Applications
Skyfire 1.5 Beta for Symbian^1 – Sucks As Usual!
Jan 26th
1. Last week Skyfire released a new and updated version of this server-rendering internet browser.
2. Version 1.5 is available for S60 3rd Edition and a new public beta for Symbian^1 touchscreen is released.
3. According to them, many features are added and improved. Including :-
- Symbian S60 3rd edition
– Smooth Scrolling: Scroll operations are more fluid.
– [...]
vMenu version 1.51 adds more functions
Jan 25th
1. I wrote about vMenu last week.
2. Frankly, it’s a very cool application and I never ued the built-in Menu / Launcher anymore.
3. A new version, 1.51 has been released and adds the following enhancements :-
- You can add / remove applications
- There’s a new status-bar on top of the screen displaying network signal, date, [...]
Dayhand Keyboard – Alternative text input for Symbian^1
Jan 16th
1. Since the first S60 5th Edition (now Symbian^1) smartphone, the 5800 until now, the text input mechanism is something that I really hate.
2. There are 4 options, namely :
- alphanumeric keypad. for one hand usage but it requires a tap on the green tick icon on the top left after typing text… why cant [...]
vMenu – alternative launcher for Symbian^1
Jan 15th
1. the built in s60 5th edition application lancher, which nokia calls it menu, is ugly.
2. it looks ok on a non touchscreen phones on the old s60 up to s60 3rd edition.
3. on touch screen phones, the softkeys took too many spaces and it becomes uglier on landscape mode because only 2/3rd of the [...]
Go Browser – An internet browser with beautiful UI
Jan 1st
1. Well, life is beautiful when you have options? Am I right? 
2. We are seeing more anda more Symbian applications from the Far East. Which is very good.
3. Go Browser, is another internet browser from comes from China.
4. The user interface is beautiful, with kinetic scrolling, special effects and very nice font used. …
UC Browser – Another internet browser for Symbian
Dec 31st
1. All Symbian smartphones has their own internet browsers built-in. In recent years, the default S60 Web is standard across all Symbian smartphones.
2. At the same time, there are also other 3rd party internet browsers. These can be native like Opera Mobile 10, Ozone, Skyfire (sucks!) and jB5 browsers. There are also J2ME browsers such [...]
New Resco Photo Viewer beta supports S60 5th Edition
Dec 14th
1. One of my favourite apps for Symbian, Resco Photo Viewer, will be updated and a new beta is available from the developer’s website.
2. I prefer Resco Photo Viewer over the built-in Gallery applications in S60 because Resco Photo viewer is so fast in loading photos and it has many functions like cropping, zooming, slideshow [...]
Evernote Comes to Symbian, But S60 5th Edition Only
Dec 9th
1. Evernote is an multipurpose web application. Practically, you can use it to keep anything you find interesting from your internet surfing behaviour.
2. For other mobile platforms, such as the iPhone, Evernote is available as a mobile application where users can upload photos, or any files to be viewed later inside Evernote.
3. From this post [...]
Symabook test version for S60 3rd Edition available now
Dec 3rd
1. Symabook is an application developed to access Facebook.
2. It’s the first (and only) native Symbian application at the moment dedicated to Facebooking. Previously, it’s available for S60 touch only. Now for non-touch.
3. The strength of Symabook is it’s UI. It doesnt follow standard S60 UI at all.
4. The UI is graphically appealing. Where menus [...]
Not One but 2 Operas In A Day!!!
Dec 2nd
1. The old saying goes “When It Rains, It Pours”
2. Today, Opera Software released 2 updates for it’s mobile products.
3. Opera Mobile 10 for Symbian now reached version Beta 2 and Opera Mini 5 also at version Beta 2.
4. Major additional features in this release are Opera Link support and a Download Manager. Other than [...]
Force Viewing Gmail to appear as on iPhone
Nov 27th
1. There are many ways to view Gmail on Symbian smartphones. You can use the built-in S60 Web browser to view the HTML version, or the simplified mobile version.
2. You can also use Opera Mini, Opera Mobile and also other 3rd party internet browsers such as Skyfire, as well as Bolt Browser, and Ozone [...]
The Facebook Widget for S60 3rd Edition – Now in Ovi Store!!!
Nov 26th
1. I dont know how long Symbian users have waited for this. A proper dedicated application for facebooking.
2. Yes, there are some third party applications which can connect to facebook. J2ME (like Snaptu) and also native (Gravity). But until now, S60 3rd Edition users are left with almost NO choice for real facebook application that [...]
