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Skype now available in Ovi Store

Skype is now available for Nokia smartphones from the Ovi Store.

Over 200 million more of you around the world can now download a great, full-featured Skype app to your mobile phones.

It’s ready to download now from our website or from the Ovi store, and it does everything you’d expect a great Skype app to do. Mark explains all in the video above, but in short, you can:

  • make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world
  • save money on calls and texts with our low rates
  • send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups
  • share pictures, videos and other files
  • receive calls to your online number
  • see when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM
  • easily import names and numbers from the phone’s address book

You can call, text, IM and everything else whether you’re on a 3G or WiFi connection, so when you’re abroad, just pop in a local SIM card with an unlimited data plan – or find a WiFi zone – and you’ll be able to avoid those pesky roaming charges.

Skype for Symbian will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform. Soon, we’ll update the app so that it works on Symbian mobiles from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson.

This version of Skype for Symbian application is compatible with the following Nokia touchscreen models: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530 and the following non-touch devices: Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.

And for those wondering where I am, and why I haven’t posted anything in a while. I’m on a short(three week :)) vacation in Thailand, and therefore haven’t had time to post anything. Vic has been able to post all the important bits of information during this time, but this is the reason why you don’t get 5-10 new posts every day.

I’ll be back in action on March 15th. Take care everyone!!

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Jonne Eilimö | March 5, 2010 15:19 | 0 comments

Nokia Symbian^4 demo vids offer peak at UI


Want to check out how the Nokia Symbian^4 UI will look like. Check out these YT Vids
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhzLUsm19fQ (it’s a very short vid, believe me whan I say short)
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7ZYD51S2YU (About a minute long vid)

More Here..

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Vic Sharma | March 1, 2010 06:06 | 0 comments

Nokia updates Ovi Maps to 3.04


Nokia seems to be working hard on it’s mapping solution Ovi Maps. After making Ovi Maps free on selected S60V5 and S60V3 devices, it has now upgraded the version to 3.04 and mainly tweaked the app for speed. More..

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Vic Sharma | March 1, 2010 06:00 | 0 comments

Nokia X10 leaked – Symbian^3 and QWERTY-slider

A leaked Nokia document shows info of a previously unknown X-series phone, called most probably Nokia X10. This will also be the first phone to come with Symbian^3 on board, and it will basically be a X6 with Symbian^3 and a QWERTY-keyboard. Here is what is known so far:

  • ARM Cortex A8 600MHz
  • 3.2″ AMOLED capacitive touch screen
  • 16GB or 32GB internal memory
  • 256MB RAM
  • QWERTY-slider
  • Symbian^3
  • WiFi
  • 5 megapixel camera
  • HSDPA
  • GPS

Video and pictures after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 21, 2010 21:55 | 0 comments

Nokia phone with Snapdragon onboard coming this year?

In an article in yesterdays Helsingin Sanomat, Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm talks about their co-operation with Nokia and what it will bring us. Currently, the only Nokia device to have a Qualcomm chip inside, is the Nokia Booklet 3G.

According to the article, we will see a Symbian powered device by Nokia that runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU. This is the same chip that for instance the Google Nexus One is using. These new phones will be targeted at North-American markets, where Nokia is currently facing the strongest competition. This Windows Phone 7 Series phone should hit the market before Christmas.

Another interesting fact from the article, is that Nokia will next time announce new smart phones in March 2010.

If you understand Finnish hit read more (image of the original article).

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Jonne Eilimö | February 19, 2010 09:39 | 0 comments

Skype for Symbian now supports S60V3 and V5 devices

Hello. This is Vic and I am calling you on Skype from my E71. Won’t that be cool. Well, it is all falling into place and Skype is with you on this.

Just visit skype.com/m from your Symbian S60 V3 or V5 phone and if the phone is on the list of supported phones, you can have Skype on your handy, and not the also-ran Skype Lite (Java version), but the real thing with full support for calls and sending files etc. Check it out.

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Vic Sharma | February 17, 2010 12:34 | 1 comment

Nokia E55 firmware update available

Nokia today released a new firmware for the E55. This brings the E55 up to the same software version as the E52, which was released in the beginning of February. The update should be available as an Over-The-Air update now. At least the following applications got updated:

  • Web 7.1.5
  • E-Mail 2.1.0
  • Maps 3.03 (0.1.22.103)

Always remember to make a backup of your phone before proceeding with the update.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 16, 2010 18:04 | 0 comments

Fring video calling support added for E71, E51, E66 and more

Start video-calling your friends for free, from anywhere, on your mobile phone today!

After fring launched the world’s 1st video calling over Internet on Nokia touch devices, 2 months ago, we heard lots of requests for video on more phones, thus we are adding today video support to most of Nokia’s popular 9.2 series phones, including the ever-popular E71, E51, E66 and more. So download your video version today!

Video after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 15, 2010 19:51 | 0 comments

Official Nokia Design Preview video of Symbian^3

The Symbian^3 (S^3) platform is here! S^3 is the first entirely open source release following the platforms transition to an open source license on February 4th, 2010, which was the largest of its kind in history. Check out the cool video after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 15, 2010 09:48 | 0 comments

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro announced – Vivaz with a QWERTY-keyboard

Sony Ericsson just announced the Vivaz Pro at the Mobile World Congress. This is basically the “original” Vivaz that was announced last month, but with an added QWERTY-keyboard. Another minor difference is a downgraded camera, from 8.1MP to 5.1MP. The Vivaz Pro will come in black and white, and should be available sometime during the 2nd quarter.

Full specs and press release after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 14, 2010 22:06 | 0 comments

A few screen shots from Symbian^4

Here are a few pictures from the Symbian^4 OS. MUCH more touch friendly than current Symbian versions.

Hit View Post to see two pictures more.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 13, 2010 21:19 | 0 comments

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic firmware updated

Nokia today released a firmware update for the 5130 XpressMusic phone. The version number of the new firmware is 7.91.
This software release brings performance improvements. This software release is available through the Nokia Software Updater: www.nokia.com/softwareupdates.
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Jonne Eilimö | February 13, 2010 14:42 | 0 comments

Spotify for Symbian updated

Spotify for Symbian got updated today. Version 0.3.23 (64201) can be downloaded from m.spotify.com.

Along with several bug fixes this release includes:

  • 4 new devices are now supported: Nokia X6, Nokia 6760 slide, Nokia 6700 slide, and Nokia E55.
  • Text input on touchscreen devices has been rewritten. Supports special/unusual characters and hardware qwerty keyboards.
  • Text input optimizations.
  • Seeking on non-touchscreen devices is now much faster
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Jonne Eilimö | February 11, 2010 19:13 | 0 comments
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