OneSearch service comes to iPhone, Google Sync Beta for S60 and More
Added on 2009-05-24 04:01:00
by Tanya Palta
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 OneSearch service comes to iPhone, Google Sync Beta for S60, Samsung Beat DJ on O2 and more. Here is today’s mobile round up.
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Parting Shots: Nokia E66
Added on 2008-06-26 10:19:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 We spent the last week with the Nokia E66 and have published our full review. We have to say that we found ourselves liking the phone a lot. The improvements that Nokia has made to the organizer applications are significant, the 3.2 megapixel camera is a big step up over the two megapixel shooter on the E65 and GPS with Nokia Maps 2.0 is a really nice feature. We also found the hardware very easy to use with a couple of notable exceptions, the volume keys are terrible for example. Still, when you use the device for awhile you come away impressed. The problem is that you won't be able to use this device for very long because a combination of a small battery, just 1000 mAh, and 3G connectivity means that the battery life is terrible. We were only able to manage three hours of talk time on the E66, and for a business device that needs to get through a full day of hard use this just isn't acceptable.
Read the full Nokia E66 review here.
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First Call: Nokia E66
Added on 2008-06-19 14:19:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 Nokia was kind enough to lend us an E66 and we'll be reviewing the phone over the next couple of weeks. The E66 is one of Nokia's enterprise focused E-Series devices and is the successor to the E65, which also sported a slider design. Unlike the E71, with which it was announced a few days ago, the E66 does not have a QWERTY keyboard.
The upgrades over the E65 seems significant on paper. The camera's been upped to 3.2 megapixels and auto-focus, the phone's been slimmed down to .54 inches from .61 inches, Symbian Series 60 Feature Pack 1 is on board and the RAM has been doubled. All of these should result in a very capable device, but we'll have to wait until we're done with our review before we can be sure. Lots of pretty pictures after the jump.
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Nokia unveils E71 and E66
Added on 2008-06-16 11:09:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 Nokia today announced two new E-Series devices that have been long expected, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66. The E71 is the latest generation of Nokia's QWERTY oriented enterprise device while the E66 is a slider phone. We got a chance to take a look at the devices and both are slimmer and slicker looking than they're predecessors, the Nokia E61i and E65 respectively. In particular we were impressed by how small and slim the Nokia E71 was, it measures just 10mm thick. More after the break.
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Google Maps Updated
Added on 2008-06-09 08:10:00
by Tanya Palta
 The Google Maps application for Symbian S60 devices had been updated and can be downloaded from here. Updates include:
* Zooming is smoother in operation
* Speed improvements
* Favorites sharing with Nokia Maps, Route 66, and others
* Changes to menu structure
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FCC reveals what may be the Nokia Tube
Added on 2008-04-24 12:29:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 The FCC today dropped a mystery Nokia phone on us. Although there were no pictures, the schematic of the placement for the FCC label leads us to believe that this may be the eagerly awaited Nokia Tube. Of course it could also just be a block schematic that they use for any phone, but Nokia's schematics are usually a little more detailed. Rumors are that the Tube, a touch screen S60 phone that's meant to compete with the iPhone, will be available later this year. If this is the Tube U.S. customers will be disappointed by the lack of support for AT&T's 3G network, although Nokia has gotten better about releasing U.S. 3G versions of their phones in the past year.
Request for Confidentiality
Schematic
Testing 1
Testing 2
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Nokia 6210 Navigator at CTIA 2008
Added on 2008-04-02 18:41:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 The successor to Nokia's GPS focused 6110 navigator the 6210 has new stylings and replaces the Garmin GPS software with Nokia's Maps 2.0. Nokia's mapping solution is interesting in that it allows you to both pre-load maps on the device and download them on the fly from the internet. The device also sports a built in compass and has a pedestrian navigation mode. Under the hood is Symbian Series 60 and the camera has also been updated to 3.2 megapixels with auto-focus and the ability to geo-tag your photos. The device was announced a couple of months ago a Mobile World Congress but this is our first chance to get a close look at it and we took a bunch of photos for your viewing pleasure, available after the break.
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Nokia N78 at CTIA 2008
Added on 2008-04-02 18:20:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 We spent some time with the Nokia N78 today, which was originally announced at Mobile World Congress a couple of months ago. The update to the venerable and very successful Nokia N73 (review), the N78 runs the latest version of Symbian Series 60. The phone has a few updates compared to its predecessor but has also taken a step back and stood still in some areas.
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Nokia N96 Video Preview
Added on 2008-04-02 17:13:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 We got a chance to spend some time with the Nokia N96, the successor to the wildy popular Nokia N95 (review). The N96 sports Nokia's new styling that we've seen on devices like the N82 (review) and N81 (review). As we mentioned in those reviews we're not particular fans, Nokia seems to have sacrificed a lot of ergonomic usability in the name of, dubious, style. We're also concerned about the 950 mAh battery. This is the same size battery that the original N95 had and caused so many people problems. We wonder why they didn't go with the larger 1200 mAh battery found on the latest versions of the N95.
The N96 is certainly packed with features, however. In addition to the same five megapixel camera and VGA video recording we've seen on the N95 it add DVB-H support for mobile TV and 16GB of internal storage. How well it will do is going to depend in large part on how annoyed people get by the uncomfortable keypad and controls. Video after the break.
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Samsung G810 Video Preview
Added on 2008-04-01 09:27:00
by Alfredo Padilla
 Last night at the Showstoppers event here at CTIA 2008 we got a chance to play around with the Samsung G810. This Symbian Series 60 smart phone sports a five megapixel camera with auto-focus and 3x optical zoom, which is a feature that's extremely rare amongst cell phones. It also has GPS capabilities and can geo-tag your photos as you take them. The G810 isn't currently available from a U.S. carrier and we have our doubts about whether it ever will be, so keep an eye on your friendly importer if you want to get your hands on one. Our video preview is after the jump.
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Talking iPhone: What applications won't be allowed?
Added on 2008-03-21 10:10:00
by Alfredo Padilla
With the iPhone SDK out now the dreams of many software developers and companies are running into the wall of limitations that come with the SDK. Most recently was Adobe, which initially indicated they would be developing a Flash plugin for the iPhone but then retracted their statement. Sun has also announced that they will be developing a Java client for the iPhone, but may find their hopes dashed by the fact that the SDK user agreement does not allow you to create applications that execute additional code. Today we're going to be taking a close look at the type of applications that won't be allowed on the iPhone by taking examples from other smart phone platforms.
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Microsoft, Nokia Put Silverlight On Mobile Devices
Added on 2008-03-05 03:12:00
by Tanya Palta
 Microsoft’s Silverlight runtime platform will soon be available to Nokia users running S60 and Series 40 operating systems. Adding support for Silverlight which is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in will let developers create rich, interactive applications that run on multiple platforms. Silverlight is intended to be available to S60 developers later this year with initial service delivery anticipated shortly thereafter for all S60 licensees
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Google Unveils Search Client for S60 Devices
Added on 2008-02-22 03:04:00
by Tanya Palta
Google yesterday released a native client of Google search exclusively for the S60 phones. To access this application one needs to point their browser to the Google mobile site. Once the software is downloaded and installed, a shortcut to a Google search box is placed on the Idle Screen.
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Nokia Unveils S60 Touch Interface
Added on 2007-10-17 04:29:00
by Tanya Palta
Nokia unveiled their spanking new S60 Touch Interface at the Symbian Smartphone Show. The touch user interface has a number of input methods including; touch screen with a traditional keypad, touch screen with a QWERTY keyboard or touch screen alone.
There is support for tactile feedback and one also comes across Flash Video integration. For the entire lowdown on the new S60 Touch Interface, head over to the Nokia Press Page here.
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Nokia E90 Evaluated
Added on 2007-05-02 09:38:00
by Richard Baguley
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 Steve Litchfield at All about Symbian has been trying out a pre-production version of the as yet unreleased Nokia E90, the latest in their long-running communicator smart phone range. We ran a first impressions review of this smart phone with a QWERTY keyboard here, and Steve seems to like what he has found; “The Nokia E90 is the single most 'converged' device I've ever seen...To have a single device on my belt that's a phone, PDA, keyboarded communicator and mobile office, Internet browser, camera, camcorder, GPS navigator and music player, with no extra accessories or dangly bits, is utterly awesome.”. The article is the first in a series that looks at the E90 in depth; we’ll look forward to reading the rest.
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