I completely forgot about my one year anniversary last week! On November 19, 2006 I started Ring Nokia and since then a lot has happened. I went to Spain for the first time in my life, the UK and now I’m living in Finland of all places. In that one year a lot of my…
Brief: Changelog for Nokia N95 20.0.015 firmware leaked
Someone anonymous left a comment on All About Symbian’s forum with the N95 firmware changelog. Quite long, enjoy the raw details after the jump. It is a shame we have to write “changelog leaked,” this should be released with every firmware.
Nokia Helsinki Flagship Store November 2007 News: White N76, custom engraving
Having previously lived in Helsinki, a trip to the Nokia Flagship store was practically a daily experiance. I got to see things in that small store that to this day have yet to be released in other shops. Now that I live in Tampere that frequency has dropped to a handful of visits per month.…
Widgets: The S60 Web Run Time, what is it and how can I use it?
Starting with the next version of S60, 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, a new technology called Widgets will be enabled. Widgets is a fancy way of saying you will be able to build applications using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript for S60. The web run time, the engine that powers the S60 browser, will be the…
Handy Taskman Contest Results!
Yesterday was Monday, but it sure felt like a Sunday to me! The 24 hour delay in results aside, it was fantastic that we received over 70 submissions at the Handy Taskman Contest page. A lot of the ideas were interesting and I wish I had 5 lisences to give, but sadly I have to…
London begins trials of payments via NFC equipped mobile phones
NFC is already a success in London with the Oyster card, now the city wants to expand the use of this technology by embedding it into mobile phones. Initial trials of the technology will happen thanks to Barclaycard in partnership with Nokia who is said to be providing several hundred handsets. Richard Humbach, manager of…
Brief: New Nokia N95 firmware released, go download it now!
The latest Nokia N95 firmware 20.0.015 is out and the folks over at All About Symbian have already done a preview of it, with screenshots! On demand paging is included, built in search, and more. Check it out.
164 Nokia N82 picture samples: My weekend in Tallinn, Estonia
First of all, huge thanks to my friend Henrikki and his friend Netta. Because I know him, and because he knows her, I got to spend a day in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. I came with 3 devices: Nokia N82, Nokia N95 8 GB and a Nokia N95. I gave the 8 GB to…
Brief: Where is the N82 review?
A few (good) things popped up and I’m going to be spending my Saturday in a new country just 90 minutes away from Finland, Estonia. I’m going to take a lot, and I mean a lot, of pictures. I definitely want to throw those into the review. Last chance to get your requests in. I’m…
Another day, another Nokia patent: Dual screens
The dual screen concept is not a new one. Somewhere in Asia there is a prototype on someones desk that uses eInk for the second display, enabling contextual keys. LG also filed a patent similar to Nokia’s dual screen concept. Let us not forget the recently launched LG Venus on Verizon, it too has dual…