Posts tagged Independent
Symbian^4 UI Concept
Mar 1st
1. Frankly, I’m excited to see news regarding Symbian^4 development and although it is still months away from release, the Foundation worked very hard to deliver it.
2. Designing UI is not easy. There are many considerations to be made. Furthermore, the trend nowadays is towards flashy, swooshy and elegant interfaces.
Video 1 – Homescreen Concept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKuuyGwDtWM
Video [...]
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.
– [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Interview – Malcolm Lithgow, Dreamspring’s Chief Dreamer
Dec 21st
1. DreamSpring is one of the few companies that are still in business since the Psion days.
2. They have developed really outstanding products for ER5, UIQ2, UIQ 3 and now they also produced applications for S60.
3. I interviewed Malcolm over email to ask him some questions that I kept in my mind since a few [...]
