Nokia 5230 Blog is Now Closed I have moved to Nokia Innovation

Nokia 5230 Blog is now officially closed and i will be writing from now on at Nokia Innovation.Nokia Innovation is a team based blog focusing only on the latest and greatest Nokia News and is "Your Portal to Anything Nokia".Started over an year ago Nokia 5230 Blog has come a long way and Nokia Innovation is the next step.If you like my work here then just head over to Nokia Innovation to read s60v5,Nokia 5230 news and more.I wish all my readers to come to Nokia Innovation and lets make this transisiton a sucess.http://nokiainnovation.com/http://nokiainnovation.com/author/jerrin/http://www.twitter.com/nokiainnovationhttp://twitter.com/JerrinFrancis1http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nokia-Innovation/108414405906491

Posted by on 24 October 2011 | 7:19 am

Foursquare releases a full featured QT app for Symbian

Foursquare has just released a new QT based app for Symbian which is a major upgrade over previous version.The app looks like its the N9 version ported to Symbian nevertheless its fast,its full featured.                                                         image coutsey @nkumar_The new features include Photo uploads, notifications,comments,listing venues and more and is pretty fast.Head over to Nokia Store and download the app just remember to download the QT version or download from the link below.For more pics go here or herehttp://store.ovi.com/content/213198via[@camb078,thehandheldblog]

Posted by on 20 October 2011 | 12:27 pm

Facial Lite now available on Nokia Store

Free version doesn't have widget, full messages, "more" button, photo upload, checkin, like comment, delete post/comment, add to calendar or rsvp to event.So it's a stripped version of Facial but basic functionality is there.Facial Facebook  client for Symbian had been recently updated to version 4.0 and now the developer has released a free version with most of the features.The features supported areUltra smooth scrollingFeed, Friends, Photos, Pages, Events, Groups, Notifications Post, Comment, Like Facebook Messages (read)Search Auto refresh Swipe gestures Black and White themeThe features missing from paid version are"Free version doesn't have widget, full messages, "more" button, photo upload, checkin, like comment, delete post/comment, add to calendar or rsvp to event.So it's a stripped version of Facial but basic functionality is there."http://store.ovi.com/content/210770 (free)http://store.ovi.com/content/112549(paid)via[@camb078]

Posted by on 20 October 2011 | 7:15 am

Soundtracker Radio 1.7 released

Soundtracker is a Social Radio app which gives you access to Over 10 million songs on demand and best of all free.The changes includeSymbian Anna text player bug Symbian Belle performanceHide password on setting pageScrolling bug for my stations and nearby listImproved performance of my stations and nearby listFriends' Stations page improvementFixed bug of first item selection by editing my stations listOptimized size for album images for my stations and nearby listEmail feedback with more info about the deviceMP3 player bugFor Download and more info go to Soundtracker's Beta Labs page.source[nokia beta labs]

Posted by on 19 October 2011 | 11:22 pm

Facebook Touch Site Redesigned for Symbian

Facebook Touch(touch.facebook.com) is the mobile version optimised for touch screen devices and it has got a pretty good face lift echoing the new changes for the desktop site. The main feature you will notice is a new menu in the top left corner giving easy acess to new feed,messages,pages,groups and more.The notifications panel also got a facelift now looking like one from an iPhone app.Also the news feed also has been improved like in desktop site showing recent stories you like rather than just showing recent news which was populated by game spams(friends triumphs playing Farmville and the like). Also The status update has been changed adding Facebook's new feature allowing you to select who reads your updates.Though the update button required a refresh sometimes.Overall the new touch site can compete with any Facebook app for Symbian and yes there are missing features like video upload and checkins.But for an average user Facebook has took the right path and will accelerate its path to global dominance.(Hope Google's listening).via[the independent Symbain blog]

Posted by on 19 October 2011 | 9:24 am

Foliant eBook Reader

While its unlikely that Amazon will release Kindle app for Symbian there a couple of good ebook readers combined with services like ManyBooks and Project Gutenberg can fill the gap.Foliant is one such eBook reader and a promising with nice set of features and good interface. The features includeformat support EPUB, FB2 and TXTcomplete library, grupirovka by author, genre and other parameterssearch and download books from the Internettrained support True Type fontsturn on the display 90, 180, 270 degrees, support for the accelerometeropportunity to comment on and rate booksWork with ZIP archives like folders, support for GZip archivesbuilt-in English-Russian dictionary with the touch of a translationuser-friendly menu with support kinetic scrollingsupport for the main character WIN-1251, ISO-8859-5, UTF-8, KOI8R, DOSthree modes of paging of the book: Kinetic scrolling, page-flipping stroke, page-flipping in the zoneshyphenation (supports English and Russian hyphenation rules)detailed set of formatting textsupport profile settingsbacklight control (only Nokia and SE)Russian, Ukrainian and English localizationDownload the app from Official Site[Russian]

Posted by on 18 October 2011 | 8:57 am

Socially 3.07 released

The all in one social app for Symbian has been updated to version 3.06 mainly bringing bug fixes.The changes includefixes bugs related to Facebook crash for some users & Twitter trendsdownload the latest version by going to m.sociallyapp.com on your phone.via[@imsyteam]

Posted by on 18 October 2011 | 8:34 am

Halloween Day Theme by TheShadow

Here is another cool Halloween theme complete with custom icons,cool wallpaper boasting 1000 icons for 3rd party apps.Full Svg theme with light weight icons1000+ icons addedToolbar icons, signal indicators skinnedhttp://store.ovi.com/content/211418via[Abhisek's Blog]

Posted by on 17 October 2011 | 11:08 am

Happy Halloween Theme by Iree7

Enjoy this Halloween season with this cool new theme by Iree7 complete with cool wallpaper,custom icons.Download the theme from herevia[Abhisek's Blog]

Posted by on 15 October 2011 | 8:44 am

fMobi 2.0.1 released

fMobi facebook client has been updated to version 2.0.1 and now is available on Nokia store.The changes include"This version fixes problems with closing application and it still stays in memory. Menu screen status update is also updated. One language added and some minor tweaking in some languages."http://store.ovi.com/content/167633

Posted by on 15 October 2011 | 6:16 am

imo IM client updated with Support for group messaging and more

imo is a new instant messaging app for Symbian has been updated to version 1.05 bringing group messaging ,bug fixes and more.The Skype support and now group messaging will provide stiff competition to other messaging apps.The changes areGroup messaging searchable chat historyui improvementscouple of bug fixeshttps://imo.im/nokiavia[symbiantweet]

Posted by on 14 October 2011 | 11:48 am

Imsy updated with Anna like icons,UI improvements and more

Imsy the messenger app from the creators of Socially app has been updated to version.93 with new features and more.The new features includeSet own profile photo and see profile photos of friendsAbility to turn off auto-suggestion of images when you type a messageAbility to change registration nameNew Nokia Surround style icon (special thanks to @logonaniket for designing the logo)UI Improvements, especially on S60 v3 phonesPerformance improvements and bug fixeshttp://imsy.com/s60source[imsy]

Posted by on 14 October 2011 | 9:12 am

Gravity 2.0 preview now available

Gravity the undisputed king of Twitter client for Symbian released first preview of version 2.0 bringing some big changes. Major changes include full featured support for Facebook,support for preview of multiple images.The new features includeFacebook support is now full featuredmultiple image previews in Twitterimprovements to Foursquare supportperformance improvements and moreNote that it is a preview release and unexpected bugs can occur.Download the latest version from herevia[nokiahdblog]source[@janole]

Posted by on 13 October 2011 | 12:34 pm

C6 firmware V41 leak hints new firmware update for all s60v5 devices

Symbian Latino reports that they have access to updated C6 firmware version 41.2.10 and hints that a new firmware update will be available for all s60v5 devices.The major feature we know as of now is the updated browser which looks just like the Symbian Belle one.The changes we know of areUpdate to the native browser to version 7.3.131 with bottom navigation barImprovements and correction of the bug of "camera in use" when you delete a photoImprovements in the stability of the deviceImprovements in WiFiThese changes are based on the unreleased version of C6 firmware which is expected to be available in few weeks and they have even made it available for download for C6 users.

Posted by on 13 October 2011 | 8:14 am

Ovi Suite 3.2 beta released renamed to Nokia suite and much more

As part of the removing Ovi brand after Store the next stop is Ovi Suite now called Nokia Suite.The update not only brings a name change but also change to ui and new features.The changes includeNokia Ovi Suite is now called Nokia SuiteThe application has a refreshed look and feelThe new Support view offers info and help with using Nokia Suite and your phoneThe Support view helps make sure you have enough free space on your phoneThe improved sync log shows you what has changed during syncingSoftware updates for your phone software and phone applications run now more reliablyYou might also notice, that Nokia Suite doesn't anymore run MPlatform.exe process - we've removed that from our architecture. You'll MPlatform.exe still running, if you have Nokia Ovi Player installed into same PCOf course, new Nokia Suite 3.2 contains lots more new stuff, huge amount of different errors have been corrected and also many crash issues have been resolvedDownload it from Nokia Beta Labs Page and don't forget to give feedback here,the best feedback will be given prizes by Nokia so be sure to report any bugs.via[nokialino]

Posted by on 12 October 2011 | 11:56 pm

Horus RSS Reader for s60v5 now available on Nokia Store

Horus is a RSS reader for Symbian with great UI and makes reading RSS feeds on your mobile fun.A beta had been released earlier and now it is available for download on Nokia Store.http://store.ovi.com/content/131094source[@fallenleafsoft]

Posted by on 12 October 2011 | 9:57 am

Dubstep Nokia's Official Ringtone for next 100 million devices

Any one who has or had a Nokia will never forget the trademark Nokia Ringtone.Nokia had announced an extensive competition  to find its Successor.The winner is called Nokia Tune Dubstep Edition and will be preinstalled on Over 100 million phones shipping next year.The competition attracted 1.4 million visitors,entries form 70 countries.Read more about it and runner ups over at Nokia Brand Book and see the full list of entries at Audiodraft pagevia[thenextweb,nokia conversations,nokia brand book]

Posted by on 10 October 2011 | 10:28 pm

Facial 4.0 released

Facial is a light weight Facebook client for Symbian smartphones and has reached version 4 with new features ui changes and more.Here are the changes        Homescreen Widget(not for Nokia 5230)                       Content: Profile pic OR shared pic, timestamp, sender name, post                       Auto & manual scroll                       Notification, message & feed counters                      Timestamp when feed was refreshed                      Refresh now buttonFull Facebook Messages (reply/delete/manage via Mobile Facebook site)Feed browser (scroll through full home feed posts)Like/unlike commentsDelete own posts and any posts in my wall (ONLY if they are done with Facial)Delete own comments and any comments in my wallAuto poll does full home refresh alwaysNew option to stop auto refreshing at certain time of the day (default 23:00)Clicking any of the main tab's "topic" refreshes it"Back" animates different to directionEvents view changed to show ALL events ever been invited toVisual improvementsProgress bar for loading photosNetwork connection handling improvedhttp://store.ovi.com/content/112549source

Posted by on 10 October 2011 | 8:18 am

Symbian Anna v7 beta custom firmware available for Nokia 5230

Symbian Anna v7 custom firmware has been released last week and was made available to Nokia 5800,5530 and X6.The Nokia 5230 version was pushed back due to some problems and a new beta version of the firmware has been released.The new features includeCores Based on the new Nokia N97 for better management of the RAM(Different for 5230 version)Processor speed increased to 536 MhzNew web browser with improved interface v7.3.1.25Emoticons support for messages and symbolsHorizontal menu in full screen with the bar downLanguage English and Spanish LatinoFixed keyboard in portrait mode to make typing easierOvi Maps 6.3 built-Final (Exclusive Version)Pure optimized Nokia SourcesIntegrated the new store NOKIA STORE 1.16New default theme courtesy of Anna Symbian @ aj23thememasterImproved Sidebar much smaller improvement in all space applicationsFull QWERTY keyboard, Symbian AnnaNew image on and offUnlock Unlock tap that increases memory performance and batteryBehavior rescheduled lightsFirmware thorough cleaning to get more free space.The beta version can be downloaded from Symbian Latino  and here is the tutorial,please remebr to install phoenix,JAF and also follow video carefully.NOTE:Use custom firmwares at your own risk,it can essentially void your warranty and even brick your phone

Posted by on 10 October 2011 | 12:30 am

Albite Reader 2.2 released

Albite Reader is one of the best eBook readers available for Symbian and has been updated to version 2.2.The changes areSupport for native Java fontsBookmarking / looking up text is far easier now by using a context menuAdded two more font sizes to the HD versionFiles/folders are now listed alphabetically, not randomlyDownload the app from here via[nokialino]

Posted by on 9 October 2011 | 11:01 am

Download Orginal Nokia N9/Symbian Belle ringtones

Nokia had refreshed its iconic ringtone for Nokia N9,Symbian Belle and new S40 devices and it has now made it available for download at Nokia BrandBook.Read more and download the ringtones over at Nokia BrandBook.Don't forget to tell what you feel about the new tunes.via[Zomgitscj]

Posted by on 9 October 2011 | 5:59 am

fMobi 2.0 released with improved UI,new languages and more

fMobi called one of the best Facebook client for Symbian has been updated version 2.0 bringing a whole lot of changes including over 50 updates to interface,new languages,features and bug fixes.The changes areMore than 25 new languages.New FB smart listsVibrating alertsSmootherLots of UI tweakingMessagingBug fixeshttp://store.ovi.com/content/167633source[JiiKoo]

Posted by on 9 October 2011 | 12:08 am

Cherry Blossom by Sabyasachi Sarkar

Cherry Blossom by Sabyasachi Sarkar is a cool new theme with Symbian Anna icons complete with icons for third party apps and 100% vector.Features are100% vector no png or jpeg elemets used.Pressed state highlights.Works in portrait and landscape modes without loss of quality.New analog clock,new wait graphics,new high resolution volume indicator.For S60 5th edition phones only.Nokia 5800 XpressMusic,Nokia 5530 XpressMusic,Nokia 5230,Nokia 5233,Nokia N97,Nokia N97 mini,Nokia X6,Nokia C6.Total Size 2.4 MB(including ringtone 500 kb).Symbian Anna icons.Over 100 third party icons are added.Special thanks to Samy Mar Boy Tonny for third party icons.Download the theme from herevia[Abhisek's blog]

Posted by on 8 October 2011 | 11:38 am

Get N9/Symbian Belle/Anna all in one wallpaper pack

Symbian World has compiled a collection of Nokia N9,Symbian Belle and Anna wallpapers.Download the pack from Symbian World

Posted by on 8 October 2011 | 9:27 am

Official CNN app now available on Nokia Store

The updated version 1.3 of the official CNN app for Nokia is now available for s60v5 devices on Nokia Store.The changes include support for On demand video,better breaking news and bug fixes.The CNN live features is not yet working or i couldn't find an option for that. I would recommend this as a must have app,the developers have done great job and shows how a great qt app should be like.http://store.ovi.com/content/121610via

Posted by on 7 October 2011 | 11:47 pm

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