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  • Not Open Source, just Open for Business
    We have received questions about the use of words “open”, “open source”, and about having a registration process before allowing access to the code. As we have consistently said, Nokia is making the Symbian platform available under an alterna…
    - 4 Apr 11, 7:14pm -
  • サイトがオープンいたしました

    - 31 Mar 11, 10:22am -
  • We are Open!
    As we committed when we launched this blog, Nokia is making the latest version of the Symbian platform’s source code available to our platform development partners. We are excited about the completion of the transfer period, during which code deliv…
    - 31 Mar 11, 10:21am -
  • See you at Mobile World Congress
    It is the time of the year again when companies are planning their attendance to Mobile World Congress. As Symbian Foundation has now ramped down their operations, there will not be a Symbian specific presence in Barcelona this year. Continue reading…
    - 27 Jan 11, 12:17pm -
  • Welcome to Symbian blog from Nokia
    This site will be the channel for technology and business ecosystem members to find further news and information on our progress towards the new Symbian. During the past few months a lot has happened with Symbian. The Nokia N8, the … Continue readi…
    - 16 Dec 10, 4:08pm -

Symbian Corner

  • Nokia 500 Belle firmware appeared

    Nokia 500 Belle firmware appeared

    This site  posted information that Belle firmware update for Nokia 500 is available for download in form of binary image and can be flashed with help of Phoenix flashing software. Belle still isn't available for Nokia 500 via Nokia S…
    - 8 days ago, 15 Feb 12, 10:19am -
  • Nokia Belle Update Released For Symbian Phones

    Nokia Belle Update Released For Symbian Phones

    Do you have a Nokia phone with the Symbian^3 OS? Then perhaps it is nice to hear that Nokia Belle update have been released on February 8 to phones with Symbian^3. Nokia Belle is a new major update of Symbian OS since Symbian Anna release. Belle inst…
    - 9 days ago, 14 Feb 12, 9:45am -
  • Nokia MWC leaks - Nokia 808, Lumia 610

    Nokia MWC leaks - Nokia 808, Lumia 610

    Last few days we've heard a lot new numbers from Nokia: 803, Lumia 719, Lumia 730, Lumia 910 and now they added more - 808 and Lumia 610. Two days ago our attention were focused on leak of probably the last Nokia smartphone running Symbian Nokia…
    - 9 days ago, 14 Feb 12, 7:10am -
  • Kik Messenger for Symbian and Win Phone 7 free in Nokia Store

    Kik Messenger for Symbian and Win Phone 7 free in Nokia Store

    Today you can download cool messaging app Kik from Nokia Store (Ovi) for free. Kik Messenger is available not only for Nokia Symbian N8, 701, 700, Nokia 603, 500 but for Windows Phone handsets too. This means you cat get it for your new shiny Nokia L…
    - 78 days ago, 7 Dec 11, 5:01am -
  • Nokia Store presents free premium apps and games

    Nokia Store presents free premium apps and games

    The Nokia Store application is currently inviting users to download a number of premium applications or games for free for next 30 days. This is another such event from Nokia Store added to same happened in the past. For different phone model and Sym…
    - 84 days ago, 1 Dec 11, 5:30am -

Symbian Channel

Bubble Love for Windows Phone
Bubble Love for Windows PhoneReview of Bubble Love for Windows Phone. Fill up the screen with lovely bubbles. Monsters pop up to hinder your progress. Available as a free download from the WIndows Phone Marketplace. More at: allaboutwindowsphone.…
- 3 days ago, 19 Feb 12, 7:43pm -
MetroTime for Windows Phone
MetroTime for Windows PhoneQuick review of MetroTime for Windows Phone, an app that display beautiful clocks on your phone's screen. More at allaboutwindowsphone.comFrom:RafeAASViews:200 0ratingsTime:01:38More inScience & Technology
- 3 days ago, 19 Feb 12, 6:58pm -
All About Windows Phone (AAWP) App
All About Windows Phone (AAWP) Appwww.windowsphone.com Video overview of the AAWP (All About Windows Phone) App.From:RafeAASViews:296 5ratingsTime:03:25More inScience & Technology
- 4 days ago, 19 Feb 12, 5:54am -
Nokia Lumia 800 - First Look Review (in HD)
Nokia Lumia 800 - First Look Review (in HD)Review of Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia's first Windows Phone device. The review covers overall hardware design and materials, the basics of Windows Phone and Nokia customisations, such as Nokia Drive, Nokia Mu…
- 4 days ago, 18 Feb 12, 10:04pm -
Review: Nokia DC-20 - Dual USB Car Charger
Review: Nokia DC-20 - Dual USB Car ChargerReview of the Nokia DC-20 (Universal Dual USB Car Charger) - this car charger allows you to recharge two devices at once (eg a mobile phone and an accessory).From:RafeAASViews:291 4ratingsTime:…
- 4 days ago, 18 Feb 12, 5:05pm -
Speed Tunnel for Windows Phone
Speed Tunnel for Windows PhoneQuick review of Speed Tunnel for Windows Phone - its a fly-through-the-3D-space tunnel type game. Good looking graphics and solid game construction make this an eye catching game demo and its fun to play too.From:R…
- 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 9:59am -

Symbian Blog Org

  • Symbian Foundation is completing its transition to a licensing body

    Symbian Foundation is completing its transition to a licensing body

    In 2009, we established the Symbian Foundation to make the Symbian platform available open source and royalty-free. In November 2010 we announced that the foundation would ramp down its operational activities as a result of changes in global economi…
    - 17 Dec 10, 4:59pm -
  • Snakes alive

    Snakes alive

    It covers everything from an overview of the Python programming language syntax through to how to write graphical applications that take advantage of touch screen, networking, sensors and other features of modern mobile devices. This definitely is a…
    - 29 Nov 10, 12:04pm -
  • Pizero Design

    Pizero Design

    Michele Cerretta from Pizero Design was at the theming kiosk at SEE 2010 helping attendees to personalise and customise their Symbian devices. Symbian is the only themeable platform that allows you to completely change the appearance of your device w…
    - 23 Nov 10, 12:30pm -
  • The Science of Touch

    The Science of Touch

    They can create the real physical feeling of a keyboard on your touch screen device, simulate the actual weight of a ball moving around on your device's screen or enable you to feel the beat and rhythm of your ringtone, even when on silent.
    - 18 Nov 10, 10:57am -
  • Graphical installation and packaging tool for Symbian

    Graphical installation and packaging tool for Symbian

    PackageForge provides a unified interface for creating installation packages for your applications to really simplify and speed up these tasks. If you’ve only created basic packages by reusing the already created packages in Carbide.c++ or Qt Creat…
    - 16 Nov 10, 10:42am -

Symbian 不老歌

  • New App From ThinkChange: FreeWallPapers

    New App From ThinkChange: FreeWallPapers

    Wallpapers: As its name suggests, it is a freeware for you to browse and download the most popular wallpapers directly from your phone.All the wallpapers are selcted manually to make sure the highest quality.It is really easy to use: Just with sever…
    - 22 Apr 10, 3:16pm -
  • ThinkChange FingerPrint V2.8 released!

    ThinkChange FingerPrint V2.8 released!

      Download here: thinkchangefingerprint28litesigned.sis 
    - 12 Apr 10, 1:24pm -
  • FingerPrint V2.6 released!

    FingerPrint V2.6 released!

    Just check out the new graphics       Download here:http://thinkchange.cn/products/index/fingerprint/31
    - 3 Feb 10, 12:08pm -
  • nUnLock V5 released

    nUnLock V5 released

    We released nUnLock-V5 today, What is NEW:1, hide everything in the homescreen except the slider — to get a clear background, see attatched screenshots.2, option to enable/disable the unlock beep sound — many user requested us to disable the be…
    - 18 Jan 10, 10:14am -
  • Best Compass app for N97/mini

    Best Compass app for N97/mini

      Two fantastic compass styles to choose from. You can have a compass icon always showing on your phone screen! The size and display area can be easily configured. note: You need to Calibrate the Sensor Compass first: Rotating your phone a…
    - 28 Dec 09, 10:29am -

All About Symbian

  • newNokia Social updated to fix Belle update Gallery incompatibility

    Nokia Social updated to fix Belle update Gallery incompatibility

    You may recall from last week that the Belle update for existing Symbian devices had an unintentional incompatibilty with a core Nokia piece of software - Social Networking. The then current release of Social, v1.5(214), didn't get kicked into action…
    - 2 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 9:32pm -
  • newNot forgotten: S60 5th Edition gets a new Ovi Store client

    Not forgotten: S60 5th Edition gets a new Ovi Store client

    With the new QML version of the Ovi Store client now standard on Symbian^3 and upwards, it's interesting to see a brand new version of the Store client for S60 5th Edition now available, v1.22 (the previous latest was 1.16). There's no official chang…
    - 5 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:26pm -
  • newThe Nokia E6 and Belle - a step forwards? Or backwards?

    The Nokia E6 and Belle - a step forwards? Or backwards?

    The Nokia E6 was always going to be the odd one out of the Symbian^3/Anna stable - just as the E90 was back in the day, by virtue of having a different form factor and different screen resolution to all its sister devices. Moreover, the screen wasn't…
    - 17 hours ago, 22 Feb 12, 7:01am -
  • Nokia says "get ready to capture a pure view"

    Nokia says "get ready to capture a pure view"

    Nokia has published a video on YouTube, which in its description urges people to "stay tuned for the latest news from Nokia at Mobile World Congress". The video doesn't give much away, but with captions like "pure detail", "pure depth", "pure defini…
    - 1 day ago, 21 Feb 12, 9:48pm -
  • Review: Sheep Mania - Barnyard Dash

    Review: Sheep Mania - Barnyard Dash

    Pitched as "Succeed as the ultimate sports-sheep! Run in the top leagues, earn prize money and buy your way into sheep boot camp", what we have here is a one-button casual game that impresses for its presentation, challenge and sense of fun. While co…
    - 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 7:04am -

Freeware for symbian

  • Jbak TaskMan 1.37

    Jbak TaskMan 1.37

    Jbak TaskMan is an Ultimate replacement of standard task manager, It also features shortcut launcher and application launcher.FeaturesList of all programs in your phone with quick search by name or UID.List of processes, threads, chunks with quick se…
    - 21 Jun 10, 6:13pm -
  • zhiing Free GPS-Messaging App

    zhiing Free GPS-Messaging App

    zhiing Location Messaging is a free mobile GPS messaging application that is an innovative use of Ovi Maps and other mapping software. It connects GPS-enabled S60 5th Edition and 3rd Edition device users to each other, and to others with PCs, Macs, o…
    - 31 May 10, 6:23am -
  • Nokia Image Exchange 1.0 beta

    Nokia Image Exchange 1.0 beta

    Nokia Image Exchange is a free mobile image gallery app for nokia s60v3 or s60v5 to make browsing and sharing photos fun and easy. Image Exchange explores user experience when the mobile phone is enabled with an always-on data connection and utilizes…
    - 28 Feb 10, 8:26am -
  • Touch Piano for S60v5

    Touch Piano for S60v5


    - 24 Feb 10, 9:17am -
  • Qik 1.0.50 - Share Live Video for Symbian 3rd/5th Edition

    Qik 1.0.50 - Share Live Video for Symbian 3rd/5th Edition

    Qik is a free symbian app that lets you stream video live directly from your symbian device to the web, where your audience can chat back in real time to your device's screen while you broadcast.This application enables you to sign-up/sign-in using F…
    - 16 Feb 10, 7:52am -

Symbian Freeware

  • King Of Kings

    King Of Kings

    An exciting matching game Begin your conquest by creating matches of 3 or more to explode the icons. Conquer all the 5 territories and become theFound under: Games, PuzzleDownload King Of KingsMobile friendly download
    - 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 6:00am -
  • TechSmush

    TechSmush

    TechSmush, founded by Akhil Gupta, is a technology blog which would help you keep pace with the latest happening in the world of Technology coveringFound under: Applications, Social networksDownload TechSmushMobile friendly download
    - 2 days ago, 21 Feb 12, 6:00am -
  • Kanagram

    Kanagram

    Kanagram is a game where a random word is shown with its letters scrambled. To win, the player must rearrange the letters into the correct order. It Found under: Games, EducationDownload KanagramMobile friendly download
    - 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 6:00am -
  • Aeris Golf GPS

    Aeris Golf GPS

    Professional electronic companion to help you improve the game performance and strategy. Based on GPS positioning, it offers a wealth of data toFound under: Applications, SportsDownload Aeris Golf GPSMobile friendly download
    - 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 6:00am -
  • Speedometer

    Speedometer

    A large digital speedometer showing speed in using the GPS. Features: - Average Speed - Top Speed - KPH, MPH, KTS - Accuracy indicator Note: ThisFound under: Applications, SportsDownload SpeedometerMobile friendly download
    - 6 days ago, 17 Feb 12, 6:00am -

New Hope for Symbian

  • Nokia C7 vs. Samsung Wave II S8530
    Both Smartphones, Samsung Wave II S5830 and Nokia C7, were released in October, 2010. Nokia and Samsung are one of the best mobile manufacturing companies and always develop high-end mobile phones. But there are differences in their strategic Here…
    - 2 Mar 11, 6:43am -
  • Can Symbian Operating System be used in Tablets?
    Symbian operating system went fully open source in the first quarter of the year 2010. Lee Williams, Chief Executive of the Symbian Foundation, in an interview said that it is very likely that you would see Symbian-based tablet within the next yea…
    - 1 Mar 11, 7:50am -
  • Nokia Strategies in 2011 to compete in Smartphone wars
    When Android operating system enters into the Smartphone market, it has completely changed the market shares of the Nokia’s Symbian operating system. Android was giving very tougher competition to Symbian. So, Nokia outlined its new strategic direc…
    - 28 Feb 11, 6:52am -
  • Top Ten S60 Applications of 2010
    There are many applications available for your Nokia Series 60 mobile phones. Some of them are must-have applications, few are generic, and the others are the one that you do not want to see at all. So, I have compiled a list of ten best applicati…
    - 28 Feb 11, 6:17am -