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Wed, 03.03.10
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Nokia 5230 Nuron announced
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 Nokia and T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the Nokia 5230 Nuron, a T-Mobile customized version of the Nokia 5230. Operating on T-Mobile's 3G network, the Nokia Nuron offers dynamic Web browsing on a 3.2" touch screen. The device is also the first pre-loaded with Ovi Maps, a free turn-by-turn navigation solution from Nokia, and the first to have the Ovi Store pre-loaded. The Nokia Nuron is expected to be available in the coming weeks exclusively from T-Mobile. The phone is based on S60 5th Edition and includes a 2 Megapixel camera and A-GPS receiver.
Read more: Product pages, Picture gallery, Press release. |
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Skype now in the OVI store
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| The native Skype client for the S60 platform has just been officially added to the OVI store, from where you can download it for free. The application provides full Skype functionality over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G), including Skype-to-Skype and Skype-Out calls, instant messages and text messaging, sharing pictures and videos, account management, and more. Full press release is available here. |
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Tue, 02.03.10
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The first of Cseries: Nokia C5 announced
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 Today at CeBIT Nokia announced the Nokia C5, the first device of the new Cseries. Based on S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2, it has a 2.2" 240x320 (QVGA) display, a 3.2 Megapixel camera with EDoF and VGA video recording at 15 frames per second and A-GPS receiver (with OVI Maps 3.4 and free navigation). The C5 is a quad-band GSM and dual-band WCDMA/HSDPA (up to 10 Mbps)/HSUPA (2 Mbps) phone featuring 50 MB of internal storage memory, microSD memory card slot (2 GB card included), stereo FM radio with RDS, 3.5 mm AV jack connector and 860 mAh battery with USB charging. The phone measures 46x112x12 mm (56 cc) and weighs 89 g. It will ship in Q2 2010 at €135 before taxes.
Read more: Nokia Conversations, Nokia Bulletin Board, Nokia C5 product pages, Picture gallery. |
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Mon, 15.02.10
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Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro announced
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At a press event preceding the Mobile World Congress, Sony Ericsson has just announced the Vivaz Pro. Just like SE's flagship Vivaz announced in January, Vivaz Pro allows consumers to produce and broadcast their best experiences in HD video. The open platform also allows users to personalise their entertainment experience by downloading great applications through PlayNow(TM) and the Symbian Developer Community. It adds a full QWERTY keyboard to the touch screen offering, delivering a user experience optimised for messaging and entertainment. The QWERTY keyboard allows consumers to communicate quickly and efficiently via email, SMS or social networking updates.
Features include:
* Full slide-out keyboard for faster typing
* Stay in touch through email, Twitter, Facebook, blogging and chat
* View everything on the 3.2" 16:9 wide touchscreen
* Capture the action in HD resolution (720p)
* PlayNow - immediate online access to applications, games and music
* S60 5th Edition with SE's Home screen and Satio's Media Player
* 5.1 Megapixel camera with autofocus and face detection
* Continuous autofocus in movies
* Image stabilizer
* Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
* WebKit web browser
* Handwriting recognition
* Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
* FM radio
* A-GPS with Google Maps and Wisepilot navigation
* 3.5 mm audio jack and TV Out
* DLNA certified
* microUSB
* WiFi
* HSPA 900/2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* HSPA 850/1900/2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
* Size: 109 x 52 x 15 mm
* Weight: 117 grams
* microSD memory card up to 16 GB (8 GB included)
* Processor speed: 720 MHz
* Available in selected markets from Q2 2010.
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Sat, 13.02.10
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Python 2.0.0 released
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| Python for S60 2.0.0 is now released. This release runs on S60 3rd Edition, S60 3rd Edition FP1, S60 3rd Edition FP2 and S60 5th Edition devices. For the list of changes and supported features, please visit Forum Nokia. |
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Thu, 04.02.10
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Symbian Foundation completes the transition to Open Source
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The Symbian Foundation today completed the open source release of the source code. The Symbian platform, which has been developed over more than 10 years and has shipped in more than 330 million devices around the world, is now completely open and the source code is available for free. The transition of this market-leading platform from proprietary code to open source is the largest in software history. The move has been completed four months ahead of schedule and provides the basis for unlimited mobile development based on innovation and openness.
Any individual or organization can now take, use and modify the code for any purpose, whether that be for a mobile device or for something else entirely. This strategic move provides the Symbian ecosystem with greater potential for innovation, faster time-to-market and the opportunity to develop on the platform for free. Symbian's commitment to openness also includes complete transparency in future plans, including the publication of the platform roadmap and planned features up to and including 2011. Anyone can now influence the roadmap and contribute new features.
Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, comments: "The development community is now empowered to shape the future of the mobile industry, and rapid innovation on a global scale will be the result. When the Symbian Foundation was created, we set the target of completing the open source release of the platform by mid-2010 and it's because of the extraordinary commitment and dedication from our staff and our member companies that we’ve reached it well ahead of schedule."
All 108 packages containing the source code of the Symbian platform can now be downloaded from Symbian's developer web site, under the terms of the Eclipse Public License and other open source licenses. Also available for download are the complete development kits for creating applications (the Symbian Developer Kit) and mobile devices (the Product Development Kit). These kits are compatible with Symbian^3, the very latest version of the platform, which is now fully open source and will be "feature complete" during Q1 of this year.
Read more: Full press release, Symbian blog, Introductory video, Platform Opening FAQ, Get started. |
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RAMblow keeps RAM free on your S60 phone, and more than ever before
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 RAMblow from CellPhoneSoft aims to maintain a healthy amount of available RAM memory to help running the phone smooth for a long time. The application provides automated memory management, as well as manual termination of running programs. The memory boost feature can blow RAM up to amounts never before seen. RAMblow is very simple to use, just let it run in the background, and you will never again find your phone lacking memory.
Major features:
* Unattended and manual management of running apps.
* Maintaining a healthy amount of free RAM for smooth phone operation.
* Memory optimization for executing large programs.
* Automatic memory cleanup after set idle time.
* Examination and manual closing of unwanted programs.
* Reporting the results of memory cleanup.
* Compatible with all Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition phones by Nokia, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson. |
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[New] ABBYY FotoTranslate - OCR translator for S60
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 ABBYY FotoTranslate is an innovative solution for travel and business trips. Translate words with a single button push, wherever you are - you don't need to type unknown foreign words by hand. The program automatically recognizes the words taken on the camera of your smartphone and shows the translation. Snap a foreign word - get an instant translation using OCR (optical character recognition) - almost 30 language combinations are available! |
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Thu, 21.01.10
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Sony Ericsson Vivaz announced
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Sony Ericsson has just announced its new S60 5th Edition based smartphone, the Vivaz. Features include:
* 3.2" 16:9 nHD (640x360) 24-bit touch screen
* 8.1 Megapixel camera
* HD 720p video recording with continuous autofocus
* A-GPS with Google Maps and WisePilot navigation
* Bluetooth with Stereo A2DP
* WiFi b/g
* TV Out (VGA)
* 900/2100 and 850/1900/2100 MHz 3G HSDPA
* 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM GPRS/EDGE
* 720 MHz processor
* 8 GB microSD card included (up to 16 GB)
* 3.5 mm audio jack
* DLNA Certified
* 440 hrs standby
* 13/5 hrs talk time (GSM/3G)
* 107 x 521.7 x 12.5 mm, 97 grams
* Available from Q1 2010.
Learn more: Press release, Video presentation, Video overview, Product information.
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Fri, 08.01.10
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20% discount site wide - All Symbian software discounted!
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 Don't miss the last days of our special offer: 20% discount on ALL Symbian software at the My-Symbian Software Store!
Simply add any programs you want (and any number of them) to your shopping cart and use FESTIVE discount code to instantly get 20% off the total price.
This promotion is time limited (and only applicable once per user), so hurry up and grab all the programs you want before it's too late! |
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Tue, 22.12.09
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[New] SPB Weather for S60
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 SPB Weather by SPB Software is the most powerful Symbian weather forecast program. It combines the detailed everyday forecasts for 10,000 cities worldwide with the beauty and friendliness of up-to-date satellite images on a 3D Globe. SPB Weather Features: World weather, 3D Globe, Satellite images, Animated forecasts for clouds, temperature and precipitation, Finger friendly user interface, Homescreen widget and more. |
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[New] Battery Extender for S60
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 Battery Extender from Ravensoft is another application that helps you extend the standby time of your S60 smartphone by up to 30% using customizable profiles which automatically disable power-hungry functions when you don't need them. |
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[New] Advanced Battery Saver - extend battery life by 30%
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 With Advanced Battery Saver from WebGate you can adjust the power consumption of your phone functions, services and applications depending on your needs. Use Advanced Battery Saver to get up to 30% more uptime for your phone. Three predefined power-saving modes: Saver off, Basic saver and Max saver, help you quickly switch your power-saving configuration Option to define your own power-saving modes to extend the life of your battery by selecting which phone functions and applications to shut down according to your needs. |
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Thu, 10.12.09
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Nimbuzz 2.2: Twitter, home screen notifications, kinetic scrolling and more
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| From today, Nimbuzz users on Symbian can enjoy full integration with the world's fastest-growing social network, as Nimbuzz incorporates a feature-rich Twitter client that includes Timelines, Direct Messaging, Searches, Trends and Profiles, and outperforms standalone Twitter applications. A world first for Symbian handsets is also the introduction of pop-up notifications on the home screen, notifying users of incoming chats and events, while the application runs in the background. This new version also supports kinetic scrolling. |
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Real, native, full featured Skype for S60 (beta) now available
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 It finally happended! Skype has just released the first beta version of their native Skype client for the S60 platform. It is fully functional, with both Skype-to-Skype and Skype Out calls, IM, file transfers, voice mail, etc. This first beta version only supports some S60 3rd Edition (i.e. non-touch screen) FP 1 and 2 devices. Support for further models will be added in the production release. |
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Mon, 07.12.09
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My-Maemo.com (beta) launched!
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After several weeks of preparations, we're now ready to launch My-Maemo.com!
Yet another, new Maemo site? Well, not really new, and not really just 'yet another'. It's based on my 10 year experience with running My-Symbian. And it's going to be different than other existing sites, and unique, with its own flavor.
We're not starting with just empty pages. Right now, the site offers you the following content:
* our own Maemo Software Catalog with over 270 applications listed, with screenshots and short descriptions. For now, it's probably the biggest online catalog of Maemo 5 software.
* our own Maemo Downloads where we will be sharing applications which are not currently available in other Fremantle repositories. In the beginning, they will be mainly applications written for previous Maemo releases and devices, not yet ported to Maemo 5, but tested by us and found to be running just fine
* our own Software repository which will contain the same files as in Downloads, just easier to install and maintain via your phone's App Manager
* F.A.Q pages containing answers to the most frequently asked Maemo related questions
* Useful Tips & Tricks letting you use your device easier and quicker
* Our Nokia N900 preview - please read it if you haven't yet as it is a good base for our full review coming next week
* Our Maemo Discussion Forums - even now, at site launch, with almost 2500 posts and almost 70 threads.
We're launching the site with this old (yeah, we know, quite dated) design not to further delay it, but we consider it just a "beta" phase, so stay tuned for a brand new look and much more features coming soon! |
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Tue, 01.12.09
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Qt 4.6 released with native Symbian and Maemo 6 support
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[New] Swiss Manager Pro for S60
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 Swiss Manager Pro from CellPhoneSoft provides task management, system information, and file manager services, all in one application. A composite system utility that indeed acts like the Swiss army knife for smartphones, considered as an essential addition by many users. Compatible with all Symbian/S60 phones. |
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Wed, 21.10.09
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[New] Energy Saver for S60
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 Extend your battery charge up to 30% by switching off your smartphone for the night. Energy Saver from FedoroffSoft will help you to charge you phone more seldom and you will be able to use it longer with the same charge. It switches off your smartphone for the night and switches it on in the morning with the help of an alarm. Your smartphone doesn't expense a battery charge at night and you have not got troublesome late night calls. |
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[Upd] MumSMS+ for S60 5th Edition
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 MumSMS+ by Huang Hai is a smart and powerful software which offers you an easy way to protect your private and confidential messages in your mobile phone. All your sensitive SMS/MMS including sent, received and draft messages can be hidden automatically by choosing a proper profile. All your hidden messages are kept in good order and can be read only with right password. |
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[New] Best Call Notes for S60 5th Edition
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 Best Call Notes from Smartphoneware allows you to take notes during a call. Notes can be tagged to the person you are speaking with and can be easily accessed when you have a conversation with this contact next time. Also you can create global notes to be accessible during any call. The program provides an easy access to any note taken during a call. You may browse, edit or pre-create notes for a contact at any time. Additionally it provides small but handy functions to improve your calling experience like call duration timer, instant call back or sms send, view contact details you are speaking with, unknown numbers fast shipping to new or existing contacts, creating calendar events right after a call, etc. |
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[New] XSound for S60 5th Edition
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| XSound from SymbCode is an MP3 song player with nice and clear graphical user interface. From the current version the application is also able to store sound into file so you can use it as a dictaphone. The stored sound is high-quality. You can customize how the screen looks with skins and images from your device. With Playlist Editor you can rearrange the list of the songs, and listen in the order you wish. |
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Sat, 17.10.09
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Sony Ericsson Satio has arrived
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| I have just received the new Sony Ericsson Satio. We're starting with an Unboxing video, and further videos showing how the device performs, what are the included applications, how it compares to other devices, as well as a written detailed review will be available shortly. If you have any questions about the Satio which you would like to be covered in the review and videos, please post them on our S60 5th Edition Discussion Forum. |
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