Over at SymbianOne, Penrillian have a little Q and A interview that the more technically minded of you may be interested in. - especially if you wanted to hear more about the Penrith based company after we profiled them previously.
It's easy to spot a vested interest (I write the Symbian content for it) but anyone interested in some quality PDA/smartphone reading in paper form might like to note that issue 11 of Palmtop User magazine is out this week.
For those following my 'Grid' of current day mobile computing solutions, I've added the Treo 650 and O2 XDA IIs, bringing things more up to date. The Nokia 9500 and 9300 still win by a country mile though 8-)
The Register report that Motorola is pushing carriers to carry its Push To Talk software on their Symbian OS handsets. Don't hold your breath though....
Any Symbian fans who want to play with the machine that started the whole EPOC/Symbian OS multi-tasking thing might like to see a new article detailing How to run a virtual Psion Series 3a under Windows XP. Aside from bringing back a few memories, this may also be useful in opening up old Psion files.
Nokia's all encompassing PC Suite vision took another big step today with the release of the free PC Suite 6.6. Changes include PC text messaging for smartphones, easier Internet connections, automatic image and video transfer. Fully compatible with most recent Series 60 smartphones, the 7710 and the 9300/9500. Nice one, Nokia.
Yup, it's all a matter of balance, and at least media coverage of Symbian OS malware threats is getting a little more sensible. Still, this piece over at The Register manages both to scare and then reassure at the end. As ever, it's an anti-virus vendor who's putting out the news release (hmmm....), although I suppose knowing how these things might theoretically spread keeps the rest of us on the straight and narrow...
Some Friday reading over at Laptop Magazine, where they ask Can Nokia Right the Ship? If you're the number one in a markt, there's only one way to go - down. With LG, Samsung and Motorola in the ascendency, what can the Finns do to keep their place at the top of the pile?
More goodbyes in the smartphone world today as The Feature closes down. With a heavy heart they declare "mission accomplished," but they will be missed. Some of the writers are heading over to MobHappy so of you want to keep in touch with them, reset your bookmarks.
Probably the technical guys at Sendo making damn sure this got out the door before the Administrators moved in, there's a big firmware update for all those people (like me) with a Sendo X, including far better camera performance. Read a short review of the changes over on SendoSmartphones.com.
News just in from Symbian, confirming our 'leak' from a week or so ago: "Symbian are pleased to present the 2005 Smartphone Show taking place on 11 & 12 October 2005, Excel, London. In addition to Europe's largest dedicated smartphone exhibition and showfloor - that attracted over 2800 attendees in 2004 - the 2005 event will feature a senior-level strategic conference, showfloor seminars and developer training sessions." More to the point, we'll have our ever-popular AAS pub meet on the Monday night and will be at the Expo in force to meet you. Just put it all in your diary for now!
Asri, AAS's friend in the Far East, has done a write-up of his Symbian-related observations at this year's Expo. Don't worry, by the way, about the spurious HTML here and there, it's something to do with him designing his pages for Firefox! Here's his report.
