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Video: Concept Symbian UI Blends AR Maps, Social Networking
1:12AM Danny Allen | The flashy concept was shown at the Symbian Foundation’s SEE 2009 keynote last month and actually looks pretty cool. But is it too little too late? More »
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Nokia Erdos Is Carved Out Of A Single Piece Of Stainless Steel
2:40AM Jesus Diaz | Believe it or not, Nokia keeps doing their expensive 8800 series. And believe it or not, they still run the dreadful Symbian S60. This is the next model, the Nokia Erdos, carved out of a single piece of stainless steel. More »
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Symbian^4 Will Break S60 App Compatibility
1:30PM Adrian Covert | And this is actually a good thing. Why? Because it means a major Symbian UI redesign is on the way. More »
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Symbian’s App Publishing Platform Sounds Like A Rehab Clinic
12:48AM Matt Buchanan | Symbian’s Horizon program works like a record label or book publisher, says Cnet. You submit an app—please make it a good one, since they have to manually review it and they’re “starting small”—and Symbian will make sure it’s kosher and then push it to a bunch of phone app stores, like Noka’s Ovi trainwreck. Good luck guys. I mean that very sincerely. [Symbian via Cnet]
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Nokia Surge Not Quite As Tasty As The Delicious Soft Drink
2:10AM Matt Buchanan | One of the weirder lookin’ phones Nokia’s pooped out, the Surge is a standard Symbian S60 dealio, with a browser that whips out Flash Lite (aka suck it, everybody else) and JuiceCaster social networking-ma-jig. BG wasn’t thrilled with it. $US80. More »
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Nokia N97 Review: Nokia Is Doomed
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Nokia Commences Mating With Android, Handset Due In September
6:36PM John Herrman | From London’s Guardian, we get this surprising report: Nokia, (recent) full owner of Symbian, is making an Android touchscreen phone, set for unveiling at a conference in September. This rumour! It’s strange! More »
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6:40AM Matt Buchanan | Nokia’s E72 is just like the E71, but improved in lots of little ways: Same solid feel, but with tweaks like a less crowded d-pad that’s an optical trackpad too. Now if Nokia can just sell it for $US99 too. More »
Hands On Nokia E72: Like E71, But More Better
6:40AM Matt Buchanan | Nokia’s E72 is just like the E71, but improved in lots of little ways: Same solid feel, but with tweaks like a less crowded d-pad that’s an optical trackpad too. Now if Nokia can just sell it for $US99 too. More »
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Nokia E72 And 5530 XpressMusic Are Now Official
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