Tag: "Symbian"
Microsoft adds API mapping support for Symbian Qt
In an effort to lure the present Qt devs (quite a number now, i’d say) into the Windows Phone dev environment, microsoft has added support in their API mapping tool for Symbian Qt, which the devs can use to create ports in a fast and easy manner. If you want to check it out, here’s the direct [...]
Voddler app for Symbian (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland)
It seems that Voddler launched an app to be used with Symbian this time. “The app is free and works on Symbian smartphones that have upgraded to Symbian Anna.” According to Voddler’s website “at launch, the app has about 250 movies activated for mobile viewing, but new titles will be added on a running basis [...]
Ovi Store update getting pushed out
The Ovi Store (ver. 2.8) update, which is expected to bring improved performance, app updates (finally) and a few other niceties and improvements is supposedly finding it’s way out to users as we speak. With this update coming out now and hints of PR 2.0 being imminent, it’s a good time to be a Symbian [...]
Angry Birds updated again – Easter Version
The folks at Rovio keep on going, with another updated version of their hit game, Angry Birds. The new update comes with an Easter/Spring theme and a few new levels, get to downloading people! Follow the following link or hit the search button in your respective Ovi Store clients.
Symbian was ditched – for good reason
I know this post is going to lead to a lot of derision from readers but to be perfectly honest, brutal honesty is necessary from time to time. Yesterday, Nokia announced their update to Symbian, named Anna which brought to the platform a number of key improvements including a new browser, updated homescreen animations, the [...]
The E6- Does it represent Symbian’s niche?
The first thing I thought when I saw the announcements made at Nokia’s Symbian event was “wow, that E6 sure is a looker; Wish the X7 was as exciting as this is.” Strange that I’d think that, especially given the larger screen and more expansive, touch-based interface on the X7 as opposed to the E6 [...]
Copy and Paste across smartphone platforms
One of the main complaints about Windows Phone 7 upon its release was its utter lack of text selection and/or copy and paste, a dire failure if ever there was one; Especially in light of the fact that almost every smartphone platform has had such a simple feature since their inception. Having been running a [...]
Nokia Beta Labs gets a facelift – plus Nokia Drop!
Nokia Beta Labs has just gone through what must be the 2nd UI overhaul in the past year or so and I must say, these guys have really been on the ball lately. In addition to the initial wow factor, there also seems to be a growing degree of consistency between Nokia’s websites with Nokia [...]
Nokia C7 coming to Canada with PR2.0? & More Symbian handsets for USA.
Reader, “deep space bar” commented that the Nokia C7 is coming to Canada with WINDMOBILE exclusively with PR2.0. Yeah, I misread that also as Windows Mobile. Mobile Syrup also confirms that Wind Mobile is getting the Nokia C7 but does not mention PR2.0. It would make sense as T-Mobile is picking up the Nokia C7 [...]
Video: 10 minute video review of the Nokia E7 by PhoneArena
PhoneArena has published their 10 minute video review of the Nokia E7 Chicklet style physical QWERTY very comfortable to type on, with various language layout. One of the best keyboard experiences they’ve encountered. One of the best QWERTY keyboards we’ve tested on any handset Display almost infinite contrast with pitch black pixels. Visibility outside decent. [...]
How do you use your smartphone?
A lot has been made in the blogosphere about Symbian smartphones occupying a different category of devices than the Android and iOS powered superphones. In a sense, there seems to be a lot pointing towards this being true, with many Symbian users buying and using their devices much as they would dumbphones. Not because the devices [...]
What Symbian features could you not live without?
A lot has been made of Nokia’s recent decision to eschew their current smartphone ecosystem strategy in favor of a Microsoft based approach. Having done a detailed impressions post and published a list of my gripes with the current state of the Windows Phone software and ecosystem, I felt it’d be important to gauge the [...]
Videos: Nokia’s Three Year Ecosystem Vision from MWC (New Symbian UI, “Magnificent”) MeeGo N950 to ship this year
Here’s the Nokia Developer Day keynote titled, “Nokia’s Three Year Ecosystem Vision”from MWC with Nokia’s CTO Rich Green (ex Sun Software boss), some guests and other members of the Nokia team. It’s roughly 50 minutes over four videos. I’ve copied some slides down from first two vids but note, Rich mentions more around those slides. [...]
Do you see anything positive about #NokMsft in 2011?
Hi there, folks. Its me again. Have been very silent due to various things, one of them being all these rumors surrounding the Capital markets day, and we all know how that went for us, Nokia fans. Shocking is an understatement. Yes, the above image is the echoing sentiment across many Nokia/Symbian/Meego fans.Honestly,I had been [...]
Video: Musician and his guitar take on the Nokia Loop App
The Nokia Loop App that’s free for the N8 and C7 isn’t just for recording odd random sounds to pool into a track, you can also make actual music with actual instruments! (Yeah, let’s not get into the debate of what music is, you know what I mean :p) chrismcrowe has taken his N8, downloaded [...]
Video: Best custom firmware for Nokia N97? Hegazy Ultimate CFW – feature packed!
Mirza sends this post into us on what is titled as “Hegazy Ultimate CFW” for the N97, which is said to be the fastest and best CFW for the N97. It features: faster menu navigation 6 widget spaces and more widgets S^3 style caller Swipe to unlock in landscape as well as portrait notification 1.05 [...]
My Dream Nokia #11: Nokia N11: 3D Camera, Dual Core, Dual boot MeeGo 1.2/Symbian Game Phone – Nokia N11
Let’s start 2011 with MyDreamNokia #11. This comes with a 11 photo gallery showing off a concept MeeGo Game Phone by shihuzaan. There’s no actual name, though it is labelled the usual N0 for protos (that or CO in preproduction stuff). I thought I’d call it N11. Design wise, it resembles the N81/iPhone 4 but [...]
Patiently Waiting to be Excited
After a few months off the grid, I thought it best to offer a short post to show Jay, Andre and the rest of the MNB gang that I’m still around… With my next upgrade coming up in the first few months of 2011, I’ve been pondering my options for my next handset. I’m keen to stick [...]
4 Million Nokia N8′s sold says Bloomberg: Symbian^3 on track for 50 million?
The 12MP Symbian Flagship, has apparently reached 4 million sales. I don’t know how accurate these figures are. The last time Nokia numbers were publicised, they were wrong (N900 selling only 100,000 when that was the figure in a few weeks – a geek “niche” device for tinkering, not for the masses which Nokia claims [...]
Nokia N97 and N97 mini not forgotten. New Firmware PR3.0 and 2.0 in the works!
NokiaSaga reports that some major firmware updates are coming for both N97 and N97 mini. Remember them? Well relatively major. N97 and N97 mini maybe receiving integrated Yahoo! powered Ovi Chat as part of the PR3 and PR2 update. Hurray, they have not been totally forgotten! Though with the big brother, some (like the team [...]
Video: Qt QML Based QuickFlickr on Nokia N8
Neat little video found by Jim of a very cool Flickr Viewer for the Nokia N8 and other Symbian^3 devices. This video demonstrates QML based QuickFlickr i.e. Flickr client running on Symbian device (N8). What you see on the video is not the final product and it lacks many features, graphics and it still has [...]
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