DivX Labs has officially released version 1.0 of its DivX Mobile Player for all S60 3rd Edition and 5th Edition smartphones. The official word says this release has “numerous updates and simplifications to the UI” while also packing the touchscreen support for S60 5th Edition users. More from the announcement: Even if your phone isn’t…
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Coming to AT&T September 5, $79.99 on Contract
Following some early hints, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz has been announced for AT&T, and will be landing September 5 with a $79.99 pricetag on a two year contract. The star of the show is the Vivaz’s 8.1 megapixel camera, which captures some pretty impressive HD video. Aside from that, the Vivaz has a 3.2″ 640…
iPhone Game Angry Birds Might Be Turned Into a Movie
If your commute to and from work has been a fuzz, it’s probably because your head was buried in your iPhone while you were playing Angry Birds. The enormously popular game is available also on webOS, Symbian and soon Android. The idea behind the game is to attack pigs with five different types of birds,…
Nokia N8 pre-orders live in China
After several European countries, Nokia has started the N8 pre-orders in China. The Finnish company has a somewhat different offer for people of the world’s fastest growing economy, bundling the phone with several accessories. Basically, you can pre-order the N8 in two packs, both costing a small fortune. The first one, available for 4868 RMB…
ThinkChange unveils feature-lackin’ Symbian Foursquare for S60 5th Edition smartphones
A company called ThinkChange is out with an unofficial Foursquare client for the Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphone community (phones like the Nokia N97, N97 mini, X6, 5800 XM, Samsung Omnia HD, Sony Ericsson Vivaz, etc) simply called Symbian Foursquare. As you can see from the screenshots above, the S60 client looks pretty much like…
SugarSync for Symbian S60 announced
SugarSync is bringing its file sync, backup and sharing service to the Symbian S60 platform. Available as a free download, SugarSync’s application allows users to easily access, manage and share all their personal content while on the go. You can store various types of files in a SugarSync account, including documents and photos, and even…
Spice Labs’ Trill is a free Twitter client for Nokia non-touchscreen smartphones
Symbian S60 Twitter client Gravity just got itself a competition. The name of the app is Trill and it’s a work of India-based Spice Labs which noticed an annoying pattern: most Twitter clients in Nokia’s Ovi Store are either ridiculously over-priced or social networking integrators that lack features. Hence they wanted to use the market…
Ultrabrief: Leak: Video: Nokia C7 smiles, dances, and wins our hearts
Yesterday I shared some images with you of the yet to be announced Nokia C7. Rather than updating that post, since many of you are not going to read it, and rather than writing a new post, because there is only so much I can write about a device I know nothing about, I’m just…
Leak: Crisp High Quality Photos: Nokia C7: 8 megapixel camera, 3.5 inch slab of screen
Update: We got some video of the C7 24 hours after this post went live. Nokia’s first device with an 8 megapixel camera, the N86, was nothing more than an upgrade to the N85 meant to catch up to the competition who at the time was already producing 8 megapixel and even 12 megapixel camera…
Nokia N8 pre-orders begin in France, Poland and Germany
The Nokia N8 is now available for pre-order from Nokia’s web stores in France, Poland and Germany from where super-eager Nokia/Symbian enthusiasts can secure their units for 459, 469 and 479 EUR, respectively. I’m not sure why there’s such a price difference between the mentioned EU member states, but I guess Nokia’s sales folks know…