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Top Ten Games to show off your Symbian-powered touchscreen smartphone

It used to be just receiving a call, or picking up an email via a push SMS (good old email-to-text gateways back in the nineties). Now, to impress people with your phone in the pub, you need something a little bit better - and it tends to be a game. So what should your Symbian-powered touchscreen smartphone be ready to show off when called into action? Ewan and I run through the Top Ten contenders...

# Posted by Ewan, Steve in Comment, Software at 20:01 BST, Jun 9th || 15 Comments

Top Ten Things Nokia could have done with their London Nokia Store

Ewan Spence looks back with a practised eye on Ten Things that Nokia could have done with their Regent Street flagship store in order to have made it a success...

# Posted by Ewan in Comment at 13:31 GMT, Dec 15th || 22 Comments

What will Nokia learn from the Failure of N-Gage?

# Posted by Ewan in Comment at 17:23 GMT, Nov 9th

N-Gage 2003-2009: An Obituary

Ewan looks back at the life of Nokia's original software and service platform... the N-Gage.

# Posted by Ewan in Comment at 19:32 GMT, Oct 30th || 17 Comments

Five reasons why Java has already saved Nokia

It's been in every S60 phone since the first 7650 came out of Espoo... and it's still delivering for Nokia. Has Java really saved Nokia, asks Ewan Spence?

# Posted by Ewan in Comment, Software at 23:23 BST, Jun 21st || 32 Comments

The fastest smartphone in the west? Text input speeds compared

Steve Litchfield directly compares speeds of text entry on a range of PDAs and smartphones and draws some conclusions about design and general form factor. [original article 2006, updated 2007 and June 2009]

# Posted by Steve in Comment, Hardware at 7:42 BST, Jun 8th || 42 Comments

The Delights of N-Gage Friday

What happens when you have regular releases, and everyone expects a game on a certain day? You have a good feeling building around your platform. Will Nokia continue the regularity of the N-Gage game releases in 2009?

# Posted by Ewan in Comment at 11:38 GMT, Dec 27th || 2 Comments

Scott Foe - Looking to Reset Gaming The World Over?

When Scott Foe takes the stage, it pays to take notes - even more so when he presents a masterclass on promoting games and the idea of bacterial marketing at the recent Edinburgh Interactive Festival.

# Posted by Ewan in Interviews at 14:34 BST, Aug 14th || 6 Comments

Hands-on Preview of Nokia 5320 XpressMusic (retail version)

The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic has finally gone on sale, and we've got hold of one of the first retail units. This is the actual phone as it is now in the shops. The review should be coming soon, but hopefully this will keep those interested happy until then.

# Posted by Tzer2 in Comment, Hardware at 14:10 BST, Aug 1st || 28 Comments

So How Much Is A Game Worth?

You've written your Killer App, now it's a matter of selling it. But at what cost? Ewan thinks about the issue of pricing games and applications in the modern world. In response Steve points out the true cost of gaming and argues that purchase price is almost irrelevant.

# Posted by Ewan in Comment, Develop at 1:50 BST, Jul 17th || 11 Comments

Top 10 - Classic Smartphones

Steve Litchfield proclaims the ten smartphones from the Symbian OS world that have made the most impact in terms of innovation, style and functionality.

# Posted by Steve in Comment, Hardware at 8:59 GMT, Feb 28th || 46 Comments

2007 - the year in review

Rafe takes looks back at the happenings in the Symbian world in 2007 on a month by month basis.

# Posted by Rafe in Comment, Software, Develop, Hardware at 20:05 GMT, Jan 8th || 11 Comments

AAS Predictions for 2008

Rafe gets out his crystal ball and peers into the murky mists of 2008...

# Posted by Rafe in Comment, Develop at 17:09 GMT, Jan 6th || 13 Comments

New Year 2008 S60 3rd Edition Themes

With the end of 2007 fast approaching, AAS takes a look at some Symbian S60 3rd Edition themes which celebrate the start of 2008.

# Posted by krisse in How To, Comment, Software at 12:20 GMT, Dec 29th

A Symbian Christmas 2007: Part 2 - S60 3rd Edition Themes

There are lots of themes for S60 3rd Edition phones, and there are lots of them which feature Christmas, but only a few are actually practical to use. All About Symbian serves up a selection of stylish and legible themes for your handset.

# Posted by krisse in How To, Comment, Software at 17:51 GMT, Dec 11th || 13 Comments

The J2ME games just keep on comin'

Steve Litchfield looks at more J2ME games available through Nokia's Download! system and ClickGamer.com

# Posted by Steve in Software, Previews at 11:47 GMT, Dec 7th || 6 Comments

A Symbian Christmas 2007: Part 1 - Games

Want to get into the festive spirit with your Symbian-powered device? Then read this article to find out about Christmas-related games you can install on your S60, UIQ, Series 80 or even Series 90 phone.

# Posted by krisse in How To, Software at 11:38 GMT, Dec 7th

NokiaWorld 2007: Nokia Keynote and Ovi Thoughts

Ewan's thoughts on this morning's Nokia World keynote...

# Posted by Ewan in Comment at 11:53 GMT, Dec 4th || 5 Comments

TibiaME Autumn 2007 Update

Tibia Micro Edition is the world's first and most popular mobile phone MMORPG. However, its game engine has begun to look a bit dated recently, so the developer CipSoft has just released TibiaME's first major update, along with the brand new island of Ashmor to show off the new features. How good are the improvements, and what still needs work?

# Posted by krisse in Comment, Software at 7:13 GMT, Dec 2nd