Nokia updates the social app with new features

As many of you know I am not a fan of the Social app on current Symbian phones. In the past numerous problems I have encountered while using the application have pushed me away from using it. One example would be launching the application to find my account has been signed off over and over again. Nokia has now released an update to the Social app with several new features that in my opinion should have been in place before going live with it in the first place. Putting this all aside, starting with a clean slate, I’m willing to give it another shot to see if things have improved. I will let you know…

Charles Davies, former Symbian CTO, on what went right and wrong

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Nokia N8 Meets Mickey Mouse and Survives

Last week I had the honor of going to Disney World with my family and decided prior to leaving that the primary tool to document the trip would be the newly released Nokia N8. There are a lot of factors to this decision but let’s focus on two at the moment. First let’s be honest here, I was ready for failure and assumed that by using the phone as my primary device I would be done with it by the end of the week. Second the camera being 12MP AF Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/28, that supports 720P video at 25FPS, had me wondering if it could truly replace a good point and shoot camera/camcorder. With…

Nokia makes the 5250 a reality

Love it or hate it a Symbian^1 phone at this price point will easily become an instant hit. At $150 unlocked you are not going to find a much better phone. What do you think, will this be a success for Nokia? Amplify’d from www.boygeniusreport.com Today, Nokia made the music-centric, full touch-screen 5250 handset official. The device will include a 2.8-inch TFT touchscreen with 640 x 360 resolution (16:9 aspect ratio), 512 MB of RAM, quad-band GSM, 2 megapixel camera, micro-SD card slot (expandable up to 16 GB), FM radio, and will be powered by Symbian^1. As an added bonus, your 5250 will come pre-loaded with Guitar Hero 5 Mobile. The device will be available in Q4…

The Symbian Foundation gives away source code on a flash drive

This is a brilliant idea to boost more excitement about the only truly open mobile operating system. If you want in on the action you better get to retweeting right away. Best of luck to you all.

The Symbian Foundation talks about changing mobile

Changing mobile…. « Symbian Blog.

Symbian users rejoice as Evernote beta finally arrives

via nokiaexperts.com Thanks to Brettq and Matthew Miller and of course Evernote, many Symbian users prayers have finally been answered. On November 30th a post was made in the Evernote forum with the link to a beta version of the Evernote client for Symbian (S60 V5) smart phones. What are you waiting for get out there and download it and share your feedback. Posted via web from Sloan Bowman

Skype Video On Symbian Thanks to Fring

via fring.com I have been waiting for video calls on my Symbian phones for so very long. I’m happy to say that now the wait is over. The great folks over at Fring have added the ability to to use Skype video calling within their application. Today is a good day. Posted via web from Sloan Bowman

Waze Releases Social GPS Application for Symbian

via symbian-guru.com A new service that I have been addicted to, thanks to Ricky Cadden, is called Waze. What is Waze? Here is what they claim, “Real-time maps and traffic information based on the wisdom of the crowd”. In a nutshell this means that all traffic information including wrecks, obstructions, and much much more are all provided by us the users in real time. While driving you are able to see these alerts and change your route based on what others have reported. Waze has hit a niche in the market that has been itching for innovation for some time. The solution is far from perfect but its still in in infancy and can only…

Is is Feasible to Port Your Applications to Symbian

Symbian is (in)famous for its special dialect of C++. However, over the last few years a lot of effort has been made to allow developers to write standard C/C++ and POSIX compliant code for the platform. There are also several popular open source libraries available, including a Standard Template Library implementation. Code for most of these can be found in the Generic OS Services package. The move to use Qt as the native application framework continues the trend to make Symbian an ever more open source and porting-friendly platform. The recent post from Paul Beusterien shows we’re also trying to align our tools strategy with this same philosophy. If you want to write mobile applications…