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January Newsletter

All About Symbian wishes you a Happy New Year. We have our usual array of content summarised below. Highlights this month include our predictions for 2006 and an editorial on the last smartphone. There also reviews of the Nokia N93i (Nokia's latest addition to its Nseries range), and the Sony Ericsson W950i. We will be following up both of these reviews next month with additional commentary and analysis.

The big device news this month comes from the CES show in Las Vegas. Nokia launched the Nokia N93i - an improved version of the N93 transformer and the Nokia N76 - a thin phone in the style of the Motorola RZR.  

February is the month of the 3GSM conference and as such is one of the busiest times of the year for new hardware and software releases. We are expecting a whole range of devices to be announced next month. We will be offering full coverage from the conference - keep an eye on the site or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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Recent Content on All About Symbian

Review: Sony Ericsson W950i (part 1)
Ewan takes a look at the W950's music capabilities from a power-music-user viewpoint.

Review: Pdf+
Steve reviews the latest incarnation of Pdf+ for S60, and also remarks on its cross-platform nature and on its inclusion in many UIQ devices.

Review: Nokia N93i
Is the N93i simply the 'N93 v2' or something different? Steve Litchfield investigates...

Feature: Ear to Ear - The Battle of the Phone MP3 Players

Feature: The Last Smartphone
Krisse looks at why $50 phones are revolutionary while $500 ones aren't, and then describes what the very last smartphone ever made will be like.

Review: Quickoffice 4.0
Rafe and Steve take a look at the new version of Quickoffice's office suite. 

Feature: Breaking Through?
Steve takes a look at the positive effects the Apple iPhone could have on the market.

Feature: S60 Smartphone Colours
Red and yellow and blue and green, purple and orange and pink... unless you own a smartphone, in which case it's probably grey, black, or white. Krisse takes a closer look at why this is the case.

Feature: Music and the W950: Looking at Disc2Phone
Ewan invesitgates how to get music on his W950i.

Feature: How to: Pimp a smartphone
Steve Litchfield explores the 10 essential customisations he applies to any new S60 smartphone...

Review: K-Rally for S60 3rd Edition
K-Rally is the new racing game from Infinite Dreams, the makers of Sky Force. But just how much vavavoom does it have?

Review: Simon Tatham's Puzzle Collection (STPuzzles)
UIQ freeware puzzle game collection reviewed. 

Feature: 2006 - the year in review
We take a look back at some of the major events in the Symbian world in 2006.

Feature: Predictions for 2007
Rafe once again gazes into his legendary Crystal Ball.

Feature: My Three First Steps with the W950i
Ewan's continuing saga with the UIQ 3-powered Sony Ericsson W950i...

Review: Invasion
Invasion is a Real Time Strategy game set in the ancient world for S60 3rd Edition smartphones. Is it more fun than cutting down the tallest tree in the forest with a herring?

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Wireless Developer Forum - taking place during the 3GSM World Congress

Meet with Symbian, BREW, WIP, dotmobi and more...

WDF Barcelona is a unique forum aimed at the mobile developer community, taking place during the 3GSM World Congress, at the Hotel Barcelo Sants in Barcelona, Spain on 13-14 February, 10 minutes from the Congress Halls.
Attendees will gain valuable knowledge by attending the track(s) of their choice, and will learn about the technical and business challenges, opportunities and latest developments in mobile service development.

Places are limited and booking fast so register for the Wireless Developer Forum now: www.wirelessdeveloperforum.org/barcelona/register/?source=aas.

If you have any questions please call +44 (0)207 047 1202, or email ashley.boniface@wirelessdeveloperforum.org.

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All About Symbian Media Section

Check out the new Media section on All About Symbian. It houses the AAS podcasts and videocasts. These includes interviews with developers and other industry figures as well as devices reviews, comment and discussion from the All About Symbian team.

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