Posts tagged Samsung
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 like about Skyfire S60
Nov 23rd
1. Since it’s beginning, I criticised Skyfire a lot and I must say there are things inside it that really need to be addressed but at the same time, they have some really cool ideas implemented and gives a new horizon on our internet consumption.
2. Skyfire is a proxy based internet browser, same like Opera [...]
