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Why 186 million Symbian smartphones make perfect surveillance cameras
The Gotya surveillance application for Symbian has been covered here on AAS before, but I did note a blog post yesterday from the developers pointing out the possible number of available devices for...
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eRBook, Readability for Symbian
Also new in AppList and also, apparently, available in the frozen Nokia Store and so far not ever covered on AAS, is eRBook, a Readability (née Read It Later) client for Symbian. The idea is that you...
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CloseMaps 'does what it says on the tin'
One of the 'smoke and mirrors' aspects of Symbian which can catch you out is the way the Maps subsystem is integrated into the OS. For the most part, this gives seamless and quick access to mapping and...
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Review: ChargeKey microUSB
The world of accessories fascinates everyone, of course, the drive to make everything smaller and smaller, yet still doing the same job. In this case, the ChargeKey microUSB, a full data and charging...
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Project Ara a glimpse of one possible smartphone future
File this one very definitely under 'don't hold your breath', not least because you're reading this on AAS and AAWP, neither of which platforms will see anything close to this anytime soon. But it's...
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AppList fixes and extra translations
Anyone starting AppList today may be puzzled by an update to the popular Symbian app store client with a completely blank changelog! This, it turns out, is a bug in the previous version (these things...
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How to: The Art of Xenon
Having a 'proper' Xenon flash in your smartphone (we're talking Nokia 808 and Lumia 1020 here) doesn't necessarily give you better low light shots of people - you have to know how to use the technology...
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Whatsapp updates continue, redesigned chat UI
Whatsapp, despite being a pretty core Symbian application for many people, hasn't been (consistently) in the Nokia Store for many months, so the freezing of the latter didn't cause it to skip a beat....
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Nine years before the iPad, Nokia's 'Symbian' M510...
Widely reported today after the publishing of a Finnish book, 'The Decline and Fall of Nokia', is that there was a Symbian-running Internet tablet back in 2001, that made it into very limited...
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The inverse square law and tracking down mysterious power drain
I remain constantly surprised by the lack of knowledge of basic physics by those who write 'battery saving' articles across the web, in the context of smartphones. By far the most common bit of advice...
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'2048' for Symbian
Aha - so THAT's why AppList, the 2014 app store for Symbian, hasn't had any updates or new apps for a week. The developer was busy writing a new game(!) '2048' is a popular Flash game (and rewritten...
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Microsoft to manage nokia.com and social sites for up to a year
As one of the biggest tech buyouts (at least, in terms of impact in mobile) comes to a close this week, Microsoft and Nokia have been sharing some of the last minute amendments to the deal. Including...
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AppList gains new languages, categories, bug fixes
Almost a weekly happening now, the AppList 'store' for Symbian for 2014 has been updated again, with new languages, categories, bug fixes. You can update simply by opening the AppList client, you...
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Review: Kinkoo Infinite One 8000mAh Portable Battery Backup
Regular readers will know that I'm a big fan of the Proporta emergency chargers, from the tiny credit card sized Pocket Power to the mighty Turbocharger 7000. But, of course, there are many other...
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Microsoft completes acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services division
Microsoft today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services division, following approval by shareholders and governmental regulators and almost eight months on from...
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The Journey From Symbian To Windows Phone
Guest writer Keir Brython reports back on his four months with the Nokia Lumia 1520 after a year with the Nokia 808 PureView. It's safe to say that he didn't find the journey from one platform to...
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SIM card sizes and a timely warning or two about cutting or adapting
The issue of different SIM card sizes and standards has been a thorn in the flesh of the tech industry for ages. On AAS, there were big problems with using mico-SIMs in the N8, prompting a sellotape...
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Camera (initial) head to head: Nokia 808 PureView vs Sony Xperia Z2
A lot of people have been saying some very nice things about the Sony Xperia Z2's 8MP oversampling camera, which is why I wanted to give it a (very) quick head to head with the Nokia 808 PureView,...
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Camera head to head: Lumia 1020 vs Oppo Find 7a vs Galaxy S5 vs Nokia 808
No apologies for the continued shootouts - these are frantic times in the world of smartphone cameras - and we haven't even got to the Samsung K Zoom yet! In this case, comparing the champion Lumia...
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128GB a go in the Nokia 808 PureView?
Guest 'flow'er Richard Trinkner brings us a very short report that he's had success with at least one 128GB microSD card in the Nokia 808 PureView. OK, it's only one data point, but for those who...
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