Wendong’s Smart Phone Weblog

David Matthews kindly sent me an invitation to Symbian Smartphone Show (16-17
October 2007, London, UK). I won’t be able to attend it but it must be good:

We are delighted to invite you to the 2007 Symbian Smartphone Show, 16-17 October, at the London ExCel Centre. Attended by over 3500 delegates from across the mobile industry, the event showcases recent and upcoming mobile technologies and handsets and gives you the opportunity to debate the future of mobile with industry experts.

Providing you with:
- Free access to keynote sessions from Symbian, NTT DoCoMo, Nokia, Vodafone, Sony Ericsson, RIM, Visa
- Opportunity to have one-to-one interviews with the industry’s most forward-thinking executives
- Symbian press conference, 16 October
- Exclusive demos on today’s coolest mobile applications
- Technology and content seminars
- The Symbian party!

I just noticed that N95 price is dropped significantly (>$100). Maybe it is an iPhone effect.

buy.com: $624.99
dell.com: $679.33
amazon.com: $649.99

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Allaboutsymbian.com published part 1 of the RIZR Z8 review. This phone from Motorola is particularly interesting for two reasons:

(1) It is the first UIQ (UIQ 3.1/Symbian 9.2) phone without a touchscreen. Its form factor is very much close to S60 handsets.

(2) It is the first Symbian OS phone from Motorola since A1010 in 2005.
Since Motorola sold out its Symbian share to Nokia in 2003, many people believe Motorola will fade out its Symbian lines and focused on its Java-on-Linux strategy. (Linux does not mean more-open.)

In other news, S60 will support touchscreen in future version.

Via intomobile.com:

N95 Unlocked Mobile Phone