After long, long wait, AT&T is finally adding the full QWERTY keyboard-equipped Nokia E71x to its portfolio. And while the unlocked device was already available through various retailers or directly from Nokia, this time we’re talking about the subsidized offering that will make the E71 more appealing to the mass market. That said, AT&T will…
Commodore Amiga emulator now available for Symbian S60 phones!
Don’t know about you, but I still love remembering my “Amiga days.” When you think about it, Commodore Amiga was the first (or at least one of the first ones) multimedia computer and for its time it was way ahead of everything else that was offered on the market. That said, I’m glad to report…
YouTube releases native Symbian S60 client
YouTube has released a native application for Symbian S60 platform. Optimized for QVGA screens (the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is not fully supported, unfortunately), the dedicated app provides users with an easy way to browse and search for videos, and of course enjoy watching them while on the go. The interface is very YouTube-like and you…
White Nokia E71 available in Ohio
Big-name carriers like AT&T and Sprint are usually where we turn when we’re looking to get our hands on the latest GSM mobile hardware. But, sometimes, the little guys beat the big-dogs to the punch. The White Nokia E71 recently made waves on Canada’s Rogers Wireless as the first White Nokia E71 to hit the…
Hackers offered $10,000 to Crack Mobile OSes
Running concurrently with their desktop browser hacking challenge (where one clever programmer broke down Safari in 10 seconds), the Pwn2Own contest at CanSecWest will also be testing the security of mobile operating systems. If they can break through any of the five big platforms (Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile), reps from those companies…
WorldMate Live Updates with Google Maps Support
WorldMate Live, one of my favourite travel apps for BlackBerry (also available in S60 and Windows Mobile flavours) has had an impressive update lately, now plugging directly into the Google Maps application. After plugging in your itenerary details through their web interface, you can review everything on your mobile and launch right into navigation through…
Net60 .NET framework reaches version 2.1
RedFiveLabs announced a new version of its .NET framework for Symbian S60 – Net60 2.1. The single most important feature included in the latest release is the support for touch-enabled S60 5th Edition devices, such as the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and the upcoming Nokia N97. Other improvements include: Improved stability More polished look and feel…
Handy RSS for Symbian S60 released; It’s not free, but some neat features are promised!
Need a dedicated and powerful RSS feed/news reader for your Symbian S60 smartphone? Paragon Software obviously thinks so, hence they’ve released a new application called Handy RSS. Touted as an “advanced RSS news reader,” the application allows users to read RSS news feeds either as feed headers or news articles. User interface is optimized for…
Fring adds support for 6 new Nokia phones
Fring, one of the most popular multi IM network and VoIP clients for smartphones, announced support for 6 new Nokia Symbian S60-powered smartphones. The new devices that will be able to sing along Fring (once they are actually released) are: Nokia N86 – Nokia’s 8 megapixel camera phone Nokia 5630 – the slim gaming/music phone…
Symbian’s David Wood introduces the release plan
David Wood wrote an interesting piece on the official Symbian blog, outlining plans for the Symbian Foundation platform development. From what we see, the first Symbian Foundation release based on S60 5.1, Symbian^2, reaches a functionally complete state at the middle of this year, and should be “hardened” by the end of the year. This…