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 [...]
A while back, Nokia announced a new beta Java Runtime for its Symbian-powered smartphones, available at the Nokia Beta Labs. This new Java Runtime is developed separately from the Symbian core and supposedly improves the performance of java applications. They’ve updated this, now, if you’re interested. There are only two problems with this, though.
For starters, [...]
When the Nokia Messaging IM Beta was announced, we quickly discovered that it’s little more than a java application that is artificially limited to the Nokia E75. While any Symbian-powered device from the past….well….forever….can run Java applications, the Nokia Messaging team thought it’d be fun to cut everyone else off. The good news is that [...]
When reminiscing my Windows Mobile days, there are a few things that I really miss like the highly customizable home screen, but also a guilty-pleasure game that comes free on all Windows Mobile handsets: BubbleBreaker, also known as JawBreaker. The game principle is pretty simple, you just have to get rid of the bubbles by [...]
We’re more than halfway through the Orange Developer Camp here in sunny Florida, and already I’ve learned quite a bit. It’s interesting attending an event like this as ‘press’, since most of the ’sessions’ are targeted more towards developers. However, this is my first chance to experience conversations with a major carrier, so I’ve taken [...]
As you likely know, I’m not a fan of java apps on my S60 phones. They rarely run well, and usually slow the whole phone down. However, I can definitely admit when there are exceptions, and Tankzors is one of those exceptions. The game is simple – you’re a tank, and you drive around and [...]
In this world of S60 and Symbian, one thing I have always found very hard yet intriguing to follow are the tools used for developing applications. I love installing applications on my handsets, but I don’t know the first thing about the process that goes in the background: the coding, the debugging, the testing… I [...]
Personally, I don’t much get into mobile instant messaging. The apps are limited, and most people I chat with don’t understand that conversations are different when mobile. However, I know that alot of you are fiends about it, and thus I wanted to let you know that eBuddy has now added the ability to login [...]
A few months ago, we brought you news that Nokia was working internally on an update to the dull and deadly slow S60 Calculator. You know, the one we all replace with Calcium. And today, finally, Nokia Betalabs have let the new calculator free so that we can all enjoy it as well.
As mentioned in [...]
