Most of the new Nokia (NYSE: NOK) S60 devices come with the built-in Office suite applications. Apart from that, there are some other mobile office suites available on the market. R’Copeh’s Blog has a great post with mobile word processor comparison chart. Author argues that compared to the software that costs you extra, the built-in office suite (Word) seems rather well accomplished. Good read.

Also, while you’re there don’t forget to check out the free wallpapers for the Nokia E61.

The fact is that the application quality matters. High-quality applications lead to delighted consumers and additional sales. On the other hand, poor-quality applications may disappoint consumers so much that they’ll never chance another download. Developers should build quality into the application during each phase of the development process, just as they now do with usability. Similarly, developers need to view quality as a continuous process, not merely the last step.

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I’ve already posted that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) made a deal with Warner Bros to offer their content to its users. Well, Nokia Content Discoverer keeps growing with the addition of Turner Broadcasting’s content from its Cartoon Network channel. Under the agreement between the two companies, Cartoon Network-based games, video clips and other content will be available for over-the-air download on the Nokia service in United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Norway. A wide selection of popular Cartoon Network favorites including “Johnny Bravo”, “Dexter’s Laboratory” and “The Powderpuff Girls.”

The Symbian Smartphone Show is officially over for this year. The most notable news, as far as I see, is the launch of two new Symbian OS powered handsets by Samsung and LG Electronics. Hope their products will sell well, as it would be nice to see more smartphones coming from the two companies.

If you take a look at the present Symbian OS handset market, two companies are dominating the industry – Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE). Japanese NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) orders phones from other manufacturers for their own subscribers, and those phones are rarely (if at all) available outside Japan. Addition of Samsung’s and LGE’s phones to the Symbian ecosystem could further strengthen the position of Symbian OS in the mobile OS market. And could also provide benefits to the users of the two companies’ smartphones.

In addition to the new phones, many interesting applications and services were presented. Full retrospective is available from these two links: day 1 and day 2. Also, if you still haven’t – read the keynote from the Symbian’s CEO Nigel Clifford.

Again, unfortunately I wasn’t in London during the Smartphone Show. However, I think I gave my best to present you the full picture. For that matter, I’ve used photos from other sites including: AllAboutSymbian, SymbianOne and the official Smartphone Show blog. Enjoy!

UPDATE: Also, see the David Wood’s favourites from the Smartphone Show.

Just like the first, the second day of the Symbian Smartphone Show also brought many news. Among the top news is the release of the new book from Symbian Press that will help developers prepare for the ASD exam. In the other news:

• Applications:
  • Quickoffice 4.0 demonstrated
  • DreamConnect 3 – relationship manager for UIQ 3 devices
  • Mobile Systems’ Diets S60
• Services:
  • FreeBe TV – now available on your desktop
  • ThinPrint – affordable realtime email
  • emoze – free push/pull service (includes email, calendar, tasks, etc).
  • Discretix and Symbian: Secure DRM implementation
  • Synchronica’s Mobile Manager now supports Symbian smartphones
• Misc:
  • msystems’ mDOC H3 embedded flash drive is Symbian Approved
  • QSurround Mobile Technology

Synchronica plc, an international provider of robust mobile synchronization and device management solutions, today announces that it has expanded the security functions of Mobile Manager to support Symbian smartphones. The new release of Mobile Manager enables the broadest number of smartphone users to benefit from Synchronica’s over-the-air (OTA) security management, including wipe and lock; and the hugely popular ‘Scream’ feature. The software can be used by businesses as a self-care facility to manage a fleet of smartphones, by service providers, or by individual smartphone owners. Read the full article »

Discretix, the leading provider of embedded security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions for mobile devices and flash memory, today announced availability of a white paper addressing the challenges of a secure DRM implementation on Symbian OS. The white paper will be available for download on the Symbian Developer Network website, partner extranet as well as the Discretix website.

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QSound Labs, Inc., a leading developer of audio and voice software solutions, is presenting its QSurround Mobile Technology in both ARM’s exhibition stand #79 and Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN)’ (TI) exhibition stand #40 at the Symbian Smartphone Show.

QSurround Mobile offers an enriched audio experience providing virtualized surround sound for close proximity speakers and stereo headsets for mobile phones. This enables users to experience superior audio with multi-channel or stereo surround through a more immersive sound field as though they are surrounded by numerous speakers. The QSurround Mobile technology is targeted for the emerging mobile digital TV market which is expected to be one of the key drivers for the rollout of mobile services on the 3G networks (third generation networks).

msystems, a leader in smart personal storage, today announced that the mDOC H3 embedded flash drive (EFD) has been accredited the “Symbian Approved” mark by Symbian Ltd.

After completing pre-qualifications in Symbian labs, Symbian has approved the mDOC H3, msystems’ embedded flash drive solution for Symbian OS for smooth integration of the latest, most cost-effective raw NAND flash material from major silicon partners. mDOC H3 from msystems is based on more than 17 years of flash expertise, a robust intellectual property portfolio and on technology deployed in millions of tier-one mobile handsets. Read the full article »

DreamSpring unveils DreamConnect 3, the first contact/relationship manager for Symbian UIQ 3 smartphone users, at the Smartphone Show in London.

DreamConnect 3 is the innovative and powerful contact manager designed for smartphones running on Symbian UIQ 3. DreamConnect 3 replaces the standard UIQ Contacts and is the only contact manager available on the market.

DreamConnect 3 features the ground-breaking technology of hierarchical categories<%