Snippets: The ease of use, demanded by the target audience, is gone (as a rule they don’t have enough time to get into the labyrinth of settings). Other drawbacks include barely-there fashion charge of the E70, since its looks and the form-factor are not familiar to each and everyone. Against the background of oversaturated proposition…
Archives for January 2007
Mobile Review reviews the Nokia 6290
In English! Remember this post from Christmas day? Well here we are back in action except this time in a language most of us can understand! Snippets: But after all Nokia 6290 is worth all the hype and waiting-for, as it will be the market’s fist device running off S60 3rd edition platform updated to…
Mobile Review reviews the Nokia N76
They have what we’ve all been waiting for, comparison pictures with the RAZR! Snippets: The N76 is in fact a smartphone running Symbian OS augmented with S60 3rd edition FP1 The flip action is somewhat clunky due to the hinge lack auto-spring mechanism, so that the clam freezes half way up, and that is not…
Mobile Review reviews the Nokia N93i
If you’ve been reading my blog you’ll know that I absolutely LOVE Mobile Review. They post some of the most lengthy, content rich reviews I’ve seen on the net. Enough ass kissing, let’s share some snippets: So the goal set for the N93’s successor was not introducing some new features or software upgrade up to…
Threaded SMS … why doesn’t it exist on S60?
You know what that is? That’s called simplicity. When you’re talking to someone via text message you’re having a conversation … so why not display it as such? During CES I had some time to play with my friends Treo and discovered that this was the default way SMS was handled. I look up Windows…
Mobile Burn previews the Nokia N93i
Nokia’s N93i is the company’s refresh of their popular N93 imaging phone. We shot a few live photos of the device while playing around with it in the Nokia tent in front of the Consumer Electronics Show exhibit hall last week. The most obvious changes made to the N93 to bring about the N93i are…
Erik Jacobson, Product Manager at Symbian, explains why PIPS is cool
Now I think is truly wicked, and it will be the next evolution in smart phone software. Feel free to disagree. Some background information, what is PIPS? I wrote a post earlier explaining it. Check that out or just read this interview and you’ll pretty easily understand what exactly is going on: Symbian has its…
Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email now available for Sony Ericsson smartphones
It’s nice to see Symbian manufacturers cooperating. Latest move comes from Nokia, which extended its Intellisync Wireless Email to two additional Sony Ericsson devices, the M600 and P990. Those not familiar should know that Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email allows mobile professionals to enjoy a fully synchronized, real-time email, calendar and contacts experience on their mobile…
Nokia N76 video preview
Stefan Constantinescu from Ring Nokia got a chance to preview the latest Nokia N76. Don’t be fooled by its look – the thin, stylish, RAZR-like N76 is actually the powerful “multimedia computer”. Here’s the video:
POSIX libraries on Symbian OS
At the official opening event of its Beijing office, Symbian Ltd today announced the introduction of POSIX libraries on Symbian OS, which will significantly reduce the effort required to migrate existing desktop and server components, and mobile applications from other platforms, onto Symbian OS. The move will help broaden and deepen application development for Symbian…