TamsS60 - the S60 Blog

Here are videos of two of the Symbian Smartphone show keynotes:

Taking our world with us
This keynote by Symbian CEO Nagel Clifford looks at a few new features in Symbian - including symmetrical processing(aka multicore support), a new internet connection system that automatically connects you to the best available network, and a new graphics framework for Symbian OS devices:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3773734832237682003&hl=en

New innovations in user experiences
This talk by Lee Williams of Nokia was the real bombshell; it contains the announcements that Series 60 will get touchscreen and sensor support in the near future. Yes, you read right - Series 60 will get touchscreen support. Get the full video here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1976888537382571920&hl=en

If you have any questions, please post them here so that I can get them answered tomorrow!

While a few of the keynotes are currently being uploaded to Google Video for your viewing pleasure(extremely interesting), here are a few first impressions from the Symbian Smartphone Show in London:

Immediately after entering the show, Nokia has a little “kiosk” giving a away images, themes, sounds and evaluation versions of various programs to visitors who have an S60-powered phone:

Motorola has a pretty impressive booth with stuntmen and breakdancing - more on that soon:

John Wiley is offering 25% off all Symbian books to attendants:

Of course, Samsung is there too - more on them in a jiffy or two:

Please stay tuned - detailed looks at some of the booths are coming soon!

Arriving in London Stanstead 1500 should usually be enough to make it to a meeting beginning at 1900 - but thanks to a London Underground screwup and an unnamed hotel borking up even more, I made it there just in time for the prize giveaways.

At first, valuable prizes were given out as the winner’s names were drawn - one of the surprise gifts turned out to be one of the rare few Sendo X devices still in existence. Here are a few photographs of the lucky winner, the box and the Sendo X itself:

After that, the situation became fun - various items were thrown into the “mass”:

Nokia’s E90 made the round - quite a few tricks were shared among users. Impressively, in real life, the machine is much smaller than it looks on the photographs:

Of course, the pub meet gave loads of opportunities for interesting interviews(coming soon). And with that, I log off for today - see you at the Smartphone Roadshow tomorrow!