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How to: shoot the moon on the Nokia 808
Ah, now this was something that had been bothering me for months. How to photograph the moon? 'The moon?' I hear you ask... on a phone? Yep, this is the Nokia 808 PureView we're talking about and if...
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Four Easter Eggs... and not a calorie in sight
You have to hand it to NokiMoki - having perfected his 'connect 4' clone for Symbian, he's producing a fair number of differently themed versions. We had Four In A Row Planets only the other day and,...
View ArticleAAS Insight #235: Updates, burst mode, camera shoot out
In All About Symbian Insight number 235, Steve and Rafe spend the first half of the podcast talking about updates (Messaging fix), new betas (upload to SkyDrive for S60 5th Edition), and updates (Nokia...
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Unboxing the Nokia N70 - another time warp special
I've featured several of Marc's PureView Club retro unboxings before and I make no apologies for another here, since he's got his hands on a virgin, never used Nokia N70, the very first 'multimedia...
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V-Play engine provides QML compatibility to iOS and Android
With GDC happening this past week in San Francisco, we did spot (via) an item of direct Symbian relevance. V-Play is a new Qt-based cross-platform game engine specialized for mobile (2D) games, with...
View ArticleTearing down (and rebuilding) the Nokia 701
The scope of LE55ONS hardware expertise in the Symbian world continues to grow, with the Nokia 701 taking its turn to be torn apart on gory detail for your viewing pleasure - and then reassembled to...
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Symbian continued to next-generation 'Revolution', runs 'Ellie'
File this one under 'rumour', but sources inside the industry have informed us of a planned next generation QWERTY communicator running Symbian but with current specifications. Filling in a gap in the...
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SmartMovie goes free, still useful for older Symbian smartphones
Lonely Cat Games has recently made their old SmartMovie system for Symbian freeware - it's fairly evident that all Symbian smartphones since the Nokia N8 do a pretty good of handling MP4, WMV and AVI...
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Pick Sticks is finger tapping fun
Pick (up) Sticks is a classic family game, typically with slender 'sticks' which are scattered in a heap and then you have to remove one at a time without disturbing any of the others - this is the...
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For true tech fans, screen size and form factor 'creep' are myths
So 2013 saw the first 6"-screened 'phone' (the Huawei Ascend Mate). Greeted with a degree of shock by most, would you be surprised to know that my 'smart' device of choice back in 1997, a whopping...
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Nokia tips about exposure changing... and on the Symbian-powered 808
Well, paint me silver and fire me off into space, Nokia Conversations just featured the Symbian-powered 808 PureView. In April 2013. Not only does this show that, secretly, there are still some...
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Review: QuasarMX
Symbian's Music Player is now pretty good for most people, it has to be said, producing decent playback with very little hassle, and with an intuitive tabbed interface. However, real music afficionados...
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Happy 40th birthday to the mobile phone
As noted by the BBC today marks the 40th anniversary of the first mobile phone call. The first call was made by Martin Cooper, a Motorola engineer, to a rival, Dr Joel Engel, at Bell Labs on April 3rd...
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JB Hybrid theme merges Android Jelly Bean with... what?
Theme maker Blade has built up an enviable reputation in the Symbian community, and JB Hybrid is his latest commercial effort. The 'JB' bit stands for Jelly Bean and there are plenty of Android 4.1...
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Sudoku Blue Master. And err... Green... and Red...
Ah yes, Sudoku - revisited here by the prolific NokiMoki in a trio of coloured boards. You know the rules, you know the drill and you get to pick the colour. £1, even for such a simple (and, in places,...
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Watch out for the HERE branded car capturing 3D street imagery
Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop, posted a tweet highlighting one of the positive impacts of the recent acquisition of earthmine. In an attached photo Elop is show standing, with John Ristevski, next to a...
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Astral 3D Effects brings the stargate to your smartphone
Game or application? The jury's out on Astral 3D Effects, perhaps the visual equivalent of Brian Eno's famous ambient music apps on other platforms - the aim here is to mesmerise, inspire and...
View ArticleZDNet on the history of Symbian and implications for Nokia's future
ZDNet's Jo Best has published an article that covers the "long and strange" history of Symbian and why it may matter for Nokia's (Series 40) future. The ground covered will be familiar to many long...
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Review: E-Case eSeries 9 submersible case
Transparent, waterproof pouches that enable us to use our tech in the pouring rain, down the beach or even, in extreme cases, underwater, have been around for a while, of course, I looked at Proporta's...
View ArticleEasy listening and hard rock gigs, brought to you by the 808
I haven't featured any of these for a while, but the two Nokia 808-shot videos below give an excellent flavour of two very different live gigs, both featuring clear visuals and immaculate sound. The...
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