The Symbian Foundation’s announced that it would make its code open source in 2008 and has now completed the move. It means that any organisation or individual can now use and modify the platform’s underlying source code “for any purpose”. Symbian has shipped in more than 330m mobile phones, the foundation says. It believes the move will attract new developers to work on the system and help speed up the pace of improvements.

Read More »

Nokia Diagnostics makes it easy to diagnose and troubleshoot situations on the mobile phone by running various tests on the phone, including:

• Network Coverage test
• Internet connectivity test
• Battery charger test
• Loudspeaker &
• Earpiece test

Nokia Diagnostics works well with all S60 5th Edition devices like Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5530, Nokia 5800, and Nokia X6 (Not compatible with S60 3rd Edition devices or earlier.)

Read More »

Want one? yeah i know that you do . Get the iPhone icon key chains from here (16$). You can find a few more images after the break…

Felt keychain / key holder for your keys or as an accessory for your gadgets, pouches or bags. All made out of felt, filled with fiber fill. And, attached ribbon strap for the keyring. It is measured 1.5″ x 1.5″

Read More »

Another great theme by Dsma! This theme works with the Symbian Touch devices such as the Nokia 5800, N97, X6, 5230 etc). Both custom and default icon set is included in the zip file (with a few wallpapers too).

Read More »

Duke Nukem 3D on N900 using Nintendo bluetooth WiiMote with Gyros + dpad, A, 1 and 2 buttons. With some more control tweaking this will be even better!

Read More »

The guys at Sony Ericsson Blog has published a few HD videos recorded with the Sony Ericsson Vivas , check them out after the break…

Read More »

There is a new unannounced Nokia phone in town which expected to be revealed in a couple of weeks in Spain. The yet to have a name C5, is a new smartphone expected to see the day light during MWC 2010 in Barcelona. Don’t hold your breath for C5. This is a mid-end smartphone. According to my ninja buddy Cre_Rec the C5 specs are:

• Symbian S60v3 FP2 OS
• 3.2MP camera
• HSDPA / HSUPA
• 2.2″ QVGA screen
• 50MB internal memory
• MicroSD Slot
• GPS / A-GPS
• 3.5MM audio jack
• FM Radio

Read More »

The Nokia X6 just got a new firmware update. You can download new firmware version v12.0.091 from NSU (Note that it may take some time before the new firmware is available for your product code)

Discuss the Nokia X6 firmware here

[Thx Jean-Pierre]