All About Symbian - General NewsNews Headlines from All About Symbian (Mobile Feed)It's what HiFi has become - the Nokia MD-7W- September 12, 2008 Guest writer Nick Anstee is pleasantly surprised by the audio quality from Nokia's latest Bluetooth accessory - the pair of MD-7W speakers. Here's his full review. We hope you're enjoying seeing Nick's writings - if you have acquired something interesting that you'd like to vent about in a formal review, do get in touch!http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8008_Its_what_HiFi_has_become-the_N.php Ecosystem musings- September 11, 2008 Not written from a Symbian viewpoint, but Michael Mace's latest missive, about smartphonePDA ecosystems, is worth a read if you're a developer or if you're connected to a manufacturer. My initial reaction (again) is that Nokia's Download! system has the potential to be just as game-changing as the Apple example quoted - and it utterly defeats me why Nokia hasn't poured resources into this area.http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8003_Ecosystem_musings.php Nokia Open Lab, tomorrow (Friday)- September 11, 2008 Rafe is off to Finland for an event tomorrow, Nokia Open Lab, which "brings together a diverse group from across social media to discuss the future of mobile as well as content creation". There's more on Open Lab at events.nokia.comopenlab, where there's a 'virtual event', too, open to all, from 10am – 6pm CET. A Tangler discussion forum will be appearing on the event site soon, and also at www.tangler.comforumnokia-open-lab. And, of course, Rafe will be bringing back...http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8002_Nokia_Open_Lab_tomorrow_Friday.php Nokia N82 gets Stuff.tv vote as top camera phone- September 10, 2008 Stuff.tv are pretty prolific in their video output, often visiting smartphone territory - in this show they look at 5 of the top camera-phones, including the Nokia N82. Despite not having as many (gimmicky) features as the opposition, the N82 seemed to come out overall winner (if the other presenter could have picked it as well, I think she would have).http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8001_Nokia_N82_gets_Stufftv_vote_as.php How do scratches affect camera performance- September 10, 2008 The advantages and disadvantages of lens covers on camera-equipped phones is a hotly debated topic. Recent Nseries devices have seen a mix: N78, N95 8GB and N96 (no lens cover) versus N79, N85 and N95 classic (with lens cover). In the first in a series of articles on contentious camera issues, Steve looks at the question of whether scratches on the camera's protective glass really make a difference.http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/8000_How_do_scratches_affect_camera.php Nokia demonstrates Ovi updates- September 9, 2008 Today, in an online event, Nokia summarised and demonstrated its recent additions to the Ovi.com service offering: Ovi Suite - a PC software offering media management and phone sync, Files on Ovi - an online file storage and remote access to PC files, and Ovi Sync - a service which syncs contacts, calendar events and notes to Ovi.com. Read on for more details.http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7993_Nokia_demonstrates_Ovi_updates.php Symbian Foundation support continues to grow- September 9, 2008 Symbian today issued another press release indicating that a further 10 companies (Acrodea, Brycen, HI Corporation, Ixonos, KTF, Opera Software, Sharp, TapRoot Systems and UIQ) have added their endorsement for the planned foundation. Last week Nokia announced it had reached an agreement with Samsung to buy the remaining share in Symbian pathing the way for the completion of the plans outlined in June.http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7992_Symbian_Foundation_continues_t.php Virtual Ovi event reminder- September 9, 2008 Just a memory jogger about Nokia's Ovi virtual event, starting in under an hour (2pm BST, 3pm CET) at http:events.nokia.com. There's currently an 8 minute video overview of the Files component, but today's virtual event will add a similar video for the PIM data section (Contacts and Calendar), plus there's a Q&A session with the product managers. If you miss the event, there's another chance tomorrow morning, starting at 6am BST.http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7989_Virtual_Ovi_event_reminder.php Worldwide Smartphone Sales Still Rising, Says Gartner- September 9, 2008 Gartner's latest survey of the the mobile marketplace shows the growth of smart-phones continuing, with a worldwide increase in the order of 16%, but with a particularly large jump in the US market. Total Q2 sales were 32.2 million, and reflecting the recently released Symbian figures, Nokia retained the largest market share (47.5%), but with slower growth than others in the market.http://mobile.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/7988_Worldwide_Smartphone_Sales_Sti.php |