Monthly Archives: July 2011

GLOBAL – Dan and – in his first appearance in this prestigious spot – Adam discuss this week’s news. The chat includes the Windows Phone Mango release, getting rid of voicemail and moving to smarter services. Jason’s post on the rise of the smartphone and Adam explains his pick of Bluefir games and his holiday choices. Also look out for the top ten downloads from the Music Store.

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GLOBAL – It’s Friday and that means one thing. It’s time to boot up the RSS reader and share the snippets of news, new ideas and interesting resources that we’ve stumbled across during the week. A lot of bloggers seem to be on Summer Holidays right now, but we’ve still managed to find some interesting picks for our mix, covering sharing mobile content, the cost of the mobile internet, and rich reading for kids. (more…)

GLOBAL – We’ve all heard that guy who just can’t seem to keep his conversation to a low volume, and we’re all aware of those kids that listen to their music through the loudspeaker at the back of the bus. But what annoys us the most? We ran a poll to find out exactly that. We’ve counted up the results, so read on to find out what annoys our readers the most.
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GLOBAL – If you use Foursquare on your Symbian phone, now is the time to upgrade your app. Changes to the way Foursquare operates mean that the old app will stop working from Monday, but there’s a new one already available in Ovi Store that will continue to communicate properly with the service. (more…)

GLOBAL – For those of you lucky enough to be escaping the confines of the office and planning on escaping to some other part of the world for a couple of weeks’ holiday, it’s always nice to have some apps on your phone that might make the whole process a little easier. Here’s four apps from Ovi Store you might find useful.
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A few days ago, Andy told you about our Nokia Maps (beta) for iOS and Android.

Today, we will take a closer look at some of the nifty features of Nokia Maps HTML5 that makes it a favorite.

Nokia Maps have millions of ‘places of interest’ in our database, from ATMs to Zoos, and everything in between. What more, we have partnered with respected services like Lonely Planet, Michelin, Qype, HRS, Expedia, TripAdvisor, Wcities and many more. This means that you get to see the reviews that appear on these sites about the particular places that you searched for. Additionally, Nokia Maps users can also login and upload images from their visits to these places and their ratings and reviews about them via their desktops or laptops.

Along with reviews from many reputed sources and our community, we also have information about the place like opening hours, contact details and other interesting places in the neighborhood that you can check out while you are there. Together, all these details help to provide you with a feel of the place that you want to visit and the neighborhood where it is located.

Let us say that you want to find the cool cocktail bar in your neighborhood and want to hangout there with your friends. First, you search for the place and find them. Once you have the place, you can click on the share button  on the place page and share it with your friends in many ways. You can use twitter or facebook, or you can email them. You can even send them a free sms message that you can personalize.

Once your friend gets the sms or email on her android or iOS device, she can click on the link and it will open up into the place page. Once on this page, your friend can call the place to book a table, or click on the route and find out how she can reach the place.

Route will show you how to reach this place by walking or by car, and approximately how much time each option may take. Additionally, she can also check out the public transport lines in the city and figure out if it is possible to catch a tram or subway to her destination.

Remember that these maps are in beta. Also, you can use your desktop or Nokia Maps mobile client for Nokia devices ( version3.06 or later) to experience all this. Our maps team is hard at work behind the scenes to bring more features to make your Nokia Maps (beta) for iOS and Android experience even more enjoyable. Meanwhile, let us know your experiences with Nokia Maps (beta) for iOS and Android in the comments section!


GLOBAL – Ever since the new-look Nokia Maps was unveiled last Tuesday, we’ve been playing around with the new features. If we’re not taking a 3D look at the new cities, we’re zooming into different places to see where the local hotspots are by using the heat maps. Want to know more about how these features work? Then read on.
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GLOBAL – We’ve just received some great news from our friends at Microsoft. Yesterday, the Windows Phone development team officially signed off on the release to manufacturing (RTM) build of “Mango” – the latest version of the Windows Phone operating system and the one that will power the first Nokia with Windows Phones devices. This is excellent news for all those involved in the Windows Phone ecosystem and gets us one step closer to delivering the first Nokia with Windows Phone smartphone this year. (more…)