Although Samsung is not too keen to update its Symbian-powered i8910 HD smartphone, the hacking community owning the powerful multimedia device is eager to improve it like all the time. Yap, the new unofficial firmware has been released, marked as HX7 aka “Black Pearl.” Here’s what’s new: Interface settings are improved – kinetic scrolling, included…
More Symbian^4 screenshots emerge
Unwired View caught more Symbian^4 screenshots from Symbian Developer Wiki and we are glad to show them to you, too. What you’re about see won’t be available in any device sold this year. As we know, the first Symbian^4 phones are set to hit the market at some point next year. In the meantime, we’ll…
Deal: 26 games available for a single EUR/USD/GBP in the Ovi Store!
Good news for our readers with Nokia devices. The Finnish giant is discounting 26 games on the Ovi Store, all of which are now offered for a single EUR, USD or GBP, depending where you live. That’s kinda not fair as those living in the U.S. will get a much better deal than British, for…
Nokia C6-01 shows up on Nokia Netherlands’ website; Sports an 8-megapixel camera
A new Nokia phone has been spotted – Nokia C6-01, which as you can guess is a variant of the existing C6 model (announced alongside two other QWERTY phones – E5 and C3). The difference between the C6-01 and the original C6 is in the camera – instead of sporting a 5-megapixel camera like its…
Qt Developer Network quietly launched in beta
Qt has quietly rolled out the Qt Developer Network in a hope to get developers on board. Still in beta, the new site offers such “standard for developer sites” content as blogs, wiki, forums and FAQs. From the mentioned blogs, we learn that future plans include Ovi account integration, groups, eLearning content, books section and…
Opera Mini 10.1 Beta Released for Symbian Series 60 Phones
It looks like the Opera Mobile lovin’ isn’t stopping anytime soon. Last week we reported on Opera Mini 5.1 being optimized for low end devices, and now we just received word that Opera Mobile 10.1 beta is now available for Symbian S60 phones. So what exactly is new in Opera Mobile 10.1 beta? Well, since…
Symbian S60 malware found to be creating a mobile botnet network?
Mobile security firm NetQin has apparently found a malware spreading via Symbian S60 handsets that is being used to build a mobile botnet. The company has identified three piece of malware masquerading as mobile games or special offers, infecting Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition devices. Their estimate is that around 100,000 handsets have been…
Rally Master Pro available for free on two Sony Ericsson Symbian smartphones – Satio and Vivaz
Good news for the Sony Ericsson Vivaz and Satio (Idou) owners. The Swedish-Japanese handset maker has teamed up with Fishlabs to make Rally Master Pro available as a free download. That’s actually in case you already don’t have the game pre-installed on your device, since it’s included as part of the latest firmware version. If…
Gartner: Symbian is rearranging deck chairs on Titanic
Oh snap. Gartner is talking all kinds of mess about Symbian and its chances in the smartphone market where the Apple iPhone and Google Android seem to attract the most attention. As you may know, Nokia bought Symbian in 2008 with the goal of spinning it into an independent organization that offers a free, open…
With Fring, you can video call between iPhone, Droid and Nokia
The FaceTime video-calling feature is a cool new aspect of the Apple iPhone 4 but it’s limited to iPhone users and can only be used over WiFi. Fring is trying to capitalize on those weaknesses and its updated apps enable users to make two-way video calls between iOS, Android and Symbian S60 smartphones. The new…