TamsS60 - the S60 Blog

Resco Neeews is an excellent news reader for S60 devices - and usually costs a bit of cash:

However, our long-term friendship with Resco has allowed us to give away a free copy of the program to a lucky reader - but there’s a little job to do in order to qualify.

Tell us what you like and dislike about TamsS60. What can we do to make TamsS60 better? Is there a topic that you would like us to cover? Anything you paticularily dislike? Or, are you totally happy and feel that we are the best news service in the world?

Visit the TamsForum, log in and post your feedback in the thread linked below in order to enter this contest(and don’t forget to state that you own an S60-powered device):
http://forum.tamoggemon.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19

The folks at The Boy Genius Report managed to get their hands onto a Nokia E71, and bring along the first “review” of the box - the image below is from it:

Anyways, the folks are pretty positive about the device. The screen is rated as dimmer than an N95’s; but is considered better overall as it is much larger. Also, the keyboard is rated as having a “rather weird layout”.

Nevertheless, the overall result is excellent - the device is claimed to be the best Nokia has ever manufactured to date.

Want to find out more? Give the folks a click at the link above!

Update: David from Symbian informed me that the date indeed is correct. However, the event will be held at the Earl’s Court this time - further info here

The folks at Symbian’s have released a (tentative) start and end date for the next iteration of their Smartphone Roadshow.

As you may already have noticed, Symbian itself currently runs a so-called Symbian Student Essay Contest 2008: and they claim that the:
Winners of the contest will be announced at the Symbian Smartphone Show, 21-22 October 2008.

So we now know the date - anyone want to bet that it will once again be at the Excel X in London?

Many consider the Nokia N82 the best imaging smartphone currently on the market. Thanks to the fine folks at WOMWorld, we can now bring you a review of the box. As usual, let’s start by unboxing the machine:

Nokia’s box designers chose to emphasize the N82’s navigational abilities on the outside of the box:

Sliding the cardboard rim off the side of the box shows another “cover” - this time, the imaging capabilities are highlighted:

Opening the box immediately reveals the N82 - the memory card(with adapter), the headset and the battery can be found below:

Removing the “tray” from the case allows you to access the manuals, the data cable and the standard Nokia charger:

In the end, the N82’s accessory bundle is similar to the one found on most other smartphones(e.g. the Nokia N71). Charger, data cable, headset, memory card. The inclusion of a MicroSD-to-SD adapter and the unusually large size of the memory card(2GB) stand out from the crowd - other than that, little new is to be seen here…