Category: Symbian

QuasarMX – the ultimate Music Player for Symbian/MeeGo demoed on Nokia N8

QuasarMX – the ultimate Music Player for Symbian/MeeGo demoed on Nokia N8

| March 30, 2013 | 6 Replies

The video title is quite correct in this being one heck of a music player for Symbian/MeeGo. QuasarMX is packed with a ton of features – there’s so much going on. Kallisticker An older version on the N9 evilJazz1  

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New Qt-based Game Engine for mobile Games – great benefits for Nokia Developers #Symbian #MeeGo

New Qt-based Game Engine for mobile Games – great benefits for Nokia Developers #Symbian #MeeGo

| March 25, 2013 | 43 Replies

We got an email from Austria based Chris and their Qt based cross-engine platform at V-play. More info available at www.v-play.net. Hi Jay I am Chris from “V-Play” and a long-term reader of you blog, as I am a Nokia Developer myself. “V-Play” (a developer-studio from Vienna) just launched a new qt-based game engine, that comes [...]

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PureView: Swedish House Mafia (with Nokia Lumia 920) and Ferraris (with Nokia 808 PureView)

PureView: Swedish House Mafia (with Nokia Lumia 920) and Ferraris (with Nokia 808 PureView)

| March 25, 2013 | 3 Replies

  PureView double bill, first up with the Nokia Lumia 920 recording Swedish House Mafia. Ratchtastic Cheers Tobias Håkansson Next, Marc from the PureView club has taken some pictures of some beautiful cars with his Nokia 808 PureView and put it in video. You can see the individual photos as well as some crops . The [...]

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SymbianApps: Burst Camera for HTC-Zoe esque video+burst function

SymbianApps: Burst Camera for HTC-Zoe esque video+burst function

| March 22, 2013 | 3 Replies

  Pre-emptive photos as cameras take shots before you even press the shutter and/or taking video before/during/after and allowing you to select is a growing feature in smartphones, most recently shown off in HTC One’s ‘Zoe’ camera functions. You can sort of get this feature with Burst Camera for Symbian. Steve says: Although it’s not [...]

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Upload to SkyDrive update available for Nokia N8? Other Nokia Belle and S60V5 too?

Upload to SkyDrive update available for Nokia N8? Other Nokia Belle and S60V5 too?

| March 21, 2013 | 12 Replies

A few of our readers have been commenting that their Nokia N8s have been getting another update called “Upload to SkyDrive” Kale said: My Nokia N8 got today update: SkyDrive. You can upload your addres book and/or your photos straight into your SkyDrive account. You cant chose which photo or contact you upload, it’s all or nothing. FireDragon said: Off [...]

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Critical Messaging Fix available for Belle Refresh phones

Critical Messaging Fix available for Belle Refresh phones

| March 21, 2013 | 29 Replies

Updates to Belle Refresh devices shows up a Critical fix to known messaging issues according to Steve Litchfield at AAS. Quite what that messaging issue is, he’s not quite sure. The update is only 312kb. Source: AAS  

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Video: Side-by-Side: HTC One vs Nokia 808 PureView Camera – Daylight and low light

Video: Side-by-Side: HTC One vs Nokia 808 PureView Camera – Daylight and low light

| March 18, 2013 | 38 Replies

The PureView Beast that is the Nokia 808 PureView entertains the HTC One in a video comparison test. The audio set up can also be compared. Next up, lets do a zoom test. :p It’s only fair since features like HDR are tested in the written article, why not test ZOOM on the 808 huh? [...]

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Video: Metro Station by Nokia 808 PureView

Video: Metro Station by Nokia 808 PureView

| March 16, 2013 | 16 Replies

I don’t know if this happens to you, but whenever I’m on a train and listening to headphones, the view rushing past from the window somewhat makes me feel like I’m in a music video. In the video below, a Nokia 808 PureView user sums that up in this very well shot video on his [...]

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Nokia 808 Available For Under $400 on Amazon

Nokia 808 Available For Under $400 on Amazon

| March 9, 2013 | 21 Replies

For anyone who was waiting for the Nokia 808 to get a bit more affordable now seems like a reasonably good time to buy one. Amazon has it listed for $396 which factors into less than $10 a megapixel; which is a good deal any day of the week. Get it over here (only 2 left in [...]

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AAS: Camera Shootout Time!: N8 vs Xperia Z and 808 vs Xperia Z vs 920!

AAS: Camera Shootout Time!: N8 vs Xperia Z and 808 vs Xperia Z vs 920!

| March 8, 2013 | 29 Replies

  Hello MNB Readers! Our friend, Steve Litchfield, over at All About Symbian has a duo of camera shootout articles that are worthy of a read and extended look. While celebrating N8 Day, Steve pulled out the former World Champion camera title belt holder (N8) and put it in a shootout against what is considered the cream of the [...]

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AAS: Gallery and Camera update hits the Nokia 808 and other Belle FP2 smartphones

AAS: Gallery and Camera update hits the Nokia 808 and other Belle FP2 smartphones

| March 4, 2013 | 34 Replies

Steve Litchfield reports that there’s a Gallery and Camera update available for the Nokia 808 PureView. http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/flow/item/16967_Gallery_and_Camera_update_hits.php?  New features include: multi-select photos and share them to Facebook, Flickr or Twitter multi-select photos and email them en-masse to specific recipients long press a photo from the main gallery thumbnail view, to send, share or delete it [...]

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Video: Nokia 808 PureView Digitizer & Display Replacement

Video: Nokia 808 PureView Digitizer & Display Replacement

| February 28, 2013 | 2 Replies

Another quick video. This time with the trusty LE55ONS showing how to change the screen on the Nokia 808 PureView I strongly recommend you buy a digitizer that comes with the rubber frame. I did try and separate with heat but it seems impossible without causing damage. WARNING: The LCD(AMOLED) display is extremely fragile and will [...]

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We’re Going to Barcelona (Again); Covering MWC Live in All Its Glory!

We’re Going to Barcelona (Again); Covering MWC Live in All Its Glory!

| February 22, 2013 | 53 Replies

Exciting days are soon to be upon us, and to add the excitement MyNokiaBlog will be on the floor of MWC in Barcelona to cover all the latest news, gossip and general awesomeness that is Mobile World Congress! For the second year straight we’ll be in the lion’s den to get you (our beloved readers) [...]

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Q&A With Nokia Design Team

Q&A With Nokia Design Team

| February 21, 2013 | 16 Replies

We had a chance to put some questions forth to the Nokia Design team; of course there were some obvious things we couldn’t ask about; but all in all i found it pretty interesting to finally speak to one of the guys that works behind the scenes in Nokia’s labs. -Rumor followers might find the question about Aluminum bodies [...]

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Nokia Music Site Redesigned; Ditches All Signs of Old Ovi Branding

Nokia Music Site Redesigned; Ditches All Signs of Old Ovi Branding

| February 14, 2013 | 12 Replies

  Alongside today’s initial roll-out of Nokia Music+ for Lumia devices; the online site, Music.Nokia.com has just received a sleek new UI refresh in the form of a new HTML5 browser site, similar to the recently revamped official nokia site. The new site ditches all signs of the previous OVI markings (it was one of the few remaining Nokia services [...]

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Possible Upcoming SW Update to 808 Pureview to Bring 12Mp and 9Mp Pureview Options?

Possible Upcoming SW Update to 808 Pureview to Bring 12Mp and 9Mp Pureview Options?

| February 13, 2013 | 43 Replies

Marc over at PureViewclub.com has gotten his hands on some screenshots from an alleged update to the 808 (113.010.1508)- a firmware that was being pushed out for a while then pulled back. One of the users with a custom firmware of the same version sent in the following screenshots, showing the 12 and 9 megapixel [...]

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Nokia Beta Labs Announces WebView Widgets For Nokia Belle Devices; Allows Updating Webpages on Your Homescreen

Nokia Beta Labs Announces WebView Widgets For Nokia Belle Devices; Allows Updating Webpages on Your Homescreen

| February 13, 2013 | 22 Replies

Nokia Beta Labs have just announced a new trial app called “WebView Widgets” which allows you to add a website to your homesecreen and have it automatically update through the widget; kind of like a dynamic RSS feed I guess. The Webview widget allows you to see up-to-date web page view directly on your homescreen. You can zoom and [...]

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Vote For Your Favourite Nokia Devices to Battle It Out in #NokiaKnockout

Vote For Your Favourite Nokia Devices to Battle It Out in #NokiaKnockout

| February 12, 2013 | 17 Replies

We like to cheer on Nokia devices when sites have polls, but I figured it was time to have a battle of YOUR favourites. Its rather easy, just visit our Facebook page and vote for your favourite device. If it isn’t there, just add it! https://www.facebook.com/questions/573702322642501/ Voting will close next week (Wednesday 20th Feb GTM [...]

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Hands Down THE Best Nokia Promo Video Ever: We Know How to make A Comeback

Hands Down THE Best Nokia Promo Video Ever: We Know How to make A Comeback

| February 5, 2013 | 66 Replies

My favorite part about today’s Lumia Launch was this brilliant promo video they played at the very start of the event; for some reason this video has never been shown at other events, or ad campaigns; even though I find it absolutely brilliant. I think the reason I like this video show much is because it’s jut so [...]

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Spotted: Nokia N8 seen in Seven Psychopaths

Spotted: Nokia N8 seen in Seven Psychopaths

| February 5, 2013 | 8 Replies

  Munir shared the screenshot above from the movie, “Seven Psychopaths” starring Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell. The N8 is apparently seen for at least a minute in this scene. This movie “Seven Psychopaths” maybe not a super block buster in box office but this got big names playing in it including Colin Farrell, Christopher [...]

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Software Update to Belle FP2 Device Brings Twitter/Flickr Photo Sharing Enhancements

Software Update to Belle FP2 Device Brings Twitter/Flickr Photo Sharing Enhancements

| February 2, 2013 | 29 Replies

The guys at AAS are reporting a new update for Belle FP2 devices/808 which brings some pretty cool photo sharing updates to the gallery. The latest updates bring some much needed improvements to the Twitter sharing experience, where it now bypasses the need to log in to the horrid Nokia social app first. The same [...]

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