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Thu, 02.09.10
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Nokia to close Ovi Files service
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| Nokia is discontinuing the Ovi Files service, effective October 1, 2010. Read more here and on Ovi Files pages. |
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Wed, 01.09.10
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[New] Swype for Symbian^1 - innovative text input method
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| Nokia Beta Labs has released Swype for Symbian^1, text input for screens. Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology enables users to input words faster and easier than other data input methods—at over 40 words per minute. The application is designed to work across a variety of devices such as phones, tablets, game consoles, kiosks, televisions, virtual screens and more. |
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New firmware 051.018 for the E72
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Nokia E72 got new firmware update to version 051.018. This is a major update bringing several performance and stability improvements, upgrading Web browser, QuickOffice, Ovi clients, tweaking Contacts, Calendar and Email for better experience, as well as (at least according to this changelog) fixing over 450 smaller bugs and issues.
The update is available OTA. Type *#0000# on the home screen and choose "Check for updates" from the "Options" menu. |
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[New] SMS Chatting S60 - threaded IM-like chat view for SMS
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 SMS Chatting from Aims Migital Technovations changes the traditional SMS inbox into an 'instant messenger' style threaded chat view, with conversations distinguished by bubbles of different colours. |
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Mon, 30.08.10
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[Upd] UAE4ALL Amiga emulator for S60 updated
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 AnotherGuest has updated his port of UAE4ALL Amiga Emulator for S60. As the Open Pandora project has been making some improvements on it, AnotherGuest also managed to merge in those changes, like for example halfbrite support, which should make games (e.g. the Pinball series) look so much nicer now.
The new version has been posted by AnotherGuest on our S60 Discussion Forum (you must be logged in to see the attachment). |
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Sat, 28.08.10
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[New] Loco Reminder S60 - location based reminder
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 Loco Reminder reminds you to do things when you reach a specific location or area. Never forget what you wanted to do when you arrive at home, office, mall etc. No need to set the reminder or create lists on paper, and forget to take or check them. Completely location based application which will alert you to do things at the right time and in the right place.
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[New] Loco Profile S60 - change profiles automatically based on location
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 Loco Profile lets you change your profiles automatically based on your location, network and area. Assign a profile for each location you set, like Home, Office, College, etc. and the profile will be automatically activated when you are in the selected location. |
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[New] Loco Theme S60 - automatically change themes based on location!
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 Loco Theme lets you change your theme automatically based on your location, network and area. Assign a different theme for each location you set, like Home, Office, College, etc. The theme will be automatically activated when you are in the selected location. |
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[New] SMS Pop Up S60 - shows SMS automatically upon arrival
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 With SMS Pop Up from Aims Migital Technovations you will know instantly who messaged you and what is written in the message. Get a Pop Up on your screen as soon as an SMS arrives. No need to click or get to the Inbox to check SMS. |
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[New] SMS Captain S60 - send SMS via Bluetooth or email
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 With SMS Captain from Aims Migital Technovations you can send SMS for free, via Bluetooth or email, to other phones or computers. Useful for both free messaging and to keep unlimited backup of SMS in text format or as email. |
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[New] SMS Voice Alert S60 tells sender name and reads SMS
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 Do you want to instantly know who messaged you and what is written in it? Now thanks to SMS Voice Alert your phone can always tell you the name of the sender and read the message aloud as soon as an SMS arrives. |
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[New] Auto Speaker S60 - car kit software replacement
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 Auto Speaker may serve you as a cheap ($3.00) car kit replacement. The program automatically starts incoming and outgoing calls in the loudspeaker / hands free mode. Useful for drivers but also while you're doing something and your hands are busy... |
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[New] Smart Guard Plus S60 - protect and hide confidential data and files
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 Smart Guard Plus is a program to protect and hide all kinds of confidential data on your phone: SMS, contacts, images, video, audio, whole folders, and also information like credit card numbers, PINs, passwords, etc. |
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[New] Shake Screen S60 - change wallpapers with a simple phone shake
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 Do you have a lot of favourite wallpapers for your home screen but you rarely change them as it is too cumbersome to go through all the settings manually? With Screen Shake you can switch home screen wallpapers with a simple shake of your phone. It couldn't be easier than that! |
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[New] ShakeTheme S60 - change themes just by shaking the phone!
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 Changing themes on your S60 phones just couldn't be simpler than with ShakeTheme from Aims Migital Technovations. No more browsing the menus or changing any settings - all it takes is simply shaking the phone! |
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[New] Loco Ringtone S60 - change ringtones automatically based on location
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 Loco Ringtone lets you change your ringtones automatically based on your location, network and area. Assign a different ringtone for each location you set, like Home, Office, College, etc. The ringtone will be automatically activated when you are in the selected location. |
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[New] Ringtone Buddy S60 automatically changes ringtones
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 Ringtone Buddy automatically changes ringtones of your phone - just choose your favourite tunes and how often to switch them... |
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[New] Screen Buddy S60 automatically changes wallpapers
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| Screen Buddy from Aims Migital Technovations changes the wallpaper of your home screen automatically, based on the time interval you set. Select your favorite wallpapers, choose the switch time (every few minutes or hours) and enjoy automatically updated images. |
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[New] SMS Video Tone S60 - videos instead of SMS beep
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 SMS Video Tone allows playing back video clips instead of SMS beeps. Different contacts can have different videos assigned. |
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[New] VideoTone Buddy S60 - videos as ringtones, with auto change
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 Videotone Buddy lets you use your favourite video clips as ringtones and automatically change them according to the defined time interval. |
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[New] Auto On S60 - automatically starts programs on reboot
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 Auto On is a simple program to automatically launch (and keep running) selected applications on every reboot of your phone. |
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[New] Smart Assistant Live Plus S60 - autoresponder + answering machine
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 Smart Assistant Live Plus can auto-respond to incoming calls with a pre-recorded voice message or SMS, and additionally offers an Answering Machine function to record the incoming call for you. |
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Fri, 27.08.10
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Nokia X6 firmware update v21.2.005
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| Nokia X6-00 software version 21.2.005 has been released, providing updated versions of several applications, such as Browser, Mail for Exchange, and Shazam. This release also comes with usability improvements, for example, in video calling. To get this software through your device, select Applications > Software Update, and choose the software you want to update. Or get it via Nokia Software Updater. |
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[New] Photo Buddy S60 - random pictures from Gallery instead of contact images
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 Tired of watching faces on contacts pictures on incoming and outgoing calls? Photo Buddy can make it more interesting. It shows a random picture from your Gallery on every incoming and outgoing connection. |
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[New] Quick SMS Pro for S60
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 Normally you just get one option to send an SMS when you can't take the call. It is frustrating that only one SMS text can be predefined, which is so difficult to edit and send in real time. With Quick SMS Pro you can create multiple pre-defined messages instead of just one option and choose which one to send in real time. |
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Thu, 26.08.10
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Qt Creator 2.0.1 released
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| Nokia today released version 2.0.1 of Qt Creator, the cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for use with the Qt framework. Qt Creator 2.0.1 brings bugfixes and optimizations based on feedback received from users since the release of Qt Creator 2.0.0. All Qt releases are available for download from http://qt.nokia.com/downloads. |
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[New] Tariff Manager S60 - cut your mobile phone bills
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 Cut your mobile phone bill with Tariff Manager by OP2iN Communications. It will help you to manage your phone bills by giving a warning message when your allowed calls, messages and internet data gets low. This application can also be used to keep a record of your phone usage. |
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[New] Nanonavi S60 - tracking and monitoring of people and property
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 Nanonavi for S60 5th Edition by Nanomatic Limited offers users a breakthrough personal tracking and monitoring functionality to care remotely for family members, friends and possessions anywhere in the world. With this application users can:
* create their safety zone (Geo-fence) for persons and assets,
* create criteria for sending emergency alert on violation,
* locate and track persons and assets,
* plan route to any destination from current location,
* manage location records and search,
* authorize your friend or family members to temporarily taking over the monitoring responsibility from you. |
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[New] Smart Assistant Live S60 - call autoresponder
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 With Smart Assistant Live from Aims Migital Technovations you can take control of incoming calls and conveniently auto respond to them. This application can automatically answer the call with your pre-recorded voice message, or it can reject the call and reply with an SMS. |
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[New] MobiGuard S60 - retrieve or delete data of a lost or stolen phone
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 MobiGuard by Mindscraper Mobile helps you in retrieving all data from a lost or stolen phone without using any online service, and also helps in tracking the location of your phone. It runs hidden in the background so no one will see it and sends an SMS to the pre-defined control phone in case of SIM change. You can remotely retrieve or delete your call log, contacts, remove all messages, format the memory card and get the location of the remote phone. |
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Nokia and Intel open a joint lab and collaborate on 3D user experience
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| This month, Nokia and Intel have established a new, collaboratively owned and run laboratory at the Centre for Internet Excellence at the University of Oulu. The initial focus of the lab will be graphics: making new, next-generation graphical experiences for mobile users. There's already a strong 3D internet research community established at the Centre, and the partners hope to tap into that excellence to help inspire their own projects. The Centre produced realXtend, an open source platform for interconnected 3D worlds, for example. The lab's first projects involve creating new user interfaces for MeeGo and potentially other platforms that use 3D graphics in ways that are new, easy-to-use and enjoyable. Read more.... |
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Tue, 24.08.10
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Firmware update 51.2.007 for the 5800 XpressMusic
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic software version 51.2.007 has been released, providing an improved browser, improved video calls, and a new version of Mail for Exchange. There are also general performance improvements and small fixes.
To get this software through your device, type in *#0000# on the home screen or go to Device Manager. Select Options > Check for updates and follow the on-screen prompts. As always, this software release is also available through the Nokia Software Updater. |
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Nokia 5250 announced - S60 5th Edition for just 115 Euros
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 Today Nokia has announced the Nokia 5250, a low cost (but not completely low-end) S60 5th Edition smartphone focused on music costing just 115 Euros. OK, there are some compromises like no microSD card bundled (and there's just 51 MB free storage onboard so you'll quickly want to buy one), no A-GPS, no WiFi and not even 3G, and the screen is just 2.8", but it's still a fully functional S60 5th Edition phone with Touch and the price of 115 Euros (and that's without subsidies and contract) will let S60 touchscreen phones target customer groups who so far couldn't afford buying a 5th Edition phone.
Nokia says: The device comes with a music player on the home screen and tracks can be downloaded from Ovi Music or your own collection. There's 51MB of memory on board, but audiophiles can expand this to up to 16GB with a microSD memory card – enough space for 4000 songs. The device also offers an FM radio. Topping off its musical credentials, the 5250 comes with a free copy of the acclaimed Guitar Hero 5 Mobile: this is a phone that invites you to rock out while you're on the move.
The Nokia 5250 will ship with the all-you-can-eat music offering, Ovi Music Unlimited, in selected territories. This is a highly sociable phone. Also on the home screen, you'll find your favourite contacts and there's easy access to Facebook, MySpace and the rest. You can also log-in to multiple email accounts such as Ovi Mail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail, as well as instant messenger accounts from all the usual suspects. Extra applications can, of course, be added using the Ovi Store.
Battery life is also excellent. The device will last up to 18 days in standby or up to seven hours talktime. If you stick to music, then it can play for 24 hours without stopping. On the back, there's a 2-megapixel camera, with Ovi Share installed to let you upload your snaps to the Web. Eminently pocketable, the device measures 104mm x 49mm x 14mm. Before taxes and operator subsidies, the Nokia 5250 will cost just €115 and is expected to ship in the fourth quarter.
Technical specifications include:
* ARM11 CPU @ 434 MHz
* 128 MB DRAM
* 51 MB on-board storage expandable to 16 GB with microSD card
* 2.8" 24-bit 360x640 (nHD) touchscreen (resistive, single touch)
* Symbian OS S60 5th Edition
* 105 x 50 x 14.5 mm, 68.74 cc, 106.7 g
* Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
* SCD, HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE data transmission
* Accelerometer and proximity sensor
* 1600x1200 (2.0 MPix) camera
* VGA (640x480) video recording @ 30 fps
* Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR (with A2DP and AVRCP)
* BL-4U 1000 mAh battery, 2.0 mm charger
* 19 days of standby, 7.7 hrs talk time, 24 hrs audio playback.
Read more: Product page, Full Nokia 5250 Technical specifications, Nokia Conversations, Image gallery. Tell us what you think about the 5250 on our S60 5th Edition Discussion Forum. |
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Nokia C5 got 032.010 firmware
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Nokia Software Update News reports new firmware update (032.010) for the Nokia C5 bringing a number of performance improvements, including improved browser, improved search, and a new version of the Facebook application. This release also includes the Qik application for recording and sharing videos live from your device.
To get this software through your device, select Applications > Software Update, and choose the software you want to update. Alternatively, this software release is available through the Nokia Software Updater. |
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[New] Xchanger - freeware currency converter for S60
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 Xchanger from Titus Soft is a freeware currency converter, with auto-update feature, really simple user interface and support for 150+ currencies including Gold, Silver, Palladium, and Platinum price. |
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[New] piPOIAlert S60 - freeware POI proximity warning system
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 piPOIAlert by Philipp Schröder is a freeware application that provides a POI (Point of Interest) warning system (eg. speed cameras, constructions sides, gas stations, malls, restaurants, etc). Basically, it informs the user (visual + audio) when a POI gets close (in a defined area).
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[New] PhoneTorch for Sony Ericsson S60 phones
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 PhoneTorch turns your smartphone into a flashlight which supports both the screen's backlight and the camera's LED flashlight. PhoneTorch can run in the background, can start automatically, the light can be turned on and off via the camera key, and screen color can be changed. For emergency situations or just for fun there exists a Morse function for sending SOS and other Morse codes. This version is optimized for Symbian S60 5th Edition phones made by Sony Ericsson, including the Satio, Vivaz and Vivaz Pro. |
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Mon, 23.08.10
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[New] Active Apps S60 - keeps selected apps running
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 Active Apps from Aims Migital Technovations lets you select applications which you want to ALWAYS run in the background, and then monitors them to make sure they keep running. Even one of the apps you select gets closed or stops working, Active Apps will instantly launch it again. |
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[New] Explorers Tracker S60 for serious travelers
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 Explorer's Tracker is designed to support explorers and travelers during a journey and to keep logs with the option to include notes. Logs can be later processed by a family of Windows applications and your journey can be easily presented on a DVD (including photos, notes and routes shown on maps). E.T. supports built-in and external GPS and offers many additional features such as an anchor alarm, post-editing of notes and power saving. |
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[New] Contacts Lock S60 - hide and lock selected contacts
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 With Contacts Lock you can lock and hide selected Contacts. Locked Contacts become invisible and access to them is password protected. |
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