What’s different from the previous release (v3.04)?

Nokia have made a few major improvements to Ovi Maps in this release. These include:

• Pinch to zoom interaction (Only available on Symbian^3 devices)
• Visually refreshed main menu and icons,
• New maps with public transport lines (as a new map layer) for subways, trams and trains in 80+ cities around the world. Just click the map toolbox icon and select Transit lines,
• Improved search experience - find places and addresses around you – or anywhere in the world – fast and easily. Browse places or enter a keyword in the search box. Now with suggestions and “did you mean?” functionality,
• New place pages with description, reviews, pictures and places nearby. Interact with places in a whole new way – you can check in, contact, navigate, save, rate, share, report or see place on the map,
• Share a place – send a place to your friends via SMS or Email. The SMS contains the address and a link to the place page with description, ratings, contact, URL and a mini map. The link opens up on the mobile browser (also on non-Nokia devices),
• Check in – keep your friends up-to-date with where you are and what you’re up to. Check in to places and share it with your friends on Facebook and many more social networks. See places you’ve been to in your check in history,
• New Drive assistance mode with live traffic flow – after clicking Drive, you’re instantly in drive assistance mode with live traffic flow and more. Once you start moving, get safety camera alerts and speed limit warnings,
• More folder with many rich content services relevant to your location. Personalise your Ovi Maps by selecting the services you’d like to keep on your main menu for instant access.
• NEW - Traffic flow: In Drive mode, a number of improvements to the traffic flow colour scheme and layout.

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Call of Duty for Mobile is now available for free until the 29th of October. You can download the game exclusively on Getjar. You can find a list of all compatible phones after the break.

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The world’s most popular mobile browser is now optimized for the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Opera Software today released the beta version of Opera Mini 5.1 optimized for Symbian. The native version of Opera Mini for Symbian features all the innovations Opera Mini is known for, such as Speed Dial for the users’ favorite websites, tabbed browsing and an attractive user interface.

The Opera Mini 5.1 native beta release brings several key improvements to the Opera Mini browser on Nokia smartphones:

• Support for more devices than ever
• Significantly faster start-up time
• Improved page-load and scrolling performance, especially on older devices
• Full support for device text input methods
• Improved fonts
• Device integration for copy & paste, email client and more
• Option to choose default access point — no more annoying dialogs

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Here are some Angry Birds Ringtones and SMS ringtones in Mp3 format that you can use as ringtones on your phone. Since the files are in Mp3, they will work with most devices. Download the ringtones from our forum

[Thx Ida]

Alrighty, folks, we’ve had a few requests for this and we’ve been thinking about it for some time but we finally broke down and created our own Daily Mobile Facebook page. We’re just in the creation stages, but go ahead and get added to our lists!

And hey, dont forget to click on the “like button”

Update: You can also follow the Daily iPhone Blog on Facebook by visiting this page.

Spark is the Ultimate Active Home Screen with Live Twitter & Facebook Social Streams, Live Breaking News, Entertainment, Sports and Top News categories all live on your Phonetop. Update Twitter & Facebook at Once! Blog or Share News To Facebook, Twitter or SMS. View the Weather Forecast Wherever You Are With Sparks Location-aware Weather Module. *Spark will turn your phone into a Home-Sweet Phone.

Spark runs on most Symbian S60, 3rd Edition (FP1, FP2 & MR), 5th Edition, and Symbian^3 phones

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PhoNetInfo retrieves detailed phone and network information such as firmware version; IMSI; IMEI; SIM card and battery status; WLAN IP, MAC, MTU and speed, bluetooth MAC and device class; network mode, name, signal strength, (cell) ID and country code; CPU speed, type and architecture; RAM and ROM; running tasks; MMC & SD Card; supported camera formats, etc.

PhoNetInfo is officially signed by Symbian Ltd. External link resp. Symbian Signed External link and is compatible with all Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition and S^3 mobile phones (e.g. Nokia N8, E7,5500, 5700, 5800, 6110, 6120, 6121, 6290, 6500, Nokia ESeries & NSeries).

Download the app for free from our Forums Symbian^3 application and game section.

With Nokia World just around the corner, some of you may want to keep an eye on the twitter feeds throughout the Event.  Micky provides us with a guide on how to predefine hash-tag searches via Gravity for ease of use to monitor the Conference.

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