Admittedly, I’ve never really done email on my phone before Nokia Messaging came around. Sure, I’d installed Profimail and others, just to check out, but I usually promptly removed them, not seeing the need. However, Nokia Messaging has turned me into a mobile email junkie, but there are two main things that really bother me [...]
One of the benefits of using a mobile device based on the Symbian platform, is the compatibility you have with a wide array of applications developed in languages other than the native C++, like Python for example (see our Top 5 Python apps) as well as Java. Of course, a native application is simpler to [...]
Cue in a surprised look from my own face for sitting down and actually writing this particular post with this particular title. But merit should be given where merit is due. For those following me on Twitter or regular readers of this site, my issues with Nokia Messaging aren’t a novelty. I’ve screamed about it, [...]
Google makes some of the best and most widely-used freeware for S60-powered smartphones, including a native YouTube application, the Java Gmail application, and everyone’s favorite, Google Maps Mobile. These applications are all awesome, and even better is that Google updates them frequently. In fact, both Google Maps Mobile and the YouTube application were recently updated, [...]
If you have a Gmail account and an S60 handset, chances are you have already asked yourself a few times how to combine both of these in an efficient manner. Well, I have too, and I searched for different ways to integrate my Gmail with my N82. I will list here all the apps I [...]
When Google announced that it was adding a feature in its Gmail Contacts that would give me control over who gets (or doesn’t get) automatically added to my contacts list, I set off on a new quest to find a service that would allow me to synchronize my Google contacts with those already on my [...]
Gmail is one of the most-used email services on the ‘net, specifically for tech-lovers like most Symbian-Guru readers. What’s even better is that there are basically 3 different free options to get your Gmail on your mobile phone, and all have good points and bad. So which method is the best? Rather than make you [...]
Steve Litchfield has posted up the latest episode of his Smartphones Show, with a look at the Samsung i450 music-oriented S60 handset. Matt Redmond also makes an appearance with some thoughts on the Apple iPhone SDK, and I have to say, I enjoy Matt’s honesty towards the iPhone. He doesn’t seem to be awash with [...]
Thursday was the first day in a week that I had a reliable internet connection, other than with my Nokia N95-3 on AT&T’s HSDPA network. If you think I’m kidding, check my Jaiku feed. I’m clearly not. I left my apartment on Friday morning for a weekend trip to Houston/Galveston, and came home to a [...]
