John Forsyth, over on his Symbian blog, does a good, reasoned job at defending (or at least wisely discussing) Nigel Clifford's vision of the smartphone taking over from the PC. Smartphones probably won't be able to fulfil every role, but they might do more than the PC in your home in a few years time.
PRBlogger.com has compiled a list of the most influential UK blogs. All About Symbian, even given our international focus, ranks as eleventh, ahead of Nevillie Hobson , Strange Attractor and, thankfully, MP Boris Johnson . It's all super subjective, but nice to be recognised as being in the same league!
Steve Litchfield explores an attribute that's rarely covered in the smartphone world - how useable is each device in sunlight? [Updated with tweaked text and I've included two extra touch-screen devices, the Nokia 7710 and i-Mate K-Jam (aka HTC Wizard etc.)]
The very latest EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) sales figures for smart mobile devices are out. Highlights include Symbian OS's share now up to 78% of the market, with Nokia at a whopping 75%, although Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3 sales have started in earnest, with 3% and rising.
Google Co-Op, a recently announced service, allows you to create custom search engines. Here is a custom search engine for Symbian related sites, which can also be accessed via SymbianSearch.com. The search includes many of the largest Symbian sites, but if you think you know of another site that should be included you can edit the list of included websites.
The game that's sweeping the nation! Well, almost. Ewan reviews Symbian Smartcards, Top Trumps for the smartphone generation. It's not that playable, but it's a lovely novelty and an interesting reference.
In his video guide to the Symbian Smartphone Show 2006 Steve offers a few video highlights, recorded using his Nokia N93, including a quick look at the new S60 phones, the LG JoY and Samsung i520, and video interviews with CoPilot, F-Secure, Sling Media, among others.
With all the talk of wikis, blogs, podcasts and other Web 2.0 buzzwords it is probably time for you all make sure that pretty much everyone involved in a public role in your company has read "The Cluetrain Manifesto". Originally published in 1999, it studies the impact of the internet on markets and organisations, and pretty much acts as a blueprint for responisbile companies in this '2.0' landscape. The text is now available freely online. Go forth and learn.
Michael Mace is worried about all the 'Smartphone Will Kill The PC' noises coming out of the recent Smartphone Show, and points out that Symbian "...sound disturbingly like some of the most enthusiastic PDA enthusiasts did in 2000. I cringed then, and I cringe now." Read on as he deconstructs the viewpoint.
I know Rafe's a modest chap, and he refrained from mentioning all but the briefest stat at his 'State of the Union' pub meet talk, but just to emphasise how AllAboutSymbian has grown in status, read on.....
Kudos to the people at Symbian for better communications with the media than ever during this year's Show. Included in the press pack was a bound book with some very clear illustrations of just how far Symbian has come. Read on for links and comment.
Taking the stage at The 2006 Smartphone Show, Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford illustrated the broad canvas of Symbian OS, both in the short and long term - the challenges, the victories, and where the OS can fit in. Ewan takes a look at what was said .
We're expecting an official announcemnt of LG's first Symbian Powered Phone to happen at the Smartphone Show keyote within the next hour. LG have a stand at the front door, which is strangely bereft of any marketing materials as we arrived, although a black slider/candybar style phone is under a lot of reflecting perspex to tease us . More soon.
