S60 3.2 fixes a fault that all other previous versions of S60 has: you can’t tell what time it is unless you switch to the standby screen. I present you with TimeBar. Looks like this application gives you a clock where you expect it to be, plus has the ability to notify you on the…
Trimble releases Geocache Navigator for free for GPS-enabled Nokia smartphones
During the Mobile World Congress, Trimble announced the availability of a free, ad-supported version of its Geocache Navigator application for select S60 Nokia devices with integrated GPS. Using their GPS-enabled phone — like Nokia N95, N95 8GBm N82, or Nokia 6110 Navigator — geocachers can seek the caches using a uniquely constructed, radar-like interface that…
Symbian OS – 77.3 million Symbian smartphones shipped in 2007
Right. While other smartphone platforms are holding onto sales figures in the single-digit millions, Symbian Limited (the Symbian OS developers) has announced at that they’ve shipped 77.3 million smartphones outfitted with Symbian OS in 2007. That’s a 50% year-on-year increase in Symbian OS smartphone shipments worldwide. Yeah, Windows Mobile and Apple have a long way…
Samsung G810 announced yesterday, already reviewed
Samsung announced the G810 yesterday. It is their answer to the Nokia N95. It runs the same operating system (S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1), has the same WiFi, GPS, HSDPA, TV out, but what makes it special is the 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash. Eldar from Mobile Review has had his hands on…
LG KT610: Confirmation: VGA resolution screen is a typo
The KT610 was thought to have a VGA screen. That is incorrect. It is actually QVGA, same old resolution we’ve had for years. It just went from interesting to useless, but it is a step in the right direction. LG is targeting the mid range market with a QWERTY device, a form factor in a…
Symbian powers 7% of all the mobile phones being sold today
Symbian just announced their Q4 2007 and full year 2007 results, the numbers are certainly impressive. 77.3 million Symbian powered devices shipped in 2007, up 50% compared to 2006, yet revenues were up only 17% compared to last year coming in at 194.3 million British pounds (261 million euros; 378 million dollars). Around 7% of…
Nokia CEO: Windows Mobile who? Try S60 Touch in 2H 2008
I’m sure there aren’t many of you out there that were waiting on Nokia to follow Sony Ericsson’s (XPERIA X1) lead and bring Windows Mobile to an N-series device. Well, actually I’d be willing to bet that some WinMo fans wouldn’t be too averse to seeing a Windows Mobile powered Nokia handset. But for a…
Boingo Wireless adds support for Sony Ericsson Symbian UIQ smartphones
In an effort to get more people to use their WiFi hotspots, Boingo Wireless has announced support for Sony Ericsson’s Symbian UIQ 3 based smartphones. Using a dedicated application, owners of the Sony Ericsson P990i, P1i and W960i will now be able to access the Internet on their mobile phones using any hotspot from Boingo’s…
LG KT610: GPS, QWERTY, HSDPA all running on S60
LG just announced the KT610, an HSDPA and GPS equipped QWERTY device running S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. They haven’t released any images and the only things we know is that the screen is 2.4 inches and flips. Who on earth decided to release a press release without images?! [Via: Symbian PR] Update: After…
Meet Saara, the new face of the S60 blogs
Phil is out, Saara is in. If you’re into S60 you know who Phil Schwarzmann is, he was the former head of the official S60 blogs, but after the reorganization of 2008 he is now working in the illustrious eMarketing team. Saara Bergström has been passed the torch and as Phil’s last voice of S60…