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Following the Symbian Foundation’s recent announcements (they’ve posted something new nearly every day on their blog!), I had a chance to chat with David Wood, from the Symbian Foundation. Mr. Wood lists his job as ‘Catalyst’ at the Foundation, which we cover in the interview below. The Symbian Foundation is the result of Nokia purchasing [...]
The Nokia Beta Labs have introduced another application specifically for S60v5 smartphones, such as the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic or the upcoming Nokia N97, called Nokia Photo Browser. This glorified gallery application is designed to be incredibly easy to use, and to add some fun to your photos. With Nokia Photo Browser, you can scroll through [...]
After waiting through the initial issues with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Amazon.com has finally added the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic NAM-edition to its listings, at a discounted $350.99 (compared to the Flagship stores pricing of $399.99 for the NAM version. The 5800 XpressMusic from Amazon includes a U.S. warranty, 8GB microSD card and the little desktop [...]
After months of rumors and leaks and blurry photos, AT&T has finally fessed up to its lastest S60-powered smartphone, the Nokia E71x. This special version of the already popular E71 is clad in that sexy black color scheme, but also features S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, which is now confirmed on AT&T’s official page [...]
A few weeks ago, Ricky brought to you a preview of Gravity by MobileWays.de, the new native S60 Twitter client that was only available as a closed beta, and I followed up with a second look at the client with a detailed video walkthrough. Many of you were impressed by the application, its slick interface [...]
Yesterday I shared a list of six things that I really love about the Nokia E75 smartphone. However, it’s certainly not the perfect device, and I was easily able to come up with a similar list of things that I really can’t stand about the phone. As with most of my lists of things I [...]
When Nokia announced their new Ovi suite of services, step by step, it immediately began looking like Apple’s MobileMe service, which synchronizes iPhone users’ contacts, calendar, email, and other information over the air, automatically. Unfortunately, Nokia seemed to have stopped short, completely missing out on the automatic over the air part, until now. While trying [...]
Like any gaming platform that is widely spread, N-Gage has finally received the magazine treatment. The Official N-Gage blog let the news out that the free magazine has been forged with the help of the PocketGamer site. “Your Guide To N-Gage” contains an introduction to N-Gage including supported devices, available games, and how to get [...]
After having used the Nokia E75 for a few weeks, I’ve confirmed that this phone is pretty much exactly what I thought it would be. I’m definitely going to be buying one of my own, in black, as soon as the NAM variant is available. While it’s not going to be the perfect phone for [...]
