In this article Steve explains, step-by-step, how you can use your Nseries phone to create a time-lapse video using the sequence mode of the camera application and a quick bit of video editing. He has also included a quick example of his own, but we would like to see your examples too.
I can't really believe I'm writing a news story about Calculator, but it's so ubiquitous and built-in to well over 100 million S60 handsets, so.... News from Nokia Conversations is that Calculator is about to get replaced - by a ported version of the Calculator in Nokia's even-bigger-selling Series 40 handsets. The update should appear first in Beta Labs for us all to try, apparently.
DreamLife, the visual Personal Life Manager for UIQ 3 has just been upgraded to version 1.10, with many improvements. Among noteworthy changes are the increase in performance (it is very fast now!) and a much more finger-friendly interface. Screens and more info after the break.
Just to prove they were listening during all those S60 Summit seminars, Rafe and Ewan focus in this feature on S60's Web Run-Time (WRT), which was heavily promoted at the event. They cover what it is, where it's going and what it will mean for developers and end users. In addition, Rafe recorded this podcast, talking to Ganesh Sivaraman about WRT and all things widgetey.
Nokia are really pushing on with development of Maps 2.0 at the moment. There's a flashy new promo video on the main Nokia Maps page, plus a new build of the software: v2.0 build 2204 - can you spot anything new or changed?
FOAM, or Find On A Map, the mobile phone tracking system that works on all S60 smartphones, has just had a big update, the version on the main FOAM web site now supports the internal GPS of the Nokia N95, N82 and E90 (etc), plus there have been several major web site-side functionality improvements since our review last year, including location alarms and 'geofencing'. The optional donation is now more of an enforced donation, but it's still incredibly cheap for what it provides, keeping track of your entire family or workforce to within GPS accuracy.
Heck, maybe I should just start a PiZero fan club or something - his latest theme is Leopard (yes, that Leopard) - see below for a majestic screenshot taken on the Nokia E90. The theme wasn't really designed for such a wide screen, but it looks like it can adapt to anything!
Digia has announced it has developed a new browser for the UIQ 3 platform - Digia @Web. The browser is based on a port of the open-source webkit browser engine (as used in S60's Browser) and be controlled using finger touch. Features include page control with finger, four zoom levels, intelligent bookmarks, URL auto-completion, full screen browsing and screen rotation. A beta of the browser will be available later in June and will be available for all touch enabled UIQ 3 devices.
As you'll have noted from the recent post about the new features in the released Nokia Maps 2.0, cell-id-based location has been added to the existing GPS support. Andrew over at London Calling has a definitive set of musings as to where this has come from and on how big a deal it will be to keep this extra ID database up to date. (via this week's Carnival of the Mobilists)
Just a quick note for those that hadn't spotted the differences in the screenshots in my free-nav article above. Google Maps for Mobile 2.1 for S60 has just been released, with a selection of improvements. Read on for details.
In AAS Insight 27, the latest All About Symbian podcast, we talk about some recent firmware upgrades for a number of devices before moving on to a wide ranging discussion from topics out of last weeks S60 Summit. Areas covered include the future of user experience, Samsung and the S60 platform, the future of software development and widgets and WRT.
This is 2008 and, being away from home, I wanted to revisit some of the free satellite navigation applications that I'd previously played with over a year ago - surely one of them had developed into something that could get me home? Or is successful real time navigation still the preserve of the commercial applications like Nokia Maps, Wayfinder, CoPilot, etc.? Here's my attempt to find my way home using amAze, Nav4All and Google Maps for Mobile...
I know quite a few of you rely on my definitive pub-quiz-helper, Trivopaedia. It's now been brought up to 2008 levels, with up to date stats for v2.3 . It's available in Mobipocket reader and iSilo formats (i.e. compatible with any portable device or any platform), in addition to being fully online as well - and of course it's still free.
One of the most well received projects in the demo area of the S60 Summit at Barcelona this week was Shaker Racer - a radio controlled truck using not the regular RC sticks, but the accelerometers in a Blue-tooth-connected S60 handset. I had to find out more, in our special video report.
Steve takes a look at Marble Maze, the latest game to make use of the accelerometers in the latest Nseries devices. The principle is easy enough, tilt your phone to roll the marble around the maze to reach the end while avoiding the holes, but is the 21st century version a rival to the classic wooden real world original?
