All About Symbian - Symbian, Nokia and S60 unwrapped.
Smartphones Show 54
Published by Steve Litchfield at 9:18 UTC, March 10th 2008
Programme 54 is now live, with walkthroughs of geotagging and photo sharing using a Nokia N95, Location Tagger and Share Online and some promo video of the upcoming Sony Ericsson G900. There's also a spot on Blackberry Internet Service (on a Nokia E90) and a look at getting yourself a new Windows Mobile 6 smartphone for £60(ish).
News Discussion
Unregistered
what does the "r2" mean?
slitchfield
That there was an original MP4 file with (ahem) five minutes of black screen at the end....... 8-)
Steve
Steve
Unregistered
I have been watching the last 10 or so of your shows and, as always, find them really informative and entertaining.
One of the not-so-secret advantages of Windows Mobile over other OSes is xda-developers. Their constant tweaking means that you don't need new hardware to enjoy some of the software perks of more current devices. At the same time, to me it is an incentive to get a WinMo device on the premise that its life expectancy is better because of these software upgrades. I have an HTC Universal and an HTC Cavalier, both of which are now running WM6.1, and my original smartphone was a Motorola MPx200 which went from Smartphone 2002 to 2003 to WM5 and is now running WM6 - that has to be an all-time record for any device.
I also really love S60, beginning with the Nokia 6600 and moving on to the N95, but have often wondered why it is that given the ubiquity of S60 phones, we are not seeing the same phenomenon on this platform?
One of the not-so-secret advantages of Windows Mobile over other OSes is xda-developers. Their constant tweaking means that you don't need new hardware to enjoy some of the software perks of more current devices. At the same time, to me it is an incentive to get a WinMo device on the premise that its life expectancy is better because of these software upgrades. I have an HTC Universal and an HTC Cavalier, both of which are now running WM6.1, and my original smartphone was a Motorola MPx200 which went from Smartphone 2002 to 2003 to WM5 and is now running WM6 - that has to be an all-time record for any device.
I also really love S60, beginning with the Nokia 6600 and moving on to the N95, but have often wondered why it is that given the ubiquity of S60 phones, we are not seeing the same phenomenon on this platform?
slitchfield
Because Symbian OS is more secure and resistent against hacking?
Ratkat
Nice to see you were listening to Marillion on your N95 !!
Do you follow them as well as Pink Floyd ?
Do you follow them as well as Pink Floyd ?
slitchfield
Oh, any good music 8-) But I've been going through a Fugazi/Misplaced Childhood phase recently.....
Steve
Steve
UffieG
Steve, thank you for mentioning the "also neglected N93" and even requesting a home coded rom from someone clever. :) Desperate times call for drastic measures, eh?
Cjp
i watched this show really for seeing this 60 quid wm6 mobile.i got a vario3 as an upgrade about 5 months ago.personally wm6 is a pain in the bum to use and it lacks the stability of s60 and locks up on a daily basis.iv just put my sim back in an n80 i have at least i know it wont let me down when i need it and wont have to guess what its going to do next or not in some cases.
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