We told you about the TopMobile20 Competition being organised by my friend Jeb Brilliant a while back. If you don’t remember – it is an online contest meant to shine a bright light on the very best smartphone software and in the process help the users learn more about them.
This post is to let you know that the voting to decide the winners has started and that the awards will be handed out during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Wednesday evening February 18 at approximately 6pm at the Bel Chica, …

Would you believe it! Nokia has actually gone ahead and released an official fix for the ‘Curse Of Silence’ bug that F-Secure had brought to light. The fix is in a form of a .sis file that can be installed on the phone and simply executed once to ‘cure’ a phone that has been a victim of the so called exploit.

If you don’t remember/know, this phrase refers to the ability of a attacker to disable the messaging capabilities on Nokia’s S60 3rd Edition devices (both inital and FP1), by sending …

There are times when a person gets tired of the way his/her phone’s UI looks, on most occasions the simple task of changing the theme acts as a refreshment, but those of you who seek more – read on. Changing fonts on the 5800 is a simple matter of copying a folder across and restarting the phone, the process takes under 2 minutes and should you want to go back to the original fonts, that takes even lesser time.

Below are a few demos of different fonts on the 5800, there …

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Sittiphol Phanvilai’s MobiTubia, probably the best full-function YouTube application has been updated to v1.85 Build 1 Beta. With the update comes compatibility with the Nokia N96 and this should also mean that the application has become compatible with other FP2 devices like the N85.
The application also serves as a very capable .FLV file player that allows for controls such as rewind, fast forward and so on that the inbuilt flash player cannot provide. With the latest version, the resolution limitations while playing FLV is history but hi-res files may cause …

Following on from the Nokia N78, this time its the N82′s turn to receive a firmware update. The v31.0.016 weighs in at  118MB and is available via the NSU for most generic product codes. Although the N82 supports user data preservation, it is best to backup and then give it a go.
The update contains no major changes and probably just brings bug fixes. Right after the update Steve seems to be having some problems with his N82 while others haven’t experienced any issues, so you might want to wait before …

The N78 has just received a substantial firmware update in the form of version 20.149.051.1. The update brings a ton of bug fixes, an update to the preinstalled maps application along with UI speed and transition enhancements. Also included is a new theme called ‘Music’. Complete changelog below.
The new firmware is available over-the-air (OTA) by simply pressing *#0000# from the standby screen and checking for updates. (Detailed guide on how to update OTA here). The phone features user data preservation (UDP) so your data should be fine even after the …

Instead of writing about the Nokia 5800, I’ve decided to film certain aspects of it so that I could give you a better perspective on the device. The following set of three videos covers aspects like its text entry options and the web browsing experience. Also present is an overview of the apparent and somewhat hidden shortcutson the phone’s standby screen and a way to get quick access to even more applications.

The Beta Labs Blog brings news that the Nokia Chat application and been updated and renamed to Contacts On Ovi. Along with the new name come a host of improvements, bug fixes and features like displaying your friend’s location via Nokia Maps. The compatibility has also been widened to include support for FP2 devices such as the N85, N96 and even J2ME capable phones.

You can also use this application to chat with your Google Talk buddies and other XMPP compatible services. The updated clients are available here.

Just in time for a Mobile World Congress announcement, Nokia is readying its line up of QWERTY phones and from the looks of things, the yet unannounced E75 and the 5730 Xpress Music seem like bestsellers. The E75 is shaped on the E51 lines and packs a side slideout QWERTY keyboard. The 5730 on the other  will be a relatively cheap (€220) music & text centric device and has already been extensively previewed by Mobile-Review.
So including the N97, that’s three QWERTY phones to look forward to – each in …

If you are a Symbian/Nokia developer, here’s an opportunity for you to showcase your mobile phone applications on the Symbian Foundation stand at the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona 16-19 Feb) courtesy of the Symbian Developer Network.
To take part, the application should be compelling, and built with S60 5.x. If you’re interested, download and complete the xls and it return to alice.kenny@symbian.com by 23 January 2009, for more  visit this page.
Sucessful developers will also get two free exhibitor passes worth €599 each as well as 2 tickets to the …