Introducing the first instalment of a new weekly feature slot devoted to giving more exposure to some of the great stories from other mobile blogs and websites. Some of the sites we link to are big; some of them are small: but, either way, if you missed them, we couldn�t forgive ourselves. Follow the links � then come back and tell us what you think!
* We�re enormous fans of Spotify � especially on a Friday � and you should be, too. It�s been available for a large number of Nokia phones for a while now and this week it�s become available through the Ovi Store as well, so now there�s no excuse.
* Mike Couture argues that our phones are getting cleverer but we aren�t � apparently, one in six smartphone owners can�t make full use of their devices. And the tech-support call centres can�t cope with the volume of low-level queries from confused users.
* You can�t go more than ten lines into a lot of technology blogs before you hit the words �Augmented Reality� � which normally amounts to using mobile phones� camera screens to project extra layers of information onto the world. Online marketing blog eConsultancy pulls together ten real-world examples of how big brands are getting involved.
* Appfrica reviews the best phones for global development workers � Nokia takes four of the six slots, including the overall winner.
* Some of you thought JBC had gone mad when he talked about cows with mobile phones � but that was only the tip of the iceberg. Now they�ve got Twitter accounts � see the latest tweets from a herd in Canada here.
* Going back to a comment from Fro earlier this week, asking for a modular mobile device, check out the Tenna Concept Device which promises to turn any gadget into a mobile phone. Be warned, though � the expression �Concept Device� is often tech-blog code for �it doesn�t work and no-one wants to make it�.
* This is very meta. Nokia Conversations is published using the open-source Wordpress platform. So we�re obviously delighted that there�s a native application for editing Wordpress sites using Nokia devices in the works. We�ll soon be doing Nokia on Nokia, if you see what I mean. However, the current test client is, in one of the developer�s own words, �very, very unstable and WIP. It may not work as expected and might crash every now and then�. One to keep a close eye on rather than install immediately, for most people. In the meantime, there�s an interview on the Qt blog that explains some of the development process and the overall plan.
* Lastly, here�s Shiny Shiny on the disturbing prospect of Mayor Rage � the dark side of location-based social networks coming to a smartphone near you.
If you see something during the week that you think deserves a wider audience, then drop us a line in the comments and we�ll check it out for the next instalment.
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