Joining Rafe, Steve and myself on the latest All About Symbian Insight Show is Stefan Constantinescu from Into Mobile. Discussion this week centers around the differences between the Exx and Nxx series devices - fundamentally the same software, but wildly different smartphones. We also have a reader question submitted by Andrew Currie, asking us about our thoughts on the retail experience of smartphones.
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It was an interesting chat, but none of you mentioned the one thing in N-series that really bugs me and, as I understand it, is done much better in the E-series. Namely, the handling of access points. Why can't I globally set an order of preference somewhere, and each app connects to whichever connection is highest and available in the list? Each app needing either a single allowed connection or an "always ask" drives me mental. The worst culprit is RealPlayer streaming, which doesn't even have an "always ask" so you have go deep into its menus to change the connection each time you use it in a different place.
Their use of the word "default" in the UI is actually grossly misleading because that implies a "preferred" connection, which can be changed by the system if it's not available. That's not actually the case: it's simply a single, set connection.
What I'm asking for can't be that difficult, because the tiny Truphone assistant does exactly that.
A very interesting listen there guys, nice one.
The insight (pun intended) that Stefan gave us into the way that handsets are bought in Finland was very interesting.
I do agree with Steve though on buying unlocked, then selling it on ebay when you get bored. As long as you do it regularly, you lose a relatively small amount of money compared to buying a subsidised contract phone.:icon14:
oh boy, i sound like ms teen south carolina. sorry for being so nervous :frown:
Stefan, you sound gorgeous, darling.... fret not ;P
The copyright message at the end needs to be changed to say 2008.