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Symbian to go open source

24 June, 2008 - 483 words
Nokia have said that once they own the controlling stake (or all) of Symbian, they’ll make it open source within two years under the Eclipse license (see

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Sony Ericsson W950i - better than the Nokia N91?

16 November, 2006 - 147 words
I like Symbian, and I can write code for it. This has mostly limited me to the Nokia brand of phones so far. I am interested in getting a new phone, but am slightly out of touch on the latest devices. Hence, my astonishment – the Sony Ericsson W9...

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Your phone is a webcam

11 October, 2005 - 297 words
It seems so obvious, I don’t why it didn’t occur to me before – my phone can take video and it has a bluetooth connection (which I use all the time for transferring photos to my PC), thus making it the perfect portabl...

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Google maps based on your current location

03 August, 2005 - 216 words
Jim Hughes has pointed me, quite separately at two resources: the latitude and longitude for cell mast transmitters and some Python code for viewing Google maps via your Symbian phone...

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No Palm phones in Europe?

30 April, 2004 - 324 words
I just can’t understand why Nokia doesn’t have an app with similar functionality for its Series 60 phones. Or why some third party hasn’t made one yet – or maybe even an adapter for Palm-to-S60 switchers. I wish I could use an app that was so well written to manage my calendar, contacts, memos, etc. and I wish that installing a new app on my phone (and backup) was ...

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