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Dataviz announces Documents to Go Premium v4 for UIQ

Dataviz have announced the immediate availability of Documents to Go Premium Edition version 4. The new version, among other features, brings full viewing and editing of Office 2007 documents to the UIQ3 platform. The full press release follows the break.

Python Developers Find a New Home

S60 Python Programmers should head on over to Croozeus, a new website and resource centre for developers using the scripting langauge. Pankaj Nathani, an active participant in the Forum Nokia community, and Bogdan Galiceanu are the team behind the site. Now to dig out my text editor and start tinkering with their tutorials...

Top Web tips

There's a timely tips reminder over on 'My Nokia E65', presenting its 'Five Things You Didn't Know about S60 Web', well worth a glance over or printing out. It's surprisingly easy to forget some of these shortcuts, especially how useful the ones for Zoom in and Out are...

Mail for Exchange gets fixed 2007 SP1 compatibility

There's a new version of Mail for Exchange out. v2.5.3 introduces support for the Nokia E66 and Nokia E71, as well as fixing Exchange Server 2007 SP1 compatibility. (via Eseries)

S60 TAT to Drive Advanced UI's Now Available

UI Rendering Platform TAT Kastor has announced that TAT Kastor is now available on the S60 platform. TAT Kastor is a core system to provide designers with a lot of 'whizz-bang' effects in a UI; particle effects and3D rendered elements are two highlights in the plug-in based system. Of special interest to hardware designers, you can find out more at the product page.

The Z10 and Brotherly Love

Continuing our MOTO Z10 smartphone coverage, Motorola have been holding a competition to see who can create the best video entirely ON the phone itself - i.e. all shots and editing on the Z10. And here's the winner - the Z10's video quality isn't the best, but the editing software's certainly up the job, it seems. (via IM)

Trapped in Mobile Hell - A Warning For Entrepreneurs

Why is the mobile platform not being innovated on as heavily as the web? It's been bothering Ewan MacLeod over at SMSTextNews - and when I say bothered I mean full on ranting on the mobile scene, VC's, entrepreneurs and networks and the consistently closed world. Well worth reading this one over a nice cup of coffee and a digestive biscuit.

The Smartphones Show take on the MOTO Z10

Smartphones Show 62 is now up, with a hands-on review of the UIQ 3-powered MOTO Z10, plus my Top 5 (Smart)Phones for mid-2008 - a personal choice, with reasons!

Having trouble controlling Pro Series Golf? Here are a couple of tutorials...

If you've purchased the rather good Pro Series Golf, you may feel a bit confused by the controls as they're not really explained within the game itself. The method for choosing a club for example is far from obvious. However, help is at hand from two sources: the game's producer has posted a general how-to on the official PSG forum, and N-Gage Arena member ShadowSpawn has done a more extensive illustrated tutorial concentrating on swings and putts. Fore!

Live videocasting explained in detail

If you've been left a bit bemused by geeks twittering on (literally) about live videocasting with Qik and the specifics of getting an audience, then take 10 minutes to watch Steve Garfield explaining it all very well on the DV show, using a Nokia N95 (of course) as his live video tool of choice.

Beta Labs - help shape future of Drive in Nokia Maps

The Nokia Maps team is conducting research on the Drive car navigation feature within Nokia Maps 2.0. They are looking for London, Berlin and Madrid based users (both novice and expert) to take part in their research. This is an opportunity to help shape the car navigation functionality in the next version of Nokia Maps. More details are available on the Beta Labs blog.

CTO.Nokia.com talks mobile futures

The Office of the CTO (OCTO) at Nokia is a key stone in Nokia's innovation and vision efforts (self described as a network of researchers and though leaders). CTO.nokia.com is a recently launched site which is intended to help to spread OCTO's vision of the mobile future and engage the outside world. It is a sister site to research.nokia.com and will feature editorial content from Nokia and selected third parties.

Win an N82 each week over the summer...

If you've got some interesting hobbies or are just good with your hands, note that you can win a Nokia N82 and Bluetooth headset each week over the summer in Nokia's new Free Hands video competition. You can enter as many times as you like, too...

Nokia push email and Nokia backup

Darla's back on the scene and in good investigative form, as she uncovers Nokia Backup, an official online backup service that may or may not be related to Ovi, plus she announces and demonstrates a brand new beta service, Nokia Email, offering push email from your existing mailboxes. Comments welcome.

More Symbian Foundation musings in the Carnival

London Calling is this week’s Carnival of the Mobilists host. Coming to you during Wimbleton week from London, with plenty to talk about, including more Symbian Foundation musings.