Nokia are debuting their own brand of Bluetooth GPS, the LD-3W, at 110 Euros. Availability is Q1, i.e. soon, although don't most sat-nav suites comes with a bundled GPS these days?
News from 3GSM is that Sony Ericsson have a big announcement to make tonight... while over at the SE-NSE Forum Boards, someone's found details on the SE W950i, a Symbian 9 device, powered by UIQ3, under the Walkman brand. Could this 'stylishly purple phone with 4 gigabytes of onboard storage' be in any way connected to the event tonight? We'll know for sure in a few hours.
Interoperability on mobile TV is already fun, with DVB-H being championed by many. With Nokia and Sony Ericsson now both agreeing to work together on DVB-H, it looks like the de-facto standard may be here. Read on for the press release....
Symbian's David Wood talks up Symbian's prospects (with good reason) and seems positive about the Sony Ericsson M600i ('wider appeal', although without a camera, some would disagree), in his latest Insight article.
There's a curious new title from Symbian press. 'How smartphones work' appears to be mainly aimed at people already in the industry, or on the fringes of it. If you're just a casual user, see my prototype Smartphones for Dummies instead...
Yes, we know Psion is now consigned to Symbian's history, but this recent Series 7 review puts their sub-notebook up against the best of today. A testament to Psion's hardware design and Symbian's (nee Psion Software) operating system.
Nokia has produced a 'Mobile Guide to 3GSM'. "Schedules, maps, launch information", but all focussed around Nokia, naturally.... The mobile URL is nokia.mobi/3gsm. Or send an SMS with the message "3GSM" to +358407799890. Telemap are providing, at no cost, Telmap Navigator with Lonely Planet for Barcelona which should enable delegates to find their way around.
One by one the wires and devices are disappearing from your living room. Engadget reports on FCC approval of Nokia's AD-42W Wireless Audio Gateway", which lets the Nokia N91 and other future smartphones supporting Advanced Audio Distribution Profile send music over Bluetooth straight to your hi-fi.
TDG Research in this report claim that Symbian will lose market share over the next four years so that 2010 it will be behind both Microsoft (29%) and Linux (25%) with just a 22% market share. While the future is not yet written this particular prediction seems to be a little unlikely. TDG's figures for current market share are also seem mistaken. Read on for more.
It's not often that Symbian OS and Nokia's Series 60 makes an impression on the hacks over on US sites like Engadget, but here's a tips roundup with some nicely positive comments and suggestions.
Programme 4 of the Smartphones Show is now live. A free TV programme all about smartphones, available online, programme 4 features AAS's very own Thomas Boys reviewing the Nokia N90, while I do a batch of Treo and Series 60 tips and look at the i-Mate SP5.
To go with the M600i announcement, Sony Ericsson has revealed some more details on the software that will come bundled with the P990 at launch. Read on for the new applications and some thoughts…
Symbian's Oren Tversky's interviewed about music on mobiles here, although he misses several important points. Firstly, bandwidth IS still an issue for many people. And secondly, what about syncing music over from your desktop's hard disk, who says it all has to come over the air?
