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I’ve been using the Nokia 5800 (European variant) off and on for the past week or so, and will be posting a review soon. However, I wanted to offer some initial thoughts on the overall experience, before digging into the various features. To be honest, while I thought the 5800 XpressMusic would be a cool [...]
It’s the end of the year, and I thought this would be a fun time to look back at 2008, both in S60 and here at Symbian-Guru, to look at some of the biggest happenings and trends of the year. January – Nokia officially confirmed it would be releasing a NAM variant of the N95 [...]
It’s amazing to me that F-Secure and other ‘security’ applications for S60 still exist. Who’s buying these apps, and why? Today’s episode is dubbed ‘the Curse of Silence‘, and reads just like any other scary story, told around a campfire with a flashlight facing the sky. According to this post at F-Secure’s site, at the [...]
I recently stumbled upon an application/service called Synble.com, while sneakily looking over the shoulder of Rafe Blandford. While the documentation on their site is extremely light, I gave it a run, and am rather impressed with the service, overall. Synble consists of an on-device application, which acts like a server to keep you connected to [...]
The latest post from Croozeus.com (which is your destination for all things Python) announces the availability of Jomtris v1.51 (Christmas Edition). This free Tetris clone features a festive background and simple controls. The game was developed by Jouni Miettunen, and requires you to have Python installed on your phone, as well> You can download Python [...]
Wow, it sure looks like Samsung is boosting its S60 presence, what with the new target=”_blank”>NAM version passing the FCC, and now we have the Samsung i8510 Innov8 becoming available through Amazon.com. It’s pretty pricey, at US$799.99, but it’s still good, as mentioned before, to see some competition to Nokia’s S60 dominance. The i8510 Innov8 [...]
One thing that I’ve learned since I got my Nokia N95-3 is that S60 was built for high-speed internet. Being able to multitask means that I can have several data-intensive applications running at the same time, constantly pulling data down. I also have an unlimited data plan, which allows me to not worry about how [...]
I really can’t begin to explain how exciting this is: a new version of the Samsung i8510 has been found on the FCC’s website, this time sporting dual-band UMTS (850/1900MHz) with HSDPA. Yes, that means Samsung is finally bringing its S60-powered cell phones over to the U.S., and in full force with 3G support for [...]
When the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic hit the shelves, it was the first S60 5th Edition handset, and as expected, presented a few issues for developers. Most S60 3rd Edition applications are compatible with S60 5th Edition, and run just fine, but there are also a handful that do not. Luckily, it doesn’t seem to be [...]
