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Before I start, a quick background on myself, this is important so you can know where my opinions come from. I have used lots of Nokia and SonyEricsson handsets since the very beginning of mobile handsets, and I have been eagerly following the evolut

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:01:19 -0700

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2. SymTorrent: Freeware BitTorrent Client For S60 5th Ed

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SymTorrent is the first full-featured and currently only available BitTorrent client for devices based on the S60 platform. It supports downloading multiple torrents at the same time, is capable of both downloading and uploading and can save the sta

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:03:51 -0700

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3. Theme(s) of the Week 52: 'Feel Xmas' Theme(s) by Anuja

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Mainly for the benefit of those who don't read our forum section frequently we are trying to select and highlight the best themes on the front page on a weekly basis, with the great help of our very active theme building community! So, every Sunday

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:54:17 -0700

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4. ScreenSnap: Freeware Screenshoter for 5th Ed Devices

Written by:ZZTop

ScreenSnap is a flexible freeware utility application for S60 devices allowing to you take screenshots and save them in a variety of file formats and qualities. This is not the best screenshooter ever as it lacks most of advanced features like delay

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:17:53 -0700

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5. UCWEB: improved translation, english proxy server

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A great feature of proxy based, data compressing mobile web browser UCWEB is that it's very easy to open new windows, which appear as tabs. UCWEB has more configuration and personalisation options than any other mobile web browser.A minor flaw is th

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:00:00 -0700

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6. Christmas Themes For Your S60

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7. Merry Christmas From Nokia - A Free 7 Day Worldwide Navigation Licence For Maps

Its that time of the year! Here's wishing all of you a Merry Christmas! So that your phone doesn't feel left out of the Christmas revelry, here are a few Christmas themes courtesy of Symbian-Guru. They have shared a collection of eight themes, which

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:28:05 -0700

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Written by:ZZTop

In the spirit of Christmas, Nokia is offering a free seven day worldwide navigation licence for Nokia Maps to anyone who so desires. All you need to do is just jump over to this page, enter your mobile number and wait for the activation code to come

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:28:05 -0700

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8. N-Gage Faceoff: N96 v/s N85

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N-Gage has become a very integral part of Nokia's Nseries range of devices, so much so that they have even positioned the N85 as a gamer's device by giving it the tagline - 'Gaming Now Made By Hand'. In this post we put the N96 against the N85 in ord

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:28:05 -0700

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9. ZooZBeat Lite: Turn Your Phone Into A Music Studio!

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Zooz Mobile, is a small group of graduates and faculty from the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology who decided to bring some pretty cool projects from their labs to the hands of everyone. ZooZBeat is the first Zooz's application ported to S60

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:02:12 -0700

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10. Christmas freebie: Super Fighter Block Battle Game!

Written by:ZZTop

These joyful freebie games as Christmas presents are sure to get you into the holiday spirit and here is the one exclusively available 2nd edition owners! In development since 2005, the first official follow up to Super Fighter is now available! Sup

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:41:46 -0700

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11. Edit and sign .sis files with SISContents

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SISContents lets you unpack and edit .sis installers. You can check their signatures and certificates, installer scripts (what gets installed where), extract images and other contents, and change the name, vendor information, capabilities of executab

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:48:00 -0700

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12. All Epocware's Applications Optimized For 5th Edition!

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Introduction and launch of the new S60 Touch UI gives the application developers an exciting challenge to bring the mobile user experience to the next level by redesign user interface and optimizing applications for touch controls. Epocware's dev

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:15:30 -0700

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13. Nokia Enhanced Calculator: minor bug fixes, final version

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The built-in calculator of Symbian S60 lacks many features. The S40 calculator is much better: it includes a basic calculator, a scientific calculator, and a loan calculator.Nokia Beta Labs turned the S40 calculator into a mobile Java application so

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:33:00 -0700

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14. Nokia N97: Video Demo - Gallery - Data Sheet!

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15. Tilting touch display, QWERTY keyboard and personalized home screen - a true mobile computer

The Nokia N97, unveiled today, is designed for Internet-savvy people. With integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, the device intuitively understands where it is. The Nokia N97 makes it easy to update social networks automatically wit

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:48:08 -0700

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Written by:ZZTop

( News / Series 60 News )

Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5&q

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:46:16 -0700

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16. [Gallery] Nokia N85 in Pictures..

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Just a quick Post to introduce the Nokia N85 to you, which was covered greatly already here on Symbian Freak. I usually do Phone Galleries whenever i get my Hands on new Trial Devices, so here's my Run on the Nokia N85. Pretty sad Fact is, that NS

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:14:15 -0700

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17. HandToolz: Motion Based Toolbox For Your Phone!

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You may remember my article about the most perfect and most complete collection of interesting but yet more or less useless accelerometer based applications on the net!? Now how about merging all these funny applications and packing them into one si

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:32:33 -0700

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18. Weekend fun: Winter is upon us! Are you ready??

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It seems like any bunch of idiots can churn out a mobile phone accessory these days and make a few bucks and the Etre Touchy gloves are nice example and I bet some of you'd agree with me :] Well, winter is upon us and their missing thumb and index fi

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:56:21 -0700

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19. Symbian Foundation continues to grow at an unstoppable rate!

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Symbian Foundation has managed to make a big impact on the mobile phone industry and all its players and continues to grow at an unstoppable rate! Japan's third-largest wireless carrier Softbank, Renesas Technology and five others said on Thursday t

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:16:01 -0700

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20. Symbian Foundation & S60 - Mobile App/Social Store

Written by:ZZTop

Something I just began to think and type about at the same time. It begun to make total sense, at least to me. Please tell me what you all think. How could we here at Symbian-Freak entice Nokia, then Symbian Foundation to get this going? Th

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:47:01 -0700

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21. User review: Nokia E66 - One Hand Business!?

Written by:ZZTop

First Of All Thanks to WOM World/Nokia For Giving Me Opportunity To Trial Nokia E66 Device. They Gave Me Enough Time To Test The Device And Review On It. I have Tested The Device With keen intrest Now I just Want To Share My Final Thoughts On No

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:46:35 -0700

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22. My'Sound Beta 3: Get The First Public Version of My'Sound Music Player!

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r4ph43l has kindly informed us through the forum section that My'Sound music player has reached 'Beta 33' stage and its very first public version! It is still not final version but player is now a step closer to the final shape and out of

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:46:02 -0700

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23. Graphite DVB-H Mobile: Shiny S60 DVB-H Powered Concept Phone

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Graphite is a concept mobile phone utilising DVB-H technology, aiming to maximise screen area whilst maintaining a mechanical kinetic aspect to the keypad. Probably the first thing you'll notice about this shiny concept phone is the transl

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:45:32 -0700

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24. Hutch Music Player 2.51

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Mobile Music player for play format MP3,midi,wav and can directly download song on to symbian mobile phones and and listen to them anywhere, anytime. Download Hutch Music Player 2.51 Choose from a wide range of music categories like B

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:13:32 -0600

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25. PhotoFix v1.0

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Fast and Easy Photo conversion for your phone! Scale and rotate your photos - in seconds! Batch convert all your photos in a single click! Features: Select any number of images for conversion in a single step Reduce the image resolution

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:13:19 -0600

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26. cCalc v1.10 for S60

Written by:ZZTop

cCalc is a scientific calculator that run on Nokia phone S60.It feature simple navigation and programmable formula. cCalc Features Number Keys and Basic Math Functions : Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division. Programmable Form

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:13:05 -0600

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27. WorldMate for Nokia S60v3

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WorldMate travel software for Nokia S60 provides you with critical travel information when you need it the most. Weathercaster The Weathercaster service will provide you with automatic weather update notifications. You may configure and pe

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:12:48 -0600

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28. SmartSIS 1.82

Written by:ZZTop

SmartSIS is a freeware application for symbian OS9 (s60v3) devices that allows users to pack and unpack Symbian SISX packages directly on the mobile phone. Creating sis.pkg: To start, you create a pkg- file (C: \ SmartSIS \ sis.pkg), which will

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:12:34 -0600

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29. Mobile Earth 4.0 - Java

Written by:ZZTop

With mEarth you see Earth maps and satellite images, 2D and 3D, USA topographic maps and images, find Geo places, use chat room, driving directions. Download Mobile Earth 4.0 - Java

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:12:21 -0600

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30. Nokia Pilots Now Open For Registration

Written by:ZZTop

The program we have all been waiting for, is now open for registrations. Nokia Pilots, if you have been living under a rock, offers you an opportunity to be involved in the design, development and/or testing phases of concepts, products and/or serv

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:05:10 -0600

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31. New Firmware v30.0.019 Out For The N82

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After the N95 Classic and the N95 8GB its now time for the N82 to get its v30 firmware. The v30.0.019 firmware for the N82 is now available for the Euro 1 product codes. The update is expected to be made available on other product codes shortly. T

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:04:56 -0600

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32. v30.0.018 For The N95 8GB Now Available Via The NSU

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Like we told you, after being available at Nokia Service Centers for a few days now, the v30.0.018 firmware for the N95 8GB is now available via the NSU. The update brings Maps 2.0, complete N-Gage support, Nokia Search with Google integration, upg

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:04:42 -0600

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33. The Nokia N96 Is Now Shipping

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As they say - better late than never! After being announced way back in Febuary at the Mobile World Congress, the N96 has finally started to make its way to retailers worldwide at an unsubsidised price of EUR 550. Since the time it was announced, I

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:03:12 -0600

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34. TAT's Kastor UI for S60 platform demystified!!

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Here is another piece of news that we have already discussed it here. We also found the Kastor related elements in the firmware but we didn't knew for sure that TAT's UI rendering engine is already build in the FP2 phones!! As you may have alrea

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:23:30 -0600

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35. Dr Jukka just released 50 new widgets for S60 3rd edition devices!

Written by:ZZTop

Dr. Jukka Silvennoinen, also known as Dr. Jukka once again proves its position as one the best (if not the best) Symbian developer and his commitment to improve the Symbian platform with the handy freeware applications. He just released the

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:28:03 -0600

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36. Nokia N79: Another Interactive Demon Leaked Online!!

Written by:ZZTop

Both phones from the last Nseries wave are now covered with eye-catching interactive online demonstrations. Yesterday we got the info about Nokia N85 interactive demo that appeared on the Nokia NDS servers and now the same flash demo for Nokia N7

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:10:06 -0600

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37. Nokia ditches built-in SIP for S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (FP2)

Written by:ZZTop

( News / Series 60 News )

Prospective Nokia customers looking to cash in on Espoo’s traditionally open-stance on VoIP-over-WiFi might be in for a bit of a surprise. Nokia has finally been swayed by carrier interests (read: lucrative handset contracts) to make it just

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:47:57 -0600

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38. HTC/Android Teach Nokia Lesson In Advertising

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It is well known that Nokia and its positioning in America leaves a lot to be desired. Despite their recent success, Nokia has squandered a great opportunity to grow and conquer the US market. Even in the midst of a flagging economy, America

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:55:14 -0600

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39. Nokia N85: The definitive entertainment package

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Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N85, the latest Nokia Nseries multimedia computer made to set new standards for mobile entertainment, gaming and sharing. Along with an eye-catching 2.6" OLED screen and smooth, sleek finish, the Nokia N85 red

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:18:20 -0600

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40. Nokia N79: Powerful fusion of technology and style

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Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N79, the latest addition to the Nokia Nseries range that combines intelligent and customizable design with a fully-loaded multimedia computer. Behind its sleek exterior, the Nokia N79 is a technology powerhous

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:17:01 -0600

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41. Nokia N96 brings movies and more to North America

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Nokia today announced that the highly anticipated Nokia N96, unveiled earlier this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be made available for high-speed 3G HSDPA networks widely used in the Americas during the fourth quarter of 2008.

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:03:38 -0600

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42. Famous Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey uses Nokia S60 phone!?!

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