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E71 gets a big thumbs up from The Register

2008-07-23T14:14:03+01:00

Well, at least they didn't give the E71 to Nokia-hater Andrew O.... Writer Dave Oliver gives the new E71 his seal of approval, 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."

UK rail times to Calendar

2008-07-23T10:11:11+01:00

Lifted from the comments to a previous story, I wanted to highlight an addition to the excellent traintimes.org.uk. 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.

A really really easy way to install N-Gage on a compatible phone

2008-07-23T09:55:54+01:00

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 this article over on AAN which details an ultra-simple method for installing the N-Gage application. 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.

Automating Open Signed Online

2008-07-23T09:37:50+01:00

Non-programmers look away now. Budding Python wizards might like to note Arkadiusz's scripts here that automate the building of an Open Signed SIS file, 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 Forum Nokia)

Get Quickoffice 5.0 for S60 for $1

2008-07-22T21:24:51+01:00

Quickoffice are offering the chance, for one day only (July 22nd), to buy Quickoffice Premier 5 for just $1. [Offer now ended] 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 read our full review of software here.

N-Gage client queue gets hijacked

2008-07-22T13:39:04+01:00

In a not unsurprising move, Nokia's XpressMusic 5320, Nokia N78 and Nokia N96 are now listed 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]

The N96 to be available in September on 3

2008-07-22T05:51:34+01:00

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, showing off the Nokia N96 (to be available in September) and white E71 (available now), among others. There's also a well-placed rant 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!

Open Source Goes Mobile, Free San Francisco Developers Event

2008-07-21T09:37:40+01:00

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 sign-up page is here.

Qik Now Available to All As It Moves to Public Beta

2008-07-21T09:17:33+01:00

'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. 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 www.qik.com.

N-Gage News Round-up

2008-07-19T21:49:17+01:00

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.

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.

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).