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Can we please consign Psion to the history books now?

Reacting to a piece on The Register, Ewan's fed up with the 'Wasn't life better with Psion in the 1990s' brigade. Time to move on and bury the memory of Psion for good, he feels...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 13:05, Feb 14th

Sorry Nokia - the case against mobile TV

Bewitched by the new Nokia N77? A fabulous use of ultra converged high-tech? Or a restrictive, distracting and debilitating waste of time? In this editorial, I put forward my own opinion, m'lud, the case against mobile TV.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 09:38, Feb 14th

Nokia - specs and animations for new devices

Just for interest sake, I see Nokia now has uploaded all the official tech specs, plus in some cases 3D models and animations/presentations of most of its new devices. Here are the pages for the E90, the E61i, the N77 and the 6110 Navigator.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 12:12, Feb 13th

[3GSM] microSD hits 4GB and SD kits finally a reality

SanDisk, the most respected manufacturer or add-on flash memory for smartphones and handhelds, has just announced the first 4GB microSD card (staggering, if you've seen the size of microSD media) and has also announced the first multi-adapter SD kit, the likes of which we'll be seeing more and more of in shops. Details below.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 11:38, Feb 13th

[3GSM] Symbian Announce Q4 2006 Results

Symbian's press briefing in Barcelona featured the latest round of financial numbers. The headline numbers they want you all to know is that last year there were 51.7m Symbian OS powered phones shipped; a grand total of 110 million devices since Symbian was formed; and 6896 third party applications available (all numbers as of Dec 31 2006). I always find it interesting that Symbian, as a private company, does not have to release these numbers, but they continue to do so. As CEO Nigel Clifford said at the Smartphones Show, it keeps everyone on their toes. And it also helps to remind everyone that Symbian isn't just another commodity on the 'parts required' list in Finland.

# Posted by Ewan in News || Comments 10:25, Feb 13th

[3GSM] Improved Messaging with the E61i Announced

Having proved surprisingly popular, the updated Qwerty range from Nokia now welcomes the E61. It's clearly an evolutionary approach, with the joystick replaced by a d-pad and the new application keys the most obvious tweaks. With the addition of a camera there must be some demand from the consumer market as well as the Enterprise. Full pictures and details below. [updated]

# Posted by Ewan in News || Comments 16:19, Feb 12th

[3GSM] No More Joy... Meet the KS10

Rafe's had some hands on time with the new devices from 3GSM, and when he finds even a trickly of bandwidth we'll have his reports. In the meantime, some of his pictures have made it through, and there is an immediate bit of trivia, with the previously announced LG Joy being relabelled as the LG KS10. Picture ater the break...

# Posted by Ewan in News || Comments 13:55, Feb 12th

Nokia E65 - Is It All In The Marketing?

Ewan Spence has been watching the E65's launch today and remarks on similarities to last year's N80. With a certain core feature set now well established, is the E65 all about marketing?

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 11:39, Feb 12th

[3GSM] Show Me The Way Home, with the Nokia 6110

More from Nokia at Barcelona, this time with the Nokia 6110 Navigator - a S60 powered device that has GPS built in. alongside the more high-end N95 and E90, the 6110 has GPS and location based services as the focal marketing point. With HSDPA, WCDMA and GSM connectivity (there's no Wi-Fi), it's going to be interesting how the companies that have built up a niche market with GPS (such as Tom Tom) feel about Nokia's entry into their space with their own bundled software. Availability is late Q2 2007.

# Posted by Ewan in News || Comments 11:24, Feb 12th

[3GSM] Welcome to the future - the Nokia E90 Communicator

The most-leaked device in recent Nokia history finally sees the light of day. The E90 Communicator has been announced. In this illustrated article, I look at its ancestry, its specifications and who it's aimed at. See below for snippets from the press release and extra photos, some from the 3GSM show floor...

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 10:33, Feb 12th

[3GSM] Nokia's E65 Slides Into The Enterprise Range

For all the funky form factors in the E-Series devices, the one that's been missing - the slider phone - has finally arrived. Announced today in Barcelona, the E65 comes with a QVGA 240x320 portrait screen, the aforementioned slider for the keypad, around 70MB of usable internal storage and microSD if you need more. Wifi is supported, and there is a large dollop of VOIP capability as well. Nokia reports it is already available in 'selected markets'.

# Posted by Ewan in News || Comments 10:22, Feb 12th

[3GSM] New Mobile TV Nseries - the N77

DVB-H mobile TV just got smaller and more affordable, with Nokia's candy bar N77, announced today at 3GSM. See below for the full press release and photos. There's a dedicated TV key on the handset, many TV-related services and utilities, plus the usual Nseries goodness.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 10:17, Feb 12th

[3GSM] - New UIQ 3 smartphone - the MOTORIZR Z8

Motorola are back in the Symbian/UIQ fold after a short absence, launching the MOTORIZR Z8, based on UIQ 3 on Symbian OS and developed by the Sendo design team inherited a couple of years ago. A sliding design, the Z8 also comes with a 2mp camera and tie-ins with mobile data-based TV. The press release follows.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 09:49, Feb 12th

Symbian worldwide smartphone share up to 67%

What a busy time (but perhaps an appropriate one) to divulge a mass of stats from the smartphone world. Canalys' latest report shows that 64 million smartphones shipped worldwide in 2006. Symbian's world market share was up to 67%, of which Nokia accounted for 50% and Sony Ericsson 5%.

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 20:54, Feb 11th

This week at 3GSM...

And with energy levels rising round the blogosphere we come to 3GSM 2007 at last. So many things we've not been allowed to talk about but which will be announced at 10am GMT on Monday... Watch this space for analysis, photos from the launch events and more... Rafe's in the thick of things in Barcelona - wish him good health and plenty of bandwidth!

# Posted by Steve in News || Comments 10:19, Feb 10th