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 [...]
Nimbuzz is one of my favorite instant messaging clients for Symbian-powered devices for several reasons. For one, I get a Nimbuzz username and password, and all my accounts are stored there. That means, whenever I get a new phone, or reset an existing one, I only have to login once, rather than manually logging in [...]
From the less known developer Zeng Jianguang, come two very useful applications that seem like Siamese twins separated from birth. The first one, which is the older, is Smart Installer version 2.0 and the second is Smart Remover version 1.5. A look at Smart Installer SmartInstaller, as the name suggests, is an application that lets [...]
Jan Ole, the lone developer at MobileWays.de, and the creator of one of the best power-user applications to use Twitter on Symbian, Gravity, has released an alpha update today for brave souls who don’t mind a few bugs. This update includes a brand new feature, support for Google Reader. The implementation is a bit rough, [...]
I’ve shared the top 5 things I love and hate about this little bitty touchscreen smartphone, so now it’s time to dig right in with the full review. We’ll start with hardware today, and move to the software tomorrow. It’s no secret that the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is a budget-oriented smartphone, but does that mean [...]
Google Voice is a service from Google that has received quite a bit of press this year. First, they finally re-opened it up to invites and new registrations, and then there was quite a furor over applications for various mobile platforms not getting approved. Unfortunately, none of those platforms was Symbian, which meant that we [...]
After having owned and used the Nokia N82 for a long period of time, I decided to get a Nokia N97. Before talking about my personal experience through this transition, I’d just like to sum up the major hardware differences between these two phones and explain how this affects my user experience. Phone Hardware The [...]
I do realize it’s Friday night and that this contest will probably get washed by the splash of news that most of our readers will get to on Monday morning, but I’m feeling utterly generous today. Last Friday, I stumbled across a huge pack of S60 swag and decided to give it away to our [...]
