As Steve Litchfield always likes to say “filed under articles I wanted to write,” he reviews Handy Weather for S60. One of my favorite S60 applications, I only discovered it at this years Mobile World Congress while sitting next to Jonathan Greene from atmaspheric|endevors and looking at that awesome screensaver pictured above. One thing Steve…
fringME! widget updated; Now works with UIQ smartphones
fring has just announced that they’ve updated the fringME! widget to allow web-to-mobile chat feature. The idea is to provide users with a widget they could use on their blog, social network profile or website and allow their visitors to contact them while on-the-go. In addition, Symbian S60 users with GPS-equipped handsets can also show…
Google Maps now native on UIQ
Following the earlier release of the native Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 versions, Google has finally released its popular Google Maps as a native application for Symbian UIQ smartphones. The new application is certainly faster than a Java midlet, and also (like S60 and Windows Mobile versions) features “My Location” function, which basically gives a…
Motorola Z8 finally gets a firmware update
The long awaited (or not) firmware update for Motorola’s “media monster” is alive now. The American handset maker has been shipping updated firmwares on new handsets for a while now, but the early Z8 owners were left to deal with somewhat buggy software. Now, they can update their smartphones and, we guess, make them more…
Handy Blacklist 3.0 protects you against unwanted phone calls; Stalkers, telemarketers cry
Epocware just announced yet another useful piece of software as part of their Handy series of applications. The so called Handy Blacklist 3.0 protects Symbian S60 3rd edition mobile phone users privacy by blocking unsolicited callers, saving time on unnecessary responses and offering peace of mind. The easy-to-use application allows you to add numbers to…
Kaspersky Mobile Security 7.0 for Windows Mobile, Symbian S60 released
Recently Kaspersky Lab released a new product for the “integrated protection of smartphones running Symbian and Windows Mobile.” All the usual things are there, including protecting against network attacks, malware and SMS spam. In addition, in case user loses its smartphone, Kaspersky Mobile Security 7.0 allows him/her to completely lock the device or remotely delete…
Nokia: We’ve got N-Gage, bring it on!; N-Gage coming to Nokia N73 in Q2 2008
When you’re the biggest name in your particular market, you can go off and talk smack to just about anyone about whatever you feel like. Nokia is most definitely the market-leader in the mobile phone industry, and they’ve got the, ahem, hardware (and software now) to back it up. With Nokia’s renewed push into the…
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and Nokia N78 preview
Rafe Blandford from All About Symbian posted a preview of the Nokia N78 based on his limited time with the device at the Mobile World Congress. Eldar from Mobile-Review however has a prototype in his hands and posted his initial, Russian only, thoughts on it. Give it a few days to 1 week for the…
Vodafone wants you to solve your own technical problems – on-device tech support
Seeking customer service or technical support for your electro-gizmo can become a trying experience, at best. Especially with all the tech-support out-sourcing that’s been going on recently. There’s nothing more infuriating that having some technical support representative from the Philippines reading off a script. Vodafone has taken the first steps to keep your blood-pressure in…
Samsung i550w – the i550 with WiFi
Samsung keeps adding cool Symbian S60 devices to its portfolio. Following the Samsung G810 smartphone launch which left many speechless — because of the 5 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom — they are now updating the i550 model. Basically, the new i500w smartphone has everything the previous model had — including the built-in GPS,…