Nokia's Music Recommenders scheme, launched a couple of months ago, seems to be getting into its stride, with the first actual podcast by the 'godfather' of the scheme, David Bowie. RSS-ready, too....
The folks at Digital Lifestyles have been trying out 3's X-series in the guise of the only supported handset, the S60 3rd Edition-powered Nokia N73. Here's their write-up of the platform and services. Via Engadget.
Part review and part tutorial, our own krisse evaluates HanDBase for S60 3rd Edition and finds an impressive powerhouse with a huge data library behind it. It's spoilt only by a few late-beta niggles. Here's the big HanDBase review.
Just a note of congratulations to AAS friend Darla, the Mobile Diva, who has just completed 1000 posts on her mobile/smartphone blog. Here's to the next 1000!
I've a feeling I could be spending quite a bit of time on S60.com's latest official blog, Mobile Security, by Neil Barclay. Welcome to the blogosphere, Neil! And, on the subject of the S60 blogs, the latest Voice of S60 is now up, featuring AAS favourite Tommi Vilkamo.
In audio podcast no.8, Ewan Spence interviews PsiLoc and Bitween, two long time developers working in the Symbian OS world. Applications featured include Remote Control, Wireless Presenter and Mobile Fax.
First Symbian start up the Smartphone Radio audio podcasts (though no updates since the launch, I note), and now we have an official video too, also probably a one-off, a three minute, whistle-stop tour of the Smartphone Show itself. Bang in the middle is a glimpse of AAS's own Ewan Spence. And note that this is nothing to do with my Smartphones Show... Confusing, isn't it?
Well, that's saved you an air-fare and taxi/hotel. All the presentations from the whole of the Nokia World event are now online in PDF form. Some very interesting stuff here and you get to view content from all the streams, not just one. Here are the PDFs for day one and day two.
Never mind GPRS, 3G, Wi-Max, etc. The comms technology we're all waiting for is now officially Ultra Mobile Broadband, which maxes out at an utterly staggering 280Mbps, or almost three hundred times the speed of the average home broadband. You'll have to wait at least three years though..... (via GeekZone)
AllAboutSymbian audio podcast 7 is now online, in which Ewan interviews Brian Jaquet from Slingmedia - how does his streaming TV Slingbox concept work?
Interesting to see CNET interviewing Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer: "When it comes to smart devices, there really aren't that many players. Basically, you have Nokia/Symbian, you've got us." Read on for the full quote....
Now this is the best smartphone to receive for Christmas. Only 100g and isn't platform-locked or SIM-locked. And it's only 15 Euros... If anyone out there wants to buy a gift for a certain someone on the AAS editorial team...
I'm sorry, I just can't help it. It's 'The Emperor's New Clothes' all over again. But.... "What's the fuss all about?" Push email. The term has become a tick box feature that every new smartphone HAS to have before it's taken seriously. No push email? No good for a professional then. What rubbish. Read on, and then have your say in the comments!
Thanks to Andrea Trento for an interesting roundup of Flash Lite news - it seems that the latest all-singing, all-dancing release of this multimedia-centred mini-app system is now out and is free - with downloads for all S60 2nd and 3rd Edition smartphones, although you do have to register your details to get the player... If you've an idea for an application, this is now an avenue well worth exploring.
