Qt has quietly rolled out the Qt Developer Network in a hope to get developers on board. Still in beta, the new site offers such “standard for developer sites” content as blogs, wiki, forums and FAQs. From the mentioned blogs, we learn that future plans include Ovi account integration, groups, eLearning content, books section and…
Opera Mini 10.1 Beta Released for Symbian Series 60 Phones
It looks like the Opera Mobile lovin’ isn’t stopping anytime soon. Last week we reported on Opera Mini 5.1 being optimized for low end devices, and now we just received word that Opera Mobile 10.1 beta is now available for Symbian S60 phones. So what exactly is new in Opera Mobile 10.1 beta? Well, since…
Nokia Mobile Communities brings social networking to the users with low-end phones
Nokia is out with a new cool service called Nokia Mobile Communities. Designed for their S40 feature phone users, the Java-based application is made to bring social networking to the folks who don’t have data connection in India and other emerging markets. SMS is the sole bearer of communication for the service to reduce cost…
Nokia N8: This isn’t just another camera phone … it’s the best cameraphone to date
Damian Dinning has been working at Nokia for a little over 6 years. Before he joined the Finnish firm he played around with high end camera equipment, but doesn’t exactly mention his previous experience, nor his current title and role with the world’s largest mobile phone marker. Regardless, in a 2 part blog post [part…
Microsoft Silverlight Hits Symbian Platform
It might have missed Windows Mobile, funny enough, but Microsoft’s Silverlight runtime has surprisingly come to the Symbian platform. Of course, we all know it’s going to hit Windows Phone 7, as it should, but unlike WP7, Silverlight on Symbian will allow those runtime-based apps to work in or out of the browser. While my…
Larissa Riquelme Gives Best Nokia E71 Product Placement Ever at World Cup
Nokia may have recently scored some serious attention-grabbing product placement for its Nokia E71 at the World Cup this year. Phone fans will probably notice the little bit of technology smooshed up between those mammaries. According to a Paraguayan publication, the Finnish mobile phone maker tapped Larissa Riquelme, a model and actress who has probably…
Symbian PDK 3.0.0 Released by Symbian Foundation
Symbian, the most widely used mobile operating system in the world (but for how long?) has just announced that the product development kit, or PDK, for 3.0.0 is now available for download. The PDK is for Symbian^3 now that the OS has reached Functionality Complete on June 16. It has a full build of Symbian^3…
Nokia E7, Samsung i8700 Cetus hitting UK in November?
On the heels of our HTC rumors post, we bring you more spicy information. Nothing is confirmed (nor denied for that matter) at the moment, but the source seems credible – UK phone retailer Omio. Anyway, in its blog post, Omio suggests that one new Nokia and one Samsung device will be unveiled in November.…
Virgin Mobile to offer special “V” versions of the Nokia X6 and 5230 in the UK
As part of its “V” Festival promotion, Virgin Mobile UK will be offering special “V” versions of two Nokia smartphones – the X6 and 5230. Specs wise, both devices remain unchanged. There are, however, differences in terms of the pre-loaded content: Shazam is part of the firmware – so you can detect a song while…
Firefox 1.1 for Nokia N900 Released with Portrait Mode, Add-On Auto-Update
Building on its initial release, the Firefox Mobile project (a.k.a. Fennec) has advanced to version 1.1 today, giving Maemo handsets (i.e. the Nokia N900) a few new browsing features. Firefox lets you browse in landscape and portrait mode Volume rocker lets you zoom in and out Personalized Start page helps you pick up where you…