Category: 3rd edition

Nokia E5 and C3 Demo – Every message brings us closer

Nokia E5 and C3 Demo – Every message brings us closer

| July 22, 2010 | Reply

Nokia E5 Nokia C3 As I said before I am an Art design type of person I do like Nokia Ads or promo videos showing of their handsets and this is another one Nice funky Video showing of the Nokia E5 and C3 another two device that should kickstart Nokia’s resurgence in the second part [...]

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Qt Animation Framework – Creating animations and transitions

Qt Animation Framework – Creating animations and transitions

| July 21, 2010 | 18 Replies

If you are sick and tired of the state of the Ovi store and want to do something about it then start programming. I downloaded the Nokia Qt SDK today onto my MAC today for the intention of learning to code for Nokia phones and with such great tools like the Qt SDK it’s easer [...]

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Using the Ovi App Wizard

Using the Ovi App Wizard

| July 20, 2010 | Reply

Nokia released a while back a cool online application called Ovi App wizard which lets you use the RSS feeds of your website to create tiny little apps and publish them to the Ovi store, obviously the idea was poo pooed by the media a while back and no one talked about it since, well [...]

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Video: Nokia Messaging Diary

Video: Nokia Messaging Diary

| July 16, 2010 | 10 Replies

You can see the video below: This is a cool App where users can download the ‘diary’ from the ovi store and share Messages and IM with friends via a proposed diary which I think is a cool way of doing it. This is just proposed concept and I don’t know if this will be [...]

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Should Nokia just concentrate making camera phone's ?

Should Nokia just concentrate making camera phone's ?

| July 13, 2010 | Reply

Tomi Ahonen is a Mobile consultant for handset manufacturers and is a really respected man with a good amount of knowledge  and of course I follow him on Twitter. Today he made some very interesting comments on Nokia and their success in making camera phones.  Its no secret that Nokia are in a sort of trouble [...]

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Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

| July 13, 2010 | 26 Replies

Having read YET another article, this time by Gartner predicting the demise of Symbian (Same people that predicted Windows Mobile 6′s dominance over Symbian in the 00′s) and comparing it to the Titanic of all things, Read here: http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_jones/2010/07/11/is-symbian-re-arranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic/ I thought I’d put up a poll to ask where YOU felt Symbian is heading and [...]

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Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

| July 13, 2010 | Reply

Having read YET another article, this time by Gartner predicting the demise of Symbian (Same people that predicted Windows Mobile 6′s dominance over Symbian in the 00′s) and comparing it to the Titanic of all things, Read here: http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_jones/2010/07/11/is-symbian-re-arranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic/ I thought I’d put up a poll to ask where YOU felt Symbian is heading and [...]

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Ovi Music Store, Ovi Music Unlimited, & New Nokia N8 Music Phone Features

Ovi Music Store, Ovi Music Unlimited, & New Nokia N8 Music Phone Features

| July 12, 2010 | Reply

When I first heard about this video I thought it was just a random Nokia advertisement because I have seen a very similar one to this one with the classic 5800, but Nokia seem to make music a important feature for the N8 with Ovi music Unlimited which “Comes with Music” in other countries. Nokia [...]

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Using your Nokia smartphone as a modem.

Using your Nokia smartphone as a modem.

| July 8, 2010 | 155 Replies

One of our readers Gemma sent us an email asking for a short how-to on using your Nokia smartphone as a 3G modem. Given that it’s something I felt like a great deal of our readers would benefit from (if they didn’t already know ) I decided to take up the torch and do a [...]

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Nokia Messaging Tips & Tricks on the Nokia E72

Nokia Messaging Tips & Tricks on the Nokia E72

| July 8, 2010 | Reply

As you know I own the Nokia E72 and believe me its a great device it definitely beats some or most blackberry devices out there. There is also a nifty little piece of software called Nokia messaging which works great on a large amount of Nokia devices. I stumbled across this video showing off some [...]

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Video tutorials: Nokia E73 Mode tutorials with T-Mobile, from Ovi Store Shopping to setting up exchange/personal email

Video tutorials: Nokia E73 Mode tutorials with T-Mobile, from Ovi Store Shopping to setting up exchange/personal email

| July 7, 2010 | Reply

T-Mobile’s given the Nokeeeya E73 Mode some excellent video tutorials to get even the most basic phone/Eseries/Nokia newbie up and running. They’re short and quick, but very informative. Our demonstrator here is the lovely Jen. HOW TO INSERT BATTERY/SIM/MEMORY CARD: [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5_g-oJ8qSE] CHANGING MODES (Eseries function and the namesake of the E73) [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw0KcvgGCoQ] MAKING A CALL/USING [...]

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Why do you use a Nokia ?

Why do you use a Nokia ?

| July 6, 2010 | Reply

A lot of negative comments have been written about Nokia in last few well lets *scratches his head*…… the iPhone arrived. It seems like every person who as a computer and an Internet connection has a negative opinion on Nokia phones, especially those who have never touched one. If you read “certain” blogs exclusively you [...]

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Anssi Vanjoki, "getting Nokia back to #1 in high end devices"

Anssi Vanjoki, "getting Nokia back to #1 in high end devices"

| July 2, 2010 | Reply

Having just read a short excerpt written on Nokia’s official blog by the current head of Nokia’s Mobile Services division Anssi Vanjoki, I felt it necessary to share it with you guys. http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/07/02/the-fightback-starts-now/ I think it speaks for itself where Nokia regard their position in the market and the situation they currently face. I’ll say [...]

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Rant: The death of another Symbian blog and the loss of another one of Nokia's Evangelists

Rant: The death of another Symbian blog and the loss of another one of Nokia's Evangelists

| July 1, 2010 | Reply

This started out a reply to a comment posted in one of my most recent articles which posted a link to Symbian-Guru’s Ricky Cadden and Dotsisx Rita el Khoury final rants and goodbye to the Symbian-Guru website and blog. A link to the post can be found below. http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2010/07/symbian-guru-com-is-over.html You should definitely give it a [...]

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Video: Unboxing of the Nokia E73 with tnkgrl – "it puts your BlackBerry to shame -it’s that good. It’s the best non-touch business phone money can buy"

Video: Unboxing of the Nokia E73 with tnkgrl – "it puts your BlackBerry to shame -it’s that good. It’s the best non-touch business phone money can buy"

| June 30, 2010 | Reply

Tnkgrl has posted her unboxing and thoughts on the Nokia E73 Mode. Differences with E72: MicroUSB charging on E73 vs MicroUSB and 2mm Nokia port – front soft keys are plastic instead of metal like E73; keyboard is curved and not flat; designed to operate on T-mobile’s 3G Camera is really amazing – taken some [...]

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Gallery: Nokia X5 pink (and black/purple?)

Gallery: Nokia X5 pink (and black/purple?)

| June 24, 2010 | Reply

A collection of high res photos of the new Nokia X5 was uploaded by cssinsight on Flickr. It comes in pink, yellow, blue and purple, but above you can see what looks to be a black one, though it may just be the purple looking black due to the lighting/angle. Whilst the pink looks frightening, [...]

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New Nokia website in beta

New Nokia website in beta

| June 23, 2010 | Reply

Nokia’s current website to be honest isn’t the best around but this morning Nokia sent out a tweet saying that their new website was in beta which you can check it out here

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Ovi…….. do you use it ?

Ovi…….. do you use it ?

| June 17, 2010 | Reply

Much has been said about Ovi since its launch in 20007 everything from its unusual name to its poor implementation. Many believe the reason behind Nokia’s poor performance in the high end market comes from the notion that Nokia has put a too effort in getting the internet services right but somewhat failed.The thing is [...]

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WOW…..poor Nokia

WOW…..poor Nokia

| June 17, 2010 | Reply

I was reading Rafe’s article from the All about Symbian blog on Nokia’s revised outlook for the year and found this link from one of the comments of that post and lead me to this and thought WOW just WOW. Nokia got slated by boingboing and its readers for releasing the X5, now in my [...]

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Are you tempted…….

Are you tempted…….

| June 15, 2010 | Reply

Now if your are reading this post right now I am assuming that you are some sort of a Nokia fan like me and all the other amazing writers on this blog, but this preview of the Motorola Droid X for the Verizon network in America(presumably for Europe with another name like the Milestone) by [...]

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New Nokia X5  Square QWERTY slider announced

New Nokia X5 Square QWERTY slider announced

| June 14, 2010 | 4 Replies

CJ Reports that Nokia has announced the new Nokia X5! Hang on, wait a minute, that looks nothing like the previously announced X5. What the hell is going on here? Two phones, same name but totally different design (See China X5 on left)? What’s the freakin point of these names if you can just assign [...]

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