Category: Symbian

Symbian.org Website gets a new design right in time for SEE2009

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The Symbian.org website got a major facelift today just in time for the SEE2009 – The annual Symbian extravaganza. With all the normal confusion amongst users  surrounding the versions of the platform and the devices running various versions, the new website offers you a lot more clarity.There is a list of various devices along with the version its running. The Samsung Omnia HD find’s it place right in the homepage of the website along with Gravity Continue reading “Symbian.org Website gets a new design right in time for SEE2009”

The Symbian Exchange 2009 – SEE2009

The Symbian Foundation is holding the  Symbian Exchange and Exposition (SEE)  at Earls Court 2, London on 27-28 October 2009. This is a FREE TO ATTEND event and its a must for anyone involved or interested in the future of mobile and the mobile industry.

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Sony Ericsson Satio VS Nokia N97, 5800 XpressMusic And X6

Yes, you read that post title right. We outdid ourselves, by a long shot on this article. Not only did we land a prototype of the Sony Ericsson Satio and show it to you in intricate details, but we were also able to pit it head to head against its concurrence, with Nokia’s current lineup of similar S60 5th Edition devices: the Nokia N97, 5800 XpressMusic and the most recent X6.

The comparison will look shortly at the software differences between the Satio and the current S60 5th Edition UI from Nokia (which we will develop in another post with some very long video reviews), then it will focus at the hardware side-by-side comparison with the 3 devices.

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Nokia N86 vs N82 Picture Gallery

After having brought to you a camera comparison between Nokia’s newest camera flagship, the N86 8MP, and its old sibling, the Nokia N82, today we show you a side by side comparison of the 2 device’s hardware and design. As always, you can click on the thumbnails to access the full resolution photos.

Sizewise, the N86 8MP is chubbier and shorter than the N82, due to its dual-slider form factor, as opposed to the N82’s candybar design. The materials used on the N86 are nice classy plastic with metal, and covered with non-scratchable glass on the front, whereas the N82 uses the old cheap and shiny black plastics that we saw on the N81, N96, N78, N85…

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Samsung Omnia HD Review Part-2: Screen and Backlighting

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In the second part of the review, we focus on one of the most important aspects of the Omnia HD, it’s screen and also backlighting. We had earlier focused on the the design aspect. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia HD Review Part-2: Screen and Backlighting”

Sony Ericsson Satio Released to Buyers!

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The long wait for Sony Ericsson’s flagship smart-phone is now over. The Sony Ericsson Satio is now available for purchase on various online retail stores including Amazon.

The phone is not yet known to have hit the street shops yet but it should do so very soon.

It’s been a long time since the announcement so here’s a reminder of the Satio’s features:

  • 112 x 55 x 13 mm, 126grams
  • 3.5″ TFT Touchscreen with 360*640 Resolution, Accelerometer
  • 128MB Internal Memory, micro-SD Card Slot
  • GPRS, HSCSD, HSDPA, 3G, EDGE, DLNA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB
  • 12Megapixel camera, Autofocus, Video Led Flash, Xenon Flash, Geo-tagging, Touch-Focus, Smile and Face Detection, VGA Video Recording at 30 FPS
  • Symbian S60 5th Edition, 600mHZ Processor, 1000mAH Battery

The phone costs around 500 Euros excluding shipping. The price should lower in a few weeks so if you can wait, then wait. The phone is expected to hit India by end of this year.

Enjoy our Exclusive Satio Photo Gallery

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Samsung Omnia HD Review Part-1: Design

061020091372The Samsung OmniaHD or i8910 HD as it is known, is one of the many touchscreen devices launched by the Korean chaebol in India. Samsung’s first touchscreen Symbian device is by no means a flash in the pan. Samsung has been a supporter of the S60 initiative since a long time, but unlike Nokia it did not really capitalize on this platform. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia HD Review Part-1: Design”

Symbian Handset Shipments set to double by 2014 says research firm

According to research firm Juniper Research , Symbian Handset Shipments could double by 2014.The firm sees a mobile phone market being dominated by phones running an open source OSimage

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Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou) Photo Gallery

The Sony Ericsson Satio, previously known as the Idou, has been announced as a concept device during Mobile World Congress 2009. At the time, the mere idea of introducing a 12MP camera in a smartphone was baffling, and it received a lot of praise from the general public, although many were wondering whether or not the Idou will see the light of day as a production device.
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Nokia Braille Reader by Beta Labs

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Nokia Beta Labs has always been known to produce some very interesting and technologically advanced software for Nokia phones. This time Nokia Beta Labs in collaboration with the University of Tampere (Finland) has come up with a new software for the visually impaired.

The new software is called Braille Reader and it will help the visually impaired to read messages. The signals are set using vibrations. The different symbols could be understood by the strength of the vibration. Continue reading “Nokia Braille Reader by Beta Labs”

Nokia Music Store – Delhi Blogger Meet

11th September saw Nokia organize a Blogger Meet for the launch of its Music Store in India. Jasmeet Gandhi, Head Devices OPM and Services, India was there to give us a brief overview of what Nokia Music Store is and how this is the next step of music delivery to millions of people.

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Nokia 5800 gets a new firmware upgrade, reaches v31.0.008

Good News for all the Nokia 5800 fans! It has just got a new firmware update (v31.0.008) via OTA and as well as via NSU (File size being 6MB and 100MB respectively).

The new firmware update (v31.0.008) brings along with it a lot of known bugfixes and improved sensitivity of the touchscreen. The firmware has been released for several product codes in European countries today and shall be rolling out for others in the coming few days.

To update your firmware via Over The Air method, just type *#0000# from the dialler and then press ‘Options => Check for updates‘. And if you are lucky, the update dialog would pop up, else you will have to wait for few days for the new firmware to get rolled up worldwide.

However, before proceeding with the firmware upgrade, we advise you to backup all your important phone data as usual, even though 5800 has UDP (User Data Preservation).

The Changes in the new firmware v31.0.008 are as follows:

  1. Nokia Maps has been updated to Ovi Maps 3.1
  2. The Ovi Store client has been updated to v1.05(231)
  3. Performance Improvements has been observed which means more free RAM and better memory optimisations.

Did you get the new update? Did you find anything extra which was previously not there in 5800? Do Pass On your comments.