In a return to an original theme from earlier this year, and with the onset of our summer vacations, I've been musing on the best hardware to take with me in order to make sure of getting the best snaps. It's really not an easy decision.... But is there a workaround? Read on...
AAS's Steve Litchfield has long been very sceptical about touchscreen-based phones, but the iPhone's new technology touchscreen and User Interface have wholeheartedly converted him to the concept. However, he's not impressed by the iPhone's lack of features and immature Operating System, and thinks this is where Symbian has the upper hand. Click on the link to read Steve's vision of a future where smartphones combine the best of both worlds, with iPhone-style interfaces and Symbian-style cutting edge features.
OK, so I got my hands on an Apple iPhone for a while (it's had to go back now... sob). Lovely piece of kit, but what I really wanted to know was how it would stack up against the Nokia E61i (effectively one of the smartphones ridiculed by Steve Jobs as 'having too much plastic'). Smartphones Show 38 is the result. Oh, and I threw in the W950i as well, to add some music focus... Links: YouTube, MP4 format, RSS. Enjoy...
Steve looks at the under appreciated Download! application, here highlighting some of the semi-exclusive content arranged by Nokia for the Eseries communicators. Download! is also available on most new SIM-free S60 phones and offers a variety of downloads including fully licensed applications, themes, add-ons and trial applications. In the article, a UK-based E61i is used as an example of what is available (content varies by phone model and market).
Ultra convergence, as exemplified in the Nokia N95, is a topic I've commented on in the past, and not always in a positive way. Read on for some thoughts on the recent v12 firmware upgrade and a link to a very relevant essay...
Which smartphones would some of the best known names in the smartphone world really recommend, if they were only allowed one device and had to stick with it for an entire year? Find out here, I've been asking around....! I found the answers interesting and I hope you will too.
In the fourth and concluding part of his review of the Motorola RIZR Z8, Rafe Blandford looks at the third party application scene, demonstrates potential areas of incompatibility, assesses the Z8's potential and then concludes with his verdict on this stylish and different (smart)phone.
In a return to an original theme from earlier this year, and with the onset of our summer vacations, I've been musing on the best hardware to take with me in order to make sure of getting the best snaps. It's really not an easy decision.... But is there a workaround? Read on...
AAS's Steve Litchfield has long been very sceptical about touchscreen-based phones, but the iPhone's new technology touchscreen and User Interface have wholeheartedly converted him to the concept. However, he's not impressed by the iPhone's lack of features and immature Operating System, and thinks this is where Symbian has the upper hand. Click on the link to read Steve's vision of a future where smartphones combine the best of both worlds, with iPhone-style interfaces and Symbian-style cutting edge features.
How do you case the world's best selling smartphone? Not easily, as Steve finds out in his latest in-depth, real world case trial, looking at accessories for the Nokia N95. Comments welcome if you've found something better!
Ultra convergence, as exemplified in the Nokia N95, is a topic I've commented on in the past, and not always in a positive way. Read on for some thoughts on the recent v12 firmware upgrade and a link to a very relevant essay...
In the fourth and concluding part of his review of the Motorola RIZR Z8, Rafe Blandford looks at the third party application scene, demonstrates potential areas of incompatibility, assesses the Z8's potential and then concludes with his verdict on this stylish and different (smart)phone.
