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Ewan Spence reports back from Over The Air, a two day mobile conference held in early 2008.

Steve Litchfield dismisses the latest Symbian hacking scare story....

In which I muse on the fact that if a portable device gets beyond a certain size then you won't take it everywhere with you and it can't really improve your life....

It's that (other) time of year again, so All About Symbian is taking a look at some Easter-related themes for Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones.

Hearing that my long-suffering wife, Fiona, was off for a day jaunt to 'somewhere she'd never been before', I wondered if she'd like to get help from some smartphone technology and try out one of the new features of Nokia Maps 2.0 - namely the explicit pedestrian navigation mode. She agreed and handed over her Nokia E51 for me to preload it with the latest beta and the UK maps. I also stuck a pocket GPS in her jacket and guessed it would see enough of the satellites from there. Here's her report.

Real power users look away now - you'll have worked all this out for yourself - but I've been experimenting getting my GMail 'pushed' onto my S60 smartphone, for free. Herewith the results, comments and relevant how-to details.
[updated after comments on the original article - the auto-retrieval interval is different]

Rafe looks at the new entry level Nseries - the Nokia N78 - with its 3.2 megapixel camera, integrated GPS, multiple connectivity options and feature-heavy multimedia software suite.

Steve Litchfield proclaims the ten smartphones from the Symbian OS world that have made the most impact in terms of innovation, style and functionality.

Following on from my preview of Nokia Maps 2.0, the team behind the product got in touch to answer some of my points and to give me a glimpse into the product's future.













