Advertisements Aaron from phonedog unboxes the Nokia Astound, aka US Nokia C7. Specs below: Note the smaller, pink, T-Mobile packaging. The comments in this video are very dismissive of Nokia/Symbian. Sheer ignorance? Jaded users? Most likely the former as many slate Symbian^3 without ever using it. Though it is sad to read comments from annoyed […]
Microsoft have released a resource that will sort of help you track down the status of your updates. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/features/update-schedule.aspx The unknown delivers a lot of anxiety, so I think it helps slightly that there’s some concrete information about what exactly is going on with your update than rather vague things such as “Early 2011”. The […]
Here’s another demo of the “secret” NFC chip in the Nokia C7. This time it uses an app called BCARD Reader, that would read NFC compatible business cards. No taking photos necessary (though you can’t really with fixed focus). Details appear on the phone and you can add/edit these details. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHOwIYeZZw4 Thanks Brad for the […]
stylinred tips that the F1 app, Formula1.com 2011 is available at Ovi Store. http://store.ovi.com/content/44744 The Formula1.com 2011 application is the essential app for Formula One fans and streams real-time data direct from Formula One Management’s Technical Centre at the race track. It displays the same information supplied to the teams from every session of the […]
Have you used the Nokia Situations App yet? I don’t know how I managed on my N8 without one. Just the theme changing per profile is great, as well as the myriad of other situation managing options for the power user. Cheers shdv for the tip! http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-situations/more_info We have made small fixes to the […]
The Symbian^3 50+ updates destined for “early 2011” aka Q1, now looks to be pushed to the starting edge of Q2. MobileCowboys is reporting a possibility of April 12 for the much awaited firmware update. That’s about 3 weeks away.Well, we’re all a little jaded when it comes to software update rumours. But then, that’s […]
Make up your mind Nokia! One minute you’re deprecating your efforts on Open Source and MeeGo in smartphones and relegating it to a “future disruptions” platform and the next you’re signing on to help produce and standardize the next wave of televisions, connected TV’s. In any case, the Linux Foundation’s MeeGo Smart TV working group includes […]
Opera Mobile 11 and Opera Mini 6 was released yesterday. Have you had a play with it yet? Get it from: m.opera.com. http://store.ovi.com/content/20975 Get a premium browsing experience with Opera Mobile. It is fast, smooth, and makes surfing the Web on a mobile device more fun and efficient than ever. A refreshed user interface looks […]
Our readers are reporting that they’re able to download the preliminary PR1.2 update for their N8 we posted about a couple of days go. This is V.014.002. Go to the software updater app to find the update. (I also have WMDRM DLA iPlayer plugin – I think one of you guys mentioned this before) Before […]
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