Not to be outdone by iMovie on the iPhone, Apple’s hottest new video editing application, Nokia has given us a little video editing demo of its own. The N8, which was pretty much laughed at when it was announced, isn’t a slouch when it comes to photo or video editing itself: you can add and…
Renesas joins Symbian Foundation
Symbian Foundation is one member stronger, as we have Renesas Electronics Corporation announcing its decision to join the Nokia-led group. As part of the deal, Renesas will make sure its chipsets support the Symbian platform to enable OEMs worldwide to create Symbian-compliant devices that fully meet the needs of network operators. Renesas has a track…
First Symbian 3 smartphone won’t be Nokia N8, launching from ‘Asian vendor’ in 2010
Nokia has been having a hard time keeping up with snazzy new smartphones powered by the iPhone OS and Google’s Android mobile operating system, but the Finns are looking to rejuvenate their handsets with the launch of Symbian^3 later this year. But, rather than launch Symbian 3 on the Nokia N8, as has been expected,…
Nokia Messaging Beta for IM updated for touch-based devices
Nokia released a new beta version of Nokia Messaging for IM for touch-enabled devices like the Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini. The application is apparently fully redesigned to make getting around easier than ever — according to the “official blog post,” you should be able to accomplish key actions with one touch (or just…
Nokia X6 hitting South Korea in June
After the Nokia 6210s and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, another handset made by the Finnish giant is entering the ever competitive mobile phone market of South Korea. The device I’m talking about is the X6, which is arguably the single most desired Symbian S60 smartphone on the market today — actually, that’s the single most touch-enabled…
SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 released for Symbian touch devices
SPB Software is launching its user interface application for the Symbian smartphones. SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 is made to work with touch-enabled Symbian S60 device (S60 5th Edition and above), bringing the same experience some Windows Mobile users learned to love. According to recent Gartner statistics, Symbian smartphones are the fastest-selling mobiles in the world,…
Video: Nokia shows off the N8 and in the process cements my earlier decision to switch to Android
Nokia has recorded 3 videos showing off the Nokia N8. They’ve made only 1 available today and promise to make the other 2 available next week, which is a classic move done by people in the press world to get readers to come back to your site. Nokia isn’t press however, which makes me wonder…
New Sports Tracker updated with S60 3.2 support
We’ve already talked about renewed Sports Tracker, which is no longer a Nokia’s project. Rather, a separate company, Sports Tracking Technologies, is behind it with all the same people who made it while working for Nokia developing the software. The new Sports Tracker application/client is no longer a “touch thing” only, as the company unveiled…
Samsung i8910 HD gets HX-V5 unofficial firmware update
Samsung may have forgotten its i8910 HD users, but the tech-savvy among them [users] are there to stay, for now at least. That said, you will be glad to learn that the new version of HX firmware series for the i8910 HD has been released. The HX-V5 firmware brings a number of fixes and improvements,…
Nokia E73 launching on T-Mobile next month?
Looks like Nokia is prepping its next productivity handset and the E73, or “Mode,” could hit T-Mobile USA as early as next month, according to screen shots obtained by Engadget. Not much is known about the E73 but it looks like it will retain a similar form factor to the E72. That’s a good thing…