Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store, Nokia’s one-stop shop for mobile content.
Skype for Symbian enables Nokia smartphone users to:
Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world*
Save money on calls and texts (SMS) to phones abroad
Send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups
Share pictures, videos and other files
Receive calls to their existing online number
See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM
Easily import names and numbers from the phone’s address book
A few weeks ago Fring announced the release of the world’s 1st mobile internet video calls on Symbian S60 and iPhone/iPod touch devices. Thanks to overwhelming user demand and video call usage, they started rolling out video call support for more devices over the last few weeks. Now more good news! Today it’s Nokia E72 & E75 (and all other Symbian 9.3) users who can also video call with their friends on fring and Skype for free! How do you get it? Simply got to fring’s download page and get it today!
All Nokia Symbian users, we’ve got news for you too! The newest version contains some quality improvements, bug fixes and better connectivity in some specific scenarios – so we highly recommend that you get the latest and greatest version, as well.
CJ gives us a preview of the Space Impact Meteor Shield game for Symbian touch devices (with compass sensor) that got released a few days ago. Video after the break…
Nokia Image Exchange is an experimental imaging service for Nokia mobile phones. It is meant to be as convenient and effortless as possible. With Image Exchange you can share images with your friends. It also makes your images easily available in its web interface to be viewed on a PC or downloaded.
Starting from today, Nokia is releasing new beta clients for Nokia Image Exchange with which you can:
Add people to your People menu
Set a screen name from your mobile
Search through your images in grid layout (touch UI version)
With the Ovi MapsBeta (v3.04) exploring new places and getting to your destination is easier and faster than ever. This new Beta release is all about performance improvement. Nokia have made a few tweaks to improve the performance of Ovi Maps:
Improved positioning speed and accuracy
Map zooming with faster speed
Improved search for cities with zoom out to city level
We are pleased to introduce you to the new Beta release of Ovi Maps for mobile (v3.04) and have made a few tweaks to improve the performance and positioning.
Slick is a messenger application for Symbian S60v3 and S60v5 devices. It allows you to chat with your friends connected though various online messaging applications. Currently it is still in development, an alpha version is available for free for public testing.
Cant wait untill the Symbian^3 OS i released? This theme transforms our UI on your Nokia 5800, N97, X6, 5330 and 5230 to the Symbian^3 UI. Head over to our forums s60v5 theme section to download this theme
Update: seems to be working fine on S60v3 phones also! Thx arsradu
Space Impact: Meteor Shield for Nokia N97 puts you in the seat of Earths last hope to prevent looming apocalypse. You control the gun turret to defend mother Earth against meteorite showers and alien hordes. Use magnetometer to control the turret by rotating the device, take aim and blast the falling rocks to rubble.
