Friday�s Pick and Mix #8

LONDON, England - As another busy week draws to a close, it�s time once more for this week�s round-up of articles on other blogs and websites that caught our eye and seemed worth passing on to readers here. We�re not fussy about the size or financial status of the sites we link to: if it�s handy and it�s mobile, then it gets a word here. If we haven�t noticed something that you�ve found recently, then do tip us off in the comments.

* Thanks to The Symbian Blog for pointing out some great �hints and tips� videos from Nokia India which illustrate shortcuts for getting around Nokia Messaging and Mail for Exchange. Having recently inherited a rather battered but still perfectly usable Nokia E71, I found these especially useful.
* Via. thefonecast.com come predictions that it is social networking sites and gaming that will drive adoption of the mobile internet: �55% of UK consumers aged 18-34 [said] social networking services would encourage them to use the mobile web more?�. Though, more soberly, current use of these services is driven by email, with three-quarters of American mobile internet users and two-thirds of Brits using their mobile devices to check their messages.
* An interesting video introducing some of the ideas around MeeGo from MeeGoZone. It�s targeted at developers, but is worth watching for anyone interested in the capabilities and ambitions of the platform.
* US research outfit Pew Internet has released its Mobile Access 2010 survey. There�s lots to mull over in the report, though it focuses only on American users, but one headline figure that sticks out is that �59% of adults now access the internet wirelessly using a laptop or cell phone?�.
* As someone who suffers from intermittent broadband failure at very inconvenient moments, I was grateful for this nifty guide to using your Nokia smartphone as a modem from My Nokia Blog. There�s also a bonus feature-ette on texting from your desktop using Ovi Suite, a capability you might have overlooked if you mainly use it for synchronisation and backup.

That�s it for this week. As ever, leave us links to anything interesting and mobile in the comments and we�ll be sure to check them out for next week�s round-up.