It’s that time of the week when we like to take our trusty news-sniffing facthound for a walk in blogland and see what the old fella finds. Basically what I’m trying to say is that these are some of this week’s best Nokia-related stories from our blog-scribbling pals in websville.
Nokia working on Sidekick-style handset?
Unwired View has unearthed an intriguing Nokia patent application for a handset with a slide-out screen and qwerty keyboard - one that looks very much like T-Mobile’s Sidekick mobile messaging device. Nokia’s idea manages to avoid trampling all over T-Mobile’s territory by employing a crank handle on the side - but we’re not really sure how this makes it better…
Mark from The Nokia Blog decided to work out all the shortcuts keys for the S60 web browser, making mobile surfing a lot less fiddly. Learn ‘em and a lot of the headaches associated with Symbian web browsing should melt away.
Good old Symbian-Guru takes us through three new applications that have come straight from the bowels of Nokia Beta Labs: a spanking new Nseries PC Suite; the Ad-Supported Download! client; and the Nokia Internet Tablet Video Converter. And yes, Smartypants, we know we’ve already covered the latter.
10 reasons to trade in your old N95 for an N95 8GB
Got an original N95 and don’t understand all the fuss about the new black-clad 8GB version? Nokia Users tells you why you should consider dumping your ageing classic in favour of the new kid on the block.