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Another curated Symbian apps and games directory
The number of curated archives of working Symbian software continues to grow - in this case a lade called Lilly/'whitemice', with a rather nice 'Nokia 700'-labelled blog full of specially selected...
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The Advanced Online Translator - freeing this useful tool from the Nokia Store!
Just to prove that new, decent applications aren't a thing of the past in the Symbian world just because it's 2014, along comes The Advanced Online Translator, tying into Google, Microsoft and Yandex...
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Delight CFW for the Nokia 700 hits v1.1, fixes Exchange sync, adds editors
Delight custom firmwares continue to advance, with v1.1 for the Nokia 700 installing in place if you already have v1.0. Highlights include the fixing of the SSL issue with Microsoft's new certificates,...
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Gnome & Gnomer new and polished, real time physics game on Symbian
It's a bit late in the day for Symbian to get another high quality, real time physics, Angry Birds-style platformer - but here it is nonetheless, with Gnome & Gnomer apparently sneaking into the...
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How to: use PureView zoom to produce stunning macros on the Nokia 808 and...
Due to the large sensors, wide angle optics and relatively long focal lengths, Nokia's 808 PureView and Lumia 1020 haven't traditionally been thought of as great for 'macro' photography, i.e. this is...
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Choosing a PureView flagship
You've got to love an informed summary, in this case Marc, from The PureView Club, summarising the pros and cons of the Nokia Lumia 1020 and 1520, with special focus(!) on the camera side of things,...
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Camera gimmicks help - but for best quality you need a (much) bigger sensor
It's all very well seeing phone manufacturer after phone manufacturer adding faster image processors and (ever so) slightly larger sensors in their smartphone cameras. It's all very well them...
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Now officially ex-Store, cuteTube fixes Twitter authentication
Showing the way forward again for Symbian applications in 2014, the popular YouTube client cuteTube has been updated independently of the old Nokia Store, in this case to keep in step with...
View ArticleNokia's #sustainablelumia video looks at dance to recharge technology
Nokia's Sustainability Operations team, source of weird and wonderful videos, has returned to YouTube to explain how you can "charge your phone by dancing" (assuming you have a friend in Nokia's...
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The BBC optimises mobile searching
The BBC's mobile site has been a classic reference point on phone browsers for years - yet searching it was often a pain. Today sees the rollout (albeit with 'beta' labelling) of a new mobile-optimised...
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Your smartphone - the perfect pocket scanner and archiver that's always with you
As the resolution and quality of cameras in smartphones has risen dramatically in the last five years, it's easy to forget that these devices aren't just for snapping people and things around us right...
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Nokia Public Transport installer works again for Symbian
You may remember that at the end of last year something broke on Nokia's servers in relation to Nokia Public Transport and its installer? The upshot was that if you were rebuilding a Symbian phone or...
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cuteTube updates now more frequent, ex-Store
Another week, another cuteTube update for Symbian, or so it seems, such is the frequency of app updates now that the developer, Stuart Howarth, is free from the need to go through Nokia Store Q&A...
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Introducing AppList (beta) - and a Symbian Store for 2014 and the future
With the Nokia Store now frozen (or at least 99.99% frozen), you may be wondering if there's a reliable source for new Symbian applications and updates from January 2014 onwards... Enter contender...
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F1uptodate updated and ready for F1 in 2014!
It's here - the 2014 Formula 1 season, starting tomorrow. And, naturally, along with it comes a whole new version of the popular Symbian app 'F1uptodate', with stats, countdowns, galleries and...
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YouTubeHD+ for Symbian gets critical fix
cuteTube, highly regarded though it may be, isn't the only YouTube client for Symbian. YouTube HD+, from KOONOOZ, is also quite popular and has also just been updated outside of the Nokia Store. Note...
View ArticleAAS Insight #247: AppList in beta
In All About Symbian Insight 247, hosted by Steve and Rafe, we start by talking about the return of Nokia's Public Transport app, updates to the cuteTube and F1uptodate apps, an alternative curated...
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New, but unsigned - Easy StopWatch for Symbian
Pulling a number of tricks from Symbian's armoury in terms of performance and capability, brand new application Easy StopWatch seems to pull no punches. It's screenshotted below, though note that, free...
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cuteTube gains tooltips, hyperlink following, and more...
Now updated standalone, of course, the YouTube client cuteTube has been updated yet again, adding a barrage of small enhancements, not least being able to follow hyperlinks embedded in video...
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Microsoft OneNote now available (and free) for Macs
As part of a big relaunch for OneNote as a cloud service that's available and free to all devices, all platforms (and which we'll cover in more detail later), both our AAS (Symbian) and AAWP (Windows...
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