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Discovering the Pros and Cons of Touch. Is this the Future?

After resisting the persistent trend of touch screen smartphones, David Gilson reports on his experience of living with some S60 5th Edition touch screen phones.

Posted by David Gilson at 14:17 UTC, March 8th || 17 Comments

2010 Metal Monsters: Nokia N97 mini and Motorola Milestone

While I've previously pitched the Google Nexus One head to head with the Nokia N97, concentrating on screen size and general capacity, there's another interesting comparison to be made in the smartphone world, centred on metal construction and all-round communications and multimedia ability. Here, I take the industrial designed Motorola Milestone and the Nokia N97 mini - which will stand up to my intensive testing best?

Posted by Steve Litchfield at 15:12 UTC, March 5th || 16 Comments

How to: Synchronise S60 with your social networks.

Synchronising your PIM data can be a treacherous prospect at the best of times. David Gilson has been risking the safety of his PIM data to show you how you can use the commercial service Memotoo to synchronise your S60 phone with not only Google, but the likes of Facebook and LinkedIn too.

Posted by David Gilson at 3:13 UTC, March 4th || 5 Comments

Making more of less: Pimping the Nokia E61i and smartphoning on the cheap?

In an epic tale of heroism and 'making do', I lead you through a series of hopefully thought-provoking segments, showing that perhaps there's more to a smartphone than feeling compelled to buy the latest £400 hardware. In the process, I point out the potential benefits of one of Nokia's unsung heroes, the E61i, my main smartphone through the summer of 2007 and a device to which I was recently reintroduced. Reality bites home in the end, though, and I conclude that there's an equal acknowledgement to be made in terms of progress made by Nokia and Symbian over the last few years.

Posted by Steve Litchfield at 15:36 UTC, February 28th || 19 Comments

The Nexus Chronicles - replacing a Symbian flagship? - Part Two

In the second and final part of a two parter, Steve Litchfield again looks outside the Symbian world to ask if the current Android flagship could replace a Symbian-powered smartphone. In the process of answering the question, he analyses (in order) the next 8 essential functions which devices like the Nokia N97 perform for him - how easy would it then be for a non-Symbian device like the Google Nexus One to step up to the plate? (Here's part 1, covering the top seven functions)

Posted by Steve Litchfield at 14:59 UTC, February 23rd || 41 Comments


Recent Features

TitleCategoryAuthor
Discovering the Pros and Cons of Touch. Is this the Future?Comment, HardwareDavid Gilson
2010 Metal Monsters: Nokia N97 mini and Motorola MilestoneHardwareSteve Litchfield
How to: Synchronise S60 with your social networks.How ToDavid Gilson
How to: print photos via Wi-Fi from your Nseries phoneHow ToSteve Litchfield
MWC Video ContentInterviews, Comment, Profiles, Software, Develop, HardwareRafe Blandford
Making more of less: Pimping the Nokia E61i and smartphoning on the cheap?How To, Software, HardwareSteve Litchfield
The Nexus Chronicles - replacing a Symbian flagship? - Part TwoComment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
The Nexus Chronicles - replacing a Symbian flagship? - Part OneComment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
The risk of opening SymbianCommentDavid Gilson
The Fairest Fight (Update): Samsung i8910 HD vs Google Nexus One vs Nokia N97Comment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
How to: Optimise RAM on the Nokia N97 (and N97 mini)How To, Comment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
The Nokia N97 Story: Choosing Classic or Mini?Comment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
The Extended Twitter Round-UpSoftwareDavid Gilson
The Mystery of 108 and the Symbian CountdownCommentEwan Spence
Twitter applications for Symbian phonesSoftwareDavid Gilson
The vanilla Nokia X6 is here and it’s almost ready for actionCommentEwan Spence
Everyone benefits when the soup becomes an APICommentEwan Spence
Battle of the Maps - RevisitedSoftwareDavid Gilson
Lifecasting opens up the geo-location social web for NokiaComment, SoftwareEwan Spence
From Apple iPhone to Nokia N97 mini?Comment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
The Fairest Fight: Samsung i8910 HD vs Google Nexus OneComment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
Wikipedia on SymbianComment, SoftwareDavid Gilson
Full screen QWERTY hybrids: Nokia E90 vs Nokia N97 mini vs HTC Touch Pro 2 vs Motorola Milestone Comment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
How to fix LED flash photosHow ToDavid Gilson
How to: Get faster GPS locks - and how to stay patient when you can'tHow ToSteve Litchfield
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic - Tutorials, Tips & HintsHow To, HardwareAAM Staff
The Symbian Phone of the DecadeComment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
How to: Know how much power each component of your smartphone usesHow ToSteve Litchfield
One by one by one: Nokia N95 vs N96 vs N97Comment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
Battle of the MapsSoftwareDavid Gilson
Top Ten Things Nokia could have done with their London Nokia StoreCommentEwan Spence
How to: use Google Mobile to replace a dozen other applicationsHow To, SoftwareSteve Litchfield
The Symbian Foundation Strikes Back - interview with Lee WilliamsInterviewsSteve Litchfield
Supporting developers through diversityInterviews, DevelopRichard Bloor
How to: Control music and audio on your touchscreen phone without touching itHow To, Comment, HardwareSteve Litchfield
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