If you have a Symbian smartphone (Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, among others) you are going to want to stop what you are doing RIGHT NOW and download Nimbuzz! Why? Not only will you get messaging, chat, and cheap international calling — you also get what may be the most powerful Twitter app for the [...]
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Symbian imagines Synergy on Steroids
The Symbian Foundation released this video showing a hypothetical phone UI, which basically looks like a mashup of MotoBlur and Palm Synergy with a dash of augmented reality and Google maps navigation for good measure. This isn’t an actual future UI, but how fast would you line up for a Symbian phone if it were? [...]
Android to overtake iPhone by 2012
The Gartner group has predicted, via research, that Android based phones will overtake the iPhone and jump into the number 2 position in popularity in as little as two years. Currently the iPhone sits in the number 3 slot behind Blackberry and Symbian. Gartner further suggests that RIM, makers of the Blackberry, will lose close [...]
Gear Deal: Epocware sale
Picked up a new Symbian S60 device? Looking to push the one you have further? Epocware, makers of Handy Shell and other major Symbian software are offering a 35% discount on the following programs: Handy Shell: Was $19.95, now $12.97 Handy Calendar: Was $29.95, now $19.47 Handy Weather: Was $24.95 , now $16.22 Handy Safe [...]
Review: Astraware Casino for Symbian Series 60
I love casinos, but I am terrible at gambling. Flashing lights, lots of bars, video games; essentially casinos are just a grown-up version of the boardwalk arcades from my childhood. Of course, my problem is that I don’t understand how to gamble; I just tap screens, pull levers, and pretend I understand how poker works [...]
When “backup” is a relative term…
I recently posted about my love/hate relationship with the Nokia E71x. It’s gotten a bit more contentious lately, due to various and mysterious software issues. Calendar entries that refuse to accept date changes, programs that freeze repeatedly, games that malfunction…it has been frustrating to say the least. Cue Nokia PC Suite and their backup suite. [...]
My love/hate relationship with the E71x
Since late May, my main phone has been a Nokia E71x. It is my first Symbian phone, but I owned Nokia feature phones before and had good memories of them, so I was quite excited to get to know a smarter, fancier Nokia. I’d read good things about Symbian as well as bad ones. Universally, [...]
Review: Handy Weather for S60
It’s inevitable…you’re sitting on your couch, relaxing with your tivo and your xbox…when you realize you need to <gasp> go outside! But what is the weather like? How will you know whether to wear your crocs or your docs? You could get up and go outside, but that takes effort. Luckily for you, Epocware has [...]
Handy Shell for Series 60 Review
I’ve recently become a convert to the Symbian OS. It has been a lot of fun to learn the ins and outs of a new system, especially one that approaches things like Symbian does. Nokia’s flavor of Symbian feels more phone oriented, with the PDA aspects tacked on as almost an afterthought. While this can [...]
Gadget P0rn: the N97 and N86 in Black & White
Rita El Khoury (Dotsisx) of SymbanGuru.com has two of the hottest new Nokia phones, the N86 and the N97. Yesterday she posted a drool-worthy photo layout sure to inspire some hardcore gadget lust. Not only are her photos amazing, but the subject matter was enough to make me regret my decision not to take part [...]
The USA, the rest of the world, and the cell phone culture
There was an interesting blog post circulating the interwebs over the weekend. The author, Tomi Ahonen, posits that the differences between the United States and the international cell markets have influenced what phones find success domestically vs the rest of the world. It’s a very long piece, so take your time…maybe start slow cooking a [...]
Matthew Miller Takes A First Look At The Nokia N 97
One of the most anticipated phones coming out this summer is the Nokia N97, It is only the second Nokia device to offer the Symbian S60 series 5 operating system and a touch screen. And, it is the only series 5 device to feature a full QWERTY keyboard. Matthew Miller over at Nokia Experts recently [...]
Review: Spb TV for Symbian S60
A while ago, I ranted on a Symbian forum about what a piece of cr disappointment the Nokia N96 was, and how it’d put me off Nokia smartphones forever. Until a recent firmware update, the N96 was slow, buggy and practically unusable. It creaks so much, I’ve actually come to think of the squishy casing [...]
First Impressions of Skyfire 1.0!
Do you own a Windows Mobile phone? Do you want to watch Hulu and youtube in your browser? Then you should be interested to hear that Skyfire is finally out of beta as of this morning. Now, I will be honest: I’m not a huge fan of Skyfire. Or, at least I wasn’t a fan [...]
Rhomobile’s $10K Mobile Dev Challenge
Attention Developers! Rhomobile’s mobile application development contest can put $10,000 in your pocket. The contest is promoting Rhomobile’s Rhodes framework, which allows developers to write native applications for the iPhone using HTML and Ruby. After you’ve written your iPhone application, the Rhodes framework will allow you to run the same application on BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, [...]
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