For anyone that likes to read about life on the cutting edge, here's this week's Carnival of the Mobilists, always interesting. Especially Alfie's rant at the end - spot on!
Ahead of their annual Smartphone Show, Symbian has released a number of in-depth podcasts, with interviews with many of the leading managers in the smartphone industry. All are in MP3 format, you can download them here.
According to the latest research from Gartner, MobHappy reports via ITPro, smartphone sales are up 75% from 2005 worldwide, with Nokia accounting for 42% of the entire mobile device market, or over half of all converged devices.
Good news for everyone planning to be at next week's All About Symbian Pub Meet. Second prize (after the Mystery Star Prize) will be a Nokia N93 - this is your chance to get your hands on the latest media phone from Finland. Thanks to Nokia for supplying the device.
Video podcast The Smartphones Show 16 has just gone live, with a hands-on review of the Sony Ericsson P990i, a brief promo of the Nokia N95 and a preview of upcoming Windows Mobile 5 rivals. The podcast is playable on any PC, Mac, Symbian OS 9 smartphone, iPod or PSP.
Steve muses over the whole PDA taking over your life thing, thanks to micromanagement of your own time and the many intricate apps. Why is your smartphone different, and why is less the new more? Find out as he proclaims (a bit too loudly for my liking) that he's not a geek.
Just in case you missed them, I've been quite impressed by Alessandro Pace's introduction and getting started with development articles on the subject of Flash Lite, a new way of producing content for some (but currently not all) Symbian OS smartphones.
Nokia has launched Wibree, a new (open) initiative to get smartphones connected to tiny toys, watches and sensors. There's also the possibility of lower-power wireless connection to desktop computers, as an alternative to Bluetooth. Full press release follows.
The Communities Dominate Brands Blog is this weeks host of Carnival of the Mobilists. Now in its 47 edition the carnival brings you the usual wide ranging mix of writing on mobile issues from around the web.
Steve Litchfield compares the latest communicators in depth, from the S60 3rd Edition powered Nokia E70 to the UIQ 3 powered Sony Ericsson P990i, and taking in the Windows Mobile powered HTC TyTN along the way.
