Following the release of Search, thanks to Daniel for pointing us towards Nokia's release of a new WLAN Wizard for S60 3rd Edition. Although it doesn't do much more than the WLAN bit of the existing Connection Manager, it has a shortcut through to Web and so should help new users get online through Wi-Fi more quickly.
Steve's been busy digging around the Symbian Platform Security issues to come up with a plain english guide to the scary world of application installation, signing and security (PlatSec). If phrases like self-signed, malware and Symbian Signed bring you out in a rash, this could be the best place to start.
Nokia's official Podcasting utility for S60 3rd Edition has been formally released, it's now a big fat v1.0. Here's the main download and here's the blog entry with details of how to preserve already downloaded content and settings when upgrading from a beta copy... Thanks, Darla.
Yes, I know it's a slow news week, which is why we're streaming in a bigger than usual quota of original content. Here Ewan reviews the brand new and very shiny PicoBlogger for S60 3rd Edition (and also for 2nd Edition devices). Summary? Very Web 2.0 and very effective.
Steve's been driving around with the very latest version of TomTom's satellite navigation application for (most) S60 3rd Edition smartphones. Here's the full review.
Now that hard resetting a S60 smartphone is next to impossible, what do you do about your Calendar when it's time to pass the device on to someone else? The people behind Papyrus have come up with a dedicated (and free) Calendar-clearing utility, reports E61Life.
Ewan's been living and breathing chess for the last week, pitting 'Chess' and 'Chess Genius' against each other. It turns out that it's not actually that fair a fight, for various reasons, although both games heavily impressed Ewan. Read on in his head-to-head...
Our resident game emulator expert krisse reviews MasterGear, bringing the old SEGA Master System and Game Gear and their titles to S60 3rd Edition. Summary: it works well and will bring the memories flooding back. Also, don't forget to check out our updated guide to S60 3rd Edition game emulators.
In his video guide to the Symbian Smartphone Show 2006 Steve offers a few video highlights, recorded using his Nokia N93, including a quick look at the new S60 phones, the LG JoY and Samsung i520, and video interviews with CoPilot, F-Secure, Sling Media, among others.
An apparently genuine Nokia document contains some interesting details about their Next Gen gaming platform, which is due to launch across a range of Nokia smartphones in the first half of 2007. In the document is a list of publishers which it claims are working on content for the platform, and which surprisingly includes Sony. The document also gives some details about the distribution channels and development kits. (To find out more, click here...)
Office suites were heavily represented at the Show, with Quickoffice previewing their all-new version 4 and Mobile Systems talking about a big Office Suite update in a few week's time. We're putting them head-to-head when the updates are available, but if you can't wait then check out Richard Hodge's comparison of the existing versions, together with the E61 built-in suite.
The ability to stream your own personal media content from a base station to a remote device is now coming to Symbian OS through the SlingMedia Player. Allowing you access to your set top TV cable box no matter where you are in the world, it will do wonders for the mobile executive looking for the latest episode of Battlestart Galactica, although the technology is clearly leapfrogging the legal issues in a number of territories.
Today at the Symbian Smartphone Show Nokia officially announed the availability of its new theme creation tool Carbide.ui. The tool allows for the easy creation of themes and other customisation elements for Nokia smartphones. The tool can be downloaded from the Forum Nokia website.
