Certainly the single most-popular mobile office solution for Symbian S60 based smartphones has been recently upgraded. Beside improving the overall speed and stability of the package, the new version of Quickoffice adds native support for Microsoft’s Office 2007 XML-based files. This translates into ability to open, view, edit and create Word and Excel 2007 in…
Motorola RIZR Z8 Ferrari Limited Edition
While we’re waiting for Motorola to finally unveil their Z10 Symbian UIQ based smartphone, they’ve decided to refresh the Z8 by teaming-up with Ferrari. The end result is way much better looking Z8 with unfortunately the same specs. The only physical difference is that the Z8 Ferrari Limited Edition has red instead of green backlight…
S60 goes China; Announces new Chinese language blog “Play around S60”
Apparently, it’s not the Scandinavians nor North Americans that visit S60 Blogs the most — it’s the people from China. So, it was only the common sense to start writing on Chinese and attract more developers and fans to Nokia’s popular platform. Unfortunately, my knowledge of Chinese language is well… poor to say the least,…
Audio: IntoMobile and SimplySymbian interview Per Ola Saether from mBricks and chat about mobile technology
And our second audio is here. As with the first one, this one’s also recorded during the UIQ Fast Track event in Budapest, Hungary. This time our guest is Per Ola Saether from Norway-based mBricks whom Dario Soltani from Per Ola Saether from SimplySymbian.com and myself briefly interviewed and then went on chatting about the…
S60 users now have full access to the entire YouTube library
While iPhone users have to wait for the YouTube to convert their videos into h.264 format, S60 users can install emTube and enjoy the entire collection right now. This application is one of the first to take advantage of S60’s Open C support, meaning that the standard c++ code written to decode videos in the…
CellPhoneSoft updates LinkBoy; Provides Symbian UIQ3 based smartphone owners with shortcuts to their favorite apps
I keep returning to UIQ Fast Track in Budapest, Hungary. Today’s reason is that Zoltan Gyorgypal from CellPhoneSoft, whom I’ve met there, informed me that he’s updated its popular LinkBoy application. The newly released LinkBoy 1.40 goes beyond earlier versions, and not only allows you to customize the home screen of your Symbian UIQ3 based…
European Union approves Sony Ericsson, Motorola deal
Motorola has been poised to take a 50% stake in Sony Ericsson’s mobile OS, UIQ, for some time now. Motorola wants to be half-vested partners in Sony Ericsson’s UI Holdings BV, the parent company of UIQ Technology AB. The last obstacle keeping Moto from sharing the UIQ limelight with the Japanese Swedish venture was the…
Sony Ericsson W960i reviewed by IntoMobile
Well folks, here it is – the long awaited Sony Ericsson W960i review is before you, divided into several sections. Hope you’ll find it useful, and in case you still have questions after reading it, please use our comments form — I’ll do my best to answer in one of the future posts. Ready? Let’s…
US spec Nokia N95-3 gets firmware update
It’s not the major-ish firmware update that the European spec Nokia N95-1 got a little while back, but the more recently launched US version of the Nokia N95 – designated the N95-3 – just got its own firmware update. The new firmware Version 11.2.009 is ready to rock on all American Nokia N95’s – the…
Get free Papyrus for Symbian S60 smartphone – today only
As part of its Free App Friday campaign, Handango is offering free Papyrus applications for Symbian S60 based devices. Those that not familiar should know Papyrus is one of the best 3rd party calendar applications for all platforms. It goes way beyond the built-in Calendar, providing users with additional views and options. In addition, Handango…