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Tiny Planets comes to Symbian
Tiny Planets is a popular application for Windows Phone which has now been backported to Symbian - it takes a photo and wraps it around a single point, creating, as the name suggests, tiny planets,...
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2012 vs 2016: Nokia 808 PureView versus Samsung Galaxy S7 edge
Having shot a whole batch of test photos/scenes for AAWP, I couldn't resist including the venerable Nokia 808 PureView in the mix - I thought it would be interesting to see the imaging progress made by...
View ArticleProfiMail goes freeware
Admittedly a little late in the day, but welcome nevertheless, the antidote to Symbian/Nokia Mail hassles, ProfiMail, is now freeware, should anyone still need a very functional (though quirky) email...
View ArticleShiny glass might look good, but it just doesn't bounce as well!
You may remember my lengthy editorial about smartphone design, robustness and reliability? If evidence were needed that (ahem) more of the latter two are a good thing, I thought you'd appreciate a link...
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Mini-review: Wisken Kit 4 X-Cable
Now this is a grand idea. Remember those Macbook Mag-dock cables, that snapped off when snagged rather than bringing your laptop tumbling to the floor? Well, Wisken has just taken the same idea and...
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Of Cutler and kernels...
There's a fascinating read over on Microsoft's site this weekend, looking at the life and works of Dave Cutler in the USA. The history of Cutler's achievements is fascinating reading, not least because...
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FileNotes debuts on Symbian, a slick text and notes editor
Described as a "FileNotes is a lean text editor for Symbian that provides convenient access to the files you need to keep on hand", this is brand new in the Symbian AppStore client today. Of special...
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Xenon or triple LED? Investigating camera phone flash capabilities
One of the most popular sub-topics in my features on camera-toting smartphones is low light and night time capabilities. Now, partly this is about arty shots of sunsets, churches and fountains, but...
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Next time you get impatient with your phone web browser...
It's a theme I've been returning to over the years - that most users don't realise the work that happens behind the scenes when they call up a web page. What used to be (1995) 25kb of 'stuff' became...
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Video sound capture tested: 808/1020/950/Marshall
One of the requests in the comments recently was to test audio capture when shooting videos. And, as it happens, I'd been thinking about doing this for a while anyway. So I headed out with six...
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Microsoft selling feature phone business to FIH Mobile (Foxconn) and HMD (in...
Although not directly relevant to AAS or AAWP, this is certainly of tangential interest. Microsoft acquired the Nokia feature phone (i.e. extreme low end, below Symbian) business when it bought Nokia's...
View ArticleQDL, cuteTube and cuteRadio get updates, make sure you stay current
Big changes are afoot at long time Symbian stalwart developer Marxoft, with a brand new release of his Qt-based DownLoad manager (QDL), plus corresponding new versions of cuteTube and cuteRadio, see...
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Mini-review: NaturalRays waterproof all-purpose speaker
OK, I officially have a new 'go to' accessory for my 'ultra-light' man-bag. We've all seen a thousand Bluetooth speakers reviewed on sites and blogs, but this one's slightly different, both in form...
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Whatsapp to stop working on Symbian at the end of 2016
Thanks to Lawrence W for the heads-up and photo below - it seems that Whatsapp, a faithful stalwart on Symbian for a decade, is to end support for the platform at the end of this year. One by one,...
View ArticleAMOLED is better than LCD?
This will come as no surprise to anyone reading my writings on AAS and AAWP, but AMOLED screens really are prettier and more colourful. And thinner (than LCD). Which is why nearly all high end Nokia...
View Article15 Nokia N8s make up a Mobile Muster
Here's something interesting - and it features 15 Nokia N8s, would you believe... Artist Paul Sattress has assembled the discarded Symbian flagships from 2010 into an art installation, video shown...
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Why are we stuck at 75% (screen-to-body ratio)?
Despite the various pros and cons for 'touch' over the years, we're firmly in a mode in the tech world now where touch makes the most sense, in terms of text input, controls and general interaction. So...
View ArticleJuha Alakarhu: end of an era in imaging, but I'd argue that has also plateaued
Today marks the first for Juha Alakarhu back at Nokia, though this isn't quite as significant as it sounds, see my thoughts below. Of course, we're very happy that he's back in an imaging-related job...
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Mini-review: ROMOSS RoLink Hybrid cable - microUSB and Lightning!
OK, so this is a little bit trivial - it's just a data/charge cable. But it's also rather cool, in that the connector works with both microUSB and Apple Lightning ports. "What!" I hear you exclaim. And...
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Flash back: 8 things the Lumia 950 and the Nokia N95 have in common
Now, go with me on this. I'm contending that the current Microsoft Lumia 950 and the 2006 Nokia N95 have a lot in common - more than you might think. It's just that there was something about the 950 in...
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