Ho yes. This could be the smartphone convergence-mad Steve's been waiting for - the Nokia N93 has DVD-quality video recording, 3,2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, landscape mode and every other S60 3rd Edition refinement. Here's his assessment of the new Nokia flagship.
In an attempt to flesh out my dismissal of the need for a separate third party firewall utility for Symbian OS, I thought a little testing was in order. I grabbed the nearest S60 phone (a Nokia 6630) at random, pointed at the Internet's leading port tester/prober and sat back and watched. How did Symbian OS do? Updated: also tested Nokia 9500 over W-LAN.
Steve Litchfield adds a playable piano to Musician, a Python project of his for Series 60, and casts an objective eye over the state of this newest S60 development language. How easy is it really to get to grips with and what does the future hold?
Equipped with a Nokia N70 or N90 and off for a long Easter weekend? Why not leave the camcorder at home and try shooting your video all on the smartphone? Steve Litchfield did just that a week ago and here he reports back and assesses the pros and cons.
Having a mini-keyboard seems all the rage on Enterprise devices, but what if you're on a device that doesn't have one? Well you could live with T9 input, or look at the Bluetooth enabled Freedom Mini Keyboard. Steve Litchfield has reviewed it, and, while it's got some potential, it's a very niche product.
Steve mulls over his favourite theme, convergence, and tries to spot where it's all going to end. If all phones are smart, there's no real point in talking about smartphones...
Opera Mini, the proxy browser that I declared in my review would 'change the way you browse, the sign of a killer application' seems to be going from strength to strength, according to Opera's latest press release and observing a number of industry deals, ranging from added-value branding and support from Onspeed Mobile to a variety of redistribution deals. Opera Mini currently serves up over 4 million pages a day to mobile and smartphone users.
Ewan goes into more detail on how well Nokia's new breed of music smartphones (starting with the 3250 and N91) work with Windows Media Player. Music on your smartphone suddenly got a lot more practical!
Steve rants on poor journalism and provokes debate over initial user experience with S60. How is it possible that a six year old can use S60 without help but a professional reviewer found it disappointingly awkward?
Push email is arriving at a Symbian smartphone near you shortly, and Ewan's been living with push email for the last 3 weeks while in the USA. A welcome tool or nagging distraction from the business of life? Push email treads a fine line. Comments and experiences welcome!
Rafe Blandford's been living with the Nokia N70 for over four months now. Here's his detailed (and illustrated) report, covering both the basic device and (in his case) its Orange network makeover.
New to S60 smartphones and confused by all the icons and the way nothing's to hand when you want it? Steve Litchfield has just the 'How to' for you. Do browse through the rest of AAS's 'How to' section when you get a chance, there's lots you may not have seen.
As part of research for PDA Essentials, I've been doing some serious testing. And there's one aspect of the new Nokia 9300i smartphone that doesn't come up to scratch. Unfortunately, it's the aspect for which the 'i' version was created...
