In the interests of science, I thought I'd try out the updated Smart2Go (also known as Nokia Maps) MapLoader, v1.1g, in conjunction with the now fairly old Smart2Go beta on the Nokia E61. I was in for one delight and one huge surprise....
New staff writer Attila Katona has been sitting on this review of Handy Taskman for S60 for a couple of weeks - but I managed to wheedle it out of him! Meanwhile I've been trying the latest (and rival) Best TaskMan and have been equally impressed. Nothing wrong with having two terrific utilities that are both available in trial form...
It's..... AAS video podcast 17, in which I muse on the gulf between opposite ends of the smartphone spectrum, despair over trolling fanboys and look ahead to hardware coming up in the second half of 2007. If you want to get all our podcasts, here's the RSS feed.
I was most interested to hear Andrew Orlowski's comments on the Nokia E90 Communicator in last week's podcast, but felt that I just had to jump and defend what dubbed the 'Cargo Cult' communicator. Here's my analysis of the E90's interface and raison d'être...
Krisse has the scoop and the review on the Nokia 6120 Classic (and its 6121 stablemate) - the smallest and lightest smartphone in the world, and with the lowest S60 3rd Edition launch price so far. Is this amazing value for money, or cheap and nasty? Oh, and Krisse also launches a brand new unit of smartphone size comparisons - the AEM...
Big screen, large keyboard, the Palm Foleo has put the idea of a two-box solution back into the smartphone marketplace. Steve and Stefan aren’t so sure that this is going to be viable in the real world, as their two-head discussion on the Foleo elaborates …
Using GMail in a web browser has always been a bit clumsy. Ewan's taken a shine to Google's dedicated Java-based GMail client on his Nokia N95. OK, so Java's slow to load and clumsy, but Google's mini app is well designed and has some lovely touches.
Following up his high profile piece on Psion, midweek over at The Register, Ewan caught up with long time Technology correspondent Andrew Orlowski in a London bar to talk about the article, and to go into a bit more depth on the topics raised. Ewan also wanted to find out what Andrew thought this meant for Symbian and the current smartphone market. And how could today not be complete with touching on the launch of the Apple iPhone in the USA? All this in AAS podcast number 27.
How could the latest Smartphones Show not include relevancy to the iPhone and try to get in first? - this is 'iDay' after all(!) So, with a truck load of Symbian news, a one minute(!) review of the Apple iPhone and a feature on things existing S60 users can learn from the iPhone's simplicity. Smartphones Show 36 is here in MP4 format, here on YouTube.
Krisse unboxes the Nokia 6120 Classic - at 66cc, it's probably the most compact smartphone in the world! There'll be a full review to follow at some point soon. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section.
Steve looks at the technology behind assisted GPS (A-GPS) and describes how it can be used to speed up lock on times before asking what potential benefits there are for a smartphone that always knows where it is.
Steve Jobs slammed qwerty smartphones as having 'too much plastic'. While Steve agrees he's got a point, there are plenty of times when a real qwerty keyboard comes in darned useful. Here Steve reviews the Nokia E61i, the Palm Treo 750 and the HTC S620 in another AllAboutSymbian head-to-head. Of the three keyboarded units, which comes out on top?
It's the bit you've all been waiting for. Rafe goes into detail in putting every aspect of the multimedia capability of the UIQ 3-powered Motorola RIZR Z8 to the test: camera, gallery, music, video - and finds plenty that's worthy and a few aspects which were disappointing. And then Rafe discovers two 'extras' which raise the Z8's game another notch.
Krisse has the scoop and the review on the Nokia 6120 Classic (and its 6121 stablemate) - the smallest and lightest smartphone in the world, and with the lowest S60 3rd Edition launch price so far. Is this amazing value for money, or cheap and nasty? Oh, and Krisse also launches a brand new unit of smartphone size comparisons - the AEM...
With photos and review comments on a cradle and four cases, Steve has been pimping the Nokia E61i. Just how much should you pamper your smartphone? Of the four cases, and not for the first time in a roundup, the cheapest accessory won out!
Krisse unboxes the Nokia 6120 Classic - at 66cc, it's probably the most compact smartphone in the world! There'll be a full review to follow at some point soon. If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section.
