As well as the A1010, Rafe and Ewan also managed to catch up with Bill Werner, the VP for 3G Products at Motorola. Read our interview to find out more on the A1010, why Motorola like to use every Mobile Operating System, considerations for battery life, and why they became licencees of Symbian.
More phone previews from 3GSM. Today it's the turn of Motorola's A1010, the next 3G enabled UIQ phone for the "3" Network in the UK (and hopefully debuting around the world as well). We're reasonably sure it;s going to have Wi-Fi as well...
Recreate the classic console games, or emphasis the differences in a mobile phne. Which direction will the Mobile Games Market take (ask The Feature)? Given Pathway to Glory, Snakes and Pocket Kingdom were the games that showed the N-Gage could actually work (and Call of Duty failed to do anything impressive in the handheld), it's a fair bet Nokia are banking on the second. What do you think?
You wait ages for a good Nokia 9500 database and then two come along at once. EpocWare's Power Data 3.0 and Yellow's YData should see most users right. Power Data is more for database pros and YData should serve the average user better. Get downloading!
In which Steve Litchfield enthuses on ultimate integration, in which he finally gets the point of Series 60 and in which the world finally becomes a happier and safer place. Read it here.
Immersion, the company behind the VibeTonz System has joined the Symbian Platinum Program (reports Symbian One). The Platinum program allows Symbian to invite companies to help grow the Symbian eco-system.
Hot on the heals of the X700, which hit certain markets in Q4 2004, Rafe found the next step from Panasonic on display at 3GSM, the X800. Find out more about this dual screen Series 60 flip phone as we continue our round-up of news from 3GSM.
There's no business like Snow Business! In this contest we want your best Winter Photos (taken on a Symbian Phone). Please upload your photos to the Photo Contest 21 page. Vote will start on 6th February 2005 to pick a winner. Winners Photo is displayed on Main Gallery page and can select next category.
Somewhere in Finland, they've worked out that Demo copies of the N-Gage games sells more N-Gage games. Now we've got a demo version of X-Men Legends for free download over at the N-Gage Arena, along with Worms, Colin McRae, Pathway to Glory and others.
More on the new Symbian OS phones at 3GSM from Rafe. Today he's talking about Samsung's third Series 60 based phone, the Samsung D720. Looking like a 7650 on steroids, the general conclusion is that if this phone can get to the market, it could do very well.
Rafe descended on the glut of phones launched at 3GSM last week to find out where Symbian would be taken in 2005. He start's his phone reports with a look at the Nokia 6680 series of phones. 3GSM and video calling all feature heavily, as does a regular keyboard. Find out more in the article.
Over on The Podcast Network, Nokia's Christian Lindholm (the man behind the Navi-Key, the Series 60 interface, and the Lifeblog project) has been interviewed on "The Gadget Show." In the interview, he talks about mobile usability, megatrands, interfaces and radio controlled yachts. Download the MP3 from the site, or through this link (16.6mb MP3 file)
Another applciation announced at 3GSM was RealEyes3D Digitizer3. This captures a picture of a document with enough processed clarity that the image can be sent via MMS or Email. More details on the RealEyes website.
AAS Contributor and Python Advocate Jim Hughes has thrown together London Traffic Camera, a Series 60 Python applciation that will download images of the various BBC traffic cameras direct to your Python powered handest. Is it a finished app? No, but as a proof of concept, and a working tool, it does the business. And that's what promgramming should be all about.
After a delightful TGV train journey back from France, Ewan has summed up 3GSM in the first of many reports from 3GSM. Find out more on Network Influence, the new phones, Music on Mobiles, and a shock Stormtrooper appearance in this editorial.
