Posts tagged Development
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Opera Link is The Missing Link
Dec 22nd
1. With Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 for Symbian, a new function is added. It is called Opera Link.
2. This brought a new level of internet experience for Symbian users.
3. Opera Link is a service to synchronise bookmarks, speed dials, web history, notes and more. It is available for free.
4. Before Opera Mobile 10, Symbian [...]
Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 Build 353
Dec 21st
1. The best internet experience on mobile devices just got better!
2. Opera Mobile 10 Beta 2 has been updated to Build 353. If you are using an older version, you can check the Build number by entering opera:about in the address bar.
3. According to a forum post at Opera Community, the new Build adds S60 [...]
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 [...]
Symbian is Alive and Will Kick Some Serious Asses!!!
Dec 9th
1. Nokia held its annual Capital Markets Day on December 2nd 2009 in Finnish capital Helsinki, and it was here, Nokia said in BOLD letters and presentations and words, that Symbian is their smartphone platform of choice.
2. “We will continue to invest in Symbian as our dominant smart-phone platform in the foreseeable future,” said Nokia [...]
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 [...]
5 Things I hate about Skyfire S60
Dec 1st
I wrote 5 Things I like about Skyfire S60 (v1.1.0.13041). And after using it more extensively for my daily internet consumption, I want to share the 5 things I hate about it.
1. No keyboard/keypad shortcut for page up, page down, page left & page right. On Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, the shorcut is [...]
