Nokia Belle devices are receiving a minor software update titled ‘Upload to SkyDrive’ which gives users the option to copy you contacts and photos from your Nokia Symbian device to the SkyDrive cloud service. Installing this update will be a great addition for Nokia 808 PureView users who can store their photos on the cloud and access them on their computers or other Lumia devices.

You can download the update by opening the SW Update application on your Nokia Symbian Belle device and select the update to install it. The update is around 381 kB in size, so it shouldn’t take long to install. Once the update is complete make sure you restart your device


Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of this feature on your Nokia Belle device.



source – Symbian Tweet

The SwipeUnlock for Symbian app has been updated to version 1.7 and offers a few performance improvements and bug fixes. SwipeUnlock brings the Meego style lockscreen from the Nokia N9 to Symbian^3 devices. You can unlock by swiping your finger vertically or horizontally and you can even view missed calls or manage the built in player directly from your lockscreen.

You can download the update directly on your device through the Nokia Store or by using the link which follows:



SwipeUnlock for Symbian version 1.7 has the following new features and improvements:

• Battery level in percentiles
• Splash screen added
• Small UI improvements
• Several critical bug fixes
• Transparency problem on FP2 fixed
• Empty SMS notification fixed
• Problem with operator name fixed
• Load wallpapers from homescreen

The Meminfo for Symbian is a utility app for Symbian^3 devices monitors and displays the free RAM and Disk storage on your device. The app even features a widget which allows you to access the device memory info directly from your home-screen.

You can download the app directly on your device through the Nokia Store or by using the link which follows:


source – All About Symbian

The Nokia Car Mode for Symbian^3 app has been updated to version 2.0.28 and offers access to some of the essential  smartphone features through the cars built in system, thus reducing driver distraction while driving.

You can download the app directly on your device through the Nokia Store or by using the following link:

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Price	Free
Requirements	Symbian OS

The Car Mode application reduces driver distraction by making available the most relevant applications for in-car usage, such as making calls, using navigation and listening to music.

A new firmware update (111.40.805) has appeared on Navifirm for the Nokia N8. While we aren't certain on what new features are available in the new firmware, it appears to be the much awaited Belle Refresh update for the Nokia N8.

As you may already know the first generation Nokia Symbian^3 devices are set to receive an update titled Belle Refresh Update instead of the Nokia Belle FP1 or newer updates which will be available for the latest devices.

If you own a Nokia N8, Live in a region where the update is available and want to brave the opportunity to install this new update, you can check out the source link on how you can get your hands on this update.




source – DailyMobile

The Groupon for Symbian app is now available for download for Symbian^3 devices. The app allows shoppers to purchase services and merchandise at discounted rates on a daily basis.

Download the app directly on your device through the Nokia Store or by using the link which follows:

Download
Price	Free
Requirements	Symbian OS

Groupon features deals on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in more than 500 cities and eleven fiefdoms around the world. Our unbeatable deals typically weigh in at discounts of 50-90%, ensuring a level of access to your city that’ll put the mayor in a jealous rage.



We handpick every deal to ensure that customers can confidently embrace salsa lessons, hot air balloon rides, and hand-tossed pizzas. Daily deals are signed, sealed and delivered to phones each morning.

source - Nokia Discussions

The following guide will show you how to hack your Symbian S60v3, Symbian S60v5 and Symbian Anna devices using the system read/write access of an antivirus app on your device. The method will require coping three .ldd (ROM Patcher) files inside the C:/sys/bin folder.

ROMPatcher is able to hack the device only if these files are present in the system folder. Hacking is similar to Rooting on your Android device and gives you read/write access to system folders and the ability to install any unsigned apps without getting a certificate error. It will also give you the ability to install various modifications to your device.

If you own one of the above mentioned devices which you wish to hack, you can follow our step by step guide on how to hack your Symbian device below.

[NOTE] We do not recommend hacking your Symbian handset unless you are fully aware of the consequences and risks.

[DISCLAIMER] Improper use of this guide can result in loss of data or device malfunction which DJ’s Mobiles will not be responsible for. Please proceed at your own risk.

[NOTE] The following guide will not work on Symbian Belle devices.  

1. Please identify and download the correct version of the file for your device
   [NOTE] Check on your device if memory card is E:/ or F:/ and download the correct file only
   • Download this file If you have memory card is identified as E:/ on your device
     • An older phone without mass storage memory
     • Only mass storage and no memory card inserted
   • Download this file if you have the mass storage and a memory card installed and memory card is identified as F:/
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2. Extract the file you downloaded in Step 1 to your computer and open the folder named Private within the extracted files. Within than folder copy 20024113 (which is a folder within ‘Private’)
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3. Connect your device to your computer in Mass Storage Mode (Make sure that you do not connect in Nokia Ovi Suite mode and that Nokia (PC Suite) is not running on your computer.
   • If you have a memory card, you could opt to connect to the computer using a card reader instead
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4. Open My Computer and open the memory card (be sure to open the memory card and not the mass storage)
   • Find the Private folder in your memory card and paste the 20024113 folder you copied in Step 2 inside it. [NOTE] If you don’t see the ‘Private’ folder make sure hidden files are visible on your computer. If you still don’t see the ‘Private’ folder, you can manually create one within the root folder of your memory card.
   • Now disconnect your device from your computer
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5. Download Dr. Web Anti-virus and install it to the memory card on your device
   • Run Dr. Web from the menu and cancel any warning which may appear.
   • Go to Options > Quarantine and select all three files in the Quarantine using Options > Select All
   • Select Options > Restore and exit Dr. Web once completed.
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6. Download ROMPatcher+(signed) and install it on your device
   • Launch ROMPatcher from your menu and go to Options > All Patches > Apply.
   • AT this point the installed patches will be activated. -

Your device has now been hacked and you can install any unsigned apps and have read/write access to your system folders through X-plore. However the patches will become deactivated on restarting the device. In order keep your hack permanently activated

• Open ROM Patcher, go to Options and select Add to auto to all the patches one by one.

[NOTE] If you reset/format your device it will become un-hacked again. In that case you will have to repeat the above steps to regard your hacked state.  

 

F.A.Q.

1. What do I do if the above mentioned method doesn’t work for my device? There are some instances where this guide may not work for older devices like the Nokia E-Series. In that case you can either
   • Format/ hard reset your device and attempt again
   • Update your device to the latest available firmware and attempt again
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2. What if I am receiving errors when I install unsigned apps after successfully following the guide ?
• Download this file and extract its contents. (It contains hacked installservers for all S60 versions)
• Select and copy the correct installserver.exe according to your device and past it to C:/sys/bin using X-plore
• Reboot your device

So a shout out to the Symbian fans out there, don't start selling your Symbian^3 devices just yet. Windows Phone may take it's place in Nokia's portfolio, but Symbian has a few more years in the running at least.

Software Features

• Symbian^3 OS
• Ovi Apps, including Maps, Mail and Store
• Video Editor
• Photo Editor
• multi-touch on maps and photos.
• voice dialing.
• DivX and XVid codec support for video playback up to HD 720p.
• Several overall enhancements since Symbian^1

The Nokia N8 is the pioneer of the new Symbian^3 OS, which according to Nokia should be the first step in the company’s fightback against Android and iOS. We wish it could somehow magically leapfrog the two currently leading platforms but those things just don’t happen overnight.

Of course they might have gone for a total overhaul by starting from scratch as Microsoft did but that would mean losing a lot of functionality and that’s probably the reason Nokia went for the evolutionary, rather than the revolutionary way.

The new OS is certainly not up with the best just yet but is certainly a step in the right direction. The Finnish software engineers finally realized that it’s a streamlined interface that people want and got rid of the whole tap-to-select-another-tap-to-activate non-sense approach that made Symbian^1 so inconsistent.

There are still some traces of that illogical interface in the camera interface, but we are hoping those will be gone soon too.

The new OS also brings some nice UI layout and functionality changes. The homescreen is the most evident of those, its size now expanded to three panes worth of space. You are then free to fill them up with widgets and then rearrange them as you see fit. If three panels are too much for you, you can also delete some of them.

You might notice that the homescreen starts scrolling only after you have completed your swipe across the screen but that’s how it was designed and not some lag. Because of the fact that some widgets are side-scrollable the handset waits to see if you want to browse them or skip to the next screen.

Still if you want to see immediate response you can scroll through them by clicking the three dot symbol at the bottom of the screen.

The main menu structure is unchanged, retaining the folders format. This comes in contrast to Android, and mostly iOS, where you get a flat menu structure with all icons located on side-scrollable panes. Now you are free to rearrange icons as you see fit so you might go for placing them all in the main folder and get a flat-ish menu system from Symbian^3 too. A list view mode is also available but that involves much more scrolling and that’s why we preferred to leave things in grid.

The task manager has also been changed and now shows screenshots of the running apps, instead of just icons. You also need only a single click to kill them this time.

The performance of the Symbian has also been taken up a notch with the ^3 version. The Nokia N8 feels snappy most of the time, with lags noticeable only when dealing with heavy apps or when there are a lot of apps running in the background.

And even though heavy multi-taskers will frown at the 256MB of RAM we didn’t get any “Out of memory” errors even when playing the rather demanding NFS Shift game with the camera and the web browser with two tabs open running in background.

Unfortunately the poor text input solution of Symbian^1 has been left unchanged by Symbian^3 and that’s probably our biggest grudge against the new OS (along with the web browser but we’ll come to that later).
We are talking about the virtual QWERTY, which takes you to a new screen to do your text input and gets you back when you’re done typing. That adds an extra step each time you need to do some typing. Not quite the simplicity we all want, is it?

Finally, we have point out that Symbian^3 has introduced quite some eye-candy as opposed to its predecessors. There are icons bumping and revolving, menus being opened with a zoom in and out effects and the occasional fading in and out.

That’s again not quite up with the best, but considering that after some time too much effects become a nuisance we won’t be taking too many points away here.

So generally Symbian^3 is to Android and iOS what the N8 is to their best representatives – a step closer but not quite there. Once again though, considering the pricing we would call it adequate and certainly not a deal breaker.

Skype for Symbian is now supported by the following handsets:

• Symbian ^3: Nokia N8, C7-00, C6-01 and E7
• Symbian 5th Edition: Nokia N97, N97 mini, 5230, 5530, 5800, X6, Sony Ericsson Satio, Sony Ericsson Vivaz, Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro
• Symbian 3rd Edition (feature pack 1 and 2): Nokia N78, N79, N81, N81 8GB, N82, N85, N86 8MP, N95, N95 8GB, N96, 5320, 5730 XpressMusic, 6210 Navigator, 6220 Classic, 6730 Classic, E51, E52, E63, E66, E71, E72, E75 and E90.

The Angry Birds App is now available for the Symbian^3 platform through Ovi Store. The full version is available for $2.99 and a Lite Version is available for Free. You can use the links to get it directly from the store using your web browser.



If you want to learn more about Angry Birds or download  it for a different platform check here.

The Nokia C6-01 was announced at Nokia World 2010 yesterday alongside the Nokia E7 and the Nokia C7. It features a 3.2 inch touch display, a 2GB microSD card, an 8 megapixel camera capable of 720p HD video capture, a secondary camera for video calls and is powered by a 680 MHz processor with 256 MB of RAM. Check out a hands on video with the Nokia C6-01 below:

The Nokia N8 which runs Symbian^3 features a 3.5 inch touch display, 16GB of storage which can be expanded through microSD, a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon Flash which is capable of 720p HD video capture all encased in an anodized aluminum casing.

Check out the final release version of the Nokia N8 software in the video below.

Soon we will have games like Rally Master and Bounce  available for this and other Symbian device.

source - DailyMobile | MyNokiaBlog

Meanwhile Jay Montano from MyNokiaBlog claims that the N8 is 244% faster than the N97 and 90% faster than the Samsung i8910 HD. He also states that the N8 pushes more triangles than the Apple iPhone 3GS, Motorola Droid and the Google Nexus One.

Personally i feel this should give Symbian a much faster, and snappier feel. This is much anticipated from Nokia, and I am glad they are giving the competition a run for their money.


source - My-Symbian