Here are some pictures I captured at Day One of CES in Las Vegas including a look inside the Nokia Multimedia (Nseries) Tent and some pictures with brief comments from Nokia's CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo keynote address this morning. More detailed commentary will be coming in due course.
Interesting to see the promo videos for these three new Nokia Nseries devices now online. Go to Nokia's CES page and click on 'Blog' and then 'Videos'. (Note that the N800 is Linux-based and doesn't include telephony).
Anyone reckoning that Nokia has been dragging its feet over bringing in Mini-USB connectors for its devices might like to consider that they've just approved a new Micro-USB design, with smaller size and greater durability, so maybe they're going to go straight from Pop-Port to Micro-USB? Via PS.
AAS chief Rafe Blandford weighs in with his official predictions and challenges for 2007, along with an assessment of what he got right and wrong from last year's predictions piece. Essential reading for anyone in the industry or who is interested in where the Symbian OS world is going. Plus, a bonus preview of the front cover of Symbian magazine, Dec 2007...
Yet another DVD/video to Nokia smartphone converter has been released, from Rock Your Mobile. Nokia Video Converter looks quite slick though. URL and press release follows.
Steve thinks nothing in the modern world seems to work properly any more. In this editorial he ponders whether heavily converged devices are ready for the mass market when things do not work 100% reliably.
Makayama has announced Mobile TV Center 1.0. A world's first, it lets you watch recorded TV shows on more than 500 mobile devices, using your Windows Media Center. Compatibility includes many Symbian devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola. The full press release follows.
Ah, the customary spare moment for Steve to update his smartphone Grid, now with the addition of the Nokia 5500 and Palm Treo 750v. Which one is now the best smartphone for you? Plug in your prefs and let the javascript decide! [updated: also now has the P990i and N73]
Photography seems to be a hot subject today. Symbian Freak's Bigley Ling has posted a detailed comparison of still photographs produced on the Sony Ericsson K800 (not a smartphone, though) and the Nokia N93 and N73. Lots of technical info here for the camera enthusiast!
