Advertisements The Symbian^3 50+ updates destined for “early 2011” aka Q1, now looks to be pushed to the starting edge of Q2. MobileCowboys is reporting a possibility of April 12 for the much awaited firmware update. That’s about 3 weeks away.Well, we’re all a little jaded when it comes to software update rumours. But then, […]
Make up your mind Nokia! One minute you’re deprecating your efforts on Open Source and MeeGo in smartphones and relegating it to a “future disruptions” platform and the next you’re signing on to help produce and standardize the next wave of televisions, connected TV’s. In any case, the Linux Foundation’s MeeGo Smart TV working group includes […]
Opera Mobile 11 and Opera Mini 6 was released yesterday. Have you had a play with it yet? Get it from: m.opera.com. http://store.ovi.com/content/20975 Get a premium browsing experience with Opera Mobile. It is fast, smooth, and makes surfing the Web on a mobile device more fun and efficient than ever. A refreshed user interface looks […]
Our readers are reporting that they’re able to download the preliminary PR1.2 update for their N8 we posted about a couple of days go. This is V.014.002. Go to the software updater app to find the update. (I also have WMDRM DLA iPlayer plugin – I think one of you guys mentioned this before) Before […]
Below are a collection of hands on videos of the “new” Nokia Astound launched at CTIA. It’s the American Nokia C7 preloaded with PR2.0. Check out the split screen portrait QWERTY and the landscape SWYPE (not split screen). This, oh dear, does not make sense to me. Swipe is one finger dragging – preferably over […]
One of the questions asked of Nokia CEO Stephen Elop after the Capital Markets Day debacle was whether Nokia would be making a larger push towards selling handsets in North America. Many thought, rightfully, that Windows Phone 7 would be the vehicle to conquer that market and it looks like Nokia agrees. Forbes is reporting […]
Eldar Murtazin, famous Nokia fan (joke) tweeted that Nokia has 4 Windows Phone 7 in R&D. He also notes a tablet which he presumes to have Windows 8. This comes by way of wmpoweruser who reckons chassis 1 will have 1GHz whilst chassis 2 will have lower end 800MHz with a resistive screen. Yay! Nokia […]
As I mentioned in our post on the T-Mobile Astound’s software being somewhat of a half-way house between PR 1.2 and PR 2.0, @Camb078 from blog-n8.fr has gotten access to an Astound via Nokia’s Remote Device Access and has been trawling through the firmware to see what changes have been made. So far he’s shown […]
Debenhams (UK retail store) has released their application for Symbian^3 (and Android). iPhone already has one (of course) and it’s nice to see Symbian not forgotten. This is free at Ovi Store: http://store.ovi.com/content/105960 get the Official FREE Debenhams app for Nokia to shop the full Debenhams range on your phone, wherever you are 24/7. You […]
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