Palringo for Nokia N97

Palringo is the ultimate Instant Messaging client for mobile phones and computers. Palringo allows you to instantly exchange text, photos, and vocal IMs with groups or individuals.
-Connect to other services
Palringo enables you to talk to all your contacts, whether they’re using AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, Jabber or Windows Live.
-Create and join groups
Sending the same message to several people takes… Continue reading

Courier not allow IM? Need a new IM app? Look in.

Hello all for another review on another great app. Today I’m going to talk about the eBuddy app for Symbian.

Yes yes, there are others such as Nimbuzz and Fring that offer much more functionality such as voice calling and video calling over Skype etc but unfortunately I can’t use these without Wifi – Yes that’s right, I’m with T-Mobile UK which unfortunately block the ports that these apps need.

The only… Continue reading

Skype available on the N97

In case you did not notice, from yesterday onwards, you do not need t point your phone’s browser to Skype.com/m to use Skype on your phone. Skype is now officially available for Nokia N97 as an application.

This has been long overdue from Nokia and Skype’s part, many N97 owners had been feeling left out after being led to believe… Continue reading

Ovi Maps supported on the N97

Picture courtesy, Nokiaaddict.com

On the 21st of January, Nokia made a huge announcement about making drive by navigation free. A number of devices were supported. The N97mini was readily supported, but the N97 was not. This disappointed the users of N97 a lot. But Nokia promised a version for N97 within a week. True to it’s word, Nokia has today launched Ovi Maps… Continue reading

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Games Edition goes on sale in US, puts the hurt on boredom

Sure, Nokia’s 5530 XpressMusic has been on sale across the States for months now, but here’s the thing: if you bust it out of the box and try to use it literally the second you get the package in the mail, you’ll find yourself facing a depression-inducing lack of entertainment. It’s a nightmarish reality facing thousands of buyers, but Nokia’s closing the… Continue reading

Theme Review: Maemo Arena for S60 5th Edition

No, nobody has ported Maemo 5 to our 5800s (yet!) but symbian theme designer Mandeep and FoneArena have released Maemo Arena, a symbian theme heavily inspired by the UI elements of Maemo 5.

Now only if some hacker would port the Maemo 5 OS to the 5800s, would we get the features like kinetic scrolling… Continue reading

Nokia said to be launching smartphone with AT&T, Snapdragon ahoy?

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, ATT

Nokia said to be launching smartphone with AT&T, Snapdragon ahoy?

Nokia, the world’s largest phone maker, hasn’t even registered as a blip on most Americans’ radars for years now. Not since Neo’s 8110i fell out of a FedEx envelope has the public as a whole coveted anything the company had to offer, but… Continue reading

Nokia’s Ovi Software Development Kit released to invited and excited Javascripters

Filed under: Software, Nokia, Announcements

Nokia's Ovi Software Development Kit released to invited and excited JavascriptersNokia’s Ovi Store launched in late May — and then promptly crashed. The company has long-since gotten everything working smoothly and so is now so confident about its stability that it’s letting other developers in on the party. Coders proficient… Continue reading

Video: Nokia 6790 Surge / Mako gets a QIK onto the small screen

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Having already given you the AT&T spec sheet and images on this new Nokia, the only things missing are launch date, price, and a bit of video. Well, a janky QIK video just made its way to YouTube claiming that… Continue reading

Amazon’s Nokia N97 release date slides back to June 30

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian

We’d hoped that June 25 date would stay put — or even move up a bit in our overly optimistic, idealistic world — but at this point, things aren’t looking good. Amazon has now updated its N97 availability date from June 25 to June 30, possibly reflecting some insider information… Continue reading