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New homescreen widgets roll out to Belle FP1/FP2 smartphones
Ah yes, Symbian, the platform that just won't die. Rolling out today are a big set of 'New homescreen widgets' for the Nokia 808 PureView and other Symbian Belle Feature Pack 1 and FP2 smartphones...
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Anatomy of a smartphone photo (take 2)
In the second of an occasional tutorial series (here's the first part, looking at a murky scene-made-good taken on the Nokia Lumia 920), I take a recent photo of mine, also shot on a smartphone, in...
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Belle FP2 devices get a 3G network compatibility fix, too
Another day, another Symbian platform update(!) This time it's tiny, though, a mere 3kb (yes, kilobytes) and pitched as a '3G network compatibility fix'. It's not clear whether this was a planned patch...
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Google Street View hits Hungary, plus 350,000 new and updated miles around...
Yes, yes, this is Google's mapping product and imagery and this isn't an Android site, but thanks to the rather useful Google Maps clients on both Symbian and Windows Phone, everybody can benefit from...
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Symbian platform breakdown and new 'active installed base' chart
I'm someone who is fascinated by numbers and data points, in this case stats from a well known Symbian developer, Hugo van Kemenade, author of Mobbler, which has been around for all varieties and...
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SuperSexyPuzzle adds a frisson to the standard 'Puzzle 15'
Ah yes, any excuse to put more bikinis on AAS.... The appallingly cheesily named 'SuperSexyPuzzle' turns out to have slightly more merit than I thought it would, plus you can rest assured that all the...
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Find It Fast will make your brain, fingers and eyes hurt...
Definitely a casual game for the 'Brain Training' fan, Find It Fast sees you scanning an ever changing grid of two digit numbers, trying to pick out the one shown at the top of the screen before your...
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nHomeCalendar widgets arrive in multiple colours
Useful widgets are always popular on AAS and this range of colourful nHomeCalendar widgets should be no exception. Offering a full month's calendar in a single homescreen widget 'slot' does require you...
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IDC numbers shows smartphones out shipping feature phones
IDC has released its traditional quarterly stats on the smartphone world, showing that 216 million devices were sold between January and March 2013, growing by 41.6% from the 152.7 million smartphones...
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One year on and the 808, the 'ultimate' Symbian smartphone is... even better
We're almost exactly a year on from our first hands-on with the Nokia 808 PureView, hailed by me, somewhat tongue in cheek, as Nokia's custom design for me, from my own personal checklist. Insane...
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No more new Symbian themes in the Nokia Store after July 1st
With the 'last' new Symbian smartphone now a year old and with Symbian-powered hardware now no longer being sold in shops, Nokia has started simplifying its online support for the platform. Only a...
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Magic Glowry, with vector supernova freshness...
Never mind our story on how new commercial themes like this won't be possible after July 1st - theme makers will no doubt make hay in the intervening two months, getting some great theme designs into...
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Uniquely Symbian: Files
In the first (seemingly) of a new series over at My Nokia Blog, 'deaconclgi' has highlighted a long unsung hero of Symbian: its file system and File manager ('Files' on newer phones). With iPhones and...
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Alvin gives up on the E71 after six days and five articles
I already reported on the starting of Alvin Wong's experiment in using the 2008 Nokia E71, running S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the struggle of keeping something so old up...
View ArticleNokia Growth Partners invests in array camera technology firm
Bloomberg reports that Nokia Growth Partners, the venture capital and investment arm, has made an investment in Pelican Imaging, a company which is developing array camera technology solutions for...
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Nokia and its approach to accessories packaging
Nokia's official blog, Nokia Conversations, today published a post that talks about the company's approach to the packaging of its accessories products. It's a good example of the amount of thought and...
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Sony Honami may bring a camera to Android that's better than the N8's
We don't often report on rumours, but this one definitely piqued my interest, with VR-Zone reporting that Sony's upcoming 'Honami' Android superphone will have a 1/1.6" sensor and Xenon flash, the...
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How to: work round Nokia Store install problems
I've moaned about Nokia Store issues before - sometimes things gets fixed, sometimes they don't. But it all leaves the average user with a frustrating experience and, often, something that's simply...
View ArticleTime lapse and lossless zoom examples on the Nokia 808
Well spotted deaconclgi - two very nice 808-specific videos, embedded below, are from the last few months on CameraCheckChannel on YouTube, and demonstrate what's possible with time lapse on the...
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Colourful logic in Flow XXL will drive you INSANE
Topology-aware puzzle fans will love this: Flow XXL sees you taking on 360 puzzles in which all you've got to do is join the coloured dots by tracing out paths. Sound easy? Well, the paths mustn't...
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