Taptu today launched My Taptu a simple Social News Aggregator for iPhone and Android smartphones. My Taptu organize feeds from Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, online sources in all in one beautiful little app. My Taptu arranges your content in highly personal and visual ‘streams’. You can view them at a glance and click read more if you want to read them in detail. Continue reading “Taptu Launches My Taptu – Social News Aggregator”
One of the things that boggles my mind beyond belief on Symbian^3 is that there still is no way to quickly toggle Data, Wifi, Bluetooth and the automatic screen Rotation. Sure you can click next to the battery, then on the connection symbol, then choose what method you want, then turn it on/off, but does it have to be this ridiculously tedious? Seriously, would it have been THAT difficult to build a widget with 4 icons that allows you with a single press on each of them to toggle these 4 options on/off? SPB Software includes a connection widget in their SPB Mobile Shell so it sure must be easy for Symbian to do it themselves, ‘ight?
Anyway, ranting aside, we must be thankful to independent developers who, like with MusicBar, fill the void on Symbian. Two nice toggles have lately appeared with compatibility for Symbian^3, one for Bluetooth and the other for the screen rotation, and are both incredible handy additions to the Symbian^3 homescreen shortcuts widget.
Continue reading “Tip: Quickly Toggle Bluetooth And Screen Rotation On Symbian^3”
With JoikuSpot you can turn your mobile phone to a secure WiFi HotSpot, and connect your laptop or iPad to internet using WiFi and using your mobile phone as a 3G internet modem. JoikuSpot Premium comes with connection securing with a password, full internet and email protocol support, VPN, and no forced landing pages. As your phone becomes the WiFi internet router, you do not need external USB modems, cables or MiFi for internet connectivity. JoikuSpot enables “1-click internet”. 1 click to turn a phone to a WiFi internet HotSpot, and another click in the laptop to connect to the web via JoikuSpot WiFi access point. Continue reading “JoikuSpot now supports Sony Ericsson Symbian handsets”
Opera has released the Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta for Android devices today. It is available for download in the Android Market free of charge. Continue reading “Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta Now Available for Android”
Hello and welcome everyone to the Nokia N8 Review Week here on FoneArena! Each day of this week, one of our team members will cover one area of Nokia’s imaging flagship with all the do’s and dont’s. This should make for an exciting week and we’re all looking forward to that! Today is Tuesday, my name is Sandeep Sarma, and I will be covering the N8’s camera . Enjoy reading along and if you have any questions please feel free to comment.
Android 2.3 is around the corner, and Google will launch it anytime now. Our friends over at IntoMobile are saying that Google will officially launch the Gingerbread SDK on November 11th, and now Adobe Flash Android app is also suggesting that “Please install the upcoming 11/9 update (ver. 10.1.105.x) to ensure that Flash Player loads properly with future OS updates.” So may be IntoMobile is right about it. Continue reading “Android 2.3 SDK launching on November 11th?”
You may have read our review of the Blackberry Torch, and if yes then you know that it’s a pretty good device from RIM.Blackberry Torch is the first device to run Blackberry OS6, and it’s exclusive to AT&T in USA. A few days ago, we told you that Blackberry Torch will come in two new colors to AT&T, White and Red, and the day is finally here. So folks who are looking forward to Pure White or Sunset Red Blackberry Torch, you can now head over to AT&T Online and Local store, and can buy it for $99 with 2-yr contract and for $499 without contract. So if you don’t like the Black color, then may be White or Red color is good for you. So who’s looking forward to the new Torch colors? Torch in new 2 new colors sounds a bit funny for sure !
HTC HD2 owners were waiting for the Windows Phone 7 update for their device, but HTC crushed their dreams by saying that HTC HD2 will not be upgraded to the new Windows Phone 7 OS, but don’t worry because there are hackers out there who know that HD2 is capable enough to run WP7. So XDA China ported WP7 into the HTC HD2, and you can also see the image above in which the HD2 is running Wp7, and after the break, you will see a proper video of HTC HD2 running WP7. Continue reading “Windows Phone 7 running on HTC HD2”
Hello and welcome everyone to the Nokia N8 Review Week here on Fone Arena! Each day of this week, one of our Team members will cover one area of Nokia’s imaging flaghsip with all the do’s and dont’s. This should make for an exciting week and we’re all looking forward to that! Today is monday, my name is Michael Hell, and i’ll tell you a bit about the Nokia N8 hardware and what you can expect of it. Enjoy reading along and if you have any questions on that matter, leave a comment! Continue reading “Nokia N8 Review Week – Day 1 – Hardware”
NTT DOCOMO, has announced it’s plan to launch of Xi (read “Crossy”), Japan’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) service on December 24, 2010 with maximum download speeds of 75 Mbps which is 10 times faster than DOCOMO’s current FOMA 3G service. The service will be initially offered via USB dongles to computers and support for voice calls will come in April 2011 to coincide with the company’s launch of LTE phones. Xi or 4G craziness will land first in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka
Continue reading “NTT DOCOMO to Launch Xi LTE Service in Japan with 75 Mbps download speeds”
You might recall a few days ago I talked to you about an application called MusicBar that allowed you to set a specific button on your Symbian device to access music playback controls on your screen, no matter what application you’re using without disrupting your workflow. The main problem with MusicBar was that it had to use the Camera button on the Nokia N8 for example, hence preventing you from autofocusing while taking an image. Well Nicholas Usanov-Kornilov has updated MusicBar to 1.0.1 to fix this issue.
The new version of MusicBar brings a few improvements amongst which the support for the Symbian^3 selection UI. Now, when setting up the application, as previously explained in my first post, the Exceptions menu have been fixed and you can finally scroll down to the middle of the list and tick the Camera. By doing so, you prevent MusicBar from launching only when the Camera is active, that way you can use the Autofocus key to get your music controls in all applications, yet still use that to focus on an image while in the Camera. It’s perfect. Of course, if you want to disable MusicBar in other apps, you can also do so.
If you were previously doubting the usefulness of MusicBar, you shouldn’t even flinch with this update. It makes it a killer tool to add to your N8 or C7 or other Symbian^3 phones without the problem of messing with the camera functions.
You can download the new version from Nicholas’ website (russian page or Google translated page), but remember you have to register to download and you need to sign it before installing it.
Dell Venue Pro is a unique Windows Phone 7 device , and Dell officially announced it a few days ago during the launch of WP7 in USA. Dell Venue Pro comes with a front-facing QWERTY sliding keyboard, and some other good features. Overall, it’s a good phone. Continue reading “Dell Venue Pro hitting Microsoft Store on November 8th, Dell on the 15th”
HTC Legend is in the market for a long time now, and it’s a successor to the very popular Android powered phone known as HTC Hero. HTC Legend is a very good handset, but there is only one flaw in it, and it’s the old Android build. Legend owners are dying to see Android 2.2 for their phone, and may be soon they will see it. Continue reading “HTC Legend getting Froyo in coming weeks”
I’m trialing the brand new Nokia C7 theses days, and gotta say i really like the phone! I won’t spoil too much in detail for now, but i wanna say this: if you’re up for a classy, stylish phone with great material quality, the C7 is something you should definitely have a look at. I met with Christoph from Nokia Austria today for a relaxed tech chat and he showed me two cool features i didn’t know about the Nokia C7 yet! While the first one, is not exactly spectacular, the second one definitely comes in handy!
1. Menu Key Light turns red if you mute a call
Very handy feature for conference calls etc.
2. hidden LED Flashlight feature!!
This. is. awesome.
Just when we were struggling with the Nokia N8 T9 keyboard, we spotted a spare PC USB keyboard lying in our office . We decided to connect the wired keyboard to the N8 using the USB OTG feature. It will certainly boost your wpm score( words per minute) . Michael already showed that you can control the N8 with a Keyboard and Mouse via Bluetooth. But we are kinda surprised that it works over a wired connection too. BTW a USB Mouse works as well .
Check out the video below to see the Keyboard in action . Time to take the N8 to your next presentation.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tljJSqD4cKY
