In what probably was the most exciting Press Release email I’ve received in the past few months, SPB Software, the makers of some of our favorite applications and games like SPB Wallet, SPB Weather, SPB Puzzle and SPB Brain Evolution have notified us yesterday that they announced their signature SPB Mobile Shell 5.0 yesterday during [...]
We’ve been covering widgets on Symbian-Guru since March 2008 when they first made their appearance on the good’ol Nokia N95 with Web-Runtime support. At the time, the offers were limited, the quality was poor, and they were still mystical to some level for many users. With the release of the Nokia N97 and its widgetized [...]
When you take a look at the Ovi Store, it becomes clear to you that Widgets are becoming more prominent amongst the offered applications. I won’t say “I told you so” (because I obviously knew I was right), but I will ask you to focus your attention on the fact that most of these widgets [...]
We’re still wading through our videos from Nokia World 2009, so expect a few to come up over the next week or so. Today’s video is of our friend Oren Levine, showing off a Yahoo! Events widget that his team created for the Nokia N97. Oren was previously on the S60 team, working with developers, [...]
Applications from Moubail seems to be rolling out with surprising effects. Their applications are mainly based on the WRT technology which seems to be the future.
Their newest application can be categorized as fun, bringing in easily the comic strip of Dilbert into the palms of your hand. What’s neat with this application is that it [...]
We told you just recently about the Quick Search Widget From Russell Beattie which is a widget that offers searches from different search engines. This widget took Russel Beattie 3 hours and 30 lines of codes to finish.
Moubail have released their own iSearch widget which was inspired by Russell’s creation. Their iSearch lets you search [...]
If you go back and read my I’ve seen the Future and it’s full of Widgets article, you would know how much of a fan of the concept of widgets I am and how excited I was to see their implementation on the N97’s homescreen.
First, let’s get one thing clear: I LOVE IT. I love [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday I shared with you 7 things that I really love about the Nokia N97. Obviously it wasn’t a comprehensive list, but rather a top list of the things that stand out to me the most. In like form, today, I’ve got a list of things that I really, really hate about the Nokia N97. [...]
