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Qt Quick components for Symbian Technology Preview (new music player peek)

Jay Montano | April 8, 2011 | 50 Replies

Advertisements The Qt blog is pleased to announce that the first “Qt Quick components for Symbian Technology Preview to speed-up already rapid Qt Quick development!” http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/04/08/qt-quick-components-for-symbian-technology-preview/ Cheers for the tip, Jim! New music player above. Check out the slightly more streamlined appeal with signal/battery/time bar all together in a thin bar. This design style is […]

Video: Nostalgic Nokia Ringtones and Drums

Jay Montano | April 8, 2011 | 8 Replies

Epic Hurdy Gurdy. I was focusing on my essay work, closing down distractions such as TweetDeck when I noticed a Nokia related tweet from @sempol451, “Nokia Ringtones + Drums =)” It’s an oldie but a goodie. BYÂ vadrum Andrea Vadrucci Man, I love those old Nokia tones. I miss Hurdy Gurdy, Mozart 40, Kick, Groovy Blue, […]

Gallery: Nokia HQ Finland – Nokia clothing shop inside!

Jay Montano | April 8, 2011 | 16 Replies

I love all things Nokia. I especially love things that are branded Nokia. I get jealous of seeing Nokia promo folk wearing Nokia shirts, Nokia clothing, Nokia hats, Nokia jackets etc. (I love my Ovi Bag and Nokia Umbrella, and the odd Nokia related shirts from WOMWorld) I saw an ad this morning […]

Red Nokia N8 coming, suggests Nokia N8 accessory. Approved by Nokia fans.

Jay Montano | April 8, 2011 | 23 Replies

On Tuesday, Nokia Conversations asked you guys what new colour you’d like the Nokia N8 to be. We also asked readers here. The majority voted for RED. Both polls coming out at 35% majority. The next largest being “other” (a mix of excellent ideas including camo, white, white with blue racing stripes, or clear gorilla […]

Nokia says Symbian: “Not Open Source, just Open for Business”

Jay Montano | April 8, 2011 | 15 Replies

You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out, left foot in and you shake it all about. Symbian once closed source through Symbian Foundation became open source now returns again as closed source. From: http://symbian.nokia.com/blog/2011/04/04/not-open-source-just-open-for-business/ We have received questions about the use of words â€œopenâ€, â€œopen sourceâ€, and about having a […]

Video: CuteBox – Qt Dropbox client demoed on Nokia N8

Jay Montano | April 8, 2011 | 14 Replies

Dropbox users, there’s something cool in the works. moldovancatalin shows us a Qt based DropBox client. What is DropBox? It’s cloud storage. What I like about it is sharing folders between friends. This means uni mates can pop files into our shared folder and it appears on everyone else’s common folder. There’s no further download […]

Video: Learn More about the Nokia E7 (and more simulated screen fails – or leaked features?!)

Jay Montano | April 7, 2011 | 29 Replies

There’s a new Nokia video for the Nokia E7 called “Learn more about the E7” Since when could you pinch zoom and pan left and right in the text editor? I think this wasn’t the first time this was done as I remember seeing this error on a much older video. So why has no […]

Gartner agrees with IDC. Windows Phone will be larger than Apple iOS, RIM BlackBerry and Symbian by 2015.

Jay Montano | April 7, 2011 | 27 Replies

Gartner has released some numbers (above) which echoes predictions by IDC (below) where according to analysts, by 2015, Symbian will disappear. Android will be on top. Second will be Windows Phone which will have larger market share than both iOS and RIM. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1622614 Gartner are less optimistic about Windows Phone but only just. 19.5% versus […]

Video: Angry Birds Rio – demoed on Nokia N8 – Available at Ovi Store

Jay Montano | April 7, 2011 | 14 Replies

You might have come across this trailer for Angry Birds Rio. It’s available at Ovi Store (or was) – it suddenly says item no longer available. http://store.ovi.com/content/114059 What happens when everybody â€™s favourite fierce fowl get caged and shipped to Rio? They get very angry! In Angry Birds Rio, the original Angry Birds are […]