Swype is an alternate text entry system that makes makes entering words on a touch based device ridiculously easy. You no longer need to be accurate when you hit the screen and all you do is ‘swype’ across the on-screen keyboard with one continuous finger or stylus motion and the software accurately guesses the word you were wanting to enter. I have been using Swype on the Galaxy S, for over a month now and I am incredibly glad to see this application come to Symbian.

The best part about Swype …

Nokia has a lot riding on the N8, not only is its market share in jeopardy but perhaps more importantly its down in the mindshare and brand perception department. The idea that Nokia can no longer make a decent high-end smartphone, fuelled by the media is causing serious damage to its reputation. While this is not the case in countries like India, the fact that they were late to the dual SIM party has not helped things. Nokia hopes that the N8 will mark the start of that turn around, …

Divx yesterday release a 1.0 version of the Divx Mobile player for Symbian 3rd Edition and 5th Edition devices and if you, like me, have been waiting for Core Player to get their act together and have been disappointed thus far, this could come as a pleasant surprise.

The playback quality for higher resolution clips may stutter, but the audio quality is good. So if have been wanting to play Divx videos on your phone without having to convert them first, now may be the time to get started. Don’t get …

Just a quick post to let you know that part two of our Nokia N8 hands on video is now online. We look at the new Social App, the web browser and a few others things around the new Symbian ^3 OS.

In the days to come you can expect even more Nokia N8 content

One of the things that will be completely different on the N8 will be its inbuilt email client, which comes with support for Nokia Messaging, Mail for Exchange and Lotus Notes Traveler. There’s also HTML viewing of email by default, pinch to zoom inside the email, quick switching between upto 10 accounts and a bunch of other neat changes.
So if you were wondering what sort of email experience awaits you on the Nokia N8, wait no more.

One of the things that I have wanted Nokia Messaging to improve on has …

In the limited time at the Nokia N8 preview in Delhi, one of the things I wanted to do with the N8 was shoot a hands on video documenting my experience playing with the device for the first time. The idea behind this was to give you an idea of how the device will feel to you when you get it.
But to make things even better and add a whole lot of perspective I and ‘teh’ Clinton Jeff from ZOMGitscj teamed up to not only bring you our initial reactions …

The Symbian OS has not been blessed with an official Foursquare client and there aren’t many third party apps that allow full featured access to the service. There is Gravity with some basic support for Foursquare but it does not quite match up to the versions available for Android and the iPhone.

Enter Sym4square by ThinkChange, a dedicated Foursquare app that looks just like the official Android application is available for a grand price of free. It works using the Foursquare API’s and supports the 5230, 5233, 5235, 5530, 5800, C6, …

We promised you an awesome N8 gallery and it is now time to deliver. Here is the Nokia N8 captured from every conceivable angle in all its different colours. There are also comparison shots with its predecessor in spirit the Nokia N82 and the current Nokia flagship, the N900.

To make the mix even more interesting we also threw in the Samsung Galaxy S, one of the most powerful Android devices. Before looking at each of the N8′s colours, I was sure I wanted silver …

At the Delhi preview of the Nokia N8, I got hold of a Nokia N8 in what will be its retail packaging and did what everyone is dying to do, unbox it. The contents of the box will vary from region to region with Asia most likely to get a stylus as well. The device will come with a HDMI converter and a microUSB to USB jack for USB on-the-go functionality around the world in addition to the usual Nokia accessories like the charger, headphones and so on.
So without further …

Nokia India has very kindly invited me to an exclusive preview of the Nokia N8, a device I have been wanting to get my hands on for a very long time. To say that I am excited is an understatement, for the the simple reason that the N8 brings functionality that I have wanted to ages. USB on-the-go and support for a bluetooth mouse in addition to all the other awesome functionality such as HD video capture, 12 MP stills, capacitive multitouch OLED display and I could go on.
So I …