Angry Birds Rio for Symbian 3

Angry Birds Rio for Symbian 3 will be available from April 18th in Ovi Store, the price for this game is not yet confirmed or available.

The game will feature 2 episodes and 60 new levels with new achievements and plenty of secrets to find and is not yet known with what price it will reach Ovi Store.

Ovi store for Symbian 3 updated to version v2.06(42)

Next time when you open ovi store you will find update of 4.73MB

Win Nokia E7

You wanna win Nokia E7? then you have to take a part in competition held by nokia in which you have to find the Nokia E7 devices across the world using Ovi Maps

Competition dates are from 21Feb to 28Feb.

Please visit this link Win Nokia E7 for more information.

Nokia N8 Stress Test

Nokia N8 stress test carried out by gadget stress team you can see the video below

Meego appreciated by Intel

Director of Intel Open Source Technology Center "Imad Sousou" sent a letter to Nokia stating they will support Meego & appreciated the hard work.

An Update from Intel

Submitted by Imad Sousou on 14 February, 2011 - 12:21

What an interesting weekend. I am sure you can imagine what my inbox has looked the last few days. I appreciate your patience as the team works very hard on the MeeGo Software Platform to move things forward.

As you know, MeeGo has always been an open source platform with many supporters, Intel foremost among them. This support is consistent with our long track record in open source projects and platforms including MeeGo, Yocto embedded Linux, LessWatts, the Linux kernel, Linux graphics, Google Android, ChromeOS, KVM, and many others. At Intel, we work very hard to make sure the software our customers use and want to use, runs best on our hardware platforms.

MeeGo supports a wide variety of devices. It is shipping and there is momentum across multiple segments today, including automotive systems, netbooks, tablets, set-top boxes, and phones. MeeGo will continue to be hosted under the Linux Foundation, follow a governance model based on the best practices of open source development and function according to Linux Foundation rules.

With all the emphasis in the news about markets and companies, it's worth reminding ourselves what MeeGo stands for. MeeGo provides an open source, open governance platform that provides application and platform compliance. This is why over 100 ecosystem partners continue to support MeeGo. As for Intel, we'll let our code speak for itself.

Imad

Director of Intel Open Source Technology Center

Nokia will stay with Symbian too

Good news for all people who has Symbian devices and worried about will Nokia dump Symbian, here is the answer:

Nokia joined hands with Microsoft it does not mean that they will going to dump Symbian or will not receive any update. Symbian will be continuously upgrade.

Alien Dalvik lets Android apps run anywhere

By using Alien Dalvik software we can run android apps on any operating system but right now this software only supports meego operating system or devices.

Android apps run using a special version of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) called Dalvik. This JVM is optimised for mobile devices and it only runs under Android. But what if it ran under other operating systems? This would allow you to take an Android app and run it almost anywhere. This is the idea that has been taken up by Myriad which has announced AlienDalvik.

So, we hope this software will update & will also available for symbian devices so that we can also run android apps and games :)

Nokia N8 with 32GB is on the way

Those who are thinking of buy Nokia N8 but want more storage space then just wait for some time as Nokia N8 with 32GB storage is on the way.

We can upgrade this to 64GB with Memory card.

This phone has all the feature available in Nokia N8 16GB .

Paid apps not available in Ovi

If you noticed the paid apps not available in Ovi store for India, you see only free apps this is because of "credit card purchases are no longer available for all operators".

Till now this problem is solved with RCOM & Vodafone, people who are using other network still need to wait to see the paid apps in Ovi until this problem is resolved.

App Me for Symbian 3

You can create your own shortcut for webpages using "App Me" with your icon not the default ones, as we all know all bookmarks appears same in home screen.

For Example: If we place "google & yahoo" bookmark in home screen both appears same as shown in image below

So, App me provide a way to create your own bookmark with selected icon.

We have to follow some simple steps mentioned as below:

1) Open "http://Appme.eve-c.org"

2) Click on start

3) Insert the Title & URL of your page

4) Then select the icon for your bookmark

5) Application checks and confirm

You'll end up with a tiny .wgz widget, around 20kb in size, install the same and place your newly created bookmark.

The story behind E7 Design

Check out the video below to know from where "Shunjiro Eguchi" an industrial designer from Nokia got the inspiration for Nokia E7 design.

Create Personal Themes for your Nokia device

Do you want to create your own theme try the below website as it has many great features.

You can create a flash wallpaper, you can select any other icons for default applications like pictures, videos, web, settings and more.

You can also create animated themes for your device.

If you do not see your mobile in device list while creating a theme, please select the similar device which has the same resolution, form factor & create a theme, it works on your device.

For example: If you have Nokia N8 and its not appear in device list then choose Nokia N97 as you device.

But you need to create an account first, its very simple you just need to fill 4 fields thats all.

Try now "ownskin"

Another concept phone by Nokia: Nokia U

This phone is designed by loads of ideas taken from a large group of people and later Nokia made the sketch for the same. This phone looks like Nokia N8 but it is slimmer than N8.

This phone is really eye catchy

Here is the specification of this phone which is not yet finalized:

Display and user interface

Display: 4-inch capacitive 16:9
Power button, camera, zoom and volume button controls

Size and shape

Shape: Monoblock
Dimensions: 60 x 110 x 6-10mm
Extras: Auto lens cover

Materials

Material: Aluminium
Finish: Soft touch
Colour: Single colour
Durability: Super strength

Operating system

Open source operating system with unlimited multitasking.
The DbC OS 1 sports temperature and location sensors so your device constantly monitors your whereabouts and the local conditions.
Device-based storage is supported.
The majority of OS functionality responds to touch control.

Connectivity

Support for 802.11 n/b/g wireless standards.
USB 3 connectivity.
HDMI connectivity.
Cable charger.
Dolby Surround Sound.

Camera

8-megapixel
4X optical zoom
Dual LED and Xenon flash
HD video capture
Instant image capture

Enhancements

Kinetic power booster
Multiple OS support
Surround Sound Speakers
Upgradable Flash memory
Upgradable image sensor

Why Symbian is safe!!

Symbian is not Fragmented but Android is:

What fragmentation means:

In software terms fragmentation means growing in parts very rapidly, so there are large number of software version exist with the original version because of this the application built for one version might not work on other version(unlike Symbian).

Prospective problems:

The lack of consistency makes it difficult to build an application which integrate properly in all devices of different version of OS. For example: application designed for specific screen resolution, input methods, form factor might not be compatible with other devices which has different characteristics.

If you bought a device running android OS (Newer or Old), there is no gurantee that all the application or games available in android market will run on it. Every mobile manufacturer change the UI, API's & add new functionalities to attract customers. For Example: Angry birds work on Galaxy S(Android 2.2 Froyo) but the same not work on HTC wildfire(Android 2.2 Froyo) But it works on N8, C7, C6-01 and will work on the upcoming E7.

Because of this one more major problem is there is no gurantee that devices with earlier version of android will not be upgraded to latest version.

Size of Updates

If you ever noticed the firmware size appears different when we try to download the same from Mobile & from PC or Ovi Suite, the reason for the same is mentioned below:

PC or Ovi Suite download and apply the entire image, while device software insert just the "blocks" that have changed into the firmware already stored in the phone.

So, in future if you ever noticed the same you already know the answer.