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Google+ for Symbian gets prettier - and slower!
Following Google's IO conference, almost every Google application for Android (and most for iOS) got a revamp, but don't think that other platforms are totally left out in the cold - there's been...
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Making jaws drop with the Nokia 808: Anatomy of a smartphone photo (take 3)
Following on from previous 'anatomy' pieces from myself, I couldn't help but feature the image below from a third party, Martin Jeppesen, who was experimenting with his Nokia 808 PureView and some...
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Homescreens: not wishing to leave the Nokia E6 out...
The huge homescreen gallery for general Symbian smartphones was a great success yesterday, but there was one device that was largely overlooked, with different shaped screen and very different needs....
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Masks and combat gear on. Anyone for Softair?
Now, bear with me here, since I know nothing whatsoever about Softair, but I gather it's a replica weapon paintball-like sport that's mostly legal across the world? SoftairRealFight is a free...
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Dictate for Symbian gets extra languages
The little voice recognition utility (that could) for Symbian, Dictate, has carried on getting updates, with this latest, v2.5.5 offering new recognition languages, in Polish and various variants of...
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AndroMenu Extra Buttons boggles the mind
I'm stunned. I really am. In an over-the-top way. AndroMenu Extra Buttons is just about the most powerful and customisable utility I've ever seen - on any platform. With dozens of actions and settings...
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Whither Symbian RSS options after Google Reader disappears?
Whether used explicitly, or bundled into another application such as gNewsReader or Gravity, there's been a heavy reliance in the Symbian world on Google Reader, the industry standard way of consuming...
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Another Nokia 808 vs Galaxy S4 data point
You'll remember that I recently took seven common end-user 'snap' scenes with a number of smartphone cameras and concluded, that for these scenes at least, the new Samsung Galaxy S4 matched the Nokia...
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Facebook client extraordinaire fMobi fixes login issues, available again
Users (and wannabe users) of the Facebook client fMobi may have wondered what was going on recently, with login issues due to 'permissions' changes at Facebook's end and the application pulled from the...
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Nokia E6 homescreens, across the community
I asked a few days ago for screen grabs of your Nokia E6 homescreens (following up the generic nHD homescreen article), so that we can all learn and take inspiration from the set-up efforts of the...
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AndroTaskman lets you throw your tasks away...
You'll remember that I looked last week at the shortcut utility extraordinaire, AndroMenu Extra Buttons? AndroTaskman is SnakeSoft's companion utility, designed to handle running apps, and to work well...
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Symbian's 'little feature that could' still to be equalled, even on Windows...
2013 should see, somewhat belatedly, a feature that has been standard on Nokia's Symbian since 2009 (and also on Meego) finally make it onto Windows Phone. Admittedly, there are some technical...
View ArticleAAS Insight #238: Solutions, updates and camera shootouts
In a longer than usual All About Symbian Insight, number 238, Steve and Rafe start by talking about mobile solutions and form factors, before transitioning into the recent over the air updates for...
View ArticleThe Cinematic Nokia 808 and... masking the wind!
Nice spot by Marc at the PureView Club here, highlighting a short video by Nokia's Bill Perry down at Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur. Bill goes all cinematic and arty with the Nokia 808 in 1080p video mode,...
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The Register examines the Nokia 808's place in the 2013 smartphone world
Andrew Orlowski, over at The Register, is one of the few journalists with similar history to mine, in that it's rooted in Psion and then Symbian. Giving Andrew, after a while away from Symbian, a very...
View ArticleGoPro Browser now available for Symbian too!
GoPro Browser is a specialised application for mobile which lets you browse and download videos and photos over Wifi directly from a GoPro Hero 2 (with Wifi BacPac) or Hero 3 White/Silver/Black Edition...
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'eq widget' provides complete homescreen control
Whatever one may think of Symbian's efficacy as a web browsing and social tool in 2013, you can't argue with its other strengths. Of which playing back music perfectly is surely one. However, the...
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Head to head: Nokia E6 and Blackberry Q10
Now this should be a really interesting fight. I've compared the Nokia E6 to several QWERTY candybars from the Android world in the past, but it's been a bit of a mismatch in terms of overall quality,...
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PhotProc gets JPG quality customising and UI tweaks
Now, now, don't get your hopes up, the Nokia 808 advanced image processor utility PhotProc, which I introduced here, is as slow as ever. In fact, it's often slower, especially if you bump up the JPG...
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10 Reasons why I'm still on the Nokia 808 and Symbian in June 2013
I find it absolutely fascinating to reflect that, having owned or reviewed the iPhone 5, the Galaxy S4, the HTC One, the Blackberry Z10 and every other top handset of 2013, and despite recognising that...
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