Category: S60
App Review: Nokia World Rally Championship (Plus how to win a Lumia 800)
I’m not exactly sure how many of you are racing enthusiasts, even if you aren’t I suggest you try this app (Yes I’m recommending the app before even starting the review, here’s why). Personally I consider myself an above-average car fan, nothing over the top but just enough to get excited when I see a rare car [...]
eBuddy demoed on Nokia N9 – available on all Nokia Platforms.
To coincide with this tip from Glenn about eBuddy, here’s a video we got during Nokia World. Unfortunately, it seems to have cut off just before we got to see it working on other Nokia devices: eBuddy XMS coming to MeeGo, its not WhatsApp, but its good enough allowing web SMS’s to be sent. http://www.intomobile.com/2011/10/29/ebuddy-becomes-nokias-preferred-messaging-partner/ [...]
Nokia Nearby, hyper-local search beta from Nokia Beta Labs (For S40/S60)
Another Nokia App from Beta Labs folks. It’s for both S40 and S60 but mainly for S40 devices. This is called Nokia Nearby, where without Ovi Maps or GPS, you can search for things nearby. Introducing Nokia Nearby, an innovative ‘Hyper-Local Search’ application where you can look for information about local places & listings within your vicinity. [...]
Nokia C5-00 5MP, revamped C5.
With all the news about the N9 and leaked Belle prototype units the news about an improved C5-00 has passed us by a bit. Nokia didn’t really make a whole load of fuss about it either since it was quitly launched through their press channel. However the way this new and improved C5 came into [...]
Software Updates to Symbian S60 3.2 and 5.0 – Anna Browser and new Ovi Maps!
Nokia Conversations have posted up that they’ll be releasing updates to several Symbian 3.2 and 5.0 handsets. These are the Symbian phones before Symbian^3 (of which remember, Anna update for August for current customers) http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/06/29/updates-to-symbian-3-2-and-5-0/ What will we be getting? Anna Browser Well, first and foremost, amazingly, we’re getting the new Symbian Anna web [...]
N97 Mini New Firmware Update 2.0 Coming Q2 2011(v2x.x.xxx)
Tipped by @umarnagi, this screenshot from forum Nokia support discussions confirming that the Nokia N97 mini is to get a new firmware update – PR2.0. In Q2 2011. I wouldn’t think this is the same PR2.0 that Symbian^3 users are waiting for. Currently, the latest version for N97 mini should be: v12.0.110. I think this [...]
Video: Qt Nokia Diexie 诺基亚叠写 from Nokia Beta Labs for Symbian^3 and S60 5th Edition
Nokia addresses Chinese character input again with a new app called Nokia Diexie. Instead of having to write one character at a time, you can now write complete sentences. You can try it out on your Symbian^3 or S60 5th Edition devices. No Stylus needed, your finger is your pen. http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-diexie Nokia Diexie (诺基亚叠写) is [...]
Soundtrckr 1.1 now available
The folks over at Nokia beta labs have brought to us an update to Soundtrckr for Symbian ^3 and S60 5th Edition. If you don’t know what Soundtrckr is, you can find out more on Jay’s earlier post, but the official blurb from Ovi is: Soundtrckr makes it easy to discover and play the music [...]
Software Update for Nokia 5800, N97, N97 mini, X6 and C6: Faster Photo Browsing
Fahkre from Symbian Tweet reports that there’s a small software update available for Symbian^1 devices including: 5800, N97, N97 Mini 5230, X6 C6 There appears to be a new “Photos 1.0″ update which Fahkre says now works fast, but the other updates are old. Symbian Tweet
Video: Mood Agent Genius Playlist DJ – trial improved version at Nokia Beta Labs -demoed on N8
Mood Agent is an automatic Playlist DJ that can configure playlists based on your mood. In fact, if the app seems familiar, that’s because it was previously called Playlist DJ. Why would you want this? Well you might have a bucket load of music on your phone, and when you want to listen to some [...]
Stream of Firmware updates available for Nokia devices
CJ from ZOMGitsCj has just posted the news that quite a few of Nokia’s “lower-end” devices have received firmware updates. The devices with updates include the C7, C5, C5-03, X3-02 and the 5250. The majority of these updates are minor at best but may contain changes to a few of your gripes and issues with the [...]
Video: Drum Machine demo for Symbian (S60 5th) Drum beat sequencer available at Ovi Store
When I first looked at the video, I wasn’t actually sure it was meant to be a phone app due to the mass of detail on screen but it is. And it’s for you, S60 5th Edition users. This is a drum machine - essentially what you’re doing is arranging a pattern of beats/instruments [...]
Video: Nokia N8-00 Version 3 for nokia 5800 RM-356 and for Nokia 5530 RM-504
For Nokia 5800 and 5530 users here’s a custom firmware that brings Symbian^3/N8 styling and a few additional extras. Symbian^3 style dialler, Widget homescreen Lots of animation/UI transitions – e.g. portrait/landscape v smooth, moving back/forward in menu looks v. nice. Quite speedy (at most places, bit lag in others) File manager shows hidden files/folders Music [...]
Symbian Foundation websites closed
As mentioned in Jay’s previous post in November, today marks the official close of the Symbian foundation websites. While most of our readers likely never had much experience with or exposure to these websites, they posed a major resource for a lot of curious cats like myself who wanted to keep track of progress on [...]
Nokia Beta Labs now brings Nokia Software Updater (NSU) 3.0.223 Beta
Hey all, it’s LLAADD again! It looks like the people over at Nokia Beta Labs are really working hard to get us all some nice things before x-mas as they have just churned out yet another update and this time it is in the form of Nokia Software Updater (aka NSU) 3.0.223 beta which has [...]
Video: Classic Snake II on the Nokia N8 (for Symbian^3 and S60 5th) at Ovi Store
The World’s most popular phone game SNAKE is available for download at the Ovi Store. This isn’t an official Nokia one but it sure as heck is a lot of fun, especially as it looks like the original 3310 version, complete with the pixelated snake and green-tone black and white LCD. I’ve only tried on [...]
Video: Air Hockey Game demoed on Nokia N8 for S^3 and 5th Ed Free at Ovi Store
Air Hockey. You versus the phone as you try and score a goal with the virtual air lifted puck. First to 5 wins and each round goes to a higher level with slightly harder opponents. It’s really enjoyable (I love Air Hockey at arcades!) and great for those short distractions. It’s well worth a download. [...]
Video: Ovi Games – Sonic Jump, Tropical Towers and Zuma's Revenge demoed on the Nokia N8
I think these games are S60 5th Edition unless they’ve been updated for Symbian^3 – either way both users will be able to download these apps from the Ovi Store. Sonic Jump Can’t seem to find it on Ovi Store but it was there. Tropical Towers Save the monkeys! Only you can help them [...]
Videos: Symbian^1 versus Symbian^3 – what has changed?
“Everybody says, that Symbian^3 hasn’t changed, but look for yourself!” I’m surprised no such detailed comparison has been done. Actually planned to do it myself this weekend but caught up on coursework (which I’m half doing as I write this). But jenjaman has done an excellent job and split it into a four round match [...]
Nokia taking Symbian development back in house, Foundation remains to control licensing and patents
As mentioned before in the press release Jay posted, and has been rumored in the blogosphere for quite a while, it seems that Nokia and the Symbian board have taken a decisive step towards improving the Symbian OS, speeding up time to market, improving developer and OEM relations and at the same time cut [...]
Symbian web browser sluggish?? Javascript to blame
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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