Archive for May, 2011
Android-like Pull Down status Bar for Symbian^3, free at Ovi Store
Can’t wait for PR3.0, new UI which features (amongst many things) a drop down status bar with quick access settings (Maemo esque)? Then head over to the Ovi Store and check out Fast Panel. There are already some quick access settings in Symbian^3 such as quick access to bluetooth and profiles but what is really [...]
Video: TrueCaller Super Caller ID App demoed on Nokia E7
TrueCaller is a fantastic app that’s super useful. We talked about it on Symbian^3 last December. It has been on Symbian for a while, pulling up caller details such as name and country. In February it went further and unveilved the mysterious feature of PICTURE caller ID, picking up pictures of the person calling you [...]
Video: Nokia US and Nokia E7 review – day to day – with @jebbrilliant, @markguim and @mikemacias
Here’s a Nokia E7 day to day ‘review’ posted at NokiaUS’s youtube channel (NokiaUS). It features 3 US based “tech lovers” all of whom blog predominantly in one way or another about Nokia :p. I think it’s cool for Nokia to come pick out these guys to put in front of the camera. They do [...]
Video: Nokia Astound Promo
Below is a promo video for the T-Mobile Nokia Astound, giving a quick features tour of the device. Attention grabbing? No. It’s kinda like those Nokia E7 ads of vague features, improved slightly by features being shown here for a longer period of time and being labelled exactly what’s happening. My favourite bit is the [...]
Nokia Trailers app out now in the Ovi store…..and boy does its look pretty
If you are a regular user of the Ovi store you will notice that trailers of new movies often appear there but downloading them is not that of a great experience. If you remember Nokia also made a big deal of Web TV when the Nokia N8 was first announced and promised new “channels” would appear [...]
Symbian Anna PR2.0 Icon Pack for Maemo 5!
Loving your N900 yet those Symbian Anna icons caught your eye? Fret not N900 users, there is a community developed Symbian Anna icon pack over at Maemo.org! The Symbian Anna icon pack is in the heat of development so there are a few bugs here and there yet as always, the developer is taking all [...]
Search for Nokia’s new Chairman begins 2012, Jorma Ollila confirms step down plans.
Announced last September, Reuters confirms that Nokia’s Chairman, Jorma Ollila (Nok CEO before OPK, credited with turning Nokia into the World’s largest handset maker apparently), is planning on stepping down. Nokia will be looking for his replacement in 2012. At the time, “analysts” believed that Ollila’s presence would make it difficult for Elop to execute [...]
Pics: Nokia Oro Coming Soon! Ultra Premium: Gold, Saphire, Leather and Gorilla Glass Nokia C7
Remember when a supposed N8-01 was leaked including a bunch of other devices including something called the Nokia ORO? Philip has emailed us details of the Nokia ORO. Cheers for the tip! Well, I went to a phones shop called “Svyaznoy” yesterday and took their catalog. And there was the Nokia ORO in the “upcoming” section. [...]
Qt Quick Shader Effects Running on a Nokia N8, Symbian^3, Maemo 5, Mac OS X, Windows 7, and Ubuntu
Jim tips us a video of a “nice QML Shader Effects demoed on Nokia N8. Stuff that will work great on QML 2″. Not bad, some cool looking effects there. http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/05/03/qml-shadereffectitem-on-qgraphicsview/ From the Qt Blog: For those who don’t y et know what ShaderEffectItem is, please see: http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/03/22/the-convenient-power-of-qml-scene-graph/ QML2 on top of the [...]
BlackBerry to use Nokia’s NAVTEQ Powered Bing Maps – ‘Ovi Maps’ on BlackBerry?
Engadget reports that Microsoft have announced a partnership with RIM to integrate BING at the OS Level. Default search and Maps provider. Since NAVTEQ already powers BING and Ovi Maps assets will be integrated into Bing Maps (somehow as part of Nokia’s Partnership with MS) then in a round about way, there’s some form of [...]
Video: Nokia N8 Pink Advert – Best ever Smartphone camera with 12 Megapinkxels
The Pink Nokia N8 that got officially announced yesterday has its own advert. It boasts (deservingly) in being the best ever smartphone camera with 12 Megapinkxels Anyone good with colour shades? What is this rather in-your-face electric pink shade?
Video: Grim Joggers available at Ovi Store, demoed on Nokia N8
Camb078 from blog-n8.fr has uploaded a demo of a new game on Ovi Store called Grim Joggers. It’s a little bit like I must run, in that you have a guy who has to run (or jog) across a landscape, avoiding pitfalls/obstacles etc. The difference is you have other people following you. You’ve got to [...]
MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition coming to Nokia N900 in June
MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition is expected to arrive June, fully functioning enough to be your main phone. Currently working: Voice call, camera and Fennec Browsing (over mobile data). The team working on it consists of 20+ Nokia paid developers and 10+ volunteers. Note however that this is NOT for end users. I’m not sure what [...]
Poll: Is your current (main)phone, a Nokia? What about your next one?
Time and time again I have noticed long time Nokia fans “defecting”. From friends, to readers here and to the Nokia Blogging community as a whole. Perhaps with the latter it’s normal for blogs to come and go, but it is a shame that so many of the blogs I read just disappeared. Is that [...]
RUMOURS: Eldar Murtazin reckons Stephen Elop will resign in the end of 2012, “Short term CEO”.
With the February 11 announcements barely three months ago, and no where near announcing a Windows Phones from Nokia, famous Nokia anatagonist, Eldar Murtazin tweets something almost as unbelievable as Nokia ditching Symbian for Windows Phone. According to Eldar Murtazin’s and source, “Stephen Elop will resign in the end of 2012 (begin of 2013 according [...]
Over 13 Million Downloads for Opera on Ovi Store alone
Opera Mobile and Opera Mini are two fantastic apps that Symbian and S40 owners MUST own if you care about browsing the web*. It’s intrinsically a great browser, albeit lacking flash, but it’s also a fantastic alternative to the browser default on all Nokia’s except the remarkable MicroB on the N900. I don’t know how [...]
FREE at Ovi Store!!! Avatar, Spider-Man, H.A.W.X., Assassins Creed, Settlers, Angry Birds Seasons and MORE! All free at Ovi Store right now!
Today we reported that Angry Birds Rio was Free at the Ovi Store and that possibly Fruit Ninja and Worms HD were free too. For some reason, even more premium titles are appearing FREE for your (legal :p) downloading joy. These are all awesome games, and worth their price (when they weren’t free) but now [...]
Officially Pretty in Pink – Nokia N8 Intense Pink released, (with Symbian Anna?)
We’ve been following the pink Nokia N8 for a while, from store listing to store listing ever since Nokia started asking about possible new colours for the N8. I thought Pink would have been a natural “girly” edition at the time, as Nokia’s done similar releases before. Some of you guys have even noticed a [...]
Puppy Talk voice altering app Free At Ovi Store – from picoBrothers!
Here’s an app called Puppy Talk. It’s free at the Ovi Store and should be worth a try! http://store.ovi.com/content/119146 I’ve seen an app like this with iOS (with a cat) and on Windows Phone (with a Polar Bear – kinda creepy, it makes your voice deeper). Basically, it records your voice (altering the pitch) and [...]
Facelock App coming Q2 to Symbian Phones – unlock your phone…with your face!
We saw Facelock demoed in Nokia World 2010, as part of a developer challenge to produce the app during Nokia World. Subsequently it won the competition. Facelock basically allows you to unlock your phone with your face. Very futuristic and a neat alternative to touch unlock. No need either to remember lock [...]
Angry Birds Free at Ovi Store (Worms HD and Fruit Ninja too maybe)
Angry Birds Rio Free is available at Ovi Store tweets @camb078 and @aliqudsi. I’m not sure what the difference is over the lite versions. http://store.ovi.com/content/117094 Camb078 also mentioned that Worms HD and Fruit Ninja was also free (not a lite version, that’s already there) but upon clicking the links, it says no longer available. You [...]
Recent Comments