Articles Archive for April 2008
Nokia, Ovi »
Before I tell you what this is about let me tell you what is up for grabs!
Courtesy of Nokia and WOM World, the winner will receive a Nokia N82, a carrying case, tripod, memory card, headphones and speakers! Plus Five Fanalists plus a friend will see their mobile films screened at the Live Pangea Day event in Los Angeles where an overall winner will be chosen by a celebrity panel. The winner of the Grand Prize also gets to undertake a mobile filmaking trip to the Rwandan Gorilla Reserve with …
Announcements, News »
Google owned popular networking website, Orkut now has a mobile version accesible from any web eqipped cellphone. Just point your browser to m.orkut.com to get going.
If you have a web-enabled phone and a data plan, just point your mobile web browser to m.orkut.com, and stay connected to your friends anytime, anywhere.The mobile site has been made with the fact in mind that the phone’s data network isn’t as fast as your computer’s, so only the features ‘most useful’ according to Google are being made available.
N82, Nseries, Reviews »
If someone were to go out and decide that he or she wanted the top Nseries device that practically did everything, most peoples’ advice would be to get an N9x device. After all they are Nokia’s flagships and you would think that they’d be the best device to get hold of. However while the above might have been true six months back, I would have to think hard, before I say yes to the above.
Now let’s examine the current market setup. The N95 had been Nokia’s top dog for over …
Miscellaneous »
Nseries WOM World is a great resource for anything that has something to do with the Nseries range of devices. The great team at WOM World focuses on device reviews, applications, tweaks, basically anything that will help you get more from your device or make you aware of just one of its killer features. Sadly I am going to say that will not happen anymore. But I am gladly telling you that is because their focus has shifted, not away from Nseries but also onto Eseries - a very welcome …
Miscellaneous »
We have just had word from the official S60 Browser Blog that no matter what you may have read on a few websites, Nokia is not backing out of webkit support for the S60 browser.
Peter from the S60 Browser Blog says,
“As I understand it, one of our developers did some housekeeping on the Tiger branch of the webkit project, and some people thought it looked like we were backing away from the whole open-source project. No, no, no — it’s just that we’re focusing on the newer Leopard branch, we …
N82, Reviews »
Firstly I apologise for the delay in getting this up. Now, starting from where I left off, this post deals with the core performance of the N82. What might be the issues you may experience while using the device and what can you expect to be delighted with. Right at the start I can confidently say that more times than one a user will come out happy with the N82.
N-Gage, Nokia »
Gaming: the activity that many people use to entertain themselves by being part of an experience and directly influence the outcome. Gaming is pretty big these days, computer games are all the rage these days and many people have been made billionaires due to this industry. Gaming consoles, machines made mainly for gaming are also selling like hotcakes with the Wii turning in a large profit and the Xbox brand gaining ubiquity not just among the tech savvy.
Announcements, N-Gage, N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 8GB, Nokia N95, Nseries »
Ladies and Gentelman its time. The N-Gage platform has just gone live, the rebirth is complete. The application is now officially available for the N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 and N95 8GB models.
Here is the (un)official announcement from the N-Gage Blog.
“We are live! The games, the devices, and the community are all here for you to finally get your teeth into. The Forums are back up and the new N-Gage application is here. There will be an official announcement on Monday, but for you, the N-Gage faithful we wanted to …
E90, Firmware »
All About Symbian reports that the Eseries flagship, the E90 has gotten a firmware update. Frimware v200.34.72 brings Flash Lite 3, a new version of Quickoffice, loads of bug fixes and stability improvements amongst other things. The firmware brings the E90 on par with the N95 variants’ web browser which can play Flash Video a.k.a. Youtube support. For screenshots and more jump over.
Note: The firmware is not widely available on NSU as of now, you might have to wait or change your product code to upgrade.
Applications »
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 …


