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Archive for September, 2007

The All In One Torch!

Posted by vaibhavlaw on September 23, 2007

I, for one, find a torch to be a very convenient utility as many a time you find yourself groping for the light switch while in a dark room, searching for your keys on the bedside table or even trying to read the menu in a dark restaurant. The possibilities are endless! TM from The Series 60 Weblog has developed this wonderful freeware for our S60 v3 phones! It is comprises of both a screen light and a LED strobe light.

All In One Torch!

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Posted in Applications, Miscellaneous, N81, News, Nokia N95, Symbian, Tweaks | Tagged: , , , | 12 Comments »

S60 Wishlist: The Future Beckons!

Posted by vaibhavlaw on September 22, 2007

Series 60

S60 the smart-phone user interface, we have all used it; sometimes we loved it and other times it let us down. But, the true fact is that S60 which sits atop the Symbian operating system is one of the most powerful and user friendly user interfaces available for any smart-phone. The other interfaces like UIQ and Windows Mobile cater to PDAs rather smartphones. PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) are devices with which are data-centered and have telephony as an add-on while smartphones are more telephony-centered with data related features being add-ons. While S60 has a lot of strong points it also has a few shortcomings compared to other interfaces as well as what a smart-phone user wants. This article by Jamal Abid wants to establish a basic wish list for the features that we the S60 users want to included in the next S60 releases by manufacturers world-wide.

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Posted in Ideas, Miscellaneous, Nokia N95, Rants, Symbian | Tagged: , , , | 36 Comments »