This is cool - What our handsets will look like a few years from now. And since it's from Nokia, we can probably guess which platform they'll running... :-)

(watch more from NokiaDesign)

Quick hat tip to everyone out there who uses the proper "S60" name instead of the old "Series 60". A while back we changed from "Series 60" to "S60", and it seems that virtually everyone in the blogosphere quickly adapted... Everyone except our *own* people!

Last week at 3GSM, I heard so many fellow Nokians (not from the S60 stand of course) using "Series 60" it made my head spin. I also even heard the terms "S40" and "S80" which do not exist. Even our top brass have been known to still use "Series 60" in front of a large audience. (Although I admit, at times I've been caught saying "Series S60", saying "S60" ten times in a row can be a real tongue-twister)

As you can imagine, it can get very frustrating for our marketing and branding team. In my monthly blog usage report I include a quick slide from Google Labs (shown below) showing the terminology search trends.

So big kudos to everyone out there who has buried "Series 60" and uses "S60"! :-)

A *LOT* of information to digest from last week's 3GSM. The online press have been vigorously reporting and commentating, it's impossible to read it all. So here's a few of the highlights from around the web...

S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 - Jouni Juntunen (AKA MRKTNGman of the S60 Blogs) tells all about the latest addition to S60 3rd Edition, screenshots included. Mobile Review has their own review with more details. Mobile Burn has great stuff as well.

Nokia E90 announced - The latest member of the Communicator family is now rockin' the S60 platform. In my opinion, it was the highlight of all of 3GSM. Michal Jerz of My-Symbian has the early, detailed review. Want to know when it'll be available in your area? Eseries will e-mail you when you can get your hands on it!

Nokia E61i announced - The Nokia E61 beefs up with a new 2MP camera, 23% thinner in size, new directional pad, new stainless steel frame, and a coupe new buttons. Sweeeet.

Nokia E65 announced - Many say it's the "darkhorse" of the bunch, it's slim and sexy. More details from Phone Scoop.

Nokia N77 announced - Digital TV live on your phone! More from Engadget Mobile.

Nokia 6110 Navigator announced - Built-in GPS on your device. Gimmie! Gimmie! Gimmie! Watch an in-depth video from Reuters' blogs.

Podcasting from 3GSM - Yours truly did three great interviews for the Voice of S60 podcast. Ring Nokia gives us part of the transcripts online for those who don't like audio.

Customized S60 - The first customised S60 software package for Vodafone released to handset vendors.

Telecom Italia chooses S60 - Telecom Italia selects S60 software to drive growth in the advanced mobile market in Italy.

smart2go is launched - Tommi announces that Nokia's recent purchase, smart2go, an S60 map application, is available for download. Watch their introduction video and learn more.

Nokia Press Conference - Nokia begins 3GSM with a press conference hosted by CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. Watch it online.

YouTube video on S60 - Darla Mack gives us the lowdown on the Nokia and YouTube partnership. Watch a video of it in use from Steve Garfield's Video Blog.

N-Gage on S60 - The N-Gage team have their own new blog. Visit their site for regular updates.

Widsets on S60 - Dr. Tero Ojanperä shows off Widsets on his E61, check out Ring Nokia for the video.

AdStar & S60 - AdStar to Use Nokia's S60 Platform to Trial End-to-End Advertising Service for Mobile Online Publishers.

15-inch Nokia screen? - A 15-inch screen on your mobile? Let's hope it's using S60! LOL!! :-)

On Thursday of last week, the final day of 3GSM, I recorded three interviews. First with Jay Andolini of Mobiles.co.uk. Second with Martin Sauter of Mobile Society. And finally with Rafe Blandford of AllAboutSymbian & Carlo Longino of Mobhappy. We had some great conversations, all four are some really sharp guys. Be sure to check them out!!

Carlo Longino (left) of Mobhappy and Rafe Blandford (right) of AllAboutSymbian

Finally made it back home to Finland from 3GSM. It was a fantastic event and a fantastic show for S60. I've got a lot to write but I'm completely exhausted. I'll have a full report up by Monday. Now I got pass out...

Inside the S60 Press Panel

Jure gives his demonstration about Open C in S60...

Hannele demonstrates the infamous "Tune my S60!" demo...

Jouni Juntunen AKA MRKTNGman shows you how to get to the S60 Party on Tuesday night.. :-)

Quick demo of 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, but it didn't turn out that well. I need to learn how to take better video on this Nokia N93...

Nothing special but, some quick video clips I took from around the S60 stand this morning...

Well it's afternoon here at 3GSM in Barcelona. We're fortunate enough to have our hotel about 400m away from the event. In the morning I demoed S60.com and the S60 Blogs, then in the early afternoon I stood by the device showcase. On display are the latest 13 phones, including the five new devices that were launched at 11am this morning.

People have been swarming the S60 booth like crazy to see the Nokia N77, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia E65, Nokia E61i, and Nokia 6110 Navigator. If you have some questions about those devices, please ask in the comments section and I'd love to answer them. I'll write more info about them later tonight.

The S60 Booth.

The S60 crew get together for the morning meeting.

Everyone goes around the booth and quickly describes their demo.

Remember: Don't leave your stand unattended!!

The "Device Showcase".

On the left is where I'm showing S60.com and the S60 Blogs. On the right is the "Tune my S60" demo where S60 users can download new content to their devices.

A view from my room! The convention center is just up the street around the corner to the right.

S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 has been announced! On Friday I'll be doing an interview for the Voice of S60 with the head of S60 Platforms Marketing, Mikko Röntynen. Please send me any questions or comments you might have for Mikko and I'll ask him during the interview! You can leave your questions/comments below in the comments section...

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today introduced a new Feature Pack for S60 on Symbian OS(TM), the market leading smartphone platform. S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 is designed for innovation and significantly facilitates the creation of compelling applications and accelerates performance. S60 3rd Edition is targeted for mid-range devices and offers significant usability enhancements for this category.

Development of applications and services for S60 devices will be faster and more cost-efficient as S60 brings a major extension to the C++ development environment with Open C. This introduction brings the familiar standard C function libraries to S60 software, supporting increased productivity and improved time-to-market of applications. With Open C, developers can reuse existing code and focus on the mobility aspects of their applications.

Click here to read the entire press release.

Scientific American lists the "20 Hottest Gadgets from the Consumer Electronics Show". The Nokia N76 featuring S60 is on their list. I love this sentence from their site...

everyone knows Nokia's software is the mad beastmaster of mobile usability—finally, the Razr done right.