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Sat 21st November, 2009
11:45
N97 and Satio get withdrawn? All About Symbian
Sometimes I think that convergence has gone too far and that modern smartphones are just too complex for their own good. And then I think 'Nah, manufacturers and networks just need to seed devices with bloggers and power users like you and I to help with testing before unleashing d...
07:59
17 Widgets To Show Your True French Symbian Guru
When you take a look at the Ovi Store, it becomes clear to you that Widgets are becoming more prominent amongst the offered applications. I won’t say “I told you so” (because I obviously knew I was right), but I will ask you to focus your attention on the fact tha...
Fri 20th November, 2009
22:11
GSMA Announces Winners of Asia Mobile Awards 2009 SymbianOne
Winners of GSMA's Mobile Innovation Grand Prix - Asia Tournament also announced in Hong Kong
18:38
When Robots ruled the app stores All About Symbian
Remember all the fun developers had (still have) with certification and Symbian Signed to get an application through testing? Lots of automatic tests as well as a human eye checking for compatibility and compliance in the name creating dependable applications? It's going to be inte...
17:20
How to find podcasts and vidcasts on the N900 Nseries WOM World
The ever reliable Ibrahim of The Nokia Review has published another slick educational N900 video, this time about how to search for relevant podcasts and vidcasts. The clip may only be 30 seconds long, but it’s very neatly edited, so you actually plenty out of the short space...
16:55
Picture gallery: N97 vs N97 Mini Nseries WOM World
Symbian World has published some pics comparing the form factors of the N97 and N97 Mini.
Jump over to check the gallery out.
14:47
Rita's love hate relationship with the Nokia E52 All About Symbian
You've got to love the way Rita el-Khoury splits her reviews into an unusual 'love' and then 'hate' list format. She's been trialling the Nokia E52 and here presents her '6 things she loves' and '6 things she hates'. Some of them I found somewhat shocking - specifically the build q...
13:00
Nokia MD-9 Brings The Speaker To Your Pocket Symbian Guru
When leaving the Nokia World 2009 Party, everyone got handed one of these mini speakers, the Nokia MD-9. I had spent a full year looking for its old brother, the Nokia MD-6, but never managed to find a place to buy it for a good price, so I was extremely happy to receive an MD-9 [...]
11:09
N97 Mini activity: Mariatchi band visits unsuspecting pub Nseries WOM World
At WOM World Nokia, we?ve been doing a bit of activity around the N97 Mini lately with a few bloggers. One of whom was Rupert Howe at Twitter Vlog, who has posted a video of his experience - it?s fair to say his night in the pub was more memorable than most.
There?s more to [...]
11:09
N97 Mini activity: Mariachi band visits unsuspecting pub Nseries WOM World
At WOM World/Nokia, we?ve been doing a bit of activity around the N97 Mini lately with a few of our friends. One of whom was Rupert Howe at Twitter Vlog, who has posted a video of his experience - it?s fair to say his night in the pub was more memorable than most.
There?s more [...]
11:01
Some facts and figures on Ovi?s progress Nseries WOM World
The Ovi Store has been around for almost half a year now and a few facts and figures about its progress have emerged, as Phat Trance at Daily Mobile reports.
Amongst the nuggets of information are that: ?On average, each registered user has downloaded at least 8 items from Ovi Sto...
11:00
Music Search On The N97: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Symbian Guru
When I had my short hands-on time with the Nokia N97 Mini and its firmware 2.0, one of the highlights of my experience was the improved scroll and search system, which I showed you on video. Later, the original Nokia N97 received this firmware update as well, bringing the same func...
08:20
Fring goes Android Into Mobile
I’ve no idea why it took so long for Fring to embrace Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s mobile platform, but whatever the reasoning is, it’s good to see them jumping on board. Yap, Fring is now an Android thing, too — joining the likes of the iPhone/iPod Touch, Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, Linux (Maemo) and Java ME-enabled [...]
07:00
Sky Force Reloaded Gets The Thumbs Up Symbian Guru
If you ask me about the game that I’ve played and enjoyed the most in the past 3 years, I wouldn’t have to think about it twice: it’s Sky Force Reloaded by Infinite Dreams. I clearly remember skipping studying for my Pharmacy exams and hammering my Nokia 3250̵...
00:38
Watch this Space: Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition Launched SymbianOne
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced the Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition, an entertainment hub that combines mobile broadcast TV (DVB-H), social networking, music and gaming in one compact 3G device. With mobile broadcast TV consumption on the rise - by 2012 there will be over 300 millio...
Thu 19th November, 2009
19:40
Save The Date! The Consumer Telematics Show (CTS),January 6,... SymbianOne
The Consumer Telematics Show (CTS),January 6, 2010, Las Vegas, NV (strategically placed 1 day prior to the International CES) is the most hotly anticipated and innovative conference for the consumer electronics and telematics industry!
18:50
Starting with GuaranaUI WRT Framework Forum Nokia Blogs
This posts describes how to start the development using GuaranaUI Framework.
16:50
Let's Start.. Forum Nokia Blogs
Hi All,My name is Allan Bezerra. Since 2003 I am SW Engineer working on Nokia tecnologies in INDT, Nokia Technology Institute in Brazil. I have been working in Nokia Open Source Projects like: Linux Kernel SMAPS, Linux Compressed Cache for Maemo, Metatracker for Maem...
16:50
Guarana UI online Components Browser Forum Nokia Blogs
Yesterday, the Guarana UI framework has been launched, with a complete set of ready-to-use components that will definitely be useful to all Web Runtime developers.
It's now available a Guarana UI online Components Browser, that allows developers to quickly preview and u...
15:29
Piracy is not the problem, piracy is the catalyst All About Symbian
Pinch Media, who provide analytic software for developers on Apple's phones, are estimating that piracy rates are as high as 60% on the iPhone (reports Pocket Gamer). You can be sure that this number is matched on Symbian, Windows Mobile other mobile platforms. The level of piracy ...
15:20
What separates the N97 and N97 Mini? Nseries WOM World
Micky at Nokia Users has written a weighty review on the N97 Mini. He starts by saying: ?I had briefly handled one at Nokia World back in September, but back then being a little dismissive due to the larger N97, and its initial problems, you could say that I tarred the N97 Mini with the [...]
13:49
Sony Ericsson could port Android Nexus UI to Symbian Foundation,... MobileBurn
After news that Sony Ericsson is launching a cross-platform software development kit, an executive says the company could port its Nexus UI, built for its Android-powered XPERIA X10, to other platforms.
Read the full story here.
13:37
Ovi Store downloads rise by 70% All About Symbian
Bill Perry, one of the senior services manager for Forum Nokia has blogged about the Ovi Store and some of the numbers driving the growth. Over 100 devices, in 20 countries, with the N97 and the 5800 being the top devices. The average user has downloaded 8 items and there's been 70...
13:01
Nokia E72 unboxing video Nseries WOM World
My Nokia E72 unboxes and demos the new Eseries device. It?s a pretty conclusive run through, and he even showcases the speakers with a quick blast of Jay-Z.
Head on over here
13:00
Nokia E52 Review ? 6 Things I Hate Symbian Guru
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series E52 ReviewDespite the many things that I find myself loving about the Nokia E52, I couldn’t help being disappointed by a few aspects of the device, that I will expose to you below.
1. Build Quality Issues
Build quality normally isn̵...
12:50
Web Runtime: BetaLabsWidget Example Forum Nokia: Series 60
This web widget application demonstrates a thin client that connects to Nokia Beta Labs using its HTTP API and Guarana UI library components.
12:26
Phones Show 95 and PSC 13 All About Symbian
Just to let people know that The Phones Show 95 is now live, with the main Symbian interest being in the 'user story' and in the 'top 6 eBay smartphone bargains' - you can watch it here or subscribe via RSS (QVGA/phone version and VGA desktop version). Also, Phones Show Chat, the audio followup show, no. 13 is also now live here. Happy watching/listening!
11:42
Gaming on the N900 in 30 seconds Nseries WOM World
Love gaming? In a rush? Daily Mobile is the perfect site you you then. Phat Trance has put together a 30 second video guide to gaming on the device.
Jump on over to the Daily Mobile article here.
11:39
N97 mini wins 'Best Mobile Handset' award All About Symbian
The GSM Association has announced the winners of the Asia Mobile Awards 2009, with the Nokia N97 mini walking away with the only hardware award, that of 'Best Mobile Handset'. It has been a good month for the 'mini' - you may remember it was named no. 1 in my Phones Show Autumn 200...
11:00
Nokia BH-905 Jams Out On The High End Symbian Guru
The Nokia BH-905 was announced quite a long time ago, but review units have only just become available. This followup to the legendary BH-604 ups the ante in nearly every arena. The headset is able to function as either a wired set, plugging straight into your computer or phone, or...
10:38
Move over Apple - Nokia, App Stores need to get FAR more... All About Symbian
I've now used most of the major smartphone application stores now and have, at last, worked out where they're all going wrong. You see, Apple get stick for applying a little editorial censure and not allowing every app submitted to make it into the live App Store. But what we need ...
09:43
N97 Mini unboxing pics Nseries WOM World
Mark Guim has got hold of an N97 Mini, and has shared his unboxing pics over at The Nokia Blog. Artfully done on a red background, they show the device to its best potential:
So how do you think it looks? Let Mark know.
08:50
Web Run-Time: BetaLabsWidget Example Forum Nokia: Series 60
This web widget application demonstrates a thin client that connects to Nokia Beta Labs using its HTTP API and Guarana UI library components.
07:59
Review: Skyforce Reloaded All About Symbian
An arcade game – and and ol' fashioned up-the-screen 2D shoot-em-up at that. On a touch screen. Surely this is as big a folly as “Can you fly the Spruce Goose across the Atlantic?” So onto Skyforce Reloaded, the almost franchise-like arcade game that's on every mo...
07:00
Get Accurate Position With Maps Booster Symbian Guru
For users of the Nokia N97 flagship handset, some might be painfully aware of the bad GPS reception on this particular handset along with other issues such as the camera slider.
Having bad GPS reception simply defies the usage of OVI Maps (which I use quite often) or social GPS app...
04:19
A Computer in Your Pocket - The Nokia N900 is Here! SymbianOne
The Nokia N900 is Now Available to US Consumers - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N900 is now on sale in the United States and shipping to consumers who jumped on the opportunity to be among the first to pre-order the Maemo-powered mobile computer.
01:50
Carbide 2.3 and QT tip Forum Nokia Blogs
I have recently started investigating using QT since its the new Nokia hot topic!
After installing carbide.c++ 2.3 beta I imported a QT project I had written for the desktop and got this error when opening anything to do with QT
"org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Class ID no...
00:46
Nokia Nseries Roadmap Explained Infosync
There's some confusion about Nokia's Nseries roadmap out there, and it's a pretty complicated matter. Check out what's going to happen here.
Wed 18th November, 2009
21:50
Selectively Disabling Downloaded-File Warnings in Leopard (and... Symbian in Motion
Selectively Disabling Downloaded-File Warnings in Leopard (and Snow Leopard): Note: Make sure you save your plist file with ?Western (Mac OS Roman)? encoding in 10.5.6+
21:24
Sony Ericsson Launches WebSDK for Android and Symbian Into Mobile
In preparation for the incoming X10, Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) has opened up a new tool for developers called WebSDK. As you might imagine, it allows developers to write mobile apps in web languages like HTML, CSS and JavaScript, not unlike Palm’s webOS or BlackBerry’s ...
20:50
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware 40.0.001 on its way?! Forum Nokia Blogs
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic firmware 40.0.001 is almost here according to these pictures on Smartphone Area
Both pictures are from Smartphone Area
Alessandro
20:50
Guarana UI: a jQuery-Based UI Library for Nokia WRT available Forum Nokia Blogs
A Nokia WRT UI framework has been posted in Forum Nokia Wiki page. This will accelerate current WRT widget developers to create innovative applications. Up until now a version of WRTKit UI framework has been shipped with our WRT Plug-in tools for Aptana, Dreamweaver, and MS Visual...
20:02
NSeries Nokias Say Goodbye to Symbian, Hello to Maemo mopocket
Clutching onto my Nokia E71 (one of the 3 cell-phones I use on a daily basis) I just read on Mashable how Nokia announced the slow fazing out S60 for the iPhone / Android competing opensource-asized Maemo. The faze out is expecting to occur on all Nokia Smart Phones by 2012.
Could symbian really not [...]
19:34
Meet the Sony Ericsson Kurara Into Mobile
The most promising thing coming from Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) these days is the Android-powered X10, but not so fast – they haven’t put all of their eggs in one basket. This here is the Kurara, a Symbian smartphone with 8 megapixel camera with LED flash, ARM Cortex A8 ...
18:52
Opera Mobile 10 Beta for Windows Phone Released Wap Review
Opera Mobile 10 Joy comes to WinMo, updated Symbian builds too.
18:07
Ultra-rare Nokia Home Music Stereo review Nseries WOM World
Reviews of the Nokia Home Music Stereo are about as rare as the unearthing of a genuinely talented X-Factor contestant, so getting to read an in-depth piece about the device is pretty exciting.
That?s what Symbian-Guru is offering, and he?s also thrown in a couple of videos in to ...
18:01
Symbian, Now With Additional DOA-ness For Developers? MobHappy
Ben Smith over at The Really Mobile Project reports that he was told by some Nokia marketing folks from the Maemo team that Nokia will drop the Symbian OS from its N-Series devices by 2012. Apparently all N-Series devices from that point will use the Maemo Linux OS (like the new N9...
17:46
Nokia Mobile Talk publishes a photo gallery of the Nokia 5530... Nseries WOM World
And here?s the story of how it came about: Jorge at Nokia Mobile Talk bought a Nokia 5530 for his wife. She loved it. He posted a photo gallery. And the rest is history?
It?s not our finest anecdote admittedly, but the pics are definitely worth a look.
Jump over to take a look.
