We’ve seen companies making augmented reality apps for the iPhone and Android. What about Symbian S60? After all, it’s the single most popular smartphone platform worldwide, and some of the devices on the market have all the hardware required for this to work — i.e. GPS, accelerometer and compass. On that note, I’m glad to…
Lara Croft returns to N-Gage in Tomb Raider: Underworld
Lara Croft is back at Nokia’s N-Gage in the title called Tomb Raider: Underworld. This time the adventurous beauty aims to retrieve Thor’s Hammer, and it’s your job to help her do that. Unfortunately, the new game (despite the fact that it’s new), is a simple N-Gage port of a limited Symbian version of the…
Nokia N85 gets an update
Nokia doesn’t give up on its older phone models and it’s a good thing. On that note, the Finnish giant unveiled the latest update for its N85 handset. Three of us — Will, Simon and I — had these babies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, earlier this year, where we use them to…
First press image of the Nokia N97 Mini emerges
After we caught the press shot of the N900 Rover, photo of another upcoming Nokia device found its way to the Interwebs. It’s the already-previewed, approved-by-the-FCC – Nokia N97 Mini! Nokia World is coming within a week when we’ll have much more to report about it. In the meantime, a bit larger image is available…
EB, Elektrobit joins the Symbian Foundation
Symbian Foundation is stronger for one more member company – EB, Elektrobit Corporation, developer of embedded technology solutions for automotive and wireless industries. Under the deal, EB will have a seat on the Release Council, which coordinates the integration of contributions to the Symbian source code into stable and timely platform and tools releases. Commenting…
Multi-network IM client for Symbian S60, Palringo, updated with easier to use finger-friendly interface
The popular multi-network instant messaging client for Symbian S60 smartphones (and other platforms), Palringo, has been recently updated to better sing along touch-enabled S60 5th edition devices. Version 1.1.0 is more responsive than the previous release, and also packs tactile feedback support. In addition, support for new account registrations is also included in the mix,…
YouTube for S60 updated to better sing along S60 5th edition devices; New countries and langauges included in the mix, too
Google’s native YouTube client for S60 has been updated — it’s now in the version 2.2.17 — to work with Symbian S60 5th edition smartphones such as the Nokia N97, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Samsung i8910 OmniaHD. As a result, now you can watch videos in full-screen mode. Moreover, the new version of the app…
Nokia N97 verdict: Too much money for what it offers!
I’ve waited with this article for quite some time now, trying to find good arguments to suggest our readers to go on and grab the N97, but honestly I couldn’t. Again, this is not to say the Nokia N97 is a bad device – it’s just too expensive for what it offers. Sure there’s 32GB…
Samsung Launches TouchWiz Widget SDK, $20,000 Prize for Best Creation
Samsung’s proprietary user interface, TouchWiz, could be getting a lot more interesting, as today they have announced a software development kit that will allow programmers to create widgets on a range of supporting devices. Previously, you were stuck with the selection of widgets preloaded on the phone, but soon the doors will be open for…
FCC: Hello, Sony Ericsson Satio!
Sony Ericsson has a secret weapon waiting in the wings. Our favorite Swedish-Japanese mobile phone maker has been working hard on their upcoming Sony Ericsson Satio 12-megapixel touchscreen smartphone, and it’s looking almost ready for primetime. The Sony Ericsson Satio has just been given the greenlight to connect with wireless networks in the US –…