Although completely underwhelmed by Sony Ericsson's Support pages for the brand new (UIQ 3-powered) M600i, we've spotted that the full user guide is freely downloadable. So, if nothing else, those waiting for UIQ 3 can swot up on the new interface and tweaked apps.
Bill Ray, over at El Reg, has penned a useful editorial on the problems facing Nokia and Sony Ericsson as new users pick up version 3 handsets and find that a large proportion of 'Series 60' and 'UIQ' software doesn't work. As ever, user education is the key here and both manufacturers and developers need to spell the third party software situation out for beginners, in my opinion.
Ewan's been asked for his recommendations of the first podcasts to try for new Nokia N91 owners - here's his reply. Note that podcasts are equally applicable to any other smartphones with Wi-Fi or unmetered 3G connections.
I've been reviewing Magi-Lines, one of ZingMagic's latest round of puzzle and strategy game conversions. It may not have 3D baddies or swooshing sound effects, but Magi-Lines is as brain-stretching as puzzle games go and it works superbly on every single Symbian-based platform.
Here is the second 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 contents and news on the site in the last 7 days. If you're really pushed for time, this is the weekly list of articles and links to check out.
A concrete date at last, Katshing.se (and they should know, being in the same country as Sony Ericsson) have the P990i down for being in stock on July 18th. Still early days for firmware though, judging from the bug reports about the M600i from around the world.
You may have heard about Widsets and widgets and the fact that they're something to do with Nokia? Rafe explains all and reviews the current Widsets application. Is it compelling for smartphones or just a way of extending non-Symbian features phones?
Keeping up spirits in the long, long wait for the Sony Ericsson P990i, broadband users might like to watch the new P990i promo video. While you're there, they've also put up a (shorter) promo for the W950i, also running UIQ 3. And, just to be complete, here's the promo video for the M600i, still sporting a broken screen, alas(!)
Just a memory jogger for those who've been waiting for the next generation of UIQ smartphones - the Sony Ericsson M600i is now in the wild and in stock across Europe (e.g. Expansys). Once kitted out, remember to report back in our M600i forum. (The P990i is still quoted as 'early July')
ZingMagic has released S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3 versions of some its most popular games. S60 3rd Edition games include MagiLines (an addictive puzzle game played with counters), Chess Professional and Zingles Sudoku. UIQ 3 games include MagiLines, Zingles Soduku, Enigma (a logic game in the style of Mastermind) and Mahjonng (the classic tile matching game).
Mobipocket is now available for Symbian 9.1 devices (both S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3). Mobipocket is a free eBook reader that enables the reading of both text based eBook files (such as TXT and Palm DOC formats) and Mobipocket DRM format eBook files. The Mobipocket reader includes features such as auto scrolling, full screen view, purchase books on device, annotations and more. A must have piece of software for all devices.
