Nokia is coming to the country of the Research In Motion (RIM) to challenge the BlackBerries in their homeland. The Nokia E62 has already been announced on our pages – basically it is the E61 without WLAN connectivity. The E62 will be available in Canada through Rogers Wireless. Future users will be able to use…
Nokia Mobile Search expanded with Yahoo! Search
Yahoo! Search is becoming a more integral part of the Nokia Mobile Search application. The cooperation allows Nokia to strengthen the Internet search by offering Yahoo!’s well-known web and image search results in more than 10 languages, on its smartphones (multimedia computers). The new addition to the Nokia Mobile Search application is the product of…
Symbian BlackBerry!?
New report from the leading Japanese financial services group, Nomura Holdings Inc., indicates that Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) could soon start to produce its flagship BlackBerry devices with Symbian OS. That’s still very speculative, but the fact stands that as the demand of the customers grow, RIM’s platform won’t be able to handle such…
Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge 20 finalists
Forum Nokia S60 3rd Edition Challenge Jury members have selected the finalists of each of the 4 competition categories. The Jury consisted of representatives from each of the Nokia BU’s sponsoring the competition, as well as Adobe, TP and Forum Nokia. Applications were judged according to: overall concept: novelty & innovation, mobility support usability: follow…
Mobler, a cross-platform virus
F-Secure reports that recently they’ve encountered a cross-platform worm that’s capable to spread from a PC to a mobile device and back. Theoretically, the “Mobler” worm moves between Symbian and Windows platforms. In the first case, not much damage is done – it just copies itself to the memory card and tries to trick the…
Essential UIQ 3 Freeware – Swiss Manager
CellPhoneSoft, creators of the AutoCam utility that lets you capture your screen, just released Swiss Manager – an essential addition to your UIQ3 device. The must-have utility for Sony Ericsson Symbian UIQ 3 handsets provides task manager, file manager and system information services, allowing you more access and more information about your phone. Features: Task…
Affordable N-Gage Games
At the moment of this writing, N-Gage Game Shop has 10 downloadable games in its inventory. Three of them are really affordable with prices of 9.99 EUR per download. Mentioned games are: High Seize – a strategy game which takes you to the 17th century Caribbean – a world of explorers and pirates, and nations…
Sony Ericsson to extend its PlayNow service
Everyone wants a piece of the digital music market, currently dominated by Apple’s iTunes. Nokia recently acquired Loudeye and I believe we can expect to see Nokia’s fingers entering this (very) lucrative market. Also, by being one of the major labels company, Sony is certainly an important “player” in this market. They’ve already had some…
Nokia N91's update ready
More than a week ago, I’ve ranted about Nokia Phone Software Updater. At that moment only updates for two Symbian phones were available. Now, an update for the third one is ready. Namely, Nokia N91 Music Phone’s firmware is set for refreshment, so if you’re a proud owner of this great S60 3rd Edition iPod-killer…
HelloSoft joins Symbian Platinum Program
If you haven’t heard of HelloSoft, you should know that their products enable mobile device manufacturers to design and architect products that are power-efficient and provide substantial cost benefits. HelloSoft has a range of VoIP and wireless products to meet the price and performance needs of multiple high-volume markets, including multi-mode devices which enable OEMs,…