We haven’t heard much about the Nokia E-Series handsets of late. So, just in time to quench your thirst for QWERTY-keyboard toting E-Series handsets, here are a few live pictures of the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 smartphones. Following on the Nokia E71 leak in January, the E71 has popped up once again. As you…
Pictures: Nokia N96 vs N95 8GB
I’m sure I’m not the only one who wants to see how the existing Nokia N95 8GB smartphone stands against the upcoming N96 model. Yeah, the N96 has more storage on board, but also the worse battery. What follows is a series of photos that show how the two devices look standing to each other.…
Nokia 5320 and 5220 XpressMusic devices have been launched
The Nokia 5320 and 5220 have just been announced, one S60 and one S40 powered, more than an hour after the live webcast was supposed to start. I love to include ultra high resolution images in my post when new devices are announced, read on after the jump.
Escarpod – a much needed podcatcher for Symbian UIQ 3 devices
Escarpod is a free podcatcher for Symbian UIQ3 smartphones, and one of those puzzle pieces that I missed on my Sony Ericsson W960i. Not any more. Escarpod rocks and it works on all Sony Ericsson and Motorola Symbian UIQ3 based smartphones. Feature highlights: RSS feed updating and show downloading Built-in player Persistent position in shows…
New Nokia N95 8GB firmware with automatic screen rotation
Sure, you might already be rocking that cool RotateMe hack on your Nokia N95, but there’s nothing like a little manufacturer-sanctioned love straight from Espoo to make you fall in love with screen-rotation on your N95. A new firmware (v20.0.016) is available for the Nokia N95 8GB (sorry folks, only the European N95-2 is supported…
Nokia’s CEO Kallasvuo says the Apple iPhone is a niche product
By now you all know that Nokia is working on an iPhone-fighting touchscreen handset based on the S60 Touch OS. The UI on the S60 Touch OS still needs work, from initial impressions. The hardware, on the other hand, looks good. But, the most memorable comment in this whole Nokia S60 Touch vs. iPhone debacle…
FCC nods Sony Ericsson G700 smartphone
The Sony Ericsson G700 was introduced alongside the much-better G900 model at this year’s Mobile World Congress (3GSM) in Barcelona, Spain. We never thought it will cross the Pond and somehow we still doubt that’s the case, even though it just passed the FCC hurdle. Sony Ericsson is known to push virtually all of its…
SymbianGuru’s AutoThemes automatically changes theme of your Symbian S60 smartphone
SymbianGuru recently released AutoThemes application for Symbian S60 smartphones. As you can guess from the name of the product, it allows users to change theme automatically, based on the active profile or user defined time schedule. Theme changer rules are adjustable in the sense that you can activate or deactivate the rule with a single…
Nokia’s iPhone fighting Nokia 5800 Tube – specs, launch window and live pic
Well lookey what we have here. Hot on the heels of the Nokia Tube demonstration that showed off Espoo’s touchscreen-based competitor to the multi-touch iPhone, here are some more details on the Nokia Tube. Symbian-freak managed to score a live pic of the Nokia Tube in the wild. The S60 Touch-based handset from Nokia looks…
UIQ Developer Fast Track events hitting Boston, San Francisco this May
U.S. based developers who want to expand to the Symbian UIQ smartphone market will be glad to know that UIQ Technologies’ event is hitting both east and west coast this May. The UIQ Developer Fast Track will be held in Boston, 15-16 and in San Francisco, 19-20 May. The UIQ Developer Fast Track is an…