AllAboutSymbian caught up with Bruce Carney, Symbian's head of Developer Marketing, at the recent CTIA show in Las Vegas. How many Symbian OS apps are there, why isn't freeware counted and why all the fuss over Platform Security? Here's the full interview.
Ever helpful, Ewan has prepared a quick reference guide to the brand new Symbian OS powered smartphones that are specifically aimed at music playback, with comparison to the ubiquitous iPod. Food for thought, though don't forget that almost any recent Symbian OS device can also play back stereo music too...
Neatly transplanted from 3-Lib and enhanced significantly, AllAboutSymbian is proud to present its new Support Knowledgebase (click the link or use the menu tab above).
To celebrate the Christmas holiday period, Symbian Themes has removed their 20 file per day limit, giving unlimited downloads of all their content for the 25th and 26th December. Happy holidays from the Symbian Themes team!
Dan Marlin is looking for Beta testers for The Core Pocket Media Player (the famous TCPMP) on Symbian OS. Beta testers must have 'above average' technical skills to be able to help report problems. If you're a video junkie (like me) and are interested in helping get TCPMP onto Symbian OS, please email betaboy@corecodec.com
Ewan tells how he relies on the Nokia 9500 Communicator for email, telephony, blogging and just about everything else while travelling the world. Does the Communicator live up to its name and what tips can he pass on for others?
Ewan passes on the benefit of his experience with a How-To on roaming the globe with your Symbian or Palm OS smartphone. New travellers might also like to check out his generic flying tips over on his blog.
As part of a new series in brief tutorials, Rafe's penned this how-to showing you how Mass Storage Synchronizer can be used to copy music from iTunes to a memory card (which you can then put in your Symbian smartphone).
In which Steve realises that your smartphone should always help and never get the way of real life, performs a subtle U-turn and muses the fact that there's really no such thing as the perfect mobile device for everybody. Read the editorial...
Steve Litchfield gets to grips with UIQ 3, the user interface behind the upcoming Sony Ericsson P990. What's new, what's different and what's been fixed?
Long time tech book publisher O'Reilly moves into the Symbian space with Nokia Smartphone Hacks. Ewan's reviewed the book, and while it's full of useful info, the American focus and inclusion of Series 40 feel a bit strange in a Symbian targeted book.
