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The Symbian Smartphone Show goes 'final'
Symbian has finalised its agenda and show layout for its annual Smartphone Show in London, on 16-17th October at the ExCeL centre. Listed below are some of the last minute speaker sign ups and some thumbnails, plus links. The show is free to attend, as is the AAS pub meet on the evening of the 15th, details to be announced, but the prize list is pretty impressive....(!) Oh, and keep the evening of the 16th free as well - watch this space.
Back... Way back.... to the Nokia 9300i
Ewan drifts back from the E90 to his trusty Nokia 9300i Communicator and finds that life with the latter isn't quite as rosy as he'd remembered. Still, he reckons the 9300i wins for some email and most writing work.The Nokia E90 - no longer at the Edinburgh Fringe!
In the great Nokia E90 appreciation pantheon, Ewan clearly falls midway between E90-despiser Andrew Orlowski and E90 uber-fans myself and My-Symbian's Michal J. But, at the end of the day, Ewan's decided the the Nokia E90 isn't for him...No Outlook needed! Syncing to Mobical
Steve Litchfield has been getting twitchy feet over his reliance on Outlook as the PIM partner to his smartphones and he's overjoyed to find a Web-based PIM that's totally cross platform, that supports just about every smartphone ever made and which is completely free! In this walkthrough, he explains how to set Mobical up and start syncing.DIY S60/UIQ iPhone comparisons
Forgive the 3-Lib plug, but with the Apple iPhone being talked about so much, I wanted to add it to the smartphone comparison grid, so that anybody can compare the iPhone directly to any of the current top smartphone contenders across the world. And yes, it's easy to 'make' the iPhone win, by plugging in specific preferences. Comments welcome!How shall we count thy benefits - Handy Taskman reviewed
New staff writer Attila Katona has been sitting on this review of Handy Taskman for S60 for a couple of weeks - but I managed to wheedle it out of him! Meanwhile I've been trying the latest (and rival) Best TaskMan and have been equally impressed. Nothing wrong with having two terrific utilities that are both available in trial form...Nokia tops the 'green' list again
The fourth edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics is out now, with Nokia regaining top place as a result of phasing out PVC and meeting or exceeding a wide set of Greenpeace benchmarks, designed to reduce the amount and toxicity of electronic waste piling up in Asia and Africa.Opera Mini 4 Beta now available
The beta of Opera Mini 4 is now available from the Opera website. The new version renders a full page overview from which you can then zoom in to read the page (very reminiscent of S60's browser overview / minimap mode). Other new features include the introduction of a mouse and power scrolling making it easier to move around pages and a quick access context menu. Read on for more and screenshots.
The very real Projekt and 10 'wishlist' UIQ 3 apps
Projekt, the only genuine 'outliner' for Symbian OS, recently hit S60 3rd Edition. Now that it's available for both current Symbian-based platforms, Asri al-Baker reviews the UIQ 3 version of Projekt and shows how it can be used for everything from project management to shopping lists... And in the second part of a UIQ 3 double bill, Asri explains his top 10 wishlist for UIQ 3 - any developers fancy a challenge?Nokia E90 now available in Finnish shops
As predicted last week on AAS, the long-awaited Nokia E90 has finally launched on the 12th/13th of June. The first Nokia E90s have been spotted in stock in various Finnish retailers including the electrical chain Gigantti and the online store Verkkokauppa. Nokia phones often appear in Finland first for obvious reasons, but the E90 should be available sim-free across Europe very soon if not right now. Network Operator locked versions may take some more time to appear however as the operators tend to alter the firmware before releasing a phone. The availability in non-European regions is still unclear.Search News Stories
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