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It has been a rough week for the Symbian Foundation. Earlier this week, Sony Ericsson confirmed it will no longer produce Symbian handsets and now Samsung has joined the ranks of manufacturers who have walked away from this mobile platform. In an announcement on its Mobile Innovator website, Samsung confirmed that it will drop developer support for…
Nokia has finally started to ship its flagship smartphone but is the N8 enough in a world full of the iPhone 4 and killer Android devices? Don’t get me wrong, the Nokia N8 is no slouch. It has drool-worthy features like a 12-megapixel camera and pentaband radio chips. That’s really cool for U.S. users because…
Firefox Home has been somewhat of a hit with iPhone users who use Firefox on their computers. Soon, BlackBerry and Symbian users will get a little bit of Mozilla love, too. If you’re unfamiliar with Firefox Home, it basically stores your browser info in the cloud so you can access it elsewhere. Whether it’s bookmarks,…
Nokia and AT&T are joining forces and starting a “Calling All Innovators” competition that runs between now and the end of January 2011. Nokia’s mission for developers: Make applications that people want for Symbian^3 devices, because everyone is making stuff for Android and iOS, but not us, and we’re number 1 … at least in…
The folks behind Nokia’s Ovi unveiled Oxfam Donate app for select Nokia touchscreen smartphone owners in the UK. Among devices supported, we find the following Nokia models: 5228, 5230, 5233, 5235 Comes With Music edition, 5250, 5530 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, C6, X6, N97 mini, N97 and N8; with support for more devices (I presume)…
Nokia is offering few games for free in the Ovi Store, most of which were made by the Finnish Giant itself. Here’s what they got: Ovi Maps Racing – an awesome game that allows users in Europe and U.S. to specify tracks and then actually race them in real world. The game uses the phone’s…
It’s not really much of a surprise but Sony Ericsson said it is not working on any more Symbian devices in the near future. The handset maker will likely focus on Android to help it claw its way back into the top rungs of the market. “We have no plans for the time being to…
Take this one with a grain of salt, but a new rumor is circulating which says Nokia may consider making Windows Phone 7 devices. The folks over at VentureBeat are quoting an unnamed source who says that new CEO Stephen Elop has been given the green light by the company’s board to consider all options,…
It’s not every day you get to see not-so-high-end phones like the Nokia 5230 Nuron getting ridiculously overclocked. The Nokia 5230, or for you American folk, the Nuron for T-Mobile, has had its guts twisted so tight it’s running faster than many had imagined was even possible. 800 MHz. That’s pretty fast for an OS…
Nokia and AT&T have just given a huge incentive for developers to get coding: $10 million in cash and prizes. Both of the companies will be selecting the top mobile applications for prizes and cash, along with consumers who will help pick winners. This also gives me the feeling that the Nokia N8 might be…