All About Symbian - News

Nokia Pilots to launch in a couple of months

2008-07-19T11:01:13+01:00

Nokia Pilots, a new programme to get people like you to give feedback on new prototypes and services (sounds like fun), is going to launch in September - here's the holding page for it. If you like playing on the bleeding edge (heh, OK, so that's all of you), then bookmark Nokia Pilots now.

Earth to Maps, Travelling, and more

2008-07-19T10:10:19+01:00

There have been some great posts from Mark and Al at their Nokia blog in the last couple of days. Worth a look are Going Green while travelling (creating mobile PDFs of your important documents), a video with Nokia product manager Chanse Arrington, and a walkthrough of sending locations from Google Earth to Nokia Maps.

Sony Ericsson "to axe 2000 jobs"

2008-07-18T15:27:56+01:00

The BBC News website is reporting that Sony Ericsson is to cut two thousand jobs over the next year, in order to cut operating costs. The company was making a profit this time last year, but in the last quarter it reported a small loss.

A Z8/Z10 theme for a true Tifosi

2008-07-18T13:49:04+01:00

If your eye was caught by the release of a Motorola Z8 "Ferrari Edition" late last year, you might like to note that our related site, Moto Smartphones, has now made the official Ferrari theme available for any other UIQ 3 smartphones. Some screenshots below for other Ferrari fans!

Share On Ovi looking for your best photo

2008-07-18T12:44:59+01:00

The file-sharing service Share On Ovi is holding a competition for the next couple of weeks to find the best photo uploaded to the service. If you want to take part, just choose what you think is your best photo on Ovi and add the tag "best1" to it. You can view current entries by clicking on this link.

Insight 32: Chat, Golf, 6220 and Download!

2008-07-18T06:54:09+01:00

In AAS podcast 84, a.k.a. Insight 32, Rafe, Ewan, Steve and Stefan talk about the new GPS-enabled Nokia Chat, the Nokia 6220 Plastic err.... Classic [just kidding, Nokia, we say lots of nice things about it really], Pro Series Golf and Nokia Download! Held together by wit, chewing gum and a piece of sticky tape, it's compered this week by Ewan, so you probably know what to expect(!)

GMail changes and direct SyncML support imminent

2008-07-18T06:47:07+01:00

Aha. Things really do seem to be coming together on the sync front. From GooSync's extensions to My Nokia Backup to the imminent Ovi Sync, I've now spotted that Google's GMail contacts is a) about to acquire a SyncML interface, meaning that you can sync from any Symbian OS phone, and b) now changed so that your contacts don't get flooded with email addresses (this has been a longstanding bugbear of mine).

You're Invited to Nokia's Virtual Worlds Business Panel... in Second Life

2008-07-17T16:00:46+01:00

Those of you involved in Second Life might want to take a note of tomorrow's Virtual Worlds Business Panel being run by the Nokia team. It's being held on the main Nokia Island ("Nokia," funnily enough) and runs from 7pm GMT (Noon in SL, 8pm in the UK). Those of you in SL can make a date, everyone else, you've got 24 hours to go find the client and get it running.

Nokia Account working again

2008-07-17T14:47:24+01:00

Nokia's unified login system Nokia Account is now working again and accepting new registrations, just click on the "New Account" link below the login form. As we noted before, it's not yet in use by most Ovi services, but the plan is for your Nokia Account username to replace all the separate logins Ovi currently requires. If you want to make sure you get your favourite username, it's worth registering it on Nokia Account now so you're ready for the unification. (Note that the registration only requires an e-mail address OR a phone number, you don't have to give both.)

Nokia Q2 2008 Results

2008-07-17T13:27:17+01:00

Nokia today released its 2nd quarter results for 2008. Converged mobile device shipments (S60 phones) were 15.3 million (up from 13.9 million in Q2 2007) including more 10 million Nseries and just under 2 million Eseries devices. Net sales from the services and software division was EUR 119 million (up 42% from Q1 2008). Nokia increased its overall market share to 40%, up from 38% last year and 39% last quarter.

How much should you pay for a game?

2008-07-17T10:06:41+01:00

You've written your Killer App, now it's a matter of selling it. But at what cost? Ewan thinks about the issue of pricing games and applications in the modern world. In response, Steve points out the true cost of gaming and argues that purchase price is almost irrelevant. Comments welcome!

Nokia 6220 Classic in Smartphones Show 63

2008-07-17T07:18:36+01:00

Smartphones Show 63 just went live, with a hands-on video review of the Nokia 6220 Classic. There's also a review of the HTC Touch Diamond, comparing it to the Apple iPhone 3G. See also the Hi-res YouTube version and the RSS feeds for the QVGA and VGA versions.

Mo-Mo, LBS and DW

2008-07-17T06:31:00+01:00

Symbian supremo David Wood's new blog continues to pop up some interesting entries. Here, he talks about this week's Mobile Monday event, focussed on a topic close to my heart, 'Enabling Location in Applications', with relevant links and quotes. I was particularly interested to see the high profile of Skyhook's Wi-Fi location system, something which had hit my radar earlier in the week.

Nokia E66 - the big style update for business

2008-07-16T16:09:44+01:00

It's done. Rafe's definitive review of the new Nokia E66. Part 1 covers the target market and design, plus connectivity and PIM applications, and is a must read. With a wealth of improvements over the E65, the E66 seems a worthy 2008 update for this surprisingly popular marque. Part 2 will cover business tools and multimedia.

Nokia E71 - the new Gold Standard?

2008-07-16T12:51:46+01:00

Ah yes, if the E71 wasn't special enough, there's now a gold plated version for you to show off in board rooms across the world. And, surprisingly, it's not that much more expensive, at £550... (via IntoMobile)