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How To: Re-Download the Ovi Store, for any reason!

How To: Re-Download the Ovi Store, for any reason!

| June 15, 2011 | 86 Replies

Advertisements Just an FYI/ Helpful tip for our Symbian friends. To anyone that has not received the new Ovi Store update or needs to re-download the Ovi Store for any reason, here is the link to the Ovi Store download: http://store.ovi.com/content/5406 I suggest bookmarking the link on your PC for future use. After clicking on the link, log into […]

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How to : Stream media to your PC through DLNA on your Symbian^3 device

How to : Stream media to your PC through DLNA on your Symbian^3 device

| June 12, 2011 | 1 Reply

You must have already seen the Qt “Play To” app by now, if not, read it here . In that post, we had a few puzzled users who didn’t know how to connect their device to a PC, some users suggested the highly acclaimed XBMC for streaming, but i always knew there were simpler ways, […]

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New CNN App for Symbian^3! Nokia and CNN collaborate to deliver mobile news and rich mapping!

New CNN App for Symbian^3! Nokia and CNN collaborate to deliver mobile news and rich mapping!

| May 26, 2011 | 18 Replies

From Nokia Conversations, The Official Nokia Blog: “GLOBAL – Today Nokia and news network CNN have announced plans for an international agreement which will see Nokia providing rich mapping services to the network. You may have already seen the first fruits of this collaboration when CNN used Nokia’s new 3D maps to show the route […]

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How To: Changing Fonts in Symbian^3 (very easy, done in a minute) Nokia N8,  C6-01, C7

How To: Changing Fonts in Symbian^3 (very easy, done in a minute) Nokia N8, C6-01, C7

| November 23, 2010 | 77 Replies

UPDATE 2: Major apologies for those trying this and finding errors. As noted, try at own risk. This already mucks up Ovi Store and prevents it from starting. Also I’ve had problems with Nokia Panorama but that’s been buggy since this morning. Back in June we asked should Nokia change their icons and fonts. From […]

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How to: Downloading Ovi Store .sis installation files from Desktop Web Browser for offline phone install

How to: Downloading Ovi Store .sis installation files from Desktop Web Browser for offline phone install

| November 22, 2010 | 23 Replies

Here’s a very quick and useful tip from Iain Wallace of doitdifferent.wordpress.com on how to download the .sis/.sisx installation files directly from Ovi Store. Now why would you want this? Well you might not have WiFi or mobile data on your phone but may have access to a desktop with internet. I’d sure as heck […]

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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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Video: Nokia N8/Symbian^3 How to: speed up homescreen swiping/remove perceived lag between screens

Video: Nokia N8/Symbian^3 How to: speed up homescreen swiping/remove perceived lag between screens

| October 18, 2010 | 52 Replies

Now for some reason or another, the Symbian^3 homescreen introduces a perceivable “lag” when switching between screens. This is apparently designed that way (due to the active widgets on screen). The homescreen lag is less visible when in landscape (where the swipe movement would be more obvious than a possible mispress in landscape. You could […]

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Two interesting how to's on the Nokia N8

Two interesting how to's on the Nokia N8

| August 19, 2010 | Reply

Two interesting videos have appeared from youtube demonstrating some of the N8’s capabilities First up how to edit photos on the N8 Second how to use the N8’s web browser Thanks to Chandru for the heads up

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How to: Porting Apps from iPhone and Android to Qt

How to: Porting Apps from iPhone and Android to Qt

| July 22, 2010 | 24 Replies

Got an Android or iPhone App? Want an even larger audience and another distribution point? Port to Qt and get your awesome app on the Ovi Store. Forum Nokia has a helpful page on their Wiki detailing instructions on porting Android and iPhone apps to Qt. The page was updated last in June, so now […]

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