It seems Nokia has finally understood that it needs to take a good care of developers in order to get them to make apps for their platforms and eventually make Nokia-branded device more appealing to the end users. That said, the Finnish company has issued a number of announcements for developers. Here’s what they got:…
Nokia 5230 in Black Now Available at Mobilicity
The Nokia 5230 has been making the mobile news in Canada recently. Not necessarily for any awesome reason in particular, but because new color variations keep popping up. About a week ago I told you about WIND Mobile and how they launched the 5230 in white back in April, only to follow it up recently…
Ovi Store 1.0.7 comes with continuous pages, improved search and updated category structures
Nokia has updated the Ovi Store client, which is now in version 1.07. You can grab the latest version by either updating the existing app or by going to store.ovi.mobi. Here’s what’s new: Continuous pages for content lists a la Apple AppStore and/or Android Market. There is a new “Load more” link at the listings…
Nokia E72 Announced for Telus
As expected, the Nokia E72 has been announced on Telus. The E72 went official last June, so it’s a little late, but the E71 that launched with Telus’ HSPA network could probably use a little refreshnonetheless. The N97 Mini launched on Rogers last week also gets a nod in the press release for spearheading Nokia’s…
Ovi Maps adds Time Out listings
After Expedia, Nokia is adding another content provider to its Ovi Maps. This time it’s Time Out, which is best known for its event listings and city guides. To access the Time Out content, click on the “More…” link and select Time Out to see what’s happening around you. That’s actually in case you live…
Nokia, ‘Heroes’ creator team for augmented reality game
Nokia is teaming up with “Heroes” creator Tim Kring to launch a mobile augmented reality game called “Conspiracy of Good.” Nokia has been talking about this for a while now (I remember sitting down at dinner with Kring last year) and it looks like the game/experience is ready to go. The concept is a bit…
Flash 10.1 for Mobile Released by Adobe to Partners
Adobe has announced that after a series of betas, the mobile version of their Flash player is production-ready and now available to partners. Android gets a lot of attention in the press release, confirming that the Flash player will be baked right into 2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo), but BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Phone, Linux Mobile, MeeGo, and…
BBC iPlayer hits version 3.0 for Nokia phones
BBC has updated its iPlayer app for select Nokia Symbian S60 3rd and 5th Edition smartphones. Version 3.0 is no longer a stand-alone widget app, but a simple widget shortcut that once started redirects user to a web page from where he or she can access BBC’s video content. In that sense, you can simply…
Symbian^3 is ready for the community use!
Symbian Foundation’s Senior Release Manager and Chairman of the Release Council, Mark Skrebels, said in a tweet that the Symbian^3 is now functionally complete. In other words, the mobile operating system is now ready for community use, and by community they mean OEMs, developers, operators and other members of the eco-system which are not the…
SPB Mobile Shell for Symbian updated with new widgets, themes and better memory handling
Less than a month ago, SPB Software released its SPB Mobile Shell for touch-enabled Symbian S60 devices. Now the company is out with an updated version which is much more memory efficient, reducing RAM consumption by 10 MB! That’s a lot of memory, hinting us SPB made tons of code optimizations under the hood. This…