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rojblake says...

A few screen shots of the beta Evernote application for S60v5 that is available to download now, just follow the link in the article.

I wonder if this means they won't be releasing a 3rd edition version...this could be the killer app (excuse) I need to force me to upgrade to an N97 Mini!

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I try and use my phone for everything I can. Some of the apps that I
find very useful are:

1. fring (free): Works with gtalk, twitter, fb, msn etc. If you have
one of those newfangled Nseries phones, you can use the front camera
to make skype video calls (over WiFi).
2. Nokia Messaging Email (free beta, might change in the future): The
native email application on the E71 is a load of crap. It's amazing
how they pitch it as a business phone and ship with a pathetic Email
application. The Nokia Messaging application is pretty good, it has a
very usable interface and supports HTML email. The only downside is
that Nokia wants a copy of your email username and password.
3. Mail for Exchange (free) : I don't actually use this for email,
I've set it to synchronize my contacts with Google Contacts. You can
use this for push email if you need to use it with MS Exchange.
4. Splash ID (slightly expensive, USD 29) : I have this magical
ability of forgetting passwords and PIN codes. This is the best
application I've found so far that does a good job of remembering them
for me. The interface is slightly dated, but it works like a charm.
Highly recommend it, as you should have different complex passwords
for different services.
5. Truphone (free app, pay for recharges): This is similar to the
Gizmo application for making phone calls over WiFi. It is a lifesaver
if you need to make a lot of international phone calls. It uses WiFi
to connect and the call is carried out using VoIP. Pretty reasonable
rates too.
6. Putty for S60 (free, OSS): Most of you would never need/use this
application. I use this to connect to my home computers to check on
stuff. Also the ability to remotely reboot one's computer is awesome.

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rojblake says...

While the iPhone and, more recently, Android have been stealing all the headlines in the smartphone world Symbian has been quietly plodding on in the background.  The iPhone's share of the smartphone market is currently running at 17% of smartphone sales compared to Symbian's 39% (Gartner, 2009 Q3) and appears to be increasing all the time.

Undoubtedly the success of the iPhone is down to the usual slick Apple design and clean UI implementation, this is all backed up by the very successful App Store which
is way ahead of Nokia's Ovi Store (although lagging behind in terms of the number of potential customers).  Given this it's very easy to overlook the fact that Symbian is a truly remarkable operating system that has its roots in the low power consumption mobile device world and is still technically very advanced.  Certainly the UI leaves a lot to be desired and the recent S60v5 touchscreen implementation has the feeling of bolting a touchscreen UI onto a creaky old button based interface.

So the release yesterday of Spotify for Symbian S60 is all the more remarkable for the fact that not only does it bring the usual iPhone Spotify functionality to the Symbian platform but that it does it with a really impressively attractive interface that wouldn't look out of place on an iPhone.  This appears to all be due to the use of TAT Cascades, a UI framework library from a company called The Astonishing Tribe or TAT.  Cascades allows the developer to build cross platform applications without the need to customise the UI for each target platform.

Contrast this with Gravity, the current state of the art in good looking Symbian apps, which was written with hand crafted C++ code in order to implement that kinetic scrolling that everyone is, justifiably, very excited about.  Whilst this clearly worked it must have been a complex and time consuming process to code, something that a framework library like that offered by TAT could reduce the need for.  Hopefully Spotify will be one of many new visually attractive applications we see written for the Symbian platform in the near future.

Symbian-Guru.com has a rundown on the Spotify features here

And here is a video from TAT showing Spotify in action on an S60 device.

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banovsky says...

   
Click here to download:
The_all-new_Volvo_S60_HOT.zip (1134 KB)

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Hammer says...

The Volvo released the first pictures of the new S60. The official debut will be at the next Geneva Motor Show in March 2010.
Via MotorAuthority.

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dlemos says...

Tenho um Nokia E71 com Symbian S60v3 e no período de 1 ano testei vários programas, que aqui listo os melhores.

MSN - Nimbuzz
Testei vários e vários mas nenhum merece nota 10.
Apesar do Nimbuzz se conectar em várias redes, uso ele só como MSN mesmo.
O melhorzinho que vi até hoje.
Prefiro ele ao eBuddy por ser mais leve.

Site: http://nimbuzz.com/

 

MSN - Ebuddy
Tem uma interface bacaninha mas pra resolução da tela do e71 ele nem fica muito bom.
Além de os recursos gráficos o tornarem um pouco lento.

Site: http://www.ebuddy.com/mobile.php

 

TWITTER - Gravity
Disparado o é o melhor cliente de twiter que já vi. Mesmo considerando os clientes pra computador e iPhone.
Quem dera todos os programas pro Symbian fossem escritos com os cuidados que o Gravity tem.
De tão bom valeu pagar U$9,00 e compra-lo. O período de teste é de XX dias.

Site: http://mobileways.de/products/gravity/gravity/

 

TRANSMISSÃO DE VÍDEO ONLINE - Ustream.tv
É simples! Dá para transmitir, com audio e vídeo, pela webcam do seu celular do local onde você.
Precisa de uma conta no sistema e abrir um canal, que gera um endereço. É só passar pros amigos e seu canal está online.
Bacana para transmitir festas e reuniões.

Site: http://www.ustream.tv/mobile

 

NAVEGADOR - Opera Mini
A opera também faz navegador para computador , mas não é muito popular, seu forte é navegadores para dispositivos móveis.
No caso do e71 ele não roda o Opera Mobile (que nunca tive a oportunidade de testar), mas o Opera Mini já safistaz e muito bem.
Navegar com ele na pequena tela do E71 fica confortável, mas ele visualiza a página em tela cheia como nos computadores muito bem e o recurso de zoom é o ponto importante.
No Nokia Browser por exemplo é super desconfortável navegar por uma página em modo completo.
Outro programa muito bem escrito.

Site: http://www.opera.com/mini/

 

Skyfire
Navegador especializado em mostrar páginas como nos computadores.
Seu forte é carregar rodar flash.

Site: http://www.skyfire.com/

 

FOTO - Photo Browser


O programa é da propria Nokia e muito bem feito.
Mil vezes melhor que a galeria que vem no próprio celular.
Possibilita ver as imagens em uma parede de thumbs com uma navegação muito boa.

Site: http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/nokia-photo-browser

 

MÚSICA - Midomi


Sabe aquela música que você sempre ouve nas baladas mas nunca conseguiu descobrir o nome?! 
Pois é, com o mi-dó-mi você pode descobrir o nome da música e até consultar a letra da música mesmo enquanto ela toca.
O programa faz uma gravação de alguns segundos e envia pra internet. Na sequencia já surge na tela a resposta de qual o nome da música, do artista, link para compra legal da música e a letra.

Site: http://www.midomi.com/index.php?action=main.mobile

 

MÚSICA - Mobbler


Um cliente pro last.fm, muito bom pra você ouvir aquela música que você não tem, na hora que você quer.

Site: http://code.google.com/p/mobbler/

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rojblake says...

Here's the All About Symbian 'live' podcast from the SEE 2009 show which includes, amongst other things, an interview with Jan Ole Suhr, author of the very successful S60 Twitter application "Gravity".  The interview starts at 18'50'' into the podcast.


Multimedia from All About Symbian

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Hammer says...

Volvo asked a blind artist to introduce the new S60.

Via addict.

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rojblake says...

Although at first glance it would appear that the new Opera Mini 5 browser
allows you to select text in a web page and copy it, in fact it does not
work.

As this is still a Beta release we can perhaps put it down to that and hope
it will get fixed when the final version comes out. In the mean time here
is a work around that, although very cumbersome, does actually allow you to
copy from Opera and paste into another application.
 
http://thesymbianblog.com/2009/09/16/how-to-copy-text-from-the-web-using-opera-mini-5/

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SheGeek says...

A few mates have been telling me for a while that I didn’t need a MiFi when I have a Nokia E71 and access to JoikuSpot (http://www.joiku.com) to turn my phone into a secure mobile WLAN (WiFi) HotSpot.

JoikuSpot Light 3.0 (free) or Premium 2.5 (fee - approx $15 on OVI Store) let’s me connect my laptop to the internet using my mobile phone as a 3G modem over WiFi and my unlimited T-Mobile internet access point. I simply launch JoikuSpot and connect my devices, iPod Touch included.

The Lite version takes me to a forced landing page on my laptop web browser and only supports basic HTTP/HTTPS but it gets the simple job done. The Premium version’s performance is much better and it allows me to secure my JoikuSpot connection, adding encryption and authentication. There’s no forced landing page, you can rename the HotSpot and also access Email or Intranet VPN.

Only complaints from me so far is that it drains my battery, my E71 really warms up when using this method and I have more than my fair share of forced reboots occur when JoikuSpot Light is in use. Given that my E71 doesn't blow up, it's a workable solution for me, especially since it means I don't need yet another device and the MiFi is only available from Spring or Verizon.

Tags: Apps, Mobile, WiFi, HotSpot, E71, S60, JoikuSpot

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