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Touchscreens through the years - and my new party trick
I have a new party trick and you won't be surprised it involves my smartphone. And a kitchen knife. All of which has got me musing about the nature (and role) of touchscreens on handheld devices through the years. Expectations and roles sure have changed. Though it's tempting to say that there's nowhere else for the touchscreen to go. The rest is surely up to the programmers behind the glass?
Symbian's Five Forgotten Form Factors
Maybe I'm turning into a sentimental old codger, but despite Nokia's efforts with the recent E7 (and N97 before it), the majority of modern smartphones are turning into either large screened tablets or tiny-screened thumb qwerty affairs, with a side branch of low end numeric key-driven devices, effectively for the feature phone market. It occurs to me that five of the very best form factors of the last decade, all of which debuted on Symbian, have been (sadly) forgotten, despite their proven advantages. A quirk of providence? Or negligence on behalf of the manufacturers? Here are the form factors which I'd like to see revived, with modern software and services on-board.
The Symbian Phone of the Decade
I asked an eclectic selection of 20 luminaries, bloggers and power users from the Symbian ecosystem: "Which is the Symbian-powered smartphone of the Decade? Which one was most significant, the most memorable, the most game-changing and the most loved?" Here are their answers, for your interest and amusement - and yes, a clear winner emerged...
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]
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.
Malware and Anti-malware now a distant memory
Steve ponders the fall and fall of the mobile anti-virus (malware) scene, but still sounds a note of caution.The AAS Pub Meet 2007
Details on the All About Symbian Pub Meet.8 ways to get a simple weather forecast!
Steve Litchfield explores the many, many ways to use a Symbian OS-powered smartphone to find out what the weather's going to do...Who needs Outlook? Syncing to Mobical.net
Steve Litchfield has been getting twitchy feet over his reliance on Outlook as the PIM partner to his smartphones and he's overjoyed to find a Web-based PIM that's totally cross platform, that supports just about every smartphone ever made and which is completely free!UIQ 3 after the Sony Ericsson P1i launch.
Following on from his earlier P1i preview, Rafe considers the current situation for the UIQ 3 platform.Orange Partner Camp: Orange Brand
In this report from Orange's recent Partner Camp Rafe gives an insight into the implications for developers of importance of the Orange Brand.2006 - the year in review
We take a look back at some of the major events in the Symbian world in 2006.Predictions for 2007
Rafe once again gazes into his legendary Crystal Ball.Just how many third party applications do you need?
Steve Litchfield muses on the apparent 'weakness' of the Symbian OS 3rd party software scene...The story behind Sony Ericsson and UIQ Technology
Rafe looks at the implications on the acquisition of UIQ Technology by Sony Ericsson and tells the early story of Symbian and the Ronneby Lab.Just because you use a Smartphone doesn't mean you're a Geek
Steve Litchfield explains that a smartphone, properly used, enhances your life, rather than taking it over - in theory.All About Symbian Pub Meet, 16 October 2006
It's that time of year again when everyone in the Symbian world comes to London for the All About Symbian Pub meet, the date of which Symbian hijack so they can do an Expo the next day... I don't know, the lengths some people will go to. Read on...Gotta have QWERTY?
Steve Litchfield continues his exploration of the world of text input and observes that the presence of a useable QWERTY keyboard can actually change how you use a smartphone.The rise and rise of the über-utility
Steve Litchfield explains the reasons for the ever-present über-utility on each (in this case) Symbian-powered software platform. The users always get what they want in the end? Yes, although it's easy to see both points of view here...Where do we go from here? - Analysis!
Steve Litchfield summarises the results of AAS's recent poll and picks out some interesting numbers.Search
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