All About Symbian - Editorial NewsNews Headlines from All About Symbian (Mobile Full Feed)S60's State of Independence- September 23, 2008 In an appropriately 'over the air' day (ref the HTC G1 announcement), Tzer2 looks closely at how divorced S60 is from a desktop computer. In other words, do you need to be tied to a PC or Mac at all these days The answer is largely 'No'. Tzer2's article will make you think and challenge the way you've viewed Symbian OS and S60 phones up until now.Read onhttp://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8113_S60s_State_of_Independence.php Insight 40: SMP on Symbian OS, N79 and Gaming- September 23, 2008 In All About Symbian Insight 40 (AAS Podcast 93) Rafe, and Steve discuss SMP (Symmetric Multiprocessing) on Symbian OS and what some of the key benefits might be. Steve gives us his first impressions of the Nokia N79 and finally there's some chat about gaming on the N-Gage versus the iPhone. In this podcast we cover: N82 v30 Firmware, news or not Visit to Symbian, part 1: Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) - Symbian OS on multiple processor cores. Steve's first impressions of...http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8109_Insight_40_SMP_on_Symbian_OS_N.php Nokia Photos 1.5 now available through Beta Labs- September 22, 2008 A new version of Nokia Photos, a media (images and video) sync and management application for your PC, is now available through Nokia Beta Labs. The new version, 1.5, has a new look to fit in with the Ovi branding, improved support for importing images from non-Nokia devices, tools for adding and visualising geo-tagged images, and improved integration with Share on Ovi and other Nokia services. Read on for further details.Maps View Nokia Photos 1.5 adds a new view to the application: Map. This.http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8097_Nokia_Photos_15_now_available_.php The Early Adopter- September 22, 2008 Admittedly the question is up there with 'Why does the beach get wet when the tide comes in', but Tzer2 asks the question "Why do so many gadget fans buy devices on their launch day", producing an easy to read essay on the cult of the early adopter. And argues, in the process, that their zeal (and expenditure) is good for all of us in the long run...Read onhttp://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8093_The_Early_Adopter.php Star Wars: The Force Unleashed reviewed on N-Gage- September 19, 2008 Over on All About N-Gage, resident gaming Jedi Ewan Spence has put Star Wars: The Force Unleashed through its paces on the N-Gage platform, including the innovative "cellweaver" control system designed specially for mobile phones. Is the force with this game, or is it just a pile of bantha fodder Read the review to find out...http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8084_Star_Wars_The_Force_Unleashed_.php Pros and cons: Xenon vs LED vs dual LED flash- September 18, 2008 In the second part of my 'Camera Nitty Gritty' series, I look at the relative advantages and disadvantages of the different flash technologies used in phone cameras: Xenon, LED and dual LED. With examples, I demonstrate the increased illumination from LED to Xenon and also show the differences in the speed of capture."Except that phone cameras are traditionally bad in low light conditions because of their small CMOS sensors - there simply aren't enough photons to go round and the end result is..http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8076_Pros_and_cons_Xenon_vs_LED_vs_.php Insight 38: N96, Comes with Music and Samsung i8510- September 8, 2008 In All About Symbian Insight 38 (AAS Podcast 91) Rafe and Steve chat about where the Nokia N96 lines up, firmware updates to the Nokia N95 and N95 8GB, look forward to Comes with Music announcements and touch on Symbian's Q2 results. The main part of the insight covers the newly released Samsung I8510 and our first impressions of its 8 megapixel camera. In this podcast we cover: Nokia N96 starts shipping - does it still have a place v30 N95 Classic firmware - what's...http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7984_Insight_38_N96_Comes_with_Musi.php Out and about with the Samsung i8510- September 6, 2008 Steve and I have had the Samsung i8510 (a.k.a. the INNOV8, in some markets) for the best part of a week, putting it through its paces. In all honesty, it's too early for a full review because there are some things needing to be attended to by Samsung, but what Steve was really interested in was how well the screen, 8 mp camera, focussing camcorder and DSP-powered music playback performed. I hope you'll be interested too. Monday morning: We've updated the sections on playing videos, on music...http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7973_Out_and_about_with_the_Samsung.php |