I noticed this over the weekend but was away - Forum Nokia has added CPU details for most S60 smartphones to their device pages. Interesting stuff for the geeks among us. Jukka has some starting comments too....
At the recent CTIA event the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that the core specifcation for Bluetooth 2.1 will soon be made available to vendors. Devices using the new specification are already being demoed and commercial availability will follow shortly. Bluetooth 2.1 allows for easier pairing of devices (including a provision to use NFC), uses less power and is more secure.
AAS friends and accessory specialists Proporta have asked for help with a poll that they're running. Check out their voting page, essentially to tell them which of the two case styles you prefer (in general) - don't be put off by the specific device shown in the pictures, by the way. There's a good travel pack up for grabs for 5 lucky voters.
You probably didn't make CTIA 2007 and the Symbian-sponsored Smartphone Summit, but don't worry - Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford's keynote and various interviews are all online for viewing at your convenience. Video quality isn't perfect, but still well worth a look.
Smartphones Show 28 is an eleven minute Nokia N95 review special, complete with iPhone-esque intro. I look at how well (or badly) it does at replacing each of 11 standalone devices. As ever, it's in cross-platform MP4 format, if your desktop can't run Quicktime or similar then here's a slightly lower quality version on YouTube.
The 66th Carnival of the Mobilists is hosted here on All About Symbian. With 19 entries there is a whole range of topics from contextuality to the wonderful world of Oz. Read on for a round up of mobile writing from around the web.
Fresh up over on the official Nseries Vox blog is what seems to be a TV ad for the thin clamshell N76. Minimalist, but I like it - no gimmicks. Comments?
Of course, Nokia didn't just send N95s to AllAboutSymbian - you'll also be interested in the opinions of Darla (unboxing her PINK version!) and James (great photos - I am not worthy...) What are AAS up to with our units? Rafe's working on a detailed assessment of its music capabilities and I've been clocking up miles with its GPS and taking lots of test video. Watch this space.
Although AAS doesn't really go in for outright rumours but, news of concept devices and patents is always interesting. In this case, AAS collaborator Darla has researched a story, with links, about a possible Nokia N99 (sic). And you thought the N95 was highly-specified. The N99 is clearly fake but the patent is not and shows possible future directions for the Nseries of Eseries families.
The convergence flagship that is the Nokia N95 is arriving.... Support pages for it went up today and two production N95 smartphones are at this moment crawling across the UK to Rafe and myself. Look out for an unboxing tomorrow and initial impressions, followed by multimedia, usability and navigation tests in the next few weeks. Update: there's also now an official Nokia press release.
Smartphones Show 28 is an eleven minute Nokia N95 review special, complete with iPhone-esque intro. I look at how well (or badly) it does at replacing each of 11 standalone devices. As ever, it's in cross-platform MP4 format, if your desktop can't run Quicktime or similar then here's a slightly lower quality version on YouTube.
