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Swype heads to Symbian S60 5th edition devices – get in quick for the beta!

September 1st, 2010 4:49pm Lee J. 1 comment

Swype heads to Symbian S60 5th edition devices - get in quick for the beta!

We’ve been absolutely loving the Swype keyboard on our HTC Desire, and Symbian S60 users are set to join in the finger smudgin’ fun with today’s announcement from Nokia that it will be coming to Symbian S60 5th edition devices.

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Android sales go ballistic as the world goes smartphone crazy

August 13th, 2010 9:45am Tony Fletcher No comments

Android sales go ballistic as the world goes smartphone crazy

Android emerged the big winner as global worldwide smartphone sales soared 50 per cent during the second quarter, according to the bean counters at Gartner.

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Foursquare notches up one million check-ins in a single day

July 5th, 2010 12:57pm Pete Railton 1 comment

Foursquare notches up one million check-ins in a single dayThe location-based social networking service Foursquare has announced that it’s cruised past the landmark figure of one million check-ins during a single day.

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Nokia N9 smartphone details leak – 8MP camera, QWERTY, HDMI out

July 3rd, 2010 11:56am Lee J. No comments

Nokia N9 smartphone - details, video leak

Leaking faster than BPs Gulf of Mexico oil well is news and information on Nokia’s upcoming N9 smartphone.

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Nokia’s £13 bicycle dynamo mobile charger for lycra-clad techies

June 3rd, 2010 2:14pm mike s 1 comment

Nokia's £13 bicycle dynamo mobile charger for lycra-clad techies

We love cycling and we love gadgets, so Nokia looks to be pedalling into a world of win with their new bicycle charging kit.

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Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus in UK on May 28th. Daft prices again

May 19th, 2010 11:37am mike s No comments

Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus in UK on May 28th. Daft prices again

The UK has had to suffer its now-customary delay for Palm products released months ago in the US, but the company has finally announced the availability of its Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus handsets in the UK.

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Nokia N8: stunning HD video sample

April 30th, 2010 12:30pm mike s 1 comment

Nokia N8 smartphone video footage

Although initial impressions of Nokia’s new N8 phone were distinctly cool, the company has insisted that the handset was not running the final version of the software, and things will – in the words of D:Ream – only get better.

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Nokia announces N8 smartphone with 12MP camera – videos, specs galore

April 27th, 2010 12:00pm Pete Railton No comments

Nokia announces N8 smartphone with 12MP camera

Nokia has officially announced its new N8 smartphone, with the handset packing in a top of the line feature set.

The camera is a whopping 12 megapixel camera affair, with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash, while the screen is served up in the shape of a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen.

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Nokia’s new social-loving C6 and E5 handsets: specs and video

April 14th, 2010 9:30am mike s No comments

Nokia's new social-tastic C6 and E5 handsets get video

We posted about Nokias’s super-budget Nokia C3 handset yesterday, and here’s two more low-cost messaging phones being served up for  for your deliberation, both keen to promote their social networking abilities.

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Nokia C3 budget smartphone for QWERTY buffs

April 13th, 2010 10:44am Lee J. 3 comments

Nokia C3 budget smartphone for QWERTY buffs

Nokia’s latest Symbian S40 smartphone has just arrived onstage after a lengthy drum roll, so say hello to the entry-level C3.

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App Stores compared: who has the most freebies? Who pays the most?

February 25th, 2010 12:10pm Lee J. No comments

Mobile App Stores compared: who has the most freebies? Who pays the most?App store analytics firm Distimo has been rummaging through every major app store in town, producing an interesting set of comparison figures.

Want to know which store has the highest percentage of freebies? Read on…

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Worldwide smartphone sales: who were the big sellers in 2009?

February 23rd, 2010 3:41pm Lee J. 1 comment

Worldwide smartphone sales: who was the big sellers in 2009?

Accompanied by a flurry of flapping flipcharts and clicking ballpoint pens, tech stat fiends Gartner have just unleashed their annual figures for worldwide mobile phone sales to end users.

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Symbian S^3 mobile OS ‘inspired by’ Palm and Apple: video

February 15th, 2010 12:02pm mike s 2 comments

Symbian S^3 'inspired by' Palm and Apple: video

Symbian’s finally gone all finger friendly in their new Symbian S^3 operating system, serving up a bright new UI that looks to have been heavily (ahem) ‘inspired’ by other platforms.

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MeeGo created from Intel Mobil and Nokia Maemo OSs

February 15th, 2010 11:36am Pete Railton No comments

MeeGo created from Intel Mobil and Nokia Maemo OSs

In an unexpected twist, Nokia has announced a new partnership with Intel, with the two companies combining their fledging Linux-based OSs into a single package called MeeGo.

Nokia’s Maemo OS and Intel’s Moblin OS will now be merged to create a “software platform that will support multiple hardware architectures across the broadest range of device segments, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems.”

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Skyfire browser for Symbian/Windows Mobile hits v1.5

January 25th, 2010 10:42am Tony Fletcher 2 comments

Skyfire browser for Symbian/Windows Mobile hits v1.5

An updated version of the Skyfire web browser has been released for Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition smartphones.

The free app claims to bring a PC-like browsing experience to mobile devices, with the latest version adding full support for high-resolution screens, an updated, finger-friendly user interface (UI), crisper text, smoother zooming with kinetic movement, and a full-screen mode that maximises screen real estate.

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