OK, so it's not directly Symbian-related, and our own Ewan is out there in the first place to promote AllAboutPalm instead, but if you're interested in following what he gets up to and his take on life in the big US of A, make sure you check Ewan's blog this week.
Hey, Symbian at the forefront again. Nokia's new 7710 is the test vehicle of choice for this O2 trial of mobile TV, reports the Register. Anyone here live in Oxford?
Indeed, what about it? Well, Guy Kewney over at Newswireless.net sums up the thoughts and opinions around the new Mobile OS from Microsoft far better than we could at such a short notice. Best you have a read of the reactions at his site.
For those 9300 or 9500 owners interested in my freeware Automail, it's now up to v1.2, handles three email accounts, collects email as often as you like and handles errors gracefully. See here to download.
The next Mobiles Podcast (from The Podcast Network) is now available from downloading to your MP3 player, or listening at your desk. The Nseries comes under the spotlight this time, along with where the other major players are trying to take the market in 2005. (Direct Link to MP3 - 16.3mb).
ZingMagic, the brains behind Chess on the P800 and P900, are now publishing and selling their own applications from the ZingMagic Website. Using a custom web solution from Mobrio, they have all their applciations on-line, and you can purchase them from inside each application. Long term Psion fans will also be glad to hear that all of their EPOC back catalogue is now available as freeware from the same site.
Canalys' quarterly reports always make interesting reading and Q1 2005 is no exception. Highlights include Nokia having a 50% share of ALL PDAs/smartphones WORLDWIDE and Symbian OS having a 61% share overall. And the report even mentions the success of the Nokia 9300 and 9500, which normally get overlooked by such overviews.
Steve has put up a brief tutorial explaining how to get started at Blogging (or photo-Blogging) from a Symbian smartphone/Communicator by email. No java apps, no web forms, no hassle needed to post
The Dutch PDA and Smartphone-club, PDATotaal.info, has a “Time2Meet” at the 14th of May, from 11 AM until 5 PM. A lot of companies will be attending, a complete list will follow.
Steve's free Trivopaedia is now available in a new version 2.0 for all handheld platforms. An encyclopaedia of everything you'll ever need to win that pub quiz! See the Trivopaedia home page.
First Quarter figures for Nokia (see here on Nokia.com) show sales on the rise, mainly in Asia and the Pacific Region. The overall market share is down to 32% though, namely as American carriers refuse to stock Nokia in the numbers that the Finns would like to see. What stands out in the CEO comments is that Nokia doesn't really have any flagship success stories to shout about - it's just more of the same.
Having seen the demo at 3GSM, it's nice to see Vodafone pick up Visto's Push Email Client. Devices such as the RIM Blackberry have made themselves popular through their always connected push email system. Visto's solution integrates very nicely into Symbian OS. We interviewed Visto recently, so you can find more about them there.
