Following on from my own detailed review of Navicore Personal 2006, blogger Shaun McGill has written up his own (shorter) mini-review, concluding that it's "a competent GPS application that does everything asked of it - a few tweaks here and there wouldn’t go amiss though."
Map24 has launched Map24 Mobile, a free mobile version of it's mapping and routing service. The mobile version downloads data over the air (watch those data charges) and includes full map coverage of Europe. The application is currently in Beta and is available for both 2nd and 3rd Edition S60 devices.
Nokia's Eseries range of devices may have an enterprise focus, but that does not mean their users are not interested in music playback. In this article Steve describes how to get the optimum music performance out of your Eseries (E60, E61, E70) phone.
Following on from last week’s tutorial on using Nokia’s DIY Firmware Updated, the Nokia N91 is the latest phone to be added to the list of compatible devices. I took the plunge last night and updated the music phone to v2.00.052. There’s no real difference in the process compared to other devices, although it is highly recommended you back up your phone. Read on for more...
This is a biggie - I review the Nokia N73, featuring perhaps the best camera ever put into a smartphone but with a few less impressive design and quality issues. Stuart Clark provides a welcome second opinion. And you can leave yours in the comments...
The Nokia E61 seems to be garnering legions of fans round the world. Not least long-time Palm OS devotee and Windows Mobile journalist Shaun McGill, who has recently decided to jump platforms and make the E61 (and S60/Symbian OS) his smartphone of choice. And he's writing about it, too, here's his E61 blog.
I seem to have missed this being available, but the E-series blog reports on the new ORA USB cradle for the Nokia E61. Yes, I know cradles went out with the Palm III, but personally it's good to see them back.
Nokia has agreed to buy out gate5, a leading supplier of mapping, routing and navigation software and services. Nokia will then be able to offer consumers maps, routing, navigation and other location based applications on its smartphones. The navigation genre for S60 3rd Edition was already busy, but an official Nokia solution, perhaps built into many devices, would be more than welcome. Press release follows...
Nokia has announced the Nokia N80 Internet Edition a software enhanced version of the N80. The N80i bundles extra software including Yahoo Go!, Flickr Integration, WLAN Wizard, Download! (Catalogs), Mobile Search and Mobipocket to give a more complete out of the box experience. The hardware specifications remain the same with quad band GSM and WCDMA radios, a 3.0 megapixel camera, and IrDA, USB, Bluetooth and WLAN connectivity.
News from Somusar that their application-generator can now produce self-signed programs for S60 3rd Edition. It's an almost code-free way to get text, sounds and graphics into a working smartphone application. Press release follows.
Symbian Freak reports that a new bug-fix firmware for the N93 is imminent, to go live on the update server, v11.0.034. Among other things, the free RAM after booting is now up to 24MB - wow, let's hope the same optimisation can be applied to the E70 and other 3rd Edition devices!
Yacht has been around as a game since long before computers, but it's still a good mobile gaming application. ZingMagic's Yacht for S60 v3 (versions for UIQ and S80 are also out there) is a perfect slice of fun, as I found out in my latest review .
The Nokia E62, the yet to be officially anounnced US version of the E61, is starting to generate interest amongst the US media. The E62 is expected to be available on Cingular in the second half of Septmber with subsidised pricing starting at $100 ($300 unsubsidised). Read on for further details.
