Smartphones Show 42 just went live, with video from the Go:Play event, featuring the Nokia N95 8GB, the N81, N-Gage gaming and the Nokia Music Store. Plus tips for GPS-equipped smartphones and my own rundown of the top 5 most desirable smartphones in the world. Read on for links and other information.
Phew! Enough of the myriad of Nokia E90 cases that we'd ordered had finally come in, so I proudly present my review roundup of E90 cases. Bottom line? Most of them have genuine downsides, in some cases severe design defects, from not letting the E90 open to being impossible to insert or extract! Buy with caution...
Thanks to the the publication of a user agent profile on the Nokia web site we know there is another Eseries device on the way. The Nokia E51 runs S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. The profile indicates that the E51 offers GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, HSDPA and WiFi data connectivity, has a QVGA screen and a numeric phone keypad. Read on for more.
...In which I ponder the respective build quality of Nokia's N and Eseries smartphones and conclude that the grass is rarely greener over on the other side - you'll still get mud on your feet...
A beta version of the new Download! for PC is now available via the Nokia Beta Labs website. Download! for PC allows you to easily download pre-selected content and copy it to your phone adding either a new look (themes, ringtones and wallpaper) or new applications and games. The PC version offers a way to reduce costs and to speed up download times.
Steve Litchfield went along to the informal Go:Play:Reloaded event (ok, ok, a boat trip and lots of chatting) held the day after the main launch, to get some quality hands on time with Nokia's new devices and interface. Longer analysis to follow, but here are some of the most interesting images from today....
Interested to watch OPK's keynote on the webcast. The video of Nokia's interface vision for next year more or less exactly matched my editorial from a few months ago: I've seen the future and it looks a lot like the iPhone. Watch this space for more analysis from Rafe and Ewan later this week. After Nokia's video I detected a few laughs from people in the audience - the Apple copying was perhaps just too obvious?
Phew! Enough of the myriad of Nokia E90 cases that we'd ordered had finally come in, so I proudly present my review roundup of E90 cases. Bottom line? Most of them have genuine downsides, in some cases severe design defects, from not letting the E90 open to being impossible to insert or extract! Buy with caution...
Good news and bad news. The bad news is that I think we'll be seeing a bit less of Krisse on AAS in the next few months. The good news is that Krisse is the driving force behind our sister site, All About N-Gage (RSS feed available here), with a terrific lead article on the really important points behind Nokia's N-Gage relaunch and the implications of it not being dependent on specific hardware, shops or operators.
