AllAboutSymbian - The Week In Review

Published by at

It's the Week in Review again - catch up here if you've missed the daily onslaught of info, tips and reviews from the Symbian world...

Feature: The State of the S60 3rd Edition Catalog (July 2006)
It's been three months since S60 3rd Edition smartphones were first spotted in the wild. Right from the start, lack of compatibility with 2nd Edition software was (rightly) highlighted. But how does the application catalog look now - is there enough software to fully kit out a 3rd Edition device? Steve Litchfield investigates...

Feature: Symbian OS 9.3 - Plenty to be pleased about, but no need to rush to the shops yet
Ewan mulls over the announcement of Symbian OS 9.3 and what it means for you.

Review: Headline
Ewan looks at this fully functioned RSS reader for S60 3rd Edition.

Feature: The swiveltastic, fliptastic N90 and its successors
Steve Litchfield reports on his experience with the transformer N90 and muses on issues it brings up and implications for others devices in the genre.

Review: OfficeSuite S60
It's the second Office suite for Series 60, with a fresh new character, 3rd Edition-support and lots of impressive functionality.

Feature: Survival of the killer apps
Steve Litchfield muses on the smartphone software scene and possible reasons for developer dissatisfaction.

Review: BlueRadar
Ewan reviews a utility that makes novel use of Bluetooth....

Feature: Megapixels not the be all and end all
Steve Litchfield points out that megapixel numbers aren't the only things to bear in mind when comparing the digital cameras in smartphones.

Support: N-Gage games on Series 60 smartphones
Q. Can I use my old N-Gage games on my newer S60 smartphone?

Support: Deleting specific phone calls from the Log
Q. I have a particular contact who I'd like to keep a secret. How can I stop calls to and from this person from being recorded in my smartphone's records?

Support: Custom ringtones revert to Nokia standard
Q. I've set my ringtone to an MP3 several times but after a while it always stops working and reverts to the standard Nokia tune. What's going on?

Support: Theme keeps getting reset
Q. My smartphone theme keeps getting reset when I take my memory card out in order to fill it in my memory card reader. How can I stop this happening?

Support: Browsing the contents of another phone via Bluetooth
Q. Is it possible to browse the contents of another phone via Bluetooth? My old Samsung could do this. Once paired you would also have the option to browse the files of the phone (images, video and audio).

News:

ShoZu for S60 3rd Edition, server side features added
Blackberry push email and IM round-up
Nokia Mobile Search for 3rd Edition
10 million Symbian OS phones in Japan
Symbian OS 9.3
One million Nokia 3250s
Beta Software Roundup
Mobile Content Compelling for Symbian Smartphone Users
Finanz Business Calculator for UIQ 3
P990i finally approved
Navicore GPS Navigator for S60 3rd Edition
N90 Scotsman Restrospective
Calcium for S60 3rd Edition
Mobipod Open Trial for S60v2 Users
OfficeSuite tested on 3rd Edition N80
S60 3rd Edition Python Source Code Now Available
Summertime beach protection
SIS format changes documented
Flickr Uploader for Nokia N72 (and N70, N90)