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Symbian themes with a new mobile siteSymbian Themes have opened a version of their site optimized for mobile device browsers. The mobile website provides a fast and easy way to browse and download themes on all Symbian S60 3rd edition mobile phones.

The site is available at www.symbianthemes.mobi and can be accessed through the standard web browser on your Nokia, LG or Samsung mobile phone.

Although the mobile version of the site has some limitations it provides quick access to the most popular themes selected by the times a theme has been downloaded both on www.symbianthemes.us and www.symbianthemes.mobi. Also you will find links to the newest themes uploaded on the site, editors' choice themes and latest posts from the Symbian S60 3rd edition themes blog.

So if you are bored and like to style up you mobile phone but you are nowhere near a PC the mobile version of the site allows you to do that. On the other hand the full desktop version offers some extra features as themes by device, theme compatibility and comments.

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Symbian UIQ 3.3 announcedUIQ Technology today announced the availability of UIQ 3.3, bringing mobile phone manufacturers even more opportunities to innovate and to diversify their product portfolios.

UIQ 3.3 based on Symbian OS v 9.3 builds on the success of the UIQ 3 family, making it possible for mobile phone manufacturers to produce different kinds of phones on the same software platform, on a single code line. UIQ 3.3 includes incremental enhancements in line with market requirements, including enhanced support for operator services and extensive customization for addressing different market segments.

Symbian UIQ 3.3 includes an extensively enhanced version of Opera browser (9.5) with an improved user experience of browsing on the mobile phone including faster page loads, a new layout engine and a new intuitive user interface including page overview and panning. It also includes a Widget Manager making it possible to see, run, download and remove widgets on the phone.

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Firmware update v21.0.016 for Nokia N95Nokia have released a new firmware for Nokia N95 getting the old version of the N95 powered up and running faster as the Nokia N95 8GB released after the original N95. The newest v21.0.016 firmware isn’t as big as the previous one, but packs quite a few important updates and enhancements. Most notably are the Flash Lite 3 which brings full flash support to the browser allowing you to view Flash-based sites like Youtube and Web runtime is included, meaning that standalone widgets are now possible. Other changes include standby-time improvements and improvements to Bluetooth headset interoperability.

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Nokia Freak Show, promoting the N82I have seen many strange campaigns promoting different products, I have seen same really crazy ones but this is the masterpiece. Nokia has created a freak show character called Stavros, the crazy artist of positioning art who creates great master pieces by using his Nokia N82.



So this is Stavros, his brush is the GPS enabled Nokia N82 and "The world is my canvas"... take a look at the site and I am sure you will have fun. This is really a freak show but it is cool!

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Nokia NSeries PC Suite 2.0 released officiallyNokia Labs have just released Nokia Nseries PC Suite 2.0, a collection of advanced applications that seamlessly link your Nokia Nseries multimedia device and your PC.

Transfer photos or videos from your device to your PC. Create a multimedia diary. Rip and copy your favorite music to your device.

Synchronize your calendar and contact information. Use your device as a modem for your PC. Install the latest applications. And with Single-Click Sync settings you can instantly synchronize all your data between your device and PC with one tap of the mouse.

This version of the PC Suite is different from the standard Nokia PC Suite that is available for the other Nokia mobile phones. The Nseries is designed specificlly to support the multimedia and application features of the Nokia NSeries phones such as Nokia N95, N81, N82, N96 and older Symbian S60 3rd edition phones like the Nokia N73.
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Google Search for S60 quick key drains your batteryAfter Google announced it's native search client for Symbian S60, I installed it on my Nokia N73 phone and I started to put my phone more often on the battery charger. I did not pay much attention at first to this problem since I was practically not using my phone much these days. But after a while it made me thinking that actually my battery that usually lasted for 3-4 days with a lot of talking now was drained in less than 24 hours.

Since the Google Native search was the only application I installed on my phone I decided to make a simple test. I took Nokia N73 Music Edition and Nokia 6110 Navigator and both with installed Google Search. I put both phones in offline mode so that the network coverage would not affect the final outcome of the test.

After two days I noticed that both phones lost their battery bars very quickly when the Google Search "Quick key" option was available. The thing that the "Press [pencil] to search" button was displayed on the idle screen seemed to eat the battery up very quickly.

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Motorola RIZR Z8 firmware updateMotorola has finally released a firmware update for Motorola Z8. The new firmware has a few improvement and a few bugs fixed. Motorola have quietly been shipping updated firmwares on new handsets for a while now but this is the official release on the Motorola RIZR Z8 firmware update.

To update the phone, you'll need to download Motorola's software update tool, available on their website. Once downloaded, install the application then connect your Z8 by USB cable. (the phone is only detected by the software update program when in USB Modem mode) you should now see an updated firmware available for your phone.

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Symbian Theme Viewer app leaked screenshotA screenshot has been leaked of what seems to be a Symbian S60 3rd edition theme viewer. Even though the app seems still in development not only by the number of supported Symbian phones and available themes for preview, it feels good to have a tool where you can actually see how the themes will look on your phone before you download, install and activate them.


Symbian Theme Viewer
From the screenshot can be clearly seen that the ThemeViewer v0.1 beta will support Nokia N73, N73 Music Edition, Nokia N95 with the 8GB Black version, Nokia N78 and Nokia N96. It is not clear yet if this will be desktop application or an online theme viewer built with AJAX or even Flash.

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Current Symbian S60 phones support 16GB MicroSDHCAfter SanDisk has announced the release of 16GB MicroSDHC memory card no body knew if current Symbian S60 Phones will support it.

Symbian Web Blog today released photos of SanDisk 16GB MicroSDHC memory card working on Nokia N95, Nokia E90 Communicator and Nokia E51. The photos which have been leaked through German mobile phone forum member show that current Symbian S60 3rd edition devices have no problems or firmware blockage on using high capacity memory cards.

Further more the SWB says that SanDisk's release of 12GB memory cards was just a rumor and that SanDisk will not release andy 12GB MicroSDHC memory cards.

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Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 video demoEarlyer this month we announced the Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 UIQ 3 smartphones. Here is a video demo taken at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.


Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 demo video from MWC 2008
Thanks to IntoMobile for the quick peek demonstration video of the features Sony Ericsson G700 and Sony Ericsson G900.
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