Opera recently announced that more than one billion pages have been viewed with its JME browser (i.e. 'runs on anything') Opera Mini. To celebrate, Ewan reviews Opera Mini 2 and concludes that, for his usage, it is the perfect mobile browser.
The BBC take a look at the current fight to try and find the perfect user interface for a mobile device. Be it iPod, mobile phone or walkman, there doesn't seem to be a one size fits all solution, but that doesn't stop a number of companies attempting their own ideas to achieve this holy grail.
Austin based Super Happy Fun Fun talk about how competitive the mobile gaming market is (reports the Austin Statesman ), while UK reporter Chris Jarvis offers his Top Ten hints on making good mobile games over at Business Week. It's a long way from the days when Steve I put out shareware - it was a smaller market, but it seemed to provide a better return for programmers. What do you think of the current market for leisure applications?
Steve continues his exploration of the world of text input and observes that the presence of a usable QWERTY keyboard can actually change how you use a smartphone. While not for everyone, the increasing range of keyboard-equipped devices open up new possibilities for smartphone users.
A lot has been talked about the video recording improvements in the Nokia Nseries of smartphones - in this brief article, I screen grab videos from four of Nokia's smartphones from the last 3 years, so you can see the difference for yourself.
So there I was, gearing up for writing a tutorial on taking better pictures with your smartphone, and I spotted the About Nokia blog, which has just done it for me, covering all the same things I was going to say.... Recommended reading.
Or, more to the point, dare you consider a Flash Lite game that sees you exploring The Castle to disprove the theory that ghosts exist> Join me as I continue to explore some of the Flash Lite titles available for Symbian.
There are now Nokia E70 and N93 video reviews in Programme 13 of the Smartphones Show video podcast. I admit I was a little crazy thinking I could demo and sum up the N93 in only 12 minutes of footage, but hey, at least you get to see me fondling it...
The Carnival of the Mobilists moves on to Judy Breck's SmartMobs. Just the ticket if you fancy some thought-provoking mobile-related reading material...
With the arrival of the Nokia E70 and N93, it's been a busy week at AAS towers.... The first part of our N93 review should be live on Monday, but until then here's what you missed if you fell asleep in the sun for the last seven days...
Tommi, over at the S60 Applications blog, adds his tuppence worth (or should that be two Euros?) to the great applications/sales debate, with an interesting cartoon. But Tommi, have you missed that AllAboutSymbian has its own software shop too? (Note for newbies - buying through it helps support this site)
Roll up, roll up, all you gadget freaks - the Nokia E70 and N93 are now added to my heavily updated and interactive Grid - which is the best device for you - fill in your preferences and let the Grid decide. Comments welcome, as always!!
