We’ve already known that Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop would be speaking at the Mobile World Congress 2011, but what remained to be seen was whether they would hold a parallel event like last time or return to the Congress floor in full force. Nokia’s MWC plans have just gone live and it appears that they would be treading the middle path.

While there is a media event on the sidelines of the Congress venue, Nokia spokespeople will also be available inside Hall 4, Level 0 of Fira de Barcelona Convention Center. …

The iPad just went on sale in India today, and if you have been itching to get one for months now, this should come as great news. First things first, the iPad is shinny, its Apple and thus virtually irresistible once you play with it at a store. To top is all, Apple has priced the iPad well, very close to the US prices and cheaper than for what it sells in Europe, but does that mean you should run and grab one now? I recommend reading through this page …

We’ve just had news that Nokia is shutting down their ‘Comes With Music’ aka ‘Ovi Music Unlimited’ services in all but 6 countries. But since your current subscriptions are still valid, you might as well make use of the service as long as it lasts.

The one problem with downloading Ovi Music Unlimited tracks is that your subscription is tied to that one PC you authorized when you first activated your subscription. It is possible to change your ‘registered PC’ once every 90 days, but chances are you would …

We are all waiting for the big PR 2.0 release for Symbian^3 devices that will bring split screen text input, a new browser and a bunch of other improvements. What makes everyone curious is what would the changes look like, well, here is what they could look like. The following video was uploaded two months ago, so it is quite possible that the layout of the keyboard has changed and the browser might look a little different, but for curiosity’s sake:

The above screen grabs are from the following video, which …

The N900 recently became capable of Packet Injection, and this mean that the popular network security tool Aircrack-ng just became a whole lot more potent. While this means that you can now use your N900 to crack WIFI networks, cracking a WIFI network of someone other than your own can still land you in jail.

Meanwhile FRuMMaGe on the TMO forms has ported his shell script to work on the N900 which automates many of the functions of the aircrack-ng suite, making it much easier and faster than using aircrack-ng directly …

If the following screen shot is to be believed, Nokia’s Ovi Music Unlimited service may be coming to an end, at least in Finland. This means that no Finland bound OMU devices will be shipping from Nokia’s factories in the current year but if you can find one already in the market, you should have no trouble in going ahead and activating the same for your full 1 year period.

Late last night the Socially team released a major update for the Symbian version of the social networking app that features a ‘completely new and rewritten engine to deliver faster performance’. We have covered Socially before, showing you how it could be used to sync your friends’ Facebook profile pictures and birthdays to your phonebook.
I have installed the new Socially 3.0 beta on my N8 and there is a marked improvement in scrolling and general performance. Additionally the team also lists the following changes:

removing the many UE quirks that have …

TwimGo is a popular Twitter client by Tommi Luakkanen (@tlaukkanen) for the Nokia N900 and has also recently become available for Symbian based devices via the Ovi Store. In its current iteration it is written in Web Runtime, but the upcoming version 2.5 has been rewritten with Qt Quick or more specifically Qt QML.

The end result is that the app now has a pretty snazzy UI, complete with all the bells and whistles that is no slouch when it comes to performance.

Finding the right frequency for your FM transmitter is always a pain, specially when you visit new cities. Fortunately a Qt based utility called E.F.F.(or Empty Frequencies Finder) from BLIZZARD will now put an end to that problem, making EFF a must have for your phone.
E.F.F. (Empty Frequencies Finder) is a utility that lets you choose a range (87.5 FM – 108.0 FM) to scan from, for empty/unused frequencies, using the receiver of N900 and headphones as its antenna. For example you can use this utility to find empty frequencies, so you can easily …

Like all touch based devices, the N900 also packs a proximity sensor to kill the touch screen sensitivity when you are making calls. But when you are not making calls, it is still running with no action assigned to it. Fortunately MohammadAG was upto the task and has created a shortcuts bar reminiscent of the Xpress Music devices like the Nokia 5800 which you can bring up by holding the proximity sensor for 1.2 seconds.

In addition to the shortcuts, a long press on the media player icon will bring up …