As a follow up to the popular E61, E71 and E72 range of devices, the E6 has been attracting a lot of attention from Nokia's QWERTY smartphone fans. Our review coverage will start in the next few days, but as a taster here is a gallery offering a visual tour of the Nokia E6's (E6-00) hardware. The E6, an enterprise focused device, combines touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard in a single form factor. Key features include a high resolution screen, eight megapixel EDoF camera and large 1500mAh replaceable battery.
As a taster for our in-depth Nokia X7 coverage, which will start on Monday, here is a gallery offering a visual tour of the Nokia X7 (X7-00) hardware. The X7, with its elegantly curved back, is a design led phone, with a combination of stainless steel and glass materials. Design aside, key features include the four inch AMOLED touchscreen, eight megapixel EDoF camera and comprehensive connectivity options. The Nokia X7 is also the first Symbian^3 phone to ship with the Symbian Anna software update.
In All About Symbian Insight 170, we open by discussing, in detail, Stephen Elop's recent keynote at Qualcomm's Uplinq developer conference. This includes details of the ecosystem definition, the choices made by Elop and his team, and much more. In the second half of the podcast, the team talk about the Ovi Store client update, covering the details of the updates and some of the problems encountered. This leads to a more general discussion on mobile app DRM.
In All About Symbian Insight 169, we open with news that the Symbian^3 powered Nokia E6 and Nokia X7 have started shipping. We then discuss Nokia's quashing of rumours about its acquisition by Microsoft and Nokia's substantial downgrade of its Q2 2011 outlook. In the second half of the podcast David shares his view on Twimgo, Steve shares news of Nokia Battery Monitor 2.0 and we talk about varying opinions on the Nokia E7.
In All About Symbian Insight 168, we open with news of the latest Ovi Store update, which facilitates the provisioning of application updates. We then discuss Stephen Elop's (Nokia CEO) recent statement that software updates for Symbian devices would continue until at least 2016. There's room for a few developer updates, before we move onto a wide ranging and stimulating discussion of the Windows Phone Mango update and comparisons to Symbian.
In All About Symbian Insight 167, we open with a brief mention of Gartner's smartphone shipment numbers; this leads to a discussion about the rate at which smartphones are replacing feature phones. Rafe shares news of the developer preview of Qt Quick 3D and NTT DOCOMO's latest Symbian phones. Ewan's not pleased with the Symbian version of Flight Control, but is much happier with The Impossible Game. We also cover the NewsFlow, cuteBox and Molome applications, before David shares his first take on Windows Phone 7.
In All About Symbian Insight 166, we open with the news that Ovi services will be rebranded as Nokia services (Ovi Maps to Nokia Maps). The team then discuss the impact of the recent announcement of Microsoft's planned acquisition of Skype. In the middle of the podcast we run through a number of recent application and case reviews that have appeared on the site. We end with a (non-musical, thankfully) contribution from Ewan, following his recent return from the Eurovision song contest.
In All About Symbian Insight 164, we open with a discussion of IDC's Q1 2011 smartphone device shipment figures. Steve then offers some handy camera phone tips, when he details the six most common camera phone mistakes, while Rafe explains when we can expect to see multi-core processors on Nokia devices and David shares his experience with Autumn Dynasty, a real time strategy game for Symbian^3 devices. In the last section of the podcast, we talk about the release of the Symbian^3 SDK 1.0 and Qt SDK 1.1 and recovering from Qt Smart Installer failures.
In All About Symbian Insight 164, we open with a discussion of the Nokia job cuts that were announced last week. In tandem with this, we talk about the transfer of Symbian software activities (and related jobs) from Nokia to Accenture and the potential impact. In the second half of the podcast, Steve talks about real world EDoF camera performance, leading to a more general discussion on this technology. In the last part of the podcast, we explore the merits of the QWERTY candybar (e.g. Nokia E72, E6) form factor and suggest that, perhaps, it is sometimes under-rated.
In All About Symbian Insight 163, we open with a discussion of Nokia's Q1 2011 results, with a focus of smartphone sales and the outlook ahead. In the middle portion of the podcast we discuss a number of recent updates to Nokia's map offerings: first up is the new web version of Ovi Maps with its new photo-realistic 3D view and street map level imagery, second is the new beta of Ovi Maps that sees the introduction of a more modular approach. In the final part of the podcast we discuss the news that Microsoft and Nokia have signed a definitive agreement to cement their new partnership.
