N95 review from My-Symbian

Another review on the N95, this time from Michael Jerz over at My-Symbian It's a very well structured, detailed review. Click here to see what he has to s...

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Nokia in the future

Phil posted an interesting video clip over on the S60 blogs. I followed the link through to the Nokia design community YouTube page. It's always interesting to see what passes through the imagination of the people who will be designing communication products over the next few years. Take a look:Achieving togetherConnecting SimplyInspiring SensesSharing discover...

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Steve from AAS tries out Smart2go

Here is a video clip from Steve Litchfield from All About Symbian trying out Smart2go on his N93. I have downloaded and installed Smart2Go on my N73 but have not yet used it. I only drive to and from work daily, and around to friends at the weekend. Anywhere else I need to go around London or the Home Counties, 10 years of daily driving in field sales has given me a good knowledge of roads and routes.Steve makes a good point in the video about the charging for Smart2go. If I were to go somewhere where I was not so confident of the routes, then Smart2Go would become a valuable application. And as I can pay for it as and when I need it, Smart2Go becomes a economical alternative to other Satnav solutions.Edit: HTML appears to be broken, so to view the video, pop over to ...

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MTP IP

I saw an interesting press release today, from a company called Fotonation. They're promoting some software called MTP IP. Basically, this software will allow mobile phones to transfer large files at speeds up to 10 times faster than transfer via Bluetooth. For example, a 3 megapixel picture can be transferred from phone to PC in just 0.3 seconds. As phones gain more functionality, richer features, the option for fast file transfer is going to become ever more necessary. It will be intresting to see how well options like MTP IP actually work. Fotonation will be presenting MTP IP at a forthcoming trade show in Las Vegas during March, running on an N80 and N93.Full press release he...

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Hiding calendar entries

The option to hide calendar entries is one feature I would like to see implemented in a S60 more than any other, right now.You can see from the screenshot, on my phone I have Active Standby turned on. Because of this, you can see that tomorrow I have a meeting with the OWG. What I would like to see the calendar offer, is a feature where I can hide upcoming appointments. It could work like this; I set an appointment, and one of the options is for me to show when I want the appointment to appear on the screen. Maybe choose from 7 days, 5 days, 3 days, 1 day and never. Never, because sometimes I might not want an appointment to show on the screen...

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N800 Review

Over on Mobile Whack, you'll find a neat review they've posted up about the N800.I have to admit, the N800 is one of those handsets that personally, I don't think I'm going to find a use for. Still for those with an interest, check the review o...

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3GSM

So I'm back from 3GSM. It was a great event. I'm upset I was unable to get a connection when in Spain, though. I'd planned to use my WIND Italia SIM. €8 a month gets me 300MB of data to use outside Italia. Perfect. At least, it was. It seems that WIND no longer offer this deal. So I found myself with no data connection for uploading pictures. But enough of the moaning, and on with the phones. For me, the event is all about the handsets. The main hall is packed with all the main manufacturers, and some of the bit part players. Of the products on show, Nokia took the event for me. Samsung ran them close, the Ultra Edition II range looks very good....

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S60 and sub folders

I'm just back from Barcelona, and I have some interesting pics and items to upload later on. But before I do, I've been catching up goings on whilst I've been away, and I found a very useful snippet on the S60 blogs. How to create a sub folder for S60 phones.Currently, if you want to store items in a folder, and inside that folder create sub folders for further storage, you can't. So if you had a media folder, nad inside you wanted to seperate video, music, pictures, etc, you can't. Well, at least you couldn't. There is now a work around, which was posted on the Nokia discussion forums. Excellent work by mechanimal82 for finding the workaround1....

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Nokia N77

Nokia have confirmed release of the N77 today at the 3GSM conference. Full spec will be posted later, but the main feature of the handset is built in DVB-H support for digital TV. For other Nokia handsets announced, check out the 3GSM BlogStylish and affordable Nokia N77 to accelerate DVB-H mobile TV mainstream adoption Nokia today introduced the Nokia N77 multimedia computer offering an optimized mobile TV experience in a compelling and compact form factor with complete Nokia Nseries functionalities. With the Nokia N77, the latest integrated DVB-H device in the Nokia Nseries range, operators now have greater choice of devices as they further...

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3GSM 2007

3GSM starts next week and I'm gonna be there on the Tuesday and Wednesday. I will post most generic stuff to the 3GSM Blog, but all the NSeries and S60 stuff will be right here. I'm aiming to post pictures 'on the fly' to the blog. If there is anything in particular you want to see let me know and I'll do my best to track it do...

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Rotateme

Rotateme is an application that allows you to rotate the screen layout of your S60 phone into widescreen, a feature that the E60 had, and that all S60 phones should come with as standard. There is a thread over at the Mobile Review forums here. I've not had a chance to try it out myself yet, but one of the posts on the thread contains some screen sho...

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Nokia & Smart2Go

VIa a press release from Nokia, which is copied below. Nokia are to make the Smart2Go navigation and mapping platform available for download free of charge, from February 10th. Initially available for S60 and Windows Mobile, Nokia hope to expand the range upon which the platform will work in the near future.Press release:Nokia today announced that it is making its smart2go mapping and navigation platform, available for free download (www.smart2go.com), enabling millions of people to use the most comprehensive map coverage offered on a mobile device. The platform allows for mapping and routing in over 150 countries and has support for full turn-by-turn satellite navigation in over 30 countries. The application allows people to view where they are on a map, search for points-of-interests (POI)...

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Series 60 3rd Edition Feature pack 2

Read here for an excellent overview on the Feature pack 2 for Series 60 3rd edition. All you need to know is there, and if you do have questions add a comment to the bottom of the posting. The official press release for S60v3FP2 is he...

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Quiet time

The blog is gonna go through a period of quiet time til next Tuesday, as I'm off to Rome for my birthday. With any luck there will be a stack of things to talk about when I get back, as the run up to 3GSM starts. I'm looking forward to 3GSM almost as much as the release of the N...

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