Nokia is trying to make it easier to integrate your phone with your in-car entertainment system and it has teamed with the Consumer Electronics for Automotive (CE4A) consortium to develop a standard to make your phone play nice with your automobile. The Terminal Mode technology specification goes beyond using Bluetooth to makes calls with your…
Symbian users love mobile ads – Symbian OS users 2.7 times more likely to click ads than iPhone OS users
If you’re a Symbian OS user, you’ll be happy to know that your smartphone operating system of choice has at least one leg-up on the iPhone OS. The Symbian smartphone platform sends 2.7 times the number of mobile advertising clicks as the iPhone OS! No other OS even comes close to the mobile ad click-through…
Syntonetic brings its Playlist DJ mobile app to non-touch Nokia smartphones
As its touch-enabled application is approaching the one million downloads mark in Nokia’s Ovi Store, Syntonetic decided to launch a version of Playlist DJ for non-touchscreen equipped Nokia smartphones, namely those running Symbian S60 3.2 (Feature pack 2). In total, Syntonetic’s baby now works on 20 phones, including the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, 5630 XpressMusic, 5730…
Nokia E55 gets a small bug-fixing firmware update (v34)
On the heels of the update for the Nokia E52, the Finnish company released a similar (or that’s the same) big-fixing firmware upgrade for the E55. It’s a minor update so don’t expect any major app updates or even new apps installed after the process is completed. However, it’s a good practice to keep your…
OpenTable Restaurant App Available for Symbian
OpenTable’s mobile restaurant search and reservation app, which has been doing well on pretty much every other platform, is now available on Symbian handsets. Anyone with an S60 5th. Edition touch device in U.S., U.K., Canada, or Mexico can: Find restaurants around your current location with availability and book on the spot Refine search results…
Pizero’s Earth theme surpasses 1 million downloads in the Ovi Store
We have a new Ovi Store success story to talk about. It involves Pizero Design which Earth theme has crossed the 1 million downloads mark within 86 days. That’s an average of 11,600 downloads per day! In case you wonder, the lightweight theme (comes with default icons) works on both touch (S60 3rd edition) and…
Symbian releases the new Symbian^3 reference library
Symbian released a new version of the Symbian^3 reference library for product developers. Here’s what they say about it: The library will look quite familiar in places, since it is based on content published previously on the Symbian developer website. However, the last release was back in October 2009. Since then, Nokia have been hard…
Ovi Contacts 1.5 gets a small update
Nokia Beta Labs has updated the Ovi Contacts application. It’s not a major update, though — in addition to some performance improvements, the updated app introduces a graphics facelift and that’s about it. Both touch (S60 5th Edition) and non-touch (S60 3.2) versions have been affected, meaning just about anyone can update. To do so,…
Microsoft brings Communicator Mobile to E-Series devices
Microsoft and Nokia are teaming up to help mobile workers stay connected and the companies said it will be bringing the software giant’s Communicator Mobile to E-Series devices like the E72. Communicator Mobile is a unified communications client used in enterprises to enables a broader way to collaborate. For example, you’ll be able to see…
Nokia E75 gets a minor firmware update
Nokia has released a new firmware update for its enterprise-friendly E75 smartphone. We’re hearing it’s a small upgrade with usual bug fixes, and performance and stability improvements. One important thing is solved, though – keyboard is way more responsive now. Earlier users reported that the phone could skip key strokes when entering text at a…