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Symbian^3 Design Video – What Symbian^1 Should Be?…
Mar 2nd
1. There’s no “WOW” Symbian device announced during MWC 2010 2 weeks ago. Well, in my opinion, this year’s MWC is flat, nothing exciting for a Symbian enthusiast. Well. the Vivaz Pro was just a Vivaz with QWERTY… nothing new…
2. While other companies such as Microsoft, unveiled new and cool user interface technology, Symbian users [...]
New Screenshots of Symbian^4 UI Concept
Feb 14th
1. Symbian^4 is not yet ready and they are working hard to bring it feature complete towards the end of this year.
2. Symbian^4 will bring a new DirectUI user interface. A whole new experience of smart mobile operating system.
3. The new UI will stand head to head with other modern smartphone operating system (iPhone, webOS, [...]
Gig Finder – Is it using the next-gen Symbian UI already?
Feb 8th
1. I listened to one of AAS Podcasts (number 165 I think), and I think Ewan did a good observation regarding the proposed Symbian^4 UI by Nokia.
2. Ewan mentioned about an application called Gig Finder which is using a different UI from the standard Symbian^1 (S60 5th Edition) UI.
3. For the sake of excitment and [...]
The First Kuala Lumpur Symbian Stammtisch
Jan 29th
Where?
Kelantan Delights
1-5, Level 1, Sooka Sentral
Jalan Stesen Sentral
50470 Kuala Lumpur
When?
February 10th 2010 (Wednesday
5.00 to 7.00 PM
Who should come?
- Symbian users
- Symbian and other developers
- Symbian Enthusiasts
- If you are in KL or near KL
- Just for fun
What is the Agenda?
- Talk
- Eat
- Have fun!
Why I should come?
- Meet cool people
- Talk about Symbian and it’s [...]
KLSS – Kuala Lumpur Symbian Stammtisch
Jan 28th
1. If you are in KL you will be in KL in the very near future, something is cooking.
2. After reading a post by Sebastian Brannstrom at the official Symbian Foundation Blog, I thought, why not!!!
3. In the past few months, Symbian Stammtisch was held in London and I feel it would be interesting to [...]
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.
– [...]
Nokia Event Today – Is It Related To Symbian?
Jan 21st
1. I received a VIP invitation yesterday to a Nokia online event which is scheduled to be online today (January 21st 2010) at 6.30 pm my local time.
2. I dont know whether it will be related to Symbian or not. My hunch tells me it will be something about Ovi and also Symbian^3. I …
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 [...]
Screenshot Gallery – Skyfire Alpha for S60 5th Edition
Jan 12th
1. I havent got time to write blogpost about it yet.
2. This alpha version is tested on Satio 
Yes. I have a Satio with me now. A review unit courtesy of Sony Ericsson Malaysia.
3. Skyfire 1.5 Alpha for S60 5th Edition in my opinion, delivers better web experience compared to Skyfire on non-touch smartphones.
4. [...]
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 [...]
