It's another big update to my cross-platform Grid, this time tweaking a number of device scores and adding the Sony Ericsson P1i. Which smartphone comes out on top for you? Just plug in your preferences and comment back. For me, the Nokia E90 and N95 are tied - which sounds about right.....
Never mind disappointing hardware, in Smartphones Show 40 (MP4 here, YouTube here, RSS) I present my definition of what I want a 2007 smartphone to be. Can any current devices, running any OS platform, match up? (clue: the Nokia N95 gets closer than most) Also, for heavyweight fans, there's a hands-on review of the Windows Mobile Toshiba WVGA screened G900...
DreamSpring, creators of the comprehensive UIQ 3 Contacts replacement, DreamConnect, have today issued a big update. v3.5 adds full vCard import and export capability, including hierarchical categories, in addition to new fully Symbian Signed status. The press release is below.
Sony Ericsson promised to offer a new P990 firmware in August. It seems it's available already. From SEUS, there's a new firmware, labelled as R6E28. If you have the guts to update your P990 firmware, go ahead and hit the update button. Unfortunately, there's no information about what has been corrected or any new bugs. Stay tuned for my report in the near future.
CoolGorilla, whose free Java talking phrasebooks we reported a month ago, have now managed to shoehorn the same audio/text functions into a mobile-focussed web version, ostensibly aimed at the iPhone but which works perfectly in all recent S60 smartphones, for example. Type www.coolgorilla.com/iphone into your smartphone's web browser.
Rafe Blandford exercises his editorial overview privileges and provides the back story and possible future for the Moto Z8, the kick-slide smartphone that he reviewed in detail recently (links below). Did you know that the Z8 was developed in secrecy in Birmingham?
Steve Litchfield has been getting twitchy feet over his reliance on Outlook as the PIM partner to his smartphones and he's overjoyed to find a Web-based PIM that's totally cross platform, that supports just about every smartphone ever made and which is completely free! In this walkthrough, he explains how to set Mobical up and start syncing.
My (well, 'our' really, since Rafe provided both review machines and all the direct bandwidth!) Smartphones Show 39 is now online, with hands-on video reviews of the Nokia 6120 Classic (the 'smallest smartphone in the world') and the brand new Sony Ericsson P1i. Here's the direct MP4 link, the YouTube link and the RSS feed if you decide you like the show etc.
Steve Litchfield pits the spanking new Sony Ericsson P1i against its main competitors from the Symbian world, the messaging-focussed Nokia E61i and the media-focussed Nokia N95. How does Sony Ericsson's latest measure up? Find out in the grand P1i, N95, E61i head-to-head!
It's..... the daily E-series blog link, this time highlighting the fact that there's a whole new version of Yahoo! Go on the loose. It's a 700K Java applet that's RAM intensive, alas, but that not withstanding it does give complete access to all your Yahoo! stuff and has weather and maps as well, with full GPS integration (on the likes of the Nokia N95). Worth the RAM hit? Here are the Yahoo! Go write-up and links.
Fortune (via moconews) is reporting that Nokia may shortly be launching an online music store and downloading service similar to Apple's iTunes. The service is based around technology gained with the acquisition of Loudeye is expected to be announced at an upcoming Nokia event in London. It is also likely the event will also be the venue for the launch of the latest in the Nseries range of phones. Read on for further information and analysis.
It's here at last, read on for Steve Litchfield's first impressions, ahead of Rafe's big P1i review. Almost 80MB of free RAM, a mature software interface (generally) and a super camera make for a good start for this make-or-break device for Sony Ericsson.
Here are a few Moto Z8 news snippets. Stuart Clark let us know about the launch of a new Z8 focused website Moto Smartphones. The Z8 is now becoming more widely available; it is available on O2 in the UK for free on select contracts. SIM free phones are expected to reach retail in August. Finally Yahoo Go is also now available for the Z8.
With summer now in full swing (even in the UK), finding out what the weather is doing before planning the week ahead with the family becomes even more important. I've been investigating all the different ways in which you can now get a UK weather forecast using your S60 or UIQ smartphone. And nearly all of them are free.
Rafe Blandford exercises his editorial overview privileges and provides the back story and possible future for the Moto Z8, the kick-slide smartphone that he reviewed in detail recently (links below). Did you know that the Z8 was developed in secrecy in Birmingham?
Steve Litchfield pits the spanking new Sony Ericsson P1i against its main competitors from the Symbian world, the messaging-focussed Nokia E61i and the media-focussed Nokia N95. How does Sony Ericsson's latest measure up? Find out in the grand P1i, N95, E61i head-to-head!
It's here at last, read on for Steve Litchfield's first impressions, ahead of Rafe's big P1i review. Almost 80MB of free RAM, a mature software interface (generally) and a super camera make for a good start for this make-or-break device for Sony Ericsson.