It's...... AllAboutSymbian videocast no. 5, in which I review the Nokia 5500 and demonstrate all its unique attributes. Summary? Hey, so what if it's got a 208 pixel screen? - you can use this baby underwater!
Ah, the customary spare moment for Steve to update his smartphone Grid, now with the addition of the Nokia 5500 and Palm Treo 750v. Which one is now the best smartphone for you? Plug in your prefs and let the javascript decide! [updated: also now has the P990i and N73]
The folks at Digital Lifestyles have been trying out 3's X-series in the guise of the only supported handset, the S60 3rd Edition-powered Nokia N73. Here's their write-up of the platform and services. Via Engadget.
In another AAS exclusive(!), Steve Litchfield reviews Nokia's DT-22 tripod for the video-recording N93. Summary: it's tiny but well made, and its best feature is that, like the starship Enterprise, it separates so that you can use the top half on its own.
Continuing our two-pronged (video/text) review approach, here's the traditional version of my Nokia E60 review, which goes into slightly more detail and has extra screenshots.
Nokia have added a number of user agent profile files to their website including ones for the as yet unannounced Nokia E61i and Nokia E65 models. Careful reading of the user agent profiles reveals that both devices run on S60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS 9.1. The E61i appears to be a tweaked version of the E61. Changes from the E61 include the addition of a camera and a change to the MicroSD memory card format. Read on for more.
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.
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*.
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.
