Good news for everyone planning to be at next week's All About Symbian Pub Meet. Second prize (after the Mystery Star Prize) will be a Nokia N93 - this is your chance to get your hands on the latest media phone from Finland. Thanks to Nokia for supplying the device.
Still pressing for recognition of the significance (for some) of qwerty keyboards on mobile devices, Steve has a chance conversation in London and is shocked how narrowly many people seem to still use their smartphones. Here's his subsequent musings.
Just a note to remind everyone of our Support knowledge base. This was set up earlier this year as a replacement for the old FAQs and contains hundreds of common (and not so common) questions and answers for devices from all Symbian platforms. Here's the Support front page. If anyone would like to help me maintain/add to this, let me know!
Ewan's been a fan of Wi-Fi on a mobile device for some time and he's been musing on just what makes Wi-Fi so darned useful. Especially so on the Nokia E61, E70, N91 and N93, which he uses in his three example uses.
Neuros very kindly sent over a sample of their MPEG-4 Recorder 2 set-top units, and I've been putting it through its paces. Essentially it's a tiny gadget designed to record video directly onto your smartphone's expansion card, for playback on the move. Here's the full review.
Techmundo's E61 shortcuts page seems to have grown nicely and is well worth perusing; and note that almost all the shortcuts actually work on all other S60 3rd Edition devices.
Rafe demonstrates in illustrated detail how to use Nokia's new Phone Software Update tool to upgrade your S60 smartphone with the very latest firmware version.
One week on, mid-August, and we've found plenty to keep you interested and challenged. Here's the AllAboutSymbian Week in Review, if you're in a hurry to catch up...
In case you hadn't noticed, there are new items appearing in our Support database all the time, with answers to many common queries. New today: "Can I speed dial my Contacts?"
With the arrival of the Nokia E70 and N93, it's been a busy week at AAS towers.... The first part of our N93 review should be live on Monday, but until then here's what you missed if you fell asleep in the sun for the last seven days...
As always, here's the AllAboutSymbian Week in Review. It's been an exciting one in many ways, with the arrival for review of the E70 and N93, both of which should be featured heavily next week. In the meantime, here's what you've missed if you haven't been paying attention over the last 7 or so days....
