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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...
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...
View ArticleOfficial 'Certified' application signing to effectively stop after December 13th
In the next couple of months, I suspect we're going to see more and more stories related to the closure of the Nokia Store to new applications and updates. One such is that, as I suspected, the...
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Nokia Q3 2013 results - a tale of two Nokias
Nokia has released its Q3 2013 results, reporting an operating profit of €118 million (up from a loss of €564 million in Q3 2012), with net sales of €5.6662 billion (down 22% year-on-year). Nokia's...
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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...
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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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How to photograph fireworks properly
There's a timely article over on Nokia Conversations at the moment, advising on photographic tips that be used in the Lumia 1020 (and the 808 PureView, to a large extent) when trying to get a really...
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Secure data update: Keepass, 7Pass and Keepass2Android in step with PC, Mac
The battle to preserve personal and secure data across mobile platforms goes on. You may remember that I went on an exploratory trip around every secure database system recently, with no satisfactory...
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Tetri-Bricks surprisingly playable... in 58kb!
Ah yes, anyone else remember the days when apps and games used to be measured in KILObytes, not megabytes? Tetri-Bricks here, new in the Nokia Store, caught my eye by a) being a Tetris clone and b)...
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Stavros at 5: Where marketing, comedy and Symbian came together
Forgive a little retrospective, but it's (more or less) the five year anniversary of Position Art. Long time readers will know where I'm going with this - Stavros and his 'tool' (the Nokia N82!) A...
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A retrospective on THAT memo from the Finnish press
Tomi Ahonen has been prominent and outspoken in the mobile industry for a decade now, most recently as being highly critical of Nokia and its CEO, plus many of his blog posts run to well over 5000...
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