Nokia Magnifier app for Symbian S60 introduced
Nokia has just unveiled a pretty interesting application for its camera phones, part of the Nokia Accessibility program and called Nokia Magnifier.
As its name suggests, the app acts as a magnifier for hard-to-read texts, using the phone’s camera. Furthermore, it features a built-in image stabilizer, as well as negative filter technology for enhanced readability.
Also, the [...]
Nokia Image Exchange available for download from Beta Labs
Because you asked for it (or at least, Nokia thinks so), Nokia Image Exchange has been rolled out officially in Nokia Beta Labs. In a nutshell, Nokia Image Exchange is an always-on, always-connected, experimental image gallery that enables users to browse and share images with people they know.
With it, Nokia wants to make image browsing [...]
Quake III Arena now runs on S60 3rd Edition smartphones
Quake III Arena, one of the most popular multiplayer first-person shooter games ever, can now be played on Symbian S60 3rd Edition smartphones. Not on all of them, unfortunately, but only on those that have a TI OMAP 2420 processor: Nokia E90, Nokia N82 and Nokia N95 8GB.
The regular N95 is not included because, [...]
IcePhone – Next Gen WinMo Communicator
With all these convergence things going on, everyone’s trying to cram as many functions as they can into their latest smartphone.
The problem is that it is impossible to do it all in a package small enough to carry in your pocket.
Or is it?
The new Swiss Army Knife of handset of smartphones, called the IcePhone (In [...]
Nokia E90 v300.34.84 firmware update now available for download
For users of the last great Nokia Communicator phone called the Nokia E90 who wish to get in on some latest firmware action, you may now do so by heading over to your computer’s Nokia Software Updater and updating your E90’s firmware.
The Nokia E90’s last firmware version was 210.34.75, and now it’s up to 300.34.84. [...]
Nokia 6650 launched in the UK via T-Mobile
See here, the Nokia 6650 has just been launched in the UK exclusively under T-Mobile’s network, and with it comes support for T-Mo’s web’n’walk service, too.
This thin and stylish Nokia clamshell boasts features you won’t easily bully down. Though it only has a 2 megapixel camera with LED flash, it also comes equipped with mobile [...]
Nokia E71 gets first full review, looks like a phone for the ladies
Now that the cat’s officially out of the bag (and with cat I mean the Nokia E71), the first full review has finally been posted. The verdict? It’s a scaled-down full-featured business-centric Nokia Eseries phone that best represents the words “beauty and brains.” The Nokia E71 looks good on paper, but take my word for [...]
Samsung Soul U900 review
Every company has a different opinion on how a fashion phone should look. Samsung, for one, seems to think that it has to be a big slider phone with a lot of metallic elements and a touchpad, as well as rich functions.
We are used to the fact that usually the sliders from Samsung are meant [...]
On cellphone features and functions. Nostalgia for Nokia 6310
Remember this handset?
Yes, it is a legendary Nokia 6310.
This is THE model, that in my mind is firmly associated with the idea of “business-phone” or “functional phone” (from the times since these two terms practically meant the same thing).
Nokia 6310i specs look pretty funny nowadays and does not have anything that any modern low [...]
Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition Review
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the RAZR V3 model and all it’s incarnations to Motorola.
Merely the first version of it sold over 50 million units, and the list of all the existing modifications seems endless.
But all good the things come to an end and, truth be told, Motorola has been [...]