Yet another neat Internet-hosted idea that fully supports Series 60 smartphones - Orb lets you view your pictures, videos and Media Center TV channels, from your smartphone, anywhere in the world. But yet again, it's only practical on an unlimited data plan. Sigh....
JJL Software have changed the license on all their software to freeware which means there are no less than six newcomers to the S60 freeware scene, including Message Saver and Today View. Thanks to Cyke64 for the heads-up.
Nokia has published the results of its pan-European mobile TV trials. These were all done on the Series 90-based 7710, although no doubt Nokia has the Series 60-based N92 firmly in mind when mobile TV starts tracking out for real...
Perhaps stung by criticism of the slow frame rate of previous versions, Lonely Cat Games has released a whole new generation of SmartMovie for all Symbian-based devices, with a new MPEG-4 codec and claims of far better performance, up to 25 frames per second in some cases.
Smartphones Show 6 is now live, although from a Symbian point of view, the content's more limited than normal, as all the really interesting hardware has been on Nokia and Sony Ericsson's 3GSM and CeBIT stands! Still, hopefully interesting watching; quite a bit of the CeBIT hardware should make it into Show 7...
The Carnival of the Mobilists rolls on. As ever, plenty of interesting weekend reading while you... err.... cower inside away from the rain. OK, so that's just the UK....
Darla's got her ears peeled today, spotting that ROK TV has relaunched itself for all and sundry (provided your S60 device is compatible). Good and impressive stuff, but note that my ROK TV review also contained warnings over the GPRS bandwidth that you'll need! I'm also planning a whole feature on 'TV on your smartphone' for late next week...
Thanks to Darla, who reports that Nokia's released the next generation of their Lifeblog shareware suite for PCs, with a new N-series-designed mobile client available by the end of April. New features include support for audio notes and intelligent 'tagging' where information from your calendar is used to add context to your Lifeblog items.
AAS friend Asri al-Baker has been first out of the blocks with an opinion on the new OfficeSuite for Series 60. Watch the slow server, though.... I'll step up to the plate with an official AAS review in a couple of weeks when they've shaken out the initial bugs!
PhoneScoop have put up a news piece delving into the FCC database, revealing a stripped down Nokia E61, dubbed the E62, without 3G/Wi-Fi or Pop-Port (mini USB instead). The phone operate on the 850/1900 GSM bands and appears to be aimed at the US market. External photos available here, and the manual here.
Nokia's still-unavailable N91 and Sony Ericsson's recent W950i have a new smartphone competitor in the WinMob-powered Samsung i310, just announced, with (wait for it) a 8GB hard disk. The world's gone mad....
After much, er.... discussion, SymbianWare (now rebranding itself as Rock Your Mobile) SmartphoneWare have sorted themselves out and divided up the portfolio of former SymbianWare products. See here for the full list of products and support details.
Some quick links for weekend surfers. AAS's Ewan Spence is off on a mad three week trip around the USA, podcasting as he goes on all matters techy. Follow his progress on his blog. Also, several more new entries on my definitive S60 freeware directory, happy downloading. Finally, there's a new Carnival of the Mobilists, to get you thinking...
Interesting story over on ZDnet about the death of the PDA and the continuing emergence of smartphones. But then Symbian was created out of this very foresight in 1998, almost eight years ago...
