Yes there may be a lot of video news, but you can't beat a good book, or some classy British Sci-Fi. So thank the makers that the BBC have brought the two together for the 21st Century. A number of the BBC Novels of Doctor Who are now available to read online or download as eBooks (Mobireader compatible). New fans should start with The Well Mannered War , while Lungbarrow resolves the Cartmell Masterplan. Which means something to a few people...
Good news for everyone planning to be at next week's All About Symbian Pub Meet. Second prize (after the Mystery Star Prize) will be a Nokia N93 - this is your chance to get your hands on the latest media phone from Finland. Thanks to Nokia for supplying the device.
The BAFTA Video Game Awards 2006 took place last night and were sponsored by Nokia N-Gage. As well as sponsoring the overall event, N-Gage sponsored the Gameplay Award and The Gamers' Award (which was voted for by members of the public). There's a list of the winners here, and photos from the event here.
Still pressing for recognition of the significance (for some) of qwerty keyboards on mobile devices, Steve has a chance conversation in London and is shocked how narrowly many people seem to still use their smartphones. Here's his subsequent musings.
Just a note to remind everyone of our Support knowledge base. This was set up earlier this year as a replacement for the old FAQs and contains hundreds of common (and not so common) questions and answers for devices from all Symbian platforms. Here's the Support front page. If anyone would like to help me maintain/add to this, let me know!
Ewan's been a fan of Wi-Fi on a mobile device for some time and he's been musing on just what makes Wi-Fi so darned useful. Especially so on the Nokia E61, E70, N91 and N93, which he uses in his three example uses.
Neuros very kindly sent over a sample of their MPEG-4 Recorder 2 set-top units, and I've been putting it through its paces. Essentially it's a tiny gadget designed to record video directly onto your smartphone's expansion card, for playback on the move. Here's the full review.
Time to get the diaries ready, as the All About Symbian Pub Meet time and date are confirmed. It's the same venue as last year (The Cross Keys Weatehrspoon in the City of London), and as always, it takes place on the Monday night before the Smartphone Show, so that'll be the 16th. We'll be there from 6.30pm, and the programmed events start at 8. More details here .
Techmundo's E61 shortcuts page seems to have grown nicely and is well worth perusing; and note that almost all the shortcuts actually work on all other S60 3rd Edition devices.
Rafe demonstrates in illustrated detail how to use Nokia's new Phone Software Update tool to upgrade your S60 smartphone with the very latest firmware version.
One week on, mid-August, and we've found plenty to keep you interested and challenged. Here's the AllAboutSymbian Week in Review, if you're in a hurry to catch up...
In case you hadn't noticed, there are new items appearing in our Support database all the time, with answers to many common queries. New today: "Can I speed dial my Contacts?"
