One of the things that I’ve heard requested for the Symbian platform since I got my first Nokia 6620 so many years ago is the ability to edit the custom predictive text dictionary stored within the device. We can easily add words to this dictionary, but removing them is basically impossible without erasing everything, and [...]
Following closely behind the launch of free Ovi navigation for [almost] everyone, Nokia Beta Labs have opened up testing for Ovi Suite v2.1, which I’ve been privately testing for a few weeks now. This one is actually quite a leap ahead, so let’s talk about the improvements and why I think this might be the [...]
Today, Opera released new betas for both its Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 web browsers. Opera Mini 5 is a java-based browser that is capable of running on nearly any phone on the market, while Opera Mobile 10 is specifically designed as a native application for both Symbian and Windows Mobile-powered smartphones. The [...]
One thing that you can’t fault Nokia for is constantly asking for user feedback. Whether it’s through the Nokia Beta Labs, random questionnaires, or even the numerous Nokia employees who scour the various forums and blogs on the Internet to find out what people are saying about the company and its products, they’re definitely listening. [...]
This morning, Opera launched the first beta of Opera Mini 5. If you’re not familiar with it, Opera Mini is a java-based mobile browser that works on nearly any phone in the market. Opera Mini is a server-based browser, which means that it passes all of the traffic through Opera’s servers to compress and optimize [...]
Nokia has released an update to the beta of its Ovi Suite 2.0, over at the Nokia Beta Labs. The new version should be offered to you the next time you launch the existing beta, and includes a host of bug fixes, as well as new localization options. There are quite a few new features [...]
Hot on the heels of last night’s rumors of Nokia chatting it up with Facebook, Skyfire has announced v0.9 of its S60 browser, bringing Facebook and Twitter integration right to your start page. The new version of this server-assisted web browser also brings in feeds from other social services, such as YouTube, Hulu, Digg, and [...]
After much hooing and hawing Nokia has finally publicly launched its Nokia viNe service. The new service was announced several months ago, at the same time as the Nokia N79 and N85 smartphones, but is only just available for download today. Nokia viNe is basically a prettier version of Nokia’s Sportstracker service, and uses your [...]
