Long before the Make My App competition Nokia launched for their Nokia N8, we’ve been giving Symbian developers ideas about applications and functionality that we want to have on our devices in our Developer Challenge series. Most of those ideas have been turned into reality (with or without our contribution) which is super exciting and [...]
When WomWorld Nokia asked me to be part of a series of challenges involving 9 other competitors, an N97 Mini, creativity and a friend, I didn’t know that I was signing up for a few weeks of fun, frustration and unforgettable memories. The thing is I should have expected that, as the last time Wom [...]
Nokia has been betting big on its Ovi Maps with free navigation, letting us know in a blog post this morning that it has been downloaded over 10 million times in the past 3 months, which is quite an achievement. The team has released an update today that supposedly makes Ovi Maps faster, better, and [...]
Challenge two: Maps challenge OVI maps has made life easier for a lot of us, and we often wonder what people did before navigation. Show us how having OVI MAPS on your N97 mini device can make life easier. Using the tools at your disposal we want you and your trunk buddy to create a [...]
I’ve asked for it for a long time, and Nokia finally relented, releasing Ovi Maps Own Voice. This app, available for free from the Ovi Store, lets you spend a few minutes recording your own voice to be used in Ovi Maps’ voice-guided navigation. Through the app you can record the 53 most often-used phrases [...]
ViewRanger has been around for a while – I remember Steve Litchfield raving about it quite some time ago. However, the company has updated their Symbian client and released it on the various Symbian app stores – including Nokia’s Ovi Store. The new update includes a handful of cool features, such as the ability to [...]
Waze, our favorite social navigation application, just let us know that users will see some new road goodies on the maps, starting today. The new road goodies – heart-shaped ‘love balloons’ and cupid’s arrow, will replace the holiday-themed candy canes and snowflakes. The Waze team says there will be more of these on the maps, [...]
Last week, Nokia announced that Ovi Maps navigation will be free for a handful of devices, which is a huge deal, and a big plus for Nokia owners around the world. Unfortunately, at the time of the announcement, owners of the original N97 were left in the cold due to the extremely limited internal storage [...]
Seven months ago, I was able to review the Nokia N97, then the flagship Nseries multimedia computer. This was a big deal for Nokia, and they needed to nail it, given several factors that I outlined in my Nokia N97 Review Conclusion. The unit I reviewed then had firmware v10.0.0.12, and it was a complete [...]
