It's Yet Another Nokia N95 Preview - from the 'Mr Brown Show', and filmed on an N93 (though they go for too many out of focus close-ups.... FX: Steve wanders off, muttering....) Five minutes long, and in MP4, WMV and YouTube formats, too....
Rafe previews the Nokia 6290 (in video/audio this time!) and I review the Nokia E60, a plain looking business smartphone that packs more of a punch than most company buyers will suspect. It's all in AAS video podcast 4.
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.
Rafe Blandford had to chance to test the new 6290 recently. Here's his detailed preview, with lots of photos. Summary: a very capable and attractive clamshell smartphone at a surprisingly low price.
Nokia have publicly said that Nokia Software Updates to the N93, down since November 3rd, will remain suspended until 'early 2007'. This is due to technical issues with using NSU with the next-gen N93 processor, apparently. The new v20.0.058 firmware is now well established at all main Nokia service centres though*.
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.
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.
Thanks to E61Life for pointing us towards a series of posts on The Creative Life, in which they compare video footage from the Nokia N93 with that from a Canon MV630i camcorder. Rather impressively, the N93 won convincingly, in the first 'good light' tests, at least.
After years of saying 'No', top handheld games producer Astraware has finally admitted that Symbian OS is on its radar, planning to produce at least a handful of titles for S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3 in 2007. Let's hope it's earlier rather than later.
AllAboutSymbian audio podcast 7 is now online, in which Ewan interviews Brian Jaquet from Slingmedia - how does his streaming TV Slingbox concept work?
Our very own krisse reviews Reversi FE for S60 3rd Edition (but also available for most other Symbian OS platforms). Back to your homes, not much to see? After all, it's only Reversi, right?
Back in August, we gave you an idea of what we considered some of the best picks of software for S60 third edition. Since then developers have been busy, and the list has now doubled in size as Steve updates our essential software picks. And do feel free to tell us what we've forgotten...
A marriage made in heaven? Why splash out on a separate webcam for your laptop or PC when your camera-equipped smartphone can do the same job, wirelessly? Ewan reviews Mobiola Web Camera for S60 3rd Edition (but also available for all 2nd Edition devices).
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!
