There’s never been a better time to load your Symbian-powered smartphone up with the latest apps and games, especially this holiday season. Hot on the heels of our Birthday sale, we’re offering another major discount at the Symbian-Guru App Store – up to 50% off some of our hottest software! The list includes Mobiola Web [...]
One of the complaints that Symbian always receives is that the UI is outdated and that the available applications look like they came straight out of 2004. By comparison, 3rd party software developped for the iPhone/iPod Touch, Android and even Blackberry add amazing eye-catching graphics with animations, transitions and transparency. While I do agree that [...]
I exposed to you yesterday the different aspects of the Sony Ericsson Satio’s design and hardware, but Sony Ericsson didn’t only innovate in the Satio in terms of hardware with a 12 MegaPixel camera, but also in terms of software which, in my opinion, is the most interesting part of this handset. Read on for [...]
After unboxing the Sony Ericsson Satio and giving you my first impressions of it, I am kickstarting now my official review of the handset with a detailed tour of the hardware and design. The first thing I noticed after I took the Satio out of its box was how finished and elegant the materials were, [...]
Continuing our N86 8MP review, today we take a detailed look at the software on board. The N86 is an S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 handset, which brings the regular set of features that we’ve come to expect out of it. Menu Layout As I mentioned in the 7 things I hate about the [...]
As we discovered in our review, the Nokia N97 is built like a tank. It’s the first Nseries that I’ve used that feels like an Eseries, which is a big deal. Unfortunately, from my experience, the current v10.0.0.12 firmware is completely miserable, lagging far behind the 5800 XpressMusic in stability and speed. So does that [...]
Now that we’ve raved about the awesome hardware on the Nokia N97, which is, again, Eseries-caliber, we need to focus on the software of this $700 flagship ‘powerhouse’. It’s important to note that the following review is based on a Euro N97 with firmware v10.0.0.12, the first production firmware, we’re told. We’ve passed these reports [...]
Nokia finally launched its Ovi Store a few weeks ago, much to the delight of Symbian fans worldwide. Despite a few launch issues, such as servers not being ready for the onslaught of tech bloggers and power users checking things out, the store has done OK – even releasing an update earlier this week, directly [...]
After having shown you the differences between the E75 and the E71 on a form factor and hardware level, here is the promised Software comparison. The major difference between the E75 and the E71 lies in the fact that the E75 runs on S60 3rd Edition FP2, whereas the E71 runs on S60 3rd Edition [...]
