Archive for December, 2010
The Western blogosphere and their constant negativity concerning Nokia.
I think all of us here have borne witness to this, major US/UK blogs and their stance towards Nokia, Symbian and anything smartphone related originating outside of the US, the exceptions being HTC and Samsung for reasons obvious to anyone with eyes. The question is why? Why is it that Nokia get constantly lambasted for [...]
MeeGo tablet UX's, the future is bright
It’s been a while since I last posted, for numerous reasons of course, but now with a bit of time on my hands, I figured I’d post a couple videos supplied to us by Jim on a few of the MeeGo UX’s currently being worked on by dev teams around the world. First up is [...]
Nokia N8, C7 and Fig-Rig stabilizer in behind the scenes of Israel's Interactive Film! (Shot with Nokia C7, N8)
The Fig-Rig is a little like your Flowpod or Merlin Steadicam holders – you attach a video camera (or any device capable of recording video) and using its magical powers cuts out all that jerkiness in motion and produces silky smooth professional looking videos. It’s useful whether you’re using professional grade dedicated video cameras or [...]
Dual Core Symbian Phones with revamped UI and "True Zoom" for 2011 (and Nokia E7 release )
Engadget reports that Nokia will be shipping Dual Core Symbian Devices next year with a revamped UI. Well, Symbian has always been open about its roadmap. Back in February this year they mentioned this in exact detail (when they were still Symbian Foundation and Symbian^N was still the norm). Now Nokia has taken Symbian development [...]
Nokia Bots from Beta Labs now available for Symbian^3
Bot list on N8. You add them as widgets which can then actively “learn” your preferences. Which contacts, short cuts, and general usage stuff like battery/calendar Nokia Bots – I enjoyed this app on my N97. Now it’s available for Symbian^3 users. For S60 5th users, it’s also received an update: some performance updates bug [...]
Faenil's custom Nokia N8 Roms, H2O, 288kbps audio with 30FPS 720p video, 5h 256kbps audio recording (and more)
In the i8910 now N8 custom ROM scene, those aware of HyperX may also be aware of the “rivalry” with equally cool guy known as faenil. He’s contacted us to share his own custom firmware for the Nokia N8 which as well as bringing 30FPS 720 video also delivers lagless recording Raise in audio quality [...]
Nokia NAVTEQ buys Reach Unlimited, acquires crowdsourcing "TRAPSTER" (and other apps)
You may have heard the snippet from Reuters about Nokia NAVTEQ acquiring Trapser. Trapster is a cross platform app that enables crowd sourcing, allowing it’s current 9.4 million users to share traffic/speed trap cameras/road hazards data. Currently, over 3.5 Million traps have been reported. According to Autoblog, five companies were interested in acquiring Trapster, resulting [...]
Update: Nokia N8 Ovi Store Revival – method 2 – (lost Ovi Store after hard reset)
Following on from this first post on restoring Ovi Store, if that didn’t work we now have a new technique from XLeoVengences for you to try (at your own risk of course. It would be best to make a trip down to Nokia Care centre – note that a Hard Reset is NOT a user [...]
Video: Nokia Wellness Diary Promo video
Remember wellness diary from Betalabs? It now has a cool promo video from the NokiaConversations channel. Want to lose weight, eat smart, exercise more or change our habits for better balance? Erm, yes please. Wellness diary makes it easy to set goals, monitor progress and if you wish share achievements with others. Improve your health [...]
Nokia's Smartphone Strategy in the right direction? – Intellectual exchange between Robert Scoble and Tomi Ahonen
If you’re not familiar with the name Tomi Ahonen then you should be. Calling Tomi simply one of the best mobile industry analysts would not do him justice and is one of the rare few to see the light at the frequently mentioned “doomed” Nokia tunnel. In this still major transition stage at Espoo, it [...]
Maemo 5 TwimGo twitter client coming soon to Symbian^3 (Awaiting Ovi Store approval)
If you’re a Nokia N900 user, you might have downloaded TwimGo – a rare twitter client for Maemo 5. It’s made it’s way onto Symbian and creator Tommi Laukkanen has submitted it to the Ovi Store. It’s not yet in Qt Format (N900 version was in Qt Web Run Time) but Tommi Laukkanen says the [...]
Beta Labs updates Soundtrckr – (Internet Radio similar to Pandora) – now compatible with S60 5th
At the start of the month, we heard about a new app in Beta Labs called SoundTrckr – an internet radio streaming app with access to over 8million fully licensed songs. Nokia Beta Labs have released some new updates including: Extended compatibility to S60 5th edition devices running on Java 2.1 beta available on Nokia [...]
Transfer files between Symbian^3 and Mac/Windows/Linux computer over WiFi with Dukto. Free at Ovi Store
Cheers Duncan for this tip. It’s a nice simple QT app that let’s you transfer files over WiFi between your Symbian^3 handset (Nokia N8, C7, C6-01 and future E7 and X7) and a computer (Windows, Mac or Linux). Price: It’s free from Ovi Store. In the description it says: “Dukto is a simple application to [...]
Toshl Expenses Tracker made entirely in Qt – Now available for Symbian^3 on Ovi Store (#N8 #C7) Manage your finances with ease!
Here’s a neat little app we first encountered with the Nokia N900 and Maemo 5. It’s a very, very easy to use expenses tracker to help manage your finances. At this time of the year, with the plastic and cash flying at Christmas, this app is a must have download to keep an eye on [...]
Video collection: 30 FPS Nokia N8 video samples from the community
Remember when hyperX released the 30FPS 720p video mod for the Nokia N8? Here are some great video samples of that in action. One thing, regardless of 25 (standard) or 30 (hack) FPS, N8′s videos are looking spectacular. Performance in ample lighting is amazing but equally so in low light well all others would falter. [...]
Wow! Nokia N8 Rockchip Dual Core ARM 9 with Android 2.1 and 800X480 display. More than your ordinary China clone!
Last month we saw a Nokia N8 Clone sporting an Android Clone UI. Not really Android, just a skin that made it appear to look like Android. Well, back in August a picture of a Nokia N8 Clone was found, complete with Android 2.1 and Android buttons. More details surface from Yesky that says this [...]
Video: MeeGo handset UI on a tablet – looks great!
Here’s a cool video, it’s MeeGo Handset UI on a tablet. Although MeeGo handset is no where near ready (both Vanilla and Nokia’s secret version that’s supposedly going to be amazing and have a different UI “Pattern”) it translates great on a bigger touch screen, despite the comments that a Phone and Tablet should have [...]
Video: Skype demo on the Nokia N8
On Wednesday we heard about the Official Skype App being available for the newer Symbian^3 devices, including the Nokia N8, C6-01 and C7. Here’s a video demo by TheRacerex showing Skype in action on the Nokia N8. IM/Voice over 3G or WiFi Send files Good call quality Good stability No Video capabilities yet.
Video: Super Mario demo with pure QML from Web Developer new to QML/Qt "very easy to learn".
Here’s a video from that Jim found showing the product (Super Mario) of a web developer who moved to the Qt/QML environment. They found it very easy to learn which is great since MeeGo and Symbian apps will share Qt based apps. Here’s a game I made with pure QML (no C++), costs around 4 [...]
Video: TRON:Legacy Première – Starring Nokia N8 – Red Carpet with Jeff Bridges
Nokia N8 is at another red carpet event, this time it stars in a major motion picture from Disney, the much anticipated TRON: Legacy. TRON: Legacy, which is in the cinemas now, is a sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic. Nokia’s entertainment reporter Natalia Grace went to Sunday’s première to ask star Jeff Bridges and [...]
Nokia X6 gets 30.0.003 update
Hey all it’s LLAADD, Nokia have recently released the latest major update to the Nokia X6 in the form of version 30.0.003 (previously 21.0.004), this is available now if you have a generic X6, but if you have one from a network, you might be waiting a while! This update brings with it a few [...]
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