In a vote of confidence in S60's built-in IM (Instant Messaging) client, the Symbian Blog bites the bullet, sets it up and finds that it works well with the major IM hosts (Yahoo, ICQ, MSN & AIM). If, like me, you've always assumed you had to go third party, this might be a nice surprise.
locr is a photo hosting service with a geographical tilt. It encourages its users to geotag (encode location information) into their photos. Last week locr announced the availability of an S60 client which allows you to geotag photos on your phone (S60 2nd and 3rd Edition). We'll be covering geotagging in more detail later this week.
In this editorial feature, Steve details a day in the life of his E90 Communicator. Not only does he demonstrate the versatility of the device, giving some practical examples of the uses to which you can put an E90, he also illustrates the sort of battery life you can expect in real world usage. Summary: 1500mAh goes quite a bit further than the 950mAh of the N95's battery, despite the extra display size and RAM...
Although available for most other Symbian OS platforms, AquaCalendar for UIQ 3 is reviewed here by P990 devotee and guest writer Asri al-Baker. Summary: plenty of eye candy and functionality, Asri reckons it makes PIM more fun!
Following on from the Virtual Pool Mobile news (below), I've been reviewing another new Pool release for selected S60 3rd Edition smartphones. In my review of MicroPool 2007 you'll see that it is a different beast, firmly in the 'pick up and play' category, but it impresses with good physics, an intuitive interface and good sound effects.
In this review Ewan takes a look at Spodtronic, a combination podcast and internet radio client. Ewan finds a good looking and well thought out application, but one with some noteworthy limitations.
Yet another warning for users of S60 2nd Edition devices from F-Secure, reports Symbian Freak, with the twist that this time there's a financial angle. As usual, the malware poses as a utility on a file sharing site, so that the user accepts the installation prompts, etc. Just steer clear, and stick to downloads from reputable sites like, oh, off the top of my head, AllAboutSymbian...
Nokia Video Manager has been updated to version 1.5 and now supports the direct download of videos. Videos can be downloaded from the web via special links (nvd://) directly into Nokia Video Manager making it easier to get videos on to phones such as the Nokia N95. Metacafe is one site that supports this functionality and we've added it to All About Symbian too. Read on for more.
Another week, another free VoIP client - ho hum. This time it's from Nokia themselves though, which is good, but only currently 'compatible' with the N80 IE and N95, strangely. Gizmo can be grabbed from Nokia Beta Labs here.
Psiloc's Font Magnifier claims to let you mess with the system font on your S60 3rd Edition smartphone - Ewan puts it to the test. It certainly works, though not really for the use that I suspect Ewan was hoping for (getting more information on screen at once)...
Thanks to WOM World for pointing out an interesting four-way VoIP solution comparison over on Laptop Magazine's site, reviewing Nimbuzz, Fring, Talkster and Barablu.
(Becoming more regular) guest writer Asri al-Baker solves the problem of a burgeoning SMS inbox on his P990i with a third party utility, SMS Diary. Here's the review, and it's worth noting that it's available for S60 and other UIQ flavours...
S60.com give away licensed third party games and utilities regularly. This month it's a S60 3rd Edition 'world time' screen saver. Log in to S60.com and go to 'My exclusives', as usual.
In this editorial feature, Steve details a day in the life of his E90 Communicator. Not only does he demonstrate the versatility of the device, giving some practical examples of the uses to which you can put an E90, he also illustrates the sort of battery life you can expect in real world usage. Summary: 1500mAh goes quite a bit further than the 950mAh of the N95's battery, despite the extra display size and RAM...
Following on from the Virtual Pool Mobile news (below), I've been reviewing another new Pool release for selected S60 3rd Edition smartphones. In my review of MicroPool 2007 you'll see that it is a different beast, firmly in the 'pick up and play' category, but it impresses with good physics, an intuitive interface and good sound effects.
