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[2 Apr 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

The latest Opera Mini Beta is out. Beta 4.1 brings a speed increase of up to 50% and the ability to save pages and content. Opera Mini is the single most efficent browser for java phones and times when you need to save data costs. From the press release: 
With Opera Mini 4.1 you can:

Go racing

Opera knows a thing or two about performance. Opera Mini 4.1 features speed improvements and is up to 50% faster than Opera Mini 4.

Autocomplete your URLs
Save your fingers. Opera Mini will automatically suggest URL completions, making …

Miscellaneous »

[2 Apr 2008 | No Comment | ]

Stavros took some out of his pursuit of world domination to answer a few questions sent to his from Bloggers and forum members around the world. In his usual inimitable self, he answers them. A MUST watch!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ncHdHqpUE]
Be sure to check out his ‘Bloggy‘ too!
Via: Symbian-Guru

Announcements, N810, Nseries »

[2 Apr 2008 | 5 Comments | ]

Nokia has just made the rumoured N810 WiMax tablet official. Its basically the same tablet with WiMax included. It features a great 4.13″ touchscreen, a built-in GPS, a QWERTY keyboard and runs OS2008. It also has a darker metallic finish and a orange base tone. More pictures. Q&A with Urho Konttori, Project Manager, Nokia N810 can be found here.
Press release after the break.

Applications »

[2 Apr 2008 | One Comment | ]

 
This will turn out to be one of my most favourite applications. It simply allows you to sent a short text message to anyone any number of times you want in just one go. All you need to to do is ender the number of the ‘victim’, your message and select how many times do you want to send the messaage and thats it, you’ve just nuked him/her.
I have an unlimited sms pack and those friends who do not have S60 handsets which can store almost unlimited messages, are going …

N96, Rumours »

[2 Apr 2008 | 4 Comments | ]

Bery from the SWB has found the N96 in white on the Nokia Europe website. White till now was an unknown variant but I must say it looks great, much better than the black. However as of now the White N96 has been removed again. Probably goes to show another incident of publishing unreleased products. Keep doing it Nokia we love it!
Generally Nokia releases a product, it sells like hot cakes and then after a while when the sales drop the release a Black version and the sales catapult gain. …

Announcements, Firmware, N95 8GB »

[2 Apr 2008 | 20 Comments | ]

SF has the scoop on the the upcoming N95 8GB firmware v20.0.016. It will finally bring automatic screen rotation a.k.a. the N82. As usual there will be bug fixes and other stability and performance enhancements too. Chief among those are:
- Improvements in HTML format handling from Gmail IMAP server.
- WLAN, BT and USB connectivity improvements.
- Improvements to the Switch application.
- Stability in the Gallery when there is a lot of content.
- Startup functionality improvements
- The browser also gets some attention with improvements to embedded video functionality while sending email via browser flash …