Ricky has the latest on the Open At Own Risk saga. It was weeks ago that the site started displaying the mocked up take down notice, but as of today the story had taken yet another turn and reared its head again. Across the world, the Download! application which is pre-installed in Nokia phones is holding the key to the secret. If you recall, the story goes that long long ago, a bunch of royal families got together to create a video and this video was supposed to be the …

The title of the post is a little misleading, the themes are not only for the E71 but should work well on most S60 third edition handsets. The reason I’ve specifically mentioned the E71 is because they go wonderfully with its dark grey exterior. As they say, a poor theme can kill a handset’s appearence and a good one can take it way further, these do exactly that. (Note: I’m not quite sure if ‘they’ actually say so, or I made it up!)
The E71 has brought with it a new …

The N96 Has Serious Competition Coming From The Samsung InnoV8
Wow! I almost never expected this to happen, but its true. Ladies and Gentlemen - Nokia no longer has the top spec S60 powered handset. Samsung has powered ahead of Nokia’s upcoming flagship the N96, at least as far as core specifications go. The upcoming Samsung i8510 also known as the InnoV8, is based on S60 OS v9.3 Feature Pack 2 and comes with the 2.8″ QVGA screen. Like the N96, this is also a slider and looking at both these …

This is a quick heads up for those of you who are in India. The registrations for the Nseries Fusions Challenge will close on the 27th of July, Sunday and there are still two days left to register for a chance to win big.
All you need to do is simply select the city closest to you, play the flash based GeoTagging game and score the highest points or make maximum fans. The team leader of the winning teams in all of these cities (Mumbai/Delhi/Bangalore/Pune/Kolkota/Hyderabad/Ahemadabad/Chennai) will win a new N78 while …

I am sorry, I just couldn’t resist publishing this. This video is the first thing that came to my mind while I was reading Darla’s experience with the iPhone 3G and how she’s back to the trusty Nokia’s; although she isn’t going to blend her iPhone.

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By now we are all well aware of the size hit that the E71 has taken vis-a-vis the E61i, the obvious ramification being the much smaller keypad. This in itself, is reason enough for the prospective E71 buyers to worry and fret, especially for those with big thumbs, such as myself.  Like I said before, it is taking me time to adjust to the smaller layout but slowly I am getting better.
The one thing on that front that is helping me no end is the predictive QWERTY input that Nokia …

Buy Quick Office For 1$ Just For Today

This has come quite out of the blue but for some reason the folks at Quick Office are offering their Quickoffice Premier 5.0 version thats brings Office 2007 support amongst other things just for 1$ today i.e. July 22. In some countries it is 23rd by now, but the offer still works. I just bought my copy and its July 23 - 1:30 am here in India. This is a purchase highly recommended, go get it now! (Via: Finestfones)

Initial Impressions Of The E71

This is one device I have been waiting to get my hands on from time news got out that such a phone exists! I originally planed to hold off till the time the E71 White came out but after a while I simply couldn’t resist and forgot about my enamour and gave the grey variant a go. Turns out, Grey isn’t so bad after all, it in fact is very good looking. Considering, the fact that I had a prejudice against it when the press photos …

I have just realised that it has been over an year since The Symbian Blog went online and it has been an absolutely amazing experience. It was on the 20th of May 2007 that my first post went up and since that day it has been a pleasure looking at what you guys have had to say and then trying to learn my lessons. Along the way I have met some wonderful people and have hopefully made some long lasting friendships. I also realise that I am almost two months …

As I wait for my own E71 review unit which I should have very soon, James Wiseman, a reader has looked at the device in a fairly comprehensive manner and sent in his own ‘real user’ point bulliten on the E71. If you are in the market for a new device, the E71 deserves more than a glance. Read on for what James has to say.