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Where do we go from here?
An unofficial All About Symbian poll. What do you currently use and what are you planning on using in 6 months time? Please help us aim our articles, reviews and support at the platforms that matter to you by answering one question in our poll. Thanks.Nokia update PC Suite to 6.8
Ooh, ooh, there's a whole new PC Suite release on the loose, v6.8, with an upgraded Nokia Music Manager, various multimedia related improvements and a simplified interface. Thanks to the S60 Multimedia blog for the heads-up.S60/S80 PuTTY Updated to v1.4
Looks like we missed this one back in March, but the Open Source SSH client for S60 (including S60 v3), S80 and S90 devices has been updated to v1.4. Download from here, and the Sourceforge homepage is here.Quicker web info update
For all those occasions where you need quick and cheap web info on your smartphone and it's not covered by RSS subs or other Internet apps, what you need is a bookmarked page of essentially text-only 'useful links'. I've just updated the 3-Lib web guide.
Better, smoother movies
SmartMovie, always a competent (though quirky) video conversion system for Symbian-based devices, has recently embraced the terrific CoreMP4 codec and boasts much better performance. Steve Litchfield reviews the result, tested in this case on the Nokia 9500 and N70.Most 'prepared to pay'
Nokia has published the results of its pan-European mobile TV trials. These were all done on the Series 90-based 7710, although no doubt Nokia has the Series 60-based N92 firmly in mind when mobile TV starts tracking out for real...Smoother, smarter movies
Perhaps stung by criticism of the slow frame rate of previous versions, Lonely Cat Games has released a whole new generation of SmartMovie for all Symbian-based devices, with a new MPEG-4 codec and claims of far better performance, up to 25 frames per second in some cases.SmartphoneWare and SymbianWare patch up differences, divide up applications
After much, er.... discussion, SymbianWare (now rebranding itself as Rock Your Mobile) SmartphoneWare have sorted themselves out and divided up the portfolio of former SymbianWare products. See here for the full list of products and support details.
Digital TV on your mobile takes a step closer to mass market
Microsoft has joined the group of industry leaders (including Nokia, Intel, Motorola and TI) in formally backing DVB-H, the already-favourite digital TV standard for smartphones, reports Engadget. You may remember Nokia has been a champion of DVB-H for ages, including trials on their 7710 smartphone in the UK, and with the N92 to come this summer.Fount of all knowledge
Trivopaedia, beloved of so many for (ahem) checking answers in pub quizzes, is now updated to v2.1. A free download in iSilo and Mobipocket formats for any PDA or smartphone.Search News Stories
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