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Archive for April 13th, 2011

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Skype, Multitasking coming to Windows Phone Mango. New tools waiting delivery of Unicorn Tears.

Skype, Multitasking coming to Windows Phone Mango. New tools waiting delivery of Unicorn Tears.

| April 13, 2011 | 30 Replies

Advertisements Today Microsoft showcased the next iteration of their Windows Phone OS – Mango Update. Notable things (from press release and tweets from @bperry, quoting Joe Belfiore) Skype, Spotify, Layar are coming to Windows Phone Multitasking with faster app switching (ala S^3 stylie – known before. Nice to reiterate) 13,000 apps. Hmm ok. Should pick […]

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Nokia E6 and Nokia X7 info-explosion: gallery, video walkthrough and hands-on impressions!

Nokia E6 and Nokia X7 info-explosion: gallery, video walkthrough and hands-on impressions!

| April 13, 2011 | 45 Replies

As Jay already hinted out, there was a lunch/meeting yesterday at WOMWorld/Nokia HQ in London , where bloggers could familiarize themselves with the freshly announced Nokia X7 and E6 smartphones, and even more – ask questions to the respective product managers of these devices. I was extremely happy to be there as well, as seeing […]

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Symbian was ditched – for good reason

Symbian was ditched – for good reason

| April 13, 2011 | 128 Replies

I know this post is going to lead to a lot of derision from readers but to be perfectly honest, brutal honesty is necessary from time to time. Yesterday, Nokia announced their update to Symbian, named Anna which brought to the platform a number of key improvements including a new browser, updated homescreen animations, the […]

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Video: Contour for MeeGo

Video: Contour for MeeGo

| April 13, 2011 | 10 Replies

Jim has found a couple of MeeGo related videos, updating us of the Plasma Active Project with the introduction of Contour. Today I would like to introduce to you the Contour project. Contour is part of Plasma Active – the project of the KDE community to create a desirable user experience encompassing a spectrum of […]

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The E6- Does it represent Symbian’s niche?

The E6- Does it represent Symbian’s niche?

| April 13, 2011 | 27 Replies

The first thing I thought when I saw the announcements made at Nokia’s Symbian event was “wow, that E6 sure is a looker; Wish the X7 was as exciting as this is.” Strange that I’d think that, especially given the larger screen and more expansive, touch-based interface on the X7 as opposed to the E6 […]

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Copy and Paste across smartphone platforms

Copy and Paste across smartphone platforms

| April 13, 2011 | 43 Replies

One of the main complaints about Windows Phone 7 upon its release was its utter lack of text selection and/or copy and paste, a dire failure if ever there was one; Especially in light of the fact that almost every smartphone platform has had such a simple feature since their inception. Having been running a […]

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