Over the past year or two, Nokia has actually done a much better job of getting new firmware updates rolled out to all variants and product codes than they used to. We NAM folks don’t get screwed nearly as much as we used to, which is good. Today’s news is that the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic [...]
Nokia has been on a roll with firmware updates lately. Earlier they released a new firmware for the Nokia E71, E66, E63, and N86 8MP, but today we’ve got new firmwares for other popular phones, including the awesome 5800 XpressMusic and E72 smartphones. Firmware v50.0.05 for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a big one, adding [...]
After several weeks, Nokia has finally released the highly-anticipated v40.2.005 firmware update for the North American 3G variant of the popular 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen smartphone. This update is rather huge, and brings a number of features that should have been on the 5800 XpressMusic to begin with. You’ll be pleased to find kinetic scrolling throughout [...]
Otterbox is well known for the cases that they produce for any variety of different eletronics, including your favorite Symbian-powered smartphones. They’re pricey, but they do an awesome job of protecting your phone from….well…pretty much anything. Otterbox has 3 different types of cases – the Commuter series, the Impact series, and the Defender series. The [...]
A few days ago, a study from MOTO came out, showing the accuracy of various touchscreen devices, including the Motorola DROID, Apple iPhone, and a few other touchscreen smartphones. Unfortunately, they didn’t seem to include any Symbian-powered smartphones in their study, so Dotsisx and I decided to conduct our own similar study. We gathered as [...]
Nokia recently released firmware updates for the N86 8MP, E72, and my beloved 5800 XpressMusic. They also updated the Nokia Software Updater application, making it fully compatible with Windows 7 (eliminating the need for you to follow our helpful walkthrough on how to install and use Nokia Software Updater on Windows 7). The Nokia N86 [...]
I realize it’s a bit late, but I’ve been spending some quality time with Mrs. Guru and our families for the past couple of days, celebrating the holidays. It’s been an awesome year here at Symbian-Guru, and we’re way thankful that you guys and girls have kept coming back to the site day after day. [...]
The 5800 was the first mainstream handset from Nokia featuring a touch interface and an easy to use 3,2 inch screen with 640 x 360 resolution. A big screen means that you can use the screen to show off pictures and videos easily. Another thing you can use the screen to do is to navigate [...]
This morning, Nokia announced the second beta of its Nokia Messaging for Social Networks, v2.0, with improved Facebook support and the addition of basic Twitter functionality. I’ve been testing this new client out on my Nokia N97 over the weekend, and find it pretty interesting. For starters, Nokia Messaging for Social Networks is only supported [...]
