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Applications, Headline, Symbian »

[6 Jun 2011 | No Comment | ]
Download: Nelisquare, Qt Based Foursquare Client For Symbian

We previously told you about Nelisquare when it was in pre-alpha and only worked on the N900. But today, Tommi Laukkanen, the man behind the Qt Kasvopus Facebook client has released the Symbian version of the Foursquare client. The app is available for download from the Forum Nokia pages and I already have it running on my N8.

I’m also pleased to say that its much faster than the ‘official’ Symbian^3 app. While there are still a few features missing like looking at the badges you have, accessing …

Applications, Maemo, MeeGo »

[2 Jun 2011 | 6 Comments | ]
Demo Of Digia’s eBook Application From The MeeGo Conference

Digia is the company that recently acquired commercial licensing and professional services components of Nokia’s Qt software group, so if you can expect someone to make high quality Qt based applications, its them. At the MeeGo Conference, they had a concept eBook application written in QML running on MeeGo tablets, that presents a pretty impressive picture of what you can do with Qt.
The application aims to be not just a eBook reader, but also a recommendation engine and a store to buy books from. While the current application is still …

Headline, News, Nokia »

[2 Jun 2011 | 2 Comments | ]
The @Selop CNBC Interview: ‘Those Rumours Are Baseless’, & Other Interesting Tidbits

Nokia’s stock is taking a tumble, it was a virtual freefall and Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop had to step in to halt the bloodbath. All of this, triggered by one rumour that Nokia was in the process of being bought out by Microsoft.

At the D conference, @Selop spoke to CNBC to clear the air about the rumour, calling it baseless and explicitly denying any talks of sale between Nokia and Microsoft. Infact in the 10 minute interview he tried to instill confidence in Nokia and came across as very confident …

Handsets, News, Nokia »

[1 Jun 2011 | 3 Comments | ]
Nokia Creates A Very Pink N8 Ad, Enter The 10 Pink N8 Giveaway

A brand new ad for the pink Nokia N8 has just hit the Nokia YouTube channel and its full of pink, pop and plastic dolls. What makes it interesting is that it uses stop motion to create a very fun film. The track in the video is called “Freedom” a brand new single from the all girl band Sugababes that has also just been released and here’s where it gets even more interesting, to support the release they’ll be running a competition on their website to give away …