(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...
In the first of what will hopefully be a series of new style audio podcasts in 'magazine' format and (eventually) with special guest slots, Rafe, Ewan and I all contribute to AAS podcast 23, covering Mobipocket Reader, choosing between current S60 favourites and the Sony Ericsson P1i.
Ewan reviews the Merriam-Webster range of Dictionaries for Symbian OS smartphones, trying them out in detail on the Nokia E61i. See the review for links to UIQ versions. Summary? Slickly programmed and competent, they do what they say on the tin.
Nokia Ticket Rush launched this week, an SMS-based gig ticket notification service with heavy S60 music smartphone branding. Check Ticket Rush out here (via RingNokia).
We don't normally 'do' Sudoku games on AAS - there are just too many - but our own Attila turns out to be something of a Sudoku connoisseur. He's researched the ultimate, the very best Sudoku implementation for all Symbian OS smartphones - and brings us his review of Sensible Sudoku 2.
Want another free alternative to Nokia's free Smart2go? Although available unofficially for much of the world for a while now, it seems that Google has made support for Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom official for its Google Maps for Mobile Java app. If you've got a meaty data tariff or Wi-Fi, it features mapping, routing, satellite images and a business directory. And traffic info, though this wouldn't work for me. See also their YouTube slideshow.
If it's Friday, it must be 3-Lib plug day 8-) Just a pointer that I've added three devices to the S60 History page, bringing it right up to date. Still a few blanks to fill in though - comment if you can help...
Thanks to Tommi for pointing us to a new blog by a Nokia colleague of his on the specific (and much needed) topic of making Apple Macs and S60 smartphones work together in harmony. The author's name is Sami Lempinen and it's well worth bookmarking.
Well done to the E-series blog for trying out RoadSync and giving it a detailed write-up. In view of negative comments about Mail4Exchange, it's good to see a very fully featured alternative for users of Microsoft Exchange and fans of push email.
In the next part of our truly huge review of the Nokia E90 Communicator, I look at how it handles Office and other commonly emailed documents, plus I explore what you can (and can't) yet do online in the S60 3rd Edition FP1 Web browser. Warning: broadband needed - this review section is very heavy on images, even after thumbnailing them down.