A hard date at last for the long, soooo long awaited Sony Ericsson P990i, with Expansys quoting this Friday for its arrival. £600 SIM-free though - anyone brave enough to order one?
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...
Documents To Go , the office suite software, is now available for UIQ 3 phones such as the Sony Ericsson M600i, P990i and W950i. Documents To Go enables the viewing and editing of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint files on your phone. The software costs $49.99, but current Documents To Go users on UIQ 2 devices can upgrade to Documents To Go for UIQ 3 free of charge.
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....
Some Sony Ericsson P990i's are apparently sneaking out into the retail chain around the world, although most distributors now claim 'mid August'. I found this 10MB, ten minute video clip of a retail P990i being through its paces in some chap's bedroom (warning: dodgy, dodgy camerawork!). It seems that there are still bugs and performance issues. And no, AAS have still not heard anything offically from Sony Ericsson...
Finanz is a business and finance assistant for UIQ3 phones (Sony Ericsson P990i, M600i, and W950i). It helps speed the calculation of loans, annuities, compunded growth, margins and more. It also functions as a classic calculator and operates in both flip open and flip closed modes.
Mobile Whack's reporting that the Sony Ericsson P990i has finally been approved in the USA by the FCC. Here's the link to the user manual and gory internal photos, etc. Interestingly, Expansys still lists the P990i as coming in 'early July'.
Shape Services has announced the availabilityof IM+ for UIQ 3 devices such as the Sony Ericsson M600i, P990i and W950i. IM+ allows you to connect to the major instant messaging networks (MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Jabber and Google Talk) from your phone.
Here is the AAS Week in Review. Recognising that it's easy to miss a few days and fall behind with what's new on All About Symbian, we do a weekly round-up of new content and news on the site in the last 7 or so days. If you're really pushed for time, this is the weekly list of articles and links to check out.
Steve shows how easy it is to publish your thoughts to the world with this 'How to' on blogging from your smartphone, using nothing more than the built-in Contacts and Messaging applications.
Steve reviews TrafficTV, which claims to give any smartphone owner in the UK access to traffic hold-up information and exclusive roadside CCTV images from trouble spots. Summary: surprisingly useful and genuinely clever, but only within its coverage area.
