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Spotify shows Nokia how to do innovative music smartphones

All About Symbian  Oct 20 09

Spotify, the music consumption service, has made another move into the mobile space. Following on from their iPhone app (and tantalising hint they are working on a Symbian version) their next move outflanks Nokia and their plans for music yet again. The launch of a monthly tariff and handset (HTC Hero), which has Spotify bundled, is going to be attractive to music lovers – not because it's better than Nokia's Comes With Music, but because it is more loved online, so the passionate users will do the evangelising.

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Ewan at SXSW 2010: spotting a sea change?

All About Symbian  12 hours ago

The halls of Austin have been cleared of the SXSW Interactive crowd, to be replaced with the bands, managers, promoters and fans of the music conference.

Navteq True demo at MWC 2010, next-gen digital maps

All About Symbian  24 hours ago

Navteq, at Mobile World Congress 2010, showed off their new mapping collection system called Navteq True.

Nokia Photo Browser released through Ovi Store - is it 'done' yet?

All About Symbian  less than a day ago

Available from Nokia Beta Labs since early 2009, Nokia Photo Browser seems to have reached some state of formal release, with its availability in the Nokia Ovi Store today.

Vivaz and Satio belatedly get music equalizer

All About Symbian  less than a day ago

Thanks to Norman John (screenshot and video here) for spotting (online) that at least one of the existing holes in the functionality of the Sony Ericsson Satio and Vivaz has now been plugged, semi-officially.

Ovi Maps free navigation now available for N86

All About Symbian  2 days ago

Ovi Maps 3.3, with free navigation, is now available for the Nokia N86. The new version is available via the SW Update application (listed as 'Ovi Maps with free navigation') and is 8240kb in size.

YouTube mobile clients may now require different password

All About Symbian  2 days ago

Having linked your YouTube and Google accounts last year, YouTube has now enforced the use of the latter's password for signing into YouTube from mobile clients such as the Symbian/S60 version (available in, for example, the Ovi Store and on m.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz - part 2 (camera and camcorder)

All About Symbian  2 days ago

In the second part of my review of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz (here's part 1), I look at the Vivaz's unique selling point, its much-vaunted camera and camcorder capability.

All About eBooks?

All About Symbian  2 days ago

eBooks have been a part of the Psion/Nokia/Symbian scene, on and off, for 15 years now. Admittedly, it's more 'off' than 'on' at the moment, but that's absolutely no reason for you not to take a hot drink and 30 minutes to read Michael Mace's epic feature on 'The Future of Publishing: Why eBooks Failed'.

Tour of Qt stand at MWC - Qt everywhere

All About Symbian  2 days ago

Our latest MWC video is a tour around the Qt stand, looking at some of the Qt-enabled devices - from phones to printers and appliances.

Samsung i8910 HD modding scene gets new champion

All About Symbian  2 days ago

Much as All About Symbian doesn't encourage the hacking of Symbian smartphones, we do feel that the Samsung i8910 HD is a special case - a super-high-spec smartphone that has been somewhat under-curated by the manufacturer.



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