartphone Show" is listed by ExCeL London as happening on October 11th and 12th. Don't go buying those airline tickets just yet, but the dates match up with previous years... and yes, All About Symbian will be there. Somehow.
Metro, perennially popular on Palm and Pocket PC platforms, makes it's way to Series 60. Using "city files," you'll be able to find your way through the public transport systems of over 300 cities.
ZingMagic's second version of Chess for Series 80 devices has been released. There are modes allowing you to compete against the Communictor, someone else on the same device, or play by SMS, it's packed with the usual chess program features as well. More details and downloads direct from Zingmagic.
Eirik Solheim has put together a nice guide to listening to Podcasting on your mobile phone, using an MMC card, Card Reader and Windows Media. Worth a look, if only to keep up with Rafe and Ewan's Mobiles Podcast.
Yes we all know that Psion ruled Europe, but over in America, The First PDA War was fought out as Apple vs Palm. Palm being the eventual winner, and the Apple Newton doomed to $5 ebay transactions. But the Newton did have goals and aspirations, check out this Historyof the Apple Newton as a ncie Friday diversion.
With version for Series 60 v1.x and v2.x, Sympal's XpenseTravel allows the travelling businessman to keep track of his expenses, backup or export these to a PC, in multiple categories over multiple currencies. Trial version is available.
Not directly N-Gage related, but Electronic Arts (behind N-Gage titles such as Tiger Woods PGA 2004) has announced their intentions to have 20 mobile gaming titles in conjunction with Qualcomm's Brew Environment, reports The International Herald Tribune.
Wired Magazine Online looks at Nokia's hope of becoming a big player in this festive season's MP3 market with the Nokia N91. Worth a quick read to see where they are going, but having 40 million smartphones that can play MP3 files does not equal 40 million MP3 players - form, quality and if the person actually listens to music all contribute as well.
SendoSmartphones.com is a website aimed at providing information about the Sendo X series of phones. One of the innovations of the site is a non profit scheme to certify programs as being compatiable with the Sendo X series (with the intention that this will aid users in finding compatiable software).
Steve's been taking the very latest Nokia 6680 smartphone for a spin this week and he's been very impressed, with only a few disappointments along the way. Read the full review here.
Noumena's Magic Game Station system for Series 60 has another new release in Fatal Gear. Make what's left of theworld safe in you Battle-Mech suit, five initial missions, and highly polished 3d graphics.
The Visual Basic and C# based runtime environment for Symbian OS (and others) have made a runtime available for Series 80 devices. Version 5.6.1 feature built in synchronisation, database connectivity, and others. More from Appforge.
PhotoZox is another addition to the well stocked supply of photo manipulation and effects program for Series 60. Features include the standard camera features such as zoom, brightness and cropping while photo processing allows you to add x-ray, emboss and other effects. Finally you can add a 3D frame to give a finishing touch.
