You'll have heard of WOM World for the innovative ways they spread news and opinions of Nokia Nseries smartphones. But did you know they've got a Flickr stream? Start here, with their current coverage of Tropfest in the USA and work back to see how many famous bloggers and err.... shady AAS staffers you can spot!
I'm sure Phil S of S60 is serious with this review of a new Nokia accessory, the CP-218, but I really, truly am not sure I'd trust a £500 N95 to the Nokia Wrist Band while I'm out flailing my arms around in the act of trying to jog/run....
To be filed under 'Hey, S60 Web uses the same core code as the iPhone's browser', come these links: pages of Javascript-hosted quick games and the entire text of the King James Version of the Bible (with the 'thees' and 'thous', etc). The latter works fine in Web but some of the games are a bit hit and miss. Comments?
The UK communications regulator Ofcom has opened a consultation on (amongst other things) easing restrictions on the 900mhz mobile phone frequency in Britain. The most significant effect of this would be to allow 3G on this frequency, at the moment it's only used for 2G. The reforms could also help increase signal coverage. Anyone who lives in Britain can make their own opinions known by visiting Ofcom's website. (via BBC News)
Being something of a keen (though not that good) player, I couldn't resist loading up both ZingMagic's Backgammon and Odesys Backgammon on the Nokia E90 and N95. Both played a strong game, but there were plenty of differences between the two. One of them was native, one was Java; one of them was quirky and the other took the gaming experience to a whole different level...
More and more online data storage services are becoming available, letting you access anything from emails to video through the web rather than storing it on any particular device. But will they work if people don't trust these services to keep their data safe? Following up our review of SoonR, Krisse asks if we really want a Ken Dodd Internet?
It's that time in the fortnight, another Smartphones Show goes live, this time with video from the Nokia E51 and iPhone UK launches, a preview of the Symbian Smartphone Show in London (in less chatty form than the last AAS video podcast) and a review of the UBiQUiO 503G - no I don't hate Windows Mobile, but this is a classic example of how badly it can be implemented. Read on for show links.
I don't know him personally, but TV/media star Stephen Fry and I have been seemingly bumping along through the Psion/Palm eras together. And now he's started a blog, with a huge and interesting essay on smartphones. He looks at the HTC Touch ('thundering nuisance'), the Sony Ericsson P1i (less responsive than 'a dead walrus') and the Nokia E90 (a 'good product'), before loving but finding flaws in the iPhone.
Want to save up to 80% on the cost of international roaming? That's Cubic Telecom's promise with the MaxRoam Sim. Ewan's over in the USA on a two week trip, but he bumped into Cubic CEO Pat Phelan at the TechCrunch40 event to find out more about the product. Here's the audio podcast (no. 35).
Guest writer Ricky Cadden has been using the free SoonR, a service that runs on your home desktop and gives you remote access to all your documents and photos, without having to store them on your memory card. Cool idea, here's his review.
Proporta do seem to snap up some of the best accessory ideas. They've just launched a 'Keychain GPS', weighing only 30g, with SiRF III chipset and USB (and 12V) charging. They claim it'll work from within a pocket, briefcase or handbag, meaning that provided you remember to keep it charged, you can pretend your Bluetooth-equipped smartphone has its own, private, invisible GPS.
Being something of a keen (though not that good) player, I couldn't resist loading up both ZingMagic's Backgammon and Odesys Backgammon on the Nokia E90 and N95. Both played a strong game, but there were plenty of differences between the two. One of them was native, one was Java; one of them was quirky and the other took the gaming experience to a whole different level...
