The strawberries are ripe, the evenings are long and it's raining a lot: it must be Wimbledon time. But if you're unable to make it to SW19 in person, or aren't able to kick back in front of the TV and soak up all the action, don't despair: your Nokia Symbian^3 smartphone can save the day.
As you're probably well aware, Wimbledon 2011 is officially underway – well, to the extent that the weather is allowing play to progress, anyway – and the country is once again gripped by tennis fever, hoping against hope that this might be the year one of our own stands triumphant on Centre Court next Sunday.
And with the help of your Nokia Symbian^3 smartphone, you can make sure you don't miss a single backhand, volley or lob.
For years now, one of the most popular ways of watching your home TV when you're not actually at home has been via Slingbox – a clever set-top box that effectively gives you a web portal straight into your front room to watch TV as if you were right there in person.
The Slingplayer mobile app gives you the same convenience directly from your smartphone, further expanding the appeal of this much-loved service. For the record, though, it's worth stating that support for Symbian devices appears to be hit and miss, so there is a chance your efforts to set it up on your Nokia Symbian^3 smartphone could be in vain. But if you've got a Slingbox at home, it's worth looking into.
One service we can recommend without any reservation, however, is TVCatchup. It's completely free, and lets you stream content from over 50 channels directly to your computer, games console or mobile phone.
The mobile version of the service works a treat on the high-quality displays of the Nokia E7 and Nokia N8, for example, and means you don't have to wait until you get home to check out the latest Wimbledon news and results.
Have you been following Wimbledon on your Nokia phone? If so, let us know how you've been doing it – and whether you think you lose any of the magic on the smaller screen of a mobile phone – in the Comments below!