Popular Nokia E71 got a new firmware update. Version 400.21.013 includes tons of improvements, including: Improved support for Nokia Email/Messaging Pre-installed version of Ovi Contacts (available in the Installations folder) – though without support for Yahoo or Google Talk Small updates for several apps: Internet radio, Quickoffice (5.3), Ovi Store, Email Setup Wizard, and Mail…
Nokia Image Exchange for S60 gets Activity Notifications
A new version of Nokia Image Exchange for S60 has been released. In addition to fixing some of the known bugs, it also adds accelerometer and support for S60 3.2 (Feature pack 2) devices. However, the single biggest feature is the all new Activity Notifications feature, which informs you about activities relating to your images…
Facebook app now available for Nokia E71 and E72
Up until now, Facebook app was available for S60 touch-enabled devices, only. The popular social network has released its app for two other smartphones – Nokia E71 and E72. The application allows users to do their cyber schmoozing while on the go. That includes updating your status, adding friends, sending messages, browsing and uploading photos,…
Fring for S60 updated with Skype video calls
Fring has updated its Symbian S60 application to enable Skype video calls! Yap, you’ve read that correctly – now you can use you S60 device and Fring not only to talk with your Skype buddies, but also to “video call” them. Not all S60 smartphones are supported at the moment. The list includes all touch-enabled…
Swiss Manager Pro for Symbian S60 reaches version 3.0
CellPhoneSoft’s Swiss Manager Pro used to be one of the top utility apps for the Symbian UIQ platform. For quite some time now, the mobile software company is also known for its S60 apps and their latest such application is Swiss Manager Pro 3.0. As you may recall, this “composite utility” (as they like to…
FancyFon Software joins Symbian Foundation
Symbian Foundation is stronger for yet another member company. It’s FancyFon Software which provides a portfolio of solutions for the mobile device lifecycle management market, enabling any number of mobile devices to be centrally and remotely managed over the Internet. Like any other member of the foundation, FancyFon gains the immediate right to license the…
Nokia N86 Finds its Way to Rogers: $99.99 On Contract
As promised, the Nokia N86 is now available at Rogers for $99.99 on a three-year contract after rebates. That price point is a sweet spot for a handset with an impressive 8 megapixel camera, full-bodied smartphone OS, and a form factor that still appeals to the feature phone crowd. Rogers is really going to have…
Data hogs: iPhone accounts for 50% of global smartphone traffic
The iPhone is a data hog. Just ask AT&T and their strained 3G data network. Data-hungry iPhone users seemingly aren’t able to satisfy their thirst for online information. They’re so ravenous for the all things internet that, according to AdMob, the iPhone accounts for 50% of all smartphone web traffic around the globe. Here, in…
Sony Ericsson Kurara/U5 Reviewed
The upcoming Sony Ericsson Kurara, which got a brief glimpse of last week, just got an extensive review. This is clearly Sony Ericsson’s competitor to Samsung’s OmniaHD i8910, and meets the challenge on a few levels, such as processor (Cortex A8) and camera (8 megapixels), but the display loses a few points for not being…
Brief: Spotify for Symbian launched
Spotify, the Swedish music service that many in Western and Northern Europe have been enjoying for a little over a year now, has finally released a Symbian application! Complementing their iPhone and Android application, this new Symbian application makes the Spotify service available to over half the smartphones recently sold in Europe. I’d give you…