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Quickoffice for Symbian officially 'discontinued' by Google
Quickoffice was the main Office editing suite for Symbian from 2005 until 2011 (the date of the last installer we have on file), taking over from the built in Symbian native office suite inherited from...
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Nokia publishes more details on proposed Microsoft transaction
Nokia yesterday published additional material about its proposed transaction with Microsoft that will see the sale of its Devices & Services business and a major patent licensing agreement. The...
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Unpacking the Nokia N90, captured with the 808
Time for another slice of retro Symbian action over at The PureView club, with the 808 shooting a Nokia N90, the original 'transformer' smartphone and the first Nokia device with an auto-focus camera,...
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Review: Joby GripTight Micro Stand and Joby GripTight GorillaPod Stand
Somewhat eyeing up the OIS in the cameras of many of the Nokia Lumia smartphones, guest writer Keir Brython got to wondering how he could stabilise photos for extreme low light shots on his...
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Wake up healthy - testers needed!
Always happy to encourage new Symbian developers, here's Leonardo Alassia, an electronic engineer in Argentina, who has been through Android and come out the other side with a Nokia 808. For which he's...
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Symbian cloud sync: Out with Google, in with Microsoft and Windows Phone?
Although some local 'sync' options are available for our Symbian smartphones (e.g. locally to Nokia Suite on a Windows PC), for most of us 'sync' now means synchronisation to an online service. In the...
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Petitioning for Symbian code to be made open
Numerous readers have asked me to highlight this petition, asking for Symbian's source code to be made available and, hopefully, open source. It's quoted below, along with my (realistic) thoughts on...
View ArticleSetting the Nokia Lumia 1020 (and 808) in context, Phones Show style
After six weeks of using the Nokia Lumia 1020 (off and on) and as a long time Nokia 808 owner, it was time for me to get a formal review of Nokia's PureView successor down on camera. Embedded below is...
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The legendary 2010 N8 versus... the 2013 Lumia 1020
With the Nokia 808 vs Lumia 1020 articles, I thought that I was done in terms of camera phone comparisons for a while - yet there was tremendous demand for an N8-1020 shootout. In retrospect, this...
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f1uptodate fixes, request for feedback
One of my favourite Symbian applications, especially so as the F1 season winds towards its climax (even if the winner isn't really in doubt!), is 'f1uptodate', updated today in the Nokia Store, with a...
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fMobi updated again, Chat, Mail and event invites now working again
You may remember that we highlighted a big Facebook compatibility update for fMobi recently? Not working in v3.6 were Facebook Mail and Chat, but with this update, v3.61 both are now functional again...
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CuteTube gains a further jump in reliability and compatibility
Despite my glowing recommendations of CuteTube, the premier YouTube client for Symbian, you may have noticed it occasionally hiccuped on some videos - this seems to be a thing of the past now with...
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Transition: the camera-centric track from N8 and 808 to Lumia 1020
I wrote, a while ago, about possible showstoppers for people moving from Symbian to Android or Windows Phone, but a lot has happened in the intervening months, not least the arrival of the Nokia Lumia...
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Bogus firmware updates confusing many - just ignore!
It seems that someone on Nokia's remaining Symbian team (or perhaps at Accenture) has pushed a few wrong buttons, since random firmware updates that make no sense have been popping up in SW Update on...
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Another dozen apps go free, ex-Nokia Store
As expected, Symbian developers are starting to both make their apps and games free and also supply them outside the Nokia Store, which is about to be frozen. Adriano Petrucci here has all his apps and...
View ArticleThe Voicemail Podcast - Episode 72
The Voicemail, a weekly podcast with a mobile theme, is required weekly listening for several members of the All About team. It offers an informal look at what's happened in mobile in the preceding...
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Transition: the multi-tasking track from Symbian to Android (Nexus 5)
Having set out a camera-centric stall for transitioning from the Nokia N8 and 808 to the Lumia 1020, for those who simply must have the best camera and Xenon flash, I also wanted to write something...
View ArticleThe Lumia Smartwatch (concept!)
In case you hadn't heard, smart watches are 'in' at the moment - or at least the idea of smart watches. We haven't actually seen any that have taken the market by storm yet. The Pebble is more of a...
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Delight Exclusive Mods & Delight App - How to's
It's all very well playing with the Delight firmware on your Nokia 808, C7 or N8, but what on earth does that mysterious 'Delight' application tucked away in 'Tools' do? The functions aren't exactly...
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Downgrading the Nokia E6 to Symbian Anna
On the whole, the transition from Symbian Anna to 'Nokia Belle' went smoothly - at least for the nHD full touch devices (N8, C7, etc.) However, the Nokia E6 was included in the upgrade and, despite my...
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