Ho yes, don't say that we at AllAboutSymbian don't put devices through the real world wringer. Among all the other uses for my Nokia E90, one of the most useful has been as a mobile cinema (shown below) and Rafe's used his Nokia N95 to er.. check the pilot's flight data on an aircraft!
The folks at MobileBurn have snagged themselves a production Nokia N76 and review it in reasonable depth. The good: it's sleek and with the usual S60 degree of 'smart'ness. The bad: only a 700mAh battery, a hiss on music playback and a 3.5mm audio jack location that fouls the flip lid... And yes, we're enquiring after a review N76 of our own....
AAS reader Abbas Reza emailed in with some eloquent opinions on the comparison between the Nokia N95 and E90, perhaps the two converged devices of the moment. Steve enters into the debate and then Rafe ties things up at the end. Presenting N95 vs E90: your Wednesday morning read...
In this editorial feature, Steve details a day in the life of his E90 Communicator. Not only does he demonstrate the versatility of the device, giving some practical examples of the uses to which you can put an E90, he also illustrates the sort of battery life you can expect in real world usage. Summary: 1500mAh goes quite a bit further than the 950mAh of the N95's battery, despite the extra display size and RAM...
Surely, I thought, gazing at the Nokia N95 on my desk. Surely, its camera can't really be as bad as I and other 'power users' have been making it? Indeed it's not, and it's all due to a bug in the N95 firmware.... read on below!
In the (ahem, rather short) AAS video podcast 15, I demonstrate 8 ways to play music from a Nokia N95. If you can think of others, please comment! (You can watch in the page itself, download in MP4 format or subscribe via RSS.)
Smartphones Show 33, now live and on YouTube, has a hands-on review of the WinMob-powered HTC S710, plus a video feature looking at ten things current smartphones can do that the otherwise cool Apple iPhone can't. The ten are demo-ed on current S60 3rd Edition hardware, but many also apply to other Symbian OS-powered devices.
After yesterday's unboxing of the flagship E90 Communicator, we have the unboxing of the Nokia 5700 'twister' music smartphone today. Go to it, Krisse! Review to follow... (Please post any questions about the 5700 in the comments thread of this news item.)
Just in - the boxed Nokia E90 Communicator and (almost complete) sales kit. It's not a production device, but it's oh so close. Firmware is v7.21, by the way, dated Monday! Full unboxing photos and notes below!
Engadget's normally best known for its street-savvy news takes, but in this case Chris Ziegler earns an AAS Link Of Interest for his most excellent, balanced appraisal of the Nokia N75 clamshell. Also check out MobileBurn's Nokia N75 review. The N75 is only available in the USA, remember, so we're unlikely to see a review unit, but these reviews are so good that I don't think another review is really needed.
It's great to see DVB-H finally making an official (as opposed to 'trial') appearance in the mainstream, in this case major cities in Finland. Jukka from the S60 blogs has offered to show it off on the Nokia N77 in the upcoming Helsinki meet.
I couldn't let the review HTC S710 slip back to the supplier without comparing it as best I could with its equivalent model/match in the Symbian OS world - in this case, the year old Nokia E70. The S710 knocks the E70 for six in the looks department, but then the Nokia starts clawing the points back... Here's the S710/E70 head-to-head.