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Nokia's 'Great Lost Platform'?

Andrew Orlowski's posts on Psion, Nokia and Symbian over at The Register are often a rollicking read, especially for geeks interested in Symbian's past. This five page article is all about Hildon, the UI (and indeed 'platform', or so argues the piece) that was evolved to Series 90, used in the Nokia 7710, and which underpinned a revamped Series 80, used in the Nokia 9500 and 9300. One for Symbian historians, definitely!

# Posted by Steve in Miscellaneous, Links of Interest at 13:40 UTC, Nov 21st || Comments

People Made - Nokia exhibition at London Design Museum

A free exhibition is currently running at the London Design Museum (28 Shad Thames, London SE1), entitled, 'People Made - Nokia products that changed the world' and tells the 'inside story of Nokia - past, present and future'. The exhibition is free to enter, but is only running from October 28th to November 2nd, leaving you three days to go along and take a look.

# Posted by Rafe in Hardware, Miscellaneous, Links of Interest at 12:56 UTC, Oct 31st || Comments

Rafe uncensored(!), my devices and the Nokia 7710

Our very own Rafe Blandford joined Tim Salmon and I (about 25 minutes into the 80 minute show) yesterday to record Phones Show Chat 72, worth a listen if you'd like to hear Rafe talking about not just Symbian, but all platforms and all phone tech. There's plenty of Symbian content in Phones Show 130 too, released this morning - skip over the Dell Streak review and you'll get a peek at my 'gear', plus a short spot about the 'gone but not forgotten' Nokia 7710 - remember that?

# Posted by Steve in Hardware, Miscellaneous, Links of Interest at 12:42 UTC, Jan 25th || Comments

Support extravaganza - part 2!

Presenting part 2 (of 2) in my Support catchup. Thanks to my kind editor at Smartphone Essentials magazine, he's let me republish a truck load of my Q&A mini-articles from 2008 and 2009's issues right here on All About Symbian. I've been adding these to our Support section and a summary of the questions in part 2 of my big update is listed below, with links. All part of keeping AAS a definitive resource!

# Posted by Steve in Miscellaneous at 10:02 UTC, Aug 25th || 7 Comments

Video: Tour of Nokia's Experience Lounge

During a recent visit to Nokia's Espoo (Helsinki) offices, I had the opportunity to look round Nokia's Experience Lounge, which showcases all of Nokia's latest products and services - from Ovi Maps and Nokia Messaging to the latest Nokia handsets. As an additional bonus, tucked away in one corner of the room, is a set of shelves that contain one of almost every Nokia phone model ever produced. So how to share this with loyal readers? Film a walkabout of course!

# Posted by Rafe in Software, Hardware, Editorial Thoughts, Events, Services at 14:06 UTC, Jun 2nd || 11 Comments

Why size matters

No, not a cheap attempt at Google search traffic on male enhancements, but another serious look at the ever changing, ever growing statistic that is phone screen size. Steve Litchfield looks at devices and use cases past and present, from Psion Series 5 to Apple Newton to Dell Axim to Nokia 7710 and through to the Samsung i8910 HD in the current day. Initially cautious over whether phones might get too big, Steve points out that a 4" display is more a 1995 phenomenon than a 2010 one....

# Posted by Steve in Hardware, Miscellaneous, Industry, Editorial Thoughts at 6:33 UTC, Apr 20th || 20 Comments

Rafe's 'Three favourite Nokias ever' - Old, new and odd!

Nokia Conversations has been doing a series of 'Three favourite Nokias ever', asking the question of famous people around the Nokia ecosystem, and it's our humble site-master's turn today. The N95's inclusion was probably a given, but the other two will surprise you. Worth a read!

# Posted by Steve in Hardware, Miscellaneous, Links of Interest at 8:37 UTC, Jan 22nd || 11 Comments

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...

# Posted by Steve in Hardware, Miscellaneous, Industry, Editorial Thoughts, Events at 9:59 UTC, Dec 31st || 46 Comments

The Quest for the Perfect Form Factor

Hopefully pulling no punches, I've been mulling over all the different form factors seen in the smartphone world in the last half dozen years. Is there a common consensus 'perfect' form factor? No. Could there be one in the future? Yes, I argue in The Quest for the Perfect Form Factor. And, to the point, at least one of 2009's smartphone contenders is achingly close, at least in terms of hardware, to the ideal. This being something of a contentious subject, your comments more than welcome of course!

# Posted by Steve in Hardware, Industry, Editorial Thoughts at 13:12 UTC, May 19th || 33 Comments

Trivopaedia 2008

I know quite a few of you rely on my definitive pub-quiz-helper, Trivopaedia. It's now been brought up to 2008 levels, with up to date stats for v2.3 . It's available in Mobipocket reader and iSilo formats (i.e. compatible with any portable device or any platform), in addition to being fully online as well - and of course it's still free.

# Posted by Steve in Software, Links of Interest at 14:31 UTC, May 30th || 8 Comments

Eggstreme: Sizzler Supremacy - a free Symbian game for Easter

The makers of the free Xmas game Snowed In have come up with a similar Easter-themed free game called Eggstreme: Sizzler Supremacy. It's available for every Symbian platform (S60 3rd, S60 1st/2nd, UIQ3, UIQ2, Series 80 and Series 90). The S60 3rd version supports all screen resolutions including the N80 and E90. You can download the relevant game file by going here, and you can get the free unlock code by going here.

# Posted by Tzer2 in Links of Interest, Games at 8:59 UTC, Mar 12th || 1 Comment

Last chance to get Snowed In 6 for free

Twelfth Night has come and gone so Xmas is well and truly over, but you can still get Snowed In 6: Deep Freeze for free if you hurry. Simply download the game from this page (click on the relevant "try" button), install it on your Symbian device, and then head on over to the unlock code page to get your free key. SI6 is available for all Symbian platforms, and the offer ends on the 15th of January.

# Posted by krisse in Links of Interest, Games at 11:25 UTC, Jan 8th || 0 Comments

Merry Christmas to all our readers!

All About Symbian would like to wish all its visitors a very happy Christmas. If you're hankering after some Xmas-related Symbian action while defrosting or digesting the turkey, don't forget to check out our recent features on Symbian Christmas Games and S60 3rd Edition Christmas Themes.

# Posted by krisse in Miscellaneous, Games at 0:27 UTC, Dec 24th || 6 Comments

A Symbian Christmas

Ah yes, Krisse does like to roundup Christmas/wintery games each year, with a couple of new entrants this time round. There are games for all Symbian platforms, most of them are free, and at the very least they should keep you going until Nokia decides to throw the switch on their N-Gage store...

# Posted by Steve in Games at 14:06 UTC, Dec 7th || 5 Comments

Blazar - cheap enough and cheerful?

It's been around for a while for S60 and UIQ (in all varieties), but Krisse brings us a detailed review of scrolling shoot 'em up Blazar in the modern age. That'll be the 'we're all kicking our heels, seeing what else is out there, waiting for N-Gage to be properly available' age, then....

# Posted by Steve in Games at 7:57 UTC, Nov 30th || 0 Comments

International (lack of) warranty and phones, phones, phones

A couple of interesting links from IM's Stefan Constantinescu, spotted yesterday. Firstly a tale and mini-rant on Nokia needing to honour warranties globally in this global age. And secondly a super-hi-res poster showing Nokia's phone range from the very start until 2006. Well worth a download.

# Posted by Steve in Links of Interest at 8:45 UTC, Nov 10th || 5 Comments

Your Friday game, whatever your smartphone

We do love featuring game reviews on a Friday - Krisse brings us a review of a veritable Symbian classic - S-Tris 2, freeware for just about every Symbian OS-based smartphone in existence!

# Posted by Steve in Games at 8:22 UTC, Nov 2nd || 16 Comments

Mippin under the microscope

Web portal, proxy service or online RSS reader? Sometimes the boundaries can get a little blurred. Ewan takes a detailed look at Mippin, launched yesterday, and finds it surprisingly useful.

# Posted by Steve in Software, Miscellaneous at 5:39 UTC, Oct 12th || 2 Comments

Reminder: AAS Pub Meet next Monday

Next Monday, the day before the Symbian Smartphone Show, is the All About Symbian Pub Meet. It is a completely free and open event and everybody is very welcome to come along and join in. We'll be giving away a Sony Ericsson W950 and a Nokia E61i along with a raft of other prizes. There's also going to be two lightning talks, one from the people behind WOM World (about what they do) and one from Robert Harmsen (Trends in Mobility).

# Posted by Rafe in Miscellaneous, Industry at 13:01 UTC, Oct 11th || 4 Comments

10 things that have really puzzled me

If you've ever looked at an aspect of the Symbian or smartphone world and asked 'Why?', then you know exactly how I sometimes feel. This being Friday, here are some of my puzzlers for weekend pontification....

# Posted by Steve in Miscellaneous, Editorial Thoughts at 18:19 UTC, Sep 27th || 29 Comments

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