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i.am+ iPhone camera extensions - where's the Xenon?
File this strictly under 'links of interest about products you might want to ridicule', but there is a Symbian (or at least Nokia) angle here. As we all know, the Apple iPhone 4S has a pretty good...
View ArticleNokia wins Wi-fi patent dispute with Research in Motion
According to Reuters, Nokia has won a patent dispute with Blackberry-maker RIM over the extension of existing agreements to cover wi-fi technologies. At stake are license fees per handset or a sales...
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Camera phone head to head: Nokia N8 vs Lumia 920
If there's one comparison I keep getting asked for, it's putting the cameras of the Nokia N8 and Lumia 920 up against each other. And for good reason - the N8 is now two years old and those on...
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Review: Draky and the Twilight Castle
Draky and the Twilight Castle is a quirky adventure game. It tells the tale of two children who explore the home of Baron Von Draky and how they run in to trouble when it turns out that the legendary...
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Fashion over function: 10 pieces of Symbian jewellery
The feel of cold hard metal in your hand - there's nothing like it. The quality, the sense of something very special. I reviewed the Apple iPhone 5 recently and declared it as much an item of jewellery...
View ArticleSteve tests Lumia 920 video capture - but the 808 is still top of the heap
Over on our sister site, All About Windows Phone, I've been testing video capture on the Nokia Lumia 920 - and drawing a few conclusions. You can see my video montage below, along with a few...
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Quake Map keeps you abreast of world-shaking events
It's true that there are other ways to get earthquake news on Symbian - Nokia's own 3D World Gaze springs to mind - but this Quake Map is a more dedicated tool, arguably let down only by the speed of...
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Blue Space Pro - futuristic and free
With a stunning wallpaper and futuristic blue/green/black elements, the free theme 'Blue Space Pro' comes highly recommended. Another classic from MMMOOO, though do note, as usual, that some elements...
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Gravity's non-beta track gets a major update to v2.75
Hardened Gravity fans will be used to keeping up with the 'beta' track, wherein all sorts of extra features get trialled and tested. The rest of the world will be on the 'stable' track, relying on the...
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Nokia Suite gets Windows 8 and Office 2013 support
Nokia's PC Suite beta track just got itself a big update, a 94MB download, to v3.7.12.0, bringing full support for Windows 8 and Office 2013 (i.e. local PIM sync between Outlook 2013 and your Symbian...
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(Stay away from) Attempting the Nokia E7 heart transplant
Following my review of the Mugen BV-4D 1500mAh replacement for the Nokia 808, many people had wondered how practical it would be to transplant this cell into the E7 Communicator - after all, the form...
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Nokia to sell and lease back Espoo HQ
Nokia has announced that it will be selling and leasing back its head office building in Espoo, as part of its continuing efforts to focus on its core business. The move was anticipated earlier this...
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Find Honey is a spatial memory-taxing puzzler
Memory games can be fascinating at times - and also frustrating when your ten year old kid beats you hands down. But at least you can get some practice in with Find Honey, a test of spatial memory...
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qooWeather gets 4.1 update, better GPS and Wi-fi awareness, extra E6 fix
qooWeather is one of our favourite widgets at AAS, not least because it has enabled us with E6 devices to have weather on our homescreens. And, staying on that theme, version 4.1, available now, has...
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Review: Veho 360 M4 Bluetooth Speaker
Smartphone speakers are a mixed bag, but most of us make the best of what we have. While more and more people seem to be audiophiles and are making their audio opinions known online, there comes a...
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Littlest Pet Shop now on Symbian - complete with 'blings'...
What do you mean you've never heard of Littlest Pet Shop (LPS)? It's a plastic, collectable thing for sub-10 yera old girls - oh, ok, that's a good enough reason. Anyway, it's now on Symbian in full...
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fahrplan offers Europe-wide (overland) train planning
Written in Qt for Symbian^3 (and up) smartphones, 'fahrplan' is a front end for a number of Europe-wide (and Australia, apparently) overland train service schedules. It's all clearly laid out, with...
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YouTube update brings streamlined HTML5 interface to Symbian
Never mind the appallingly old YouTube client which still sits decadently in the Nokia Store (and should have been pulled years ago), it's good to see Google's YouTube HTML5 site now serving up an even...
View ArticleAAS Insight #229: Imaging and round up
In All About Symbian Insight number 229, Steve, David, and Rafe start by talking about the departure of Damian Dinning from Nokia. In a show that rounds up a number of news stories, we move on to talk...
View Article361 Degrees Podcast - "361 Live Part 2"
Episode seventh of the fourth season of the 361 Degrees Podcast is part two of a recording fromĀ our most recent 361 Live event. In a "Question Time" format invited panelist answered questions from the...
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