Quickoffice announced the availability of its mobile office suite Quickoffice Premier 4.0 for Symbian UIQ 3 devices, allowing owners of the Sony Ericsson and select Motorola (Z8 and Z10) smartphones to edit Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. The new version contains many enhancements that improve usability, including performance optimizations for handling documents of…
CalSync60 helps you sync Google Calendar with your Symbian S60 smartphone
With so many people using Google web services these days, it doesn’t surprise to see a growing number of mobile apps designed to help users take pieces of the “G experience” with them. That being said, we’ve recently spotted a free application called CalSync60, which allows Symbian S60 device owners to sync their phones with…
Sling updating SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Mobile, Nokia N95 8GB, UIQ; iPhone possible
Place-shifting TV programs never had it so good. Sling has announced that they’ll be releasing an updated version of their SlingPlayer for Windows Mobile devices this Spring. WinMo fans rocking a SlingBox at home and SlingPlayer Mobile on their handset can look forward to optimization for newer Windows Mobile devices (both touchscreen and non-touchscreen). Sling…
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and Nokia N78 Review
Mobile-Review has just published the English versions of their S60 3.2 and Nokia N78 reviews, versus the Russian versions I shared with you earlier. One thing to note in 3.2 is the “Network Drive” feature which will let you connect a storage unit to your Feature Pack 2 device over the internet. Makes the Avvenu…
New Nokia N95 firmware coming; Flash Lite 3 and Widget support in the mix
Nokia hasn’t forgot the N95 owners and is preparing a major firmware update for the device. Aside from the standard stability and performance improvements, the new firmware also brings Flash Lite 3 and S60 Widgets (Web Runtime) support to the N95. And I thought N95’s lack of RAM was an obstacle? Kudos to Nokia. Once…
UIQ Open ’08 winners announced
Today UIQ Technology announced the winners of its UIQ Open developer competition, which the platform developer ran from October until the end of December 2007. A jury of experts has spent the past few weeks intensively evaluating the submissions submitted from all around the world. Two winning applications were selected in each of the five…
Video: Nokia N78, N96 Commercials
Here are promo videos for two of the newly announced Nokia smartphones – N78 and N96. As you’re probably aware, both devices are quite capable and the Finish giant tries to share both features and the real-world experience in a minute or so. Without further ado, here they are. Enjoy! The Nokia N96 video follows…
Video: Interview with Brad Becker talking about Silverlight for Nokia’s lineup, demo included!
Ewan Spece from All About Symbian is in the states for MIX 08 and he had an opportunity to sit down for 10 minutes with Brad Becker, Group Product Manager for the User Experience Platform and Tools Marketing Group at Microsoft to discuss Silverlight for Nokia’s S40, S60 and Maemo platforms. Questions asked include: What…
CellSpin adds Symbian support; Mobile bloggers rejoice
In order to get the real market using its service, CellSpin has announced support for Symbian OS powered smartphones. The official release — which follows after the jump — doesn’t actually specify whether two popular “flavors” of Symbian OS (S60 and UIQ) are now supported, but after visiting CellSpin’s website I’ve figured it’s only Nokia’s…
Nokia goes live with the North American Nokia N95 8GB
Bigger screen? Check. Higher capacity battery? Check. No lens cover? Check. UMTS/HSDPA on the 850Mhz and 1900Mhz, US-friendly bands? Check! That’s right, Engadget Mobile is reporting that the 8GB-toting Nokia N95 is now available to play nice with the non-standard 3G frequencies that us Yanks like to use. Your nearest Nokia Flagship store should have…