AAS Insight #245: Nokia Store and app updates
In All About Symbian Insight 245, hosted by Steve and Rafe, we start by talking about the state of Symbian app updates in the context of the freezing of Symbian content in the Nokia Store. Other topics...
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Singapore Bus surprisingly comprehensive
Guest writer Ow Kah Leong has crafted this mini-review of a Symbian application that's new to AAS at least, Singapore Bus. Go on, guess what it does....! [By the way, if you'd like to review something...
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Whatsapp updates continue, ex-Store, of course
Whatsapp, despite being a pretty core Symbian application for many people, hasn't been in the Nokia Store for many months, so the freezing of the latter didn't cause it to skip a beat. This is...
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The 808's 'purity' now matched by the 'Black' 1020?
The whole point about the Nokia 808 PureView's camera was the hardware-accelerated oversampling system, taking up to 41 megapixels of data and combining pixel data to produce 'pure' super-pixels. Zero...
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Phone-shot photos only, Nokia-heavy FlickR group launched
It's a fair cop, this link of interest isn't directly to do with Symbian (AAS) or Windows Phone (AAWP), but it's worth noting that the popular (cough of self interest here) Phones Show Chat audio...
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Psiloc (Traveler, etc.) drops off the Symbian ecosystem
Psiloc has been one of the longest standing Symbian developers, dating back to the earliest Series 60 days. In fact, I seem to remember Psiloc apps on my Nokia 9210 Communicator. But all things come to...
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Smartphones and beyond - Lessons from the remarkable rise and fall of Symbian
Admittedly being written more for people in the industry than consumers, David Wood's upcoming restrospective on the lessons to be learned from the rise (60% market share) and fall of Symbian still...
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Tweetian updated, ex-Store, to fix Twitter profile compatibility
We knew this day would happen, of course. It's post-January 1st 2014, and something changes in a critical online service, in this case Twitter, and a Nokia Store-hosted application - the freeware...
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Nokia N8 Delight v6.4 custom firmware (CFW) released
We're now firmly into 2014, Nokia is never going to issue another firmware for devices like the classic N8 - and probably never even another SW_update patch. So there's nothing to lose and everything...
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Delight 6.4 for the Nokia C7 too
Fresh on the heels of Delight 6.4 CFW for the Nokia N8 comes the equivalent for the C7. As with the N8 version, the highlight is the addition of SMS Themer, but there's a lot more here to stay up to...
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A few last updates break through the iced-up Nokia Store (updated)
Since the Nokia Store was officially 'frozen' on January 1st (2014), I've had several reports from readers about a few applications still being shown with new updates available, so it seems as if the...
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Delight CFW v1.1 for the Nokia 500
Delight custom firmware continues its evolution even on the most budget of Symbian smartphones. Below are details of the latest version of this popular alternative to stock firmware for the humble...
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No New World Order ushers in the world of Atari, circa 1980...
A rather grand name.... for a rather ambitious theme, with No New World Order (II) screen captured below on a Nokia 808. It's neon, it's reminiscent of an Atari video game circa 1980 and it'll give...
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Vedhas's "year with the 808"
Guest writer Vedhas Patkar here delivers a 'one year on' mini-review on the Nokia 808, still his mainstay but with the enormous decision ahead of him as to where to jump to next as 2014 rolls on. I...
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Delight CFW hits the Nokia X7 for the first time
The Nokia X7 was a strange beast - initially appearing to be something from Star Trek, complete with warp nacelles, it turned out to be a rather restrictive, style-over-function Symbian^3 phone that...
View ArticleRomance in HD... on the Nokia 808 PureView
AAS reader Sabby Jolly has sent in this HD short film (embedded below) that he shot for his friends solely on the Nokia 808 PureView - with a split screen approach (you'll see) it's quite slickly...
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Shareboard fix available to counter Twitter login change
You may remember how I originally posted about Shareboard, a quick way of posting status and picture updates to both Twitter and Facebook? Online services change, though, and Twitter changed part of...
View ArticleNokia N8, riding on DJI Phantom Quadcopter, attacks cook!
Thanks to Darren Morin for the heads-up on this terrifying Terminator-style attack by a malevolent Nokia N8 on an almost defenceless cook in Ireland recently. OK, OK, it's a well flown quadcopter, with...
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Revamped Nokia Developer website drops Symbian SDKs and documentation
Nokia Developer has launched a revamped version of its website with the aim of offering a cleaner user interface that more closely matches the rest of Nokia's web properties. An unfortunate side effect...
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Nokia Store search woes continue - one week and counting
Starting a week ago, the Nokia Store (as many of you have noticed) has been playing up, going into 'spinning circles' whenever you try searching for anything. Nokia was informed of the problem last...
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