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Author Archive: Andre

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As you already know, my name is Andre and I'm currently a student based in Atlanta. Much like Jay, I pretty much blog here in my free time.

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SYMBEOSE: EU and major European corporations invest in Symbian

SYMBEOSE: EU and major European corporations invest in Symbian

| November 2, 2010 | Reply

Advertisements   SYMBEOSE: Symbian the Embedded Operation System for Europe is a new initiative led by the EU and a number of major European corporations such as Nokia, ST-Ericsson and a host of others, including academic organisations with the major objective of improving the Symbian OS in order to take it above and beyond it’s […]

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Qt, Applications, OS's and you

Qt, Applications, OS's and you

| October 21, 2010 | 20 Replies

We’ve heard much talk in the media of Nokia being silly for having both Symbian and MeeGo/Maemo, lacking applications and that they should just pick up Android to solve both problems but most of these people either have no idea what they’re talking about or are literally spouting out of their rear orifices :P. Either […]

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Symbian web browser sluggish??  Javascript to blame

Symbian web browser sluggish?? Javascript to blame

| October 20, 2010 | 49 Replies

  While this is by no means an empirical test, I’ve seen mention in a number of places on the web that the main reason for the dismal performance of the Symbian Web browser is the lack of adequate CPU power, I can categorically say that this is a false assumption. I’m currently using a […]

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Lee Williams, Symbian Executive Director steps down.

Lee Williams, Symbian Executive Director steps down.

| October 19, 2010 | Reply

Wow, that came straight out of nowhere, but it seems that the Symbian Foundation’s Executive Director (CEO if Symbian was a PLC or LLC) has stepped down from his position with IMMEDIATE effect.  Supposedly “personal reasons ” are the reason for his resignation but that seems to have been a common line for all of […]

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N8's losing color?

N8's losing color?

| October 16, 2010 | 59 Replies

While this in no way a widespread case or something we’ve heard reported or rumored in multiple news sources, but we’ve had a tip come in with pretty damning news. While we can’t claim the validity and/or whether this device was abused in any way but the picture above shows the N8 in a pretty […]

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Ari Jaaksi's new job confirmed

Ari Jaaksi's new job confirmed

| October 16, 2010 | 5 Replies

Reuters have officially confirmed that Ari Jaaski former head of Mobile Browser development as well as being the man in charge of the Maemo and MeeGo OS’s has been hired by HP as Senior Vice President of WebOS. A pretty damn senior position don’t you think. Considering the recent acquiry of Peter Skillman by Nokia, […]

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Maemo 1.3 on the horizon?

Maemo 1.3 on the horizon?

| October 14, 2010 | Reply

While I’m currently in the middle of an all-nighter study/HW/project session, (it’s 2 AM where I’m at right now), some interesting news just filtered into our tips section (Thanks Jim). Over at the MeeGo blog, Harri Hakulinen let out that a Maemo 5 PR 1.3 release was incoming!! Jay will be pleased. Also mentioned was the […]

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Spark: Homescreen replacement for social networking junkies

Spark: Homescreen replacement for social networking junkies

| October 13, 2010 | 9 Replies

Hiplogic announced today their homescreen replacement for Android and Symbian devices.  Consisting of 3 major modules, Weather, Headlines and Status, it provides a simple and easy to use interface for integrating and keeping track of social networks and media. It’s available as a free download here. Give it a try and tell us what you […]

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MeeGo devices this year? Intel says no.

MeeGo devices this year? Intel says no.

| October 5, 2010 | 39 Replies

Well in news that’s sure to bum out a number of us both here and elsewhere in the blogosphere, it would seem that we won’t be seeing any actual MeeGo devices (in our own hands at least) before the first half of 2011. Doug Fisher, Vice President of Intel’s Software and Solutions Group and General […]

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