In All About Symbian Insight 162, we open with a discussion of the Symbian Anna software update. We cover the timing of the update, the new browser, the improvements to text entry, the enterprise orientated updates, and much more. The second half of the podcast concentrates on the two new Symbian devices, the Nokia X7 and Nokia E6, including our first reaction to the new devices.
In All About Symbian Insight 161, we open with a discussion about Nokia's release of the Symbian source and its openness. We move on to a photo theme with Steve talking about the N8 Creative Photo Awards and recapping his review of Photo 3D and the Jelly Lens. The review round up theme continues with Ewan talking about Socially and David talking about Different Tack (a Twitter client) and SymFTP.
In All About Symbian Insight 160, we start with a look forward to Ewan's long term review of the C6-01, before discussing the news that Nokia has re-published the Symbian source code and the graduation of Ovi Maps 3.6. In the second half of the podcast, David talks us through the release of IM for Nokia (S60 5th Edition and Symbian^3), Ewan describes new platform game Treemaker and Rafe shares his delight at the release of Nokia Sleeping screen.
In All About Symbian Insight 159, we start with a discussion of Ewan's real world Nokia E7 testing, before moving on to news of the PR 1.2 update for the Nokia N8, C7 and C6-01. A brief mention of the Nokia Email 3.9 update for the E5, E72 and E52 leads to a discussion of screen resolution. In the second half of the podast, Steve summarises the news of Nokia Social 1.3's re-release through Beta Labs and the team discuss Purnima Kochikar's open letter to Nokia developers.
In All About Symbian Insight 158, we have a special edition of the podcast, based around three interviews that Ewan recorded while he was attending SXSW in Austin. First is Nokia's Ojanpera, who talks about Nokia's three pillar strategy, the importance of developers and some of the impacts of Nokia's recent strategy change. Second is Rovio's (Angry Birds) Peter Vesterbacha, who talks about the continuous update model of the game and hints at future plans. Third is Hisyam Halim Rseven's CEO, who talks about the impact of Nokia's strategy change on developers.
In All About Symbian Insight 157, we start with the news of the recent update to the Ovi Store client for all Symbian devices. David then talks about the Pano Wallpaper app and Steve explains how he's added extra grip to the Nokia E7. Steve shares news of a UK N8 photo competition, which leads to a more general discussion of Nokia's recent N8 advertising push. Finally the team discuss Steve's recent app store comparison feature.
In All About Symbian Insight 156, we start with the news that Digia is to acquire the commercial and professional services portion of Qt; Rafe explains the details and puts the story in the proper context. We then have a trio of games reviews - Steve sparkles, David blows things up and Ewan takes on the defensive line. In the last portion of the podcast, we discuss the arrival of Layar on the Symbian platform and discuss the role and feasibility of augmented reality on smartphones.
In All About Symbian Insight 155, we start with some final Symbian related news pieces from MWC, before Rafe and Steve describe how there are more Symbian devices in Nokia's pipeline. Ewan follows with news of the social location sharing updates in the latest Ovi Maps beta and the details of Audioboo on Symbian. In the last portion of the podcast David leads a discussion on the Nokia E7, which leads to a few divisions of opinion!
A week or so on from Nokia's huge strategy shift and their Friday and Sunday press conferences, we reflect in a longer-than-usual Insight podcast on what this all means for us and for the industry. Rafe gives some feedback on Mobile World Congress and we also touch on the news of the day, including OLED screen issues, NFC demos and N-Gage game collections. Finally, there's talk of ecosystems and the future.
In this podcast, we talk in depth about February 11th's momentous strategy change for Nokia in terms of its smartphone ambitions. What does the new alliance with Microsoft and Windows Phone mean for Symbian? What will happen to allaboutsymbian.com? Will we see WP7 backported to the Nokia E7? (short answer: no!) These and many other questions are answered as best we can, with Rafe giving specific feedback from the presentations at the London event.