It's..... the daily E-series blog link, this time highlighting the fact that there's a whole new version of Yahoo! Go on the loose. It's a 700K Java applet that's RAM intensive, alas, but that not withstanding it does give complete access to all your Yahoo! stuff and has weather and maps as well, with full GPS integration (on the likes of the Nokia N95). Worth the RAM hit? Here are the Yahoo! Go write-up and links.
For those who were waiting for this, Expansys is now showing the Nokia E90 Communicator as 'in stock', at £553 SIM-free plus VAT. Clove have it for less, but shown as 'Coming soon'. Anyone rich enough to order?
Fortune (via moconews) is reporting that Nokia may shortly be launching an online music store and downloading service similar to Apple's iTunes. The service is based around technology gained with the acquisition of Loudeye is expected to be announced at an upcoming Nokia event in London. It is also likely the event will also be the venue for the launch of the latest in the Nseries range of phones. Read on for further information and analysis.
Last week Forum Nokia in conjunction with Orange Partner and the Symbian Developer Network launched the Open C Challenge for developers. The competition calls on developers to enter their applications that have been developed using the PIPs and Open C frameworks. There is a $20,000 cash prize pool along with a variety of marketing related prizes.
Augmentra, the developers of the off-road GPS enabled navigation and tracking software ViewRanger, have announced they have extended their mapping coverage to Finland. Initial products include mapping at 1:50,000 for the Helsinki metropolitan area, Southern Finland and the Central Saimaa Lake District with more to follow.
Yes, I know the Nokia N95 has already been reviewed a bazillion times around the Web, but you might like to go through GadgetNutz's during your lunch break as it's detailed and (especially in part 2) pretty insightful and shows a real understanding of the S60 platform. A little broken English here and there, but you'll enjoy part 1 and part 2. (via WOM)
Just call us quick off the mark.... Quickoffice Premier has just received a big update, to v4.5, with added multi-language spell checking, improved document compatibility, Series 80-style keyboard shortcuts, extra features and plenty of bug fixes. Is it the ultimate office suite for S60 smartphones? I upgraded the Nokia E90 and sat down to find out.
In this editorial Ewan looks at 3's recently launched Next Portal. The portal lists products in two categories: mobile site and mobile applications. The idea is to make these mobile services easier to find for the average consumer. Ewan takes a first look at the portal and finds promise, but also has concerns over longer term health.
Digital Chocolate, a well known mobile games developer, will be publishing games for the next generation N-Gage platform. The first of these will be DChoc Cafe which has a virtual cafe around with a number of different casual (card, board, puzzle) games can be played. The games also features social elements with customisable characters, game recommendations and competitions.
In a return to an original theme from earlier this year, and with the onset of our summer vacations, I've been musing on the best hardware to take with me in order to make sure of getting the best snaps. It's really not an easy decision.... But is there a workaround? Read on...
The Nokia E90 is now widely available and seems to be gaining some fans. E-Ninety is a new, dedicated blog, with a couple of interesting posts up showing how to take better night-time photos and how the E90 fares as a wide-screen HD movie player.
Nokia has bought up the Seattle-based Twango, a media-sharing company (photos, video, audio). Nokia's existing media sharing deals with Flickr and Vox will continue, to give users more choice. The full press release follows and Carlo from MobHappy comments here.
In a return to an original theme from earlier this year, and with the onset of our summer vacations, I've been musing on the best hardware to take with me in order to make sure of getting the best snaps. It's really not an easy decision.... But is there a workaround? Read on...