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Instagram comes to Symbian(!)
From the author of Vine for Symbian comes.... wait for it..... Instagram! With full browsing and uploading capabilities too. Wow. Of course, photo purists like me still spurn the mass market travesty...
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LCG Jukebox now freeware
Lonely Cat Games (LCG) Jukebox is a file and folder-based music player with a number of extras - it has been commercial up until this month in the Symbian world, but is now freeware, thanks to its...
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Hero freeware app 'Parking' new in AppList
Parking, one of the hero applications in the Symbian freeware world, has just made it into the new AppList Store and I thought it well worth highlighting. The Symbian ecosystem remains tiny compared to...
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F1uptodate becomes PitlaneOne, updated for 2015
Those F1 people have seriously zealous and overarching lawyers, you know. They went after popular freeware 'F1uptodate' on both Windows Phone and Symbian, forcing the name change here to 'PitlaneOne' -...
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Pimping the Nokia 808 PureView (in 2015)
In perhaps the most 'current' Pimping piece yet, I tackle the Nokia 808 PureView, still a lot of people's main device, perhaps based on the super flexibility, the great camera, the gadgets, and so on....
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The big Denim imaging head to head, plus two Symbian and Android imposters!
I've had many requests for a camera head-to-head between the Nokia Lumia 830 and 930, not least since they're now about the same price at some outlets. But I thought I'd wait until they both had Lumia...
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Big updates to Instagram for Symbian
Instagram for Symbian is a third party solution, it's true, but is coming on apace, with a bevy of updates listed below, filling out functionality and improving its interface, including photo and video...
View Article'Nokia Account Discontinuation' on April 25th
We now have a cutoff date for anything relating to 'Nokia accounts', thanks to a Microsoft FAQ - April 25th, so around two months time. This story is being posted on both AAS and AAWP, since both...
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A tale of battery bloat...
The title and image probably give the game away, but the main engineer behind the Delight series of firmwares had been battling hardware demons with his Nokia 808 recently and he's been chronicling his...
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The Nokia Store is no more...
We knew this was coming, of course. The Nokia Store (for Symbian, etc.) closed for new business/apps well over a year ago and we knew that a deal had been struck with Opera for the latter to keep it...
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Updated 'HERE Transit' public transport routes and schedules
The HERE Maps team, previously spun out of Nokia before Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices division, has been busy shoring up its online data servers with updated transit information across the...
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RetiCAM Smartphone Tripod Mount
Guest writer Stuart [surname withheld] writes: The RetiCAM Smartphone Tripod Mount and its accessories provide a way to use your phone’s camera and GPS more effectively. It can be used in with a hand...
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Nokia Maps data for Symbian updated again, in 2015 - after a gap of almost...
I did wonder whether something like this might happen - HERE Maps, the company behind the old Nokia Maps, has looked into the millions of people still using the Symbian offering - and lo and behold,...
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Wallet power banks - don't believe every spec you read
As something of a fan of the idea of 'wallet' power banks, emergency charging sources, I took a quick look at a couple of new options online. In summary: these solutions do have their merits, but don't...
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Mini-review: EasyAcc PowerBank 10000C
Another month, another power bank review, this time from another 'new' name (to me), EasyAcc. The form factor, performance and price (under £20) all seem to hit the power bank sweet spot - you've seen...
View ArticlecuteTube broken but will be updated soon
I'm sure any Symbian enthusiasts have noticed this already, but cuteTube, the premier YouTube client for the platform, is currently broken because YouTube changed its APIs a few days ago (or at least...
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The Ultimate Nokia E7 mod?
You'll remember my stripdown of the Nokia E7 communicator in order to change its battery? I found it under the keyboard and resting against the phone's back panel. Well, file this under weird and...
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Camera head to head: N95 vs 930, the difference 8 years makes!
With eight years since the classic Nokia N95 was selling in the mainstream, with one of the first five megapixel cameras in the phone market and the best, with 1/2.5" sensor and 'Carl Zeiss' optics, I...
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Nokia 808 (2012) vs LG G4 (2015) camera data points
I've had a lot (ok, two or three) of requests for pitting 'ye olde' Nokia 808 PureView against the LG G4, brand new and the hottest thing in camera phone technology, and for good reason, it just won...
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Previous Nokia retail stores will be called Microsoft Authorized Resellers
According to the official blog, Microsoft has 'begun the global transition of Nokia-branded stores and Care centers around the world'. With examples already in India and Brazil, previous Nokia retail...
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