Facebook wants to bank on the Symbian S60 community, too, hence they’ve released a Facebook application in the Ovi Store. The app is designed as a runtime widget and it works on S60 touch-enabled (S60 5th edition) device, only. This means that owners of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 are the only one…
Google Mobile App for S60 Released
Google has released an official application for S60, which looks just about identical to the BlackBerry version, only has the added feature for one-click homescreen launching. The usual goodies are there, like location awareness, search history, and predictive query results as you type. To get downloading, head over to m.google.com on your mobile browser. [via…
CellPhoneSoft goes Symbian S60; Announces phone accelerator app Speedy Go! 1.00
CellPhoneSoft, which until now was developer of Symbian UIQ applications exclusively, is going S60. Their first application is called Speedy Go! and it’s a phone accelerator software with speed test feature. We’re not sure how this exactly works, but according to CellPhoneSoft, the application should improve the performance of the phone, providing display acceleration and…
fring 3.40 released for Symbian S60 devices
Fring is out with the new version of their app for Symbian S60 devices. Fring 3.40 prides itself with new options that allow mashing up all your separate communities of friends into one manageable mobile interface. As a result, you can set to have a single contact carrying multiple listings of a friend and under…
Opera Mobile overtakes iPhone Safari as top mobile browser!
It looks like the mighty iPhone has been felled by one of the best mobile browsers on the market. New stats from the aptly-named research firm StatCounter confirms that the iPhone is no longer king of the mobile-browser-hill. With a 24.6% share of the global mobile browser market, Opera Mobile has overtaken the iPhone as…
Nokia N97 goes on sale this month in more than 75 countries!
The time has come and Nokia announced that their highly anticipated N97 smartphone (they call it “mobile computer”) will begin selling this month in more than 75 countries. We’ve already talked about the N97 for quite a few times. Let me recap quickly – this baby has everything you could ever need including HSPA, WiFi,…
Nokia N97 support pages now live
Hear that? It means the launch is near. Now you can visit a dedicated page on Nokia’s website and learn all about their highly anticipated N97 smartphone before it hits the store shelves and carrier offerings. It’s good to be prepared for any sitation, new phone purchases included. On the other hand, I don’t know…
Vodafone gets to exclusively launch the Nokia 6730 classic
Nokia announced that Vodafone will be the exclusive carrier to launch their Nokia 6730 classic, S60-based smartphone. The device is completely customized to sing along Vodafone services, providing users with easy access to Mobile internet, Vodafone Music, and personal and business email access along with mobile navigation capabilities. Specs wise, the 6730 classic sports a…
Flash Lite 3.1 released for Symbian S60 5th Edition
Nokia and Adobe have released an updated version of Flash Lite for Symbian S60 5th Edition. Owners of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic can upgrade their Flash Lite player to version 3.1 from the “App update” utility. It’s 700k heavy download, so you may want to be in a hotspot prior to pushing the “update” button…
Open Kernel Labs joins Symbian Foundation
Symbian Foundation has recently scored a new member. It’s Open Kernel Labs, which is provider of embedded virtualization software for mobile phones and broadband internet devices. The idea behind their move is to “support the growing demand for mobile devices that are virtualized with OKL4, and rely on the Symbian operating system (OS).” Commenting on…