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Why pixel peeping is important... even though it's not!
I've acquired something of a reputation of being obsessive about ultra-naturalistic, pixel-perfect photo quality and blind to the overall picture - after all, don't 'normal' people look at photos...
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Hands on with the DataTraveler, USB stick into Symbian microUSB
Guest writer Frank Bloise brings us a brief hands-on with the Kingston 32GB Micro USB 2.0 DataTraveler Flash Drive, providing an extra USB stick Symbian-compatible file store with no cables...
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Emulators and oddball games
'Another Guest' is a name from the past that cropped up again recently, along with the news that new emulators, updates of existing ones and new games altogether have been released for Symbian...
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Major cuteRadio update, adds TuneIn, podcasts, and much more...
cuteRadio, only launched for Symbian a couple of weeks ago, is already developing apace, with this new version 0.2.x adding TuneIn integration, plus a lot more, as detailed below.From the developer's...
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CountIt offers background proximity counting
New in the AppList Symbian Store is CountIt, a (wait for it) counter utility - it works via either touchscreen or - innovatively - via your Symbian phone's proximity sensor. And it works (via the...
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Kaktus brings Netvibes to Symbian
Continuing the flow (ok, trickle!) of new applications for Symbian in 2014, Kaktus is an unofficial client for the Netvibes RSS feed reading system and includes a full offline mode, so you can read...
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Native Flickr sharing now broken for Symbian
Sharing images to Twitter, Facebook and Flickr has been part of Symbian and its Gallery for years, but changes at Flickr's end seem to have broken sharing to the latter. Such incompatibilities were...
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Gravity (beta) updated to encompass Foursquare API changes
I have no idea why Jan Ole Suhr doesn't just make the 'beta' version of Gravity the version, at this stage in Symbian's ecosystem history. Still, most people reading this will be on the 'beta' track,...
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AppList gets erroneous message bug-fix update
AppList, the (mainly freeware) Store for Symbian users for 2014, has been updated, with a Nokia Store-related bug fix. Version 1.0 Build 290 is available as an update if you just open AppList. It's...
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Star Browser for Symbian evolves, serious Web alternative?
Star Browser, last covered here on AAS, has now been signed it seems. Moreover, there's a major new version with a changelog as long as your arm. A serious competitor for Web and Opera/Opera Mini? Over...
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Introducing the Megalo Mini, 1400mAh on your keyring
I'm a sucker for power solutions on mobile. So when Michael Krikheli, pictured below, got in touch about his company's innovative new 'key ring charger', recently successful on Kickstarter (it...
View ArticleMicrosoft/Nokia job cuts, Nokia X line to transition to Windows Phone
Filed under 'link of interest', certainly, but big news for many ex-Nokians today, as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced heavy job cuts, quoted below, plus threw out what seems the death knell for...
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The 'pro' music player QuasarMX moves on, updating and upgrading ex-Store...
Reviewed by me a year ago here, before the demise of the Nokia Store (in terms of updates or anything new), the 'pro' music player QuasarMX has been given a new lease of life by the developer, with a...
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The future of the Lumia 1020 - another sidelined classic like the 808?
The clue is probably in the generic term 'camera-centric', really. However much people in the tech world like their phone cameras, having just a little too much emphasis placed on imaging - enough to...
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Mini-review: Inateck BP1001B Portable Bluetooth Speaker
Sent in for review a couple of weeks ago was this new portable Bluetooth speaker, aimed at going with you on trips to provide quality music and podcasts. I was a little sceptical at the low price and...
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Dropbox login changes uncover showstopper QtWebKit bug in Symbian
One by one, service changes across the world do seem to be gradually dropping off Symbian's radar, sadly. Dropbox is the latest, with changes in its OAuth login system that are not only incompatible...
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Review: Slimmer, sexier, but pricier per mAh: the Lumsing 6000 Portable Power...
Another in Lumsing's excellent series of 'Power Banks', the 6000mAh model here is distinguished from its larger 10400mAh sister by being dramatically slimmer and almost all metal. As a result, the...
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C'est la vie - 'Support' expectations for Symbian 'until 2016' unrealistic
Look, I get it, there are plenty of Symbian enthusiasts here - I'm one of them. But every single time something breaks in terms of compatibility with a particular Internet service, we see the same...
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Skype to stop working 'within a few weeks'
Back in February, I reported that Skype was being withdrawn from the Nokia Store 'for the last time', but that you could still sideload the Skype client and it would work 'for a while'. That 'while'...
View ArticleFrozen Nokia Store downloads/purchases will be unavailable after the end of...
A couple of weeks ago, the official Nokia Developer Blog announced some changes to its support for Series 40 and Nokia's ill-fated 'X' platform - but the eagle eyed people at Symbian Developers have...
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