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            <title>E71 gets a big thumbs up from The Register</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7710_E71_gets_a_big_thumbs_up_from_.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Well, at least they didn't give the E71 to Nokia-hater Andrew O.... Writer Dave Oliver <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/17/review_nokia_e71/" target="_blank">gives the new E71 his seal of approval</a>, concluding that it's "a brilliantly efficient piece of technology that does pretty much everything you might want it to do and it does it all extremely well. Like a technological servant of sorts, it serves up its many excellent facilities and a host of other titbits with a minimum of fuss - and no small amount of style."</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:14:03 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>UK rail times to Calendar</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7708_UK_rail_times_to_Calendar.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Lifted from the comments to a previous story, I wanted to highlight an addition to the excellent <a href="http://traintimes.org.uk/" target="_blank">traintimes.org.uk</a>. When accessed from your phone browser, the site now has the facility to add a UK train journey (via a vCal file, don't worry, it all happens seamlessly) into your phone's Calendar. Very cool, and the site only needs just over 100K of data per lookup, much less than the full Nation Rail equivalent.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:11 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>A really really easy way to install N-Gage on a compatible phone</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>If you have an N-Gage-compatible phone (at the moment that means the N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 or N95 8GB) you may like to take a look at <a title="The really easy way to install N-Gage on your phone" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/features/item/The_really_easy_way_to_install_N-Gage_on_your_phone.php" target="_blank">this article over on AAN which details an ultra-simple method for installing the N-Gage application</a>. It works entirely through the phone's browser, and doesn't require a computer at all. We've mentioned this method before in other articles, but it seems a lot of people missed it and Nokia doesn't really publicise it either, so here it is again in greater detail.</p><p><img style="border: 2px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="N-Gage application games collection" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/features/newngagemygames.jpg" alt="N-Gage application games collection" width="240" height="320" /></p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:55:54 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Automating Open Signed Online</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7706_Automating_Open_Signed_Online.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Non-programmers look away now. Budding Python wizards might like to note <a href="http://arkadiusz-wahlig.blogspot.com/2008/07/automating-open-signed-online.html" target="_blank">Arkadiusz's scripts here that automate the building of an Open Signed SIS file</a>, saving you having to do everything manually every time you change something in your code and want to build a new SIS for installation on your test device. (via <a href="http://blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/pankaj-nathanis-forum-nokia-blog/general/2008/07/22/pys60-talks-1-conclusion" target="_blank">Forum Nokia</a>)</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:37:50 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Get Quickoffice 5.0 for S60 for $1</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7702_Get_Quickoffice_50_for_S60_for.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.quickoffice.com">Quickoffice</a> are offering the chance, for one day only (July 22nd), to buy Quickoffice Premier 5 for just $1. <strong>[Offer now ended]</strong> The usual price is around $70 (or less if you buy via your phone). Quickoffice enables the reading, editing and creation of Microsoft Office files on your S60 phone. You can <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Quickoffice_40.php">read our full review of software here</a>.</p><p>Version 5 includes support for Microsoft Office 2007 file formats (and printing support for Eseries phones). This is an absolute bargain and we definitely recommend this as a 'must have given' the price.</p>
<p>Quickoffice is based in the US so we imagine that will be the criteria for the timing of the day.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/images/quickoffice4/mfe1.jpg" border="1" alt="Mail for Exchange 2.0 integration screenshot" width="240" height="320" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/images/quickoffice4/mfe2.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="320" /></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/images/qo/qo5e90-6.jpg" border="1" alt="Quickoffice 5 screenshot" width="800" height="352" /></p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:24:51 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>N-Gage client queue gets hijacked</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7701_N-Gage_client_queue_gets_hijac.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>In a not unsurprising move, Nokia's XpressMusic 5320, Nokia N78 and Nokia N96 are <a href="http://www.n-gage.com/ngi/ngage/web/g0/en/get_ngage/download.html" target="_blank">now listed</a> as receiving a compatible version of the N-Gage games client ahead of the older Nokia N73, Nokia N93i and Nokia N93. Let's hope the latter three don't drop off Nokia's to-do list completely.... [mutter]</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:39:04 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>A dozen Real World Tasks - the Nokia N95 8GB takes on all-comers</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7700_A_dozen_Real_World_Tasks-the_N.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Spec-sheet comparisons are all very well, but <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Smart_in_the_Real_World-the_Nokia_N95_takes_on_allcomers.php">how good are the Nokia N95 8GB, the Apple iPhone 3G and the HTC Diamond in real life?</a> The AAS team has come up with a dozen things that we all like to do with our phones and Steve was then set to accomplishing all of them on all three devices. Can the sheer usability and likeability of the iPhone triumph over Nokia's N95 design and S60? Is the HTC Touch Diamond a competitor here? Find out in the full <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Smart_in_the_Real_World-the_Nokia_N95_takes_on_allcomers.php">usability feature</a>.</p><p>"Regular readers may know that, in the interests of knowing what to recommend, I'm fond of device advocacy, i.e. comparing the pros and cons of different phones to try and come up with some kind of ranking. Usually these pieces are centred around specification or feature lists, not unnaturally, but here I'm going to take a dozen real world tasks, things that you or I do (or would like to do) every single day, and then assess how easy and/or quick these tasks are to perform.</p>
<p>For the purposes of this comparison, I'm going to take the six month old Nokia N95 8GB, typical of the current S60 range, the brand new Apple iPhone 3G and the also-new HTC Touch Diamond. If Apple (and HTC's) marketing is to be believed, the iPhone should be an easy winner in a usability test, but the extra maturity and featurettes in S60 3rd Edition also make it a hard act to follow."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/Smart_in_the_Real_World-the_Nokia_N95_takes_on_allcomers.php">Read on</a></p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:28:13 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>AAS Podcast - Interview with Alfie Dennen from Moblog.net</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7698_AAS_Podcast-Interview_with_Alf.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>It's <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/media/item/AAS_Podcast_85_Alfie_Dennen_Moblog.php">another interview podcast</a>, this time with Ewan speaking to Alfie Dennen from <a href="http://www.moblog.net/">Moblog.net</a>, which launched a new version of the popular platform late last week. We cover the history of the Moblog company, how to deal with upstart services such as Ovi(!) and what makes a service like this 'sticky' in <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/media/item/AAS_Podcast_85_Alfie_Dennen_Moblog.php">podcast #85</a>.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:45:12 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The N96 to be available in September on 3</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7696_The_N96_to_be_available_in_Sep.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Network operator '3' just held a big launch event, showing off what's coming up on contract, and SMS Text News' Ewan (always entertaining) was there. In the absence of any actual releases on the '3' web site, he's our lifeline to news and video from the event, <a href="http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/nokia_n96_from_3_arrives_in_september.html" target="_blank">showing off the Nokia N96</a> (to be available in September) and <a href="http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/nokia_e71_white_on_3_available_today_.html" target="_blank"><em>white</em> E71</a> (available now), among others. There's also a <a href="http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/07/3uk_are_on_a_mission_in_other_news_i_almost_beat_the_crap_out_of_the_mainstream_media_today.html" target="_blank">well-placed rant</a> about the sheer uselessness of mainstream media and some of the freeloaders in that world - worth a read if only to reinforce why you read AAS and SMST!</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:51:34 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Tweak Peaks UIQ 3 version 1.30</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7695_Tweak_Peaks_UIQ_3_version_130.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">These guys dont know how to stop! CellPhoneSoft are still actively releasing new and interesting UIQ 3 apps, despite the prevailing mood in the industry. If you think your P1 or P990 is starting to be slow and can't cope with daily chores, then it&rsquo;s time to get <a title="Tweak Peaks" href="http://cellphonesoft.com/tp.php" target="_blank">Tweak Peaks</a> into action. Screen and notes below.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">
<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img style="border: 1px solid black;" title="Tweak Peaks" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/tp_anim_240.gif" alt="" width="240" height="320" /></p>
<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Version 1.30 just released which adds :</p>
<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">- Setting the start page for the built-in internet browser application&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">- Improved performance and speed boost on the latest phone models and firmwares</p>
<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">- Optional integration into the Control Panel.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Head over to&nbsp;<a style="font-weight: normal; color: #1359ae; text-decoration: none;" title="Tweak Peaks" href="http://cellphonesoft.com/tp.php" target="_blank">Cellphonesof</a>t to get this awesome utility! And it&rsquo;s only $14.95, a small fee for a highly useful app.</p>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:58:06 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Open Source Goes Mobile, Free San Francisco Developers Event</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7693_Open_Source_Goes_Mobile_Free_S.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Forum Nokia are organising an "Open Source Goes Mobile" workshop at the upcoming LinuxWorld conference being held in San Francisco's Moscone Centre on August 6th. The event is free to all developers, and Forum Nokia are also providing a fee one-day pass to Linux World. Places are limited, so if you are interested the <a href="http://mktools.forum.nokia.com/invitation/opensourcegoesmobile" target="_blank">sign-up page is here</a>.</p><p>Hat tip to <a href="http://www.symbianone.com/content/view/5622/108/" target="_blank">Symbian One for the link</a>.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:37:40 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Qik Now Available to All As It Moves to Public Beta</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7692_Qik_Now_Available_to_All_As_It.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>'Cool in the Valley' company Qik who's Qik application allows you to live stream video from your S60 handset, has today moved the service from private (invite only) beta to a full public beta status. In practice this means that anyone can sign up for the site and download the software for their mobile phone.&nbsp; While there are a number of live video services already out there, very few of them have a component that runs on a mobile phone - and Qik is one of the fastest of those providing mobile. More at <a href="http://www.qik.com/">www.qik.com</a>.</p><p>It's also worthwhile signing up to the site even if you only plan to watch others, so you can take part in conversations and leave comments on video. Also rolled into the new version is the groups feature, so users may collate single videos into an easily identifiable collection. And to help with the problem of getting people to watch a live stream that pops up for only a few minutes, an events page is now being provided to help with scheduling.<br /><br />More at <a href="http://www.qik.com/">Qik.com</a>, where you can also sign up for the service.</p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:17:33 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>The Nokia E66 - Business, Multimedia and conclusions</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7691_The_Nokia_E66-Business_Multime.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>In the second and final part of Rafe's definitive <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Nokia_E66-Part_2_Business_Multimedia_Conclusion.php">review of the new Nokia E66, he looks at the device's business credentials and multimedia capabilities</a>, before wrapping things up with the AAS verdict. See also <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Nokia_E66_Review_Eseries.php">part 1</a> of his E66 review.</p><p>"We've already detailed much of the PIM, messaging and communications functionality in previous sections of this review of the Nokia E66. From a business point of view, the basic functionality of these applications should be sufficient for most users. While messaging is currently a weak element, it does work. Outside of the omissions we mentioned, you'll find a well-polished application with decent IMAP support, signature support, system level email alerts and excellent handling of multiple accounts."</p>
<p><a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Nokia_E66-Part_2_Business_Multimedia_Conclusion.php">Read on</a></p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:39:16 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>Some super USPs but still unfinished - the MOTO Z10</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7689_Some_super_USPs_but_still_unfi.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>After four review parts from Ewan, prodding the new <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Motorola_Z10-Part_5-Camera_and_Conclusion.php">Motorola MOTO Z10 from most angles, I finish off with a detailed test of its crowning glory, its camera</a>. Although, mid-2008, this isn't as cutting edge as it once would have been. Despite this, there are numerous unique selling points, including a fabulously fast multishot mode and an initial focus in video recording mode. Plus, I summarise the Z10 as a whole: it might still be great, but needs a lot more work on its firmware.</p><p>"Whatever you think of the rest of the Motorola MOTO Z10's specification, user interface and applications, the one point you surely can't criticise is its camera, right? The original Z8 was dubbed (somewhat over-eagerly by Moto PR) a 'multimedia monster' and the Z10 is undoubtedly better and of higher specification. But by how much and is it enough, in these Nokia N95-dominated days?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img class="photoborder" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/reviews/camback.jpg" alt="Z10 camera" width="700" height="460" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/item/Motorola_Z10-Part_5-Camera_and_Conclusion.php">Read on</a></p>]]></description>
            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:16:09 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title>N-Gage News Round-up</title>
            <link>http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7688_N-Gage_News_Round-up.php</link>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>It's been a busy week over on All About N-Gage, with videos, polls, sales charts, themes, the big Brothers In Arms review, and other assorted gubbins. For those of you who haven't been following AAN lately, we present a quick round-up.</p><p>&nbsp;- AAN's current on-going poll is attempting to find out where people play N-Gage games the most. <a title="AAN poll on where people play N-Gage the most" href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?t=74089" target="_blank">To take part in the poll, visit this link</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- The latest global game sales chart for the N-Gage platform has been published, <a title="N-Gage Sales Chart for 8th - 14th of July 2008" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/item/7667_N-Gage_Sales_Chart_for_8th-14t.php" target="_blank">and you can see it on All About N-Gage</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- An interview with Scott Foe for the Portfolio.com website has <a title="Scott Foe, producer of Reset Generation, lurks at E3" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/item/7674_Scott_Foe_producer_of_Reset_Ge.php" target="_blank">apparently revealed the launch date for Reset Generation</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- All About N-Gage has done <a title="Hooked On: Creatures Of The Deep - the complete video collection" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/item/7687_Hooked_On_Creatures_Of_The_Dee.php" target="_blank">four brand new gameplay videos of the excellent Hooked On: Creatures Of The Deep</a>, with each video covering one of the game's resorts in depth.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- An official S60 3rd Edition theme based on Pro Series Golf <a title="Pro Series Golf theme gets official release" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/item/7682_Pro_Series_Golf_theme_gets_off.php" target="_blank">has been made available for download from n-gage.com</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- For those of you still a bit unsure of how to choose a club or fine-tune a shot, AAN has done <a title="Pro Series Golf for N-Gage gameplay video" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/item/7644_Pro_Series_Golf_gameplay_video.php" target="_blank">a gameplay video of Pro Series Golf in action</a>, and you can find links to tutorials on <a title="Pro Series Golf AAN game page" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/games/item/Pro_Series_Golf.php" target="_blank">Pro Series Golf's AAN game page</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- As N-Gage is part of Nokia's Ovi suite of online services, it looks like N-Gage player names will eventually be replaced by Nokia Account usernames. <a title="AAN story on Nokia Account" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/item/7643_Reserve_your_Nokia_Account_nam.php" target="_blank">If you want to make sure you get your favourite username, you should register on Nokia Account ASAP</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;- Brothers In Arms has been released on the N-Gage platform, and <a title="AAN review of Brothers In Arms for N-Gage" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/reviews/item/Brothers_in_Arms1.php" target="_blank">Ewan Spence has done a screenshot-laden review of the game </a>(along with a very justified rant about the stupidity of 20 second demos).</p>
<p>&nbsp;- AAN's survey of favourite retro computers, consoles and handhelds has closed, <a title="AAN retro survey results" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/news/item/7660_Retro_poll_results.php" target="_blank">and the results can be read in this article</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>...and that's it for another week, see you next time!</p>
<p>If you want to find out more about the new N-Gage platform <a title="AAN Next Generation N-Gage FAQ" href="http://www.allaboutngage.com/features/item/Nokia_Next_Generation_N-Gage_FAQ.php" target="_blank">take a look at AAN's N-Gage FAQ</a>.</p>
<p>If you have a Nokia N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 or N95 8GB you can install the N-Gage platform right now directly onto your phone, <a title="How to install N-Gage directly onto your phone" href="http://ngageschool.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-install-n-gage-directly-onto.html" target="_blank">see this step-by-step tutorial on how to do it</a>.</p>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:49:17 +0100</pubDate>
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