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Nokia Maps SMS billing issue with Nokia Care[less]

By Ewan on October 15, 2008 in Applications

I got this in from a reader today who, whilst happy with Nokia Maps, is deeply unimpressed at the billing system and infrastructure surrounding it: Hi. I seem to be having real problem with Nokia Maps – not a software issue – but a fault with the SMS payment service. I am happy to pay [...]

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Converting an application from Symbian to Windows Mobile

By Ewan on October 14, 2008 in Applications

Daniel caught me the other day. He’s a mobile developer working on some nifty communications services aimed at Ethiopians throughout the world. He’s got some chaps to create a Symbian S40/S60 version of the service he’s aiming to launch — and is wondering how difficult it will be to convert the application to work on [...]

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The best mobile city guides?

By Ewan on October 14, 2008 in Applications

I had a question in from Mark Westall of FadMag. He writes: – – – – – Ewan Do you know, (I’m sure you do) of any cool city guides for mobiles ? regards Mark – – – – – Well Mark, a few come to mind but I’d like to open this question to [...]

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The new mJelly Directory

By Krystal on October 10, 2008 in Applications

Hi this is James Coops from mjelly, we’ve just launched a new directory of mobile sites and apps and the good folks at Mobile Industry Review have kindly asked us to do a weekly post highlighting some of the amazing new mobile stuff that we are finding out there. We’ll be focusing on the so-called [...]

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Trutap launches Hornet content platform

By Ewan on October 8, 2008 in Applications

I got a note in this morning from Carl Uminski, CTO of Trutap. I caught up with Carl very briefly at CTIA in San Francisco last month and he showed me a demo of the next version of Trutap — it’s going to be quite stunning. IM, Content, Social Networking — all aimed at the [...]

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Nokia Beta Labs release Photos 1.5 Beta

By preshit on September 22, 2008 in Applications, News

The Nokia Photos team at the Nokia Beta labs have just announced the beta release of version 1.5 for the Nokia Photos application for your PC. The application can be used to organize, manage and transfer your personal media between your Nokia device and your PC. They have redesigned the overall visuals of the application [...]

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S60 Application Review: Shazam ID

By Ricky Chotai on September 19, 2008 in Applications, News

Shazam ID is available here. Shazam ID is an application that assists you in identifying songs that you do not know I name of, whether that be in a club, film or TV music or simply just off the radio. You simply start the application and point it at the source of music for 30 [...]

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Sony Ericsson Calls for Entries to its 2008 Content Awards

By preshit on September 18, 2008 in Applications, News

Sony Ericsson has just announced their annual 2008 Sony Ericsson Content Awards and are calling upon entries for the same. The annual event honors outstanding achievements in mobile content development. The company has opened up the entries for the competition beginning today and will continue till November 30, 2008 and is open for all mobile [...]

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S60 Application Review: FlipSilent

By Ricky Chotai on September 12, 2008 in Applications

It’s time for a new feature here at Mobile Industry Review I am going to be reviewing S60 applications on a weekly basis. If you want to share an application with the readers or if you are a developer and you want to give your application some coverage then drop me a line (ricky@mobileindustryreview.com). Quick [...]

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SlingPlayer shows UIQ some love

By preshit on September 11, 2008 in Applications, News

UIQ users, I bring some happy news. Actually, only if you’ve heard about SlingPlayer will you be able to make sense of the following. We just got information that the SlingPlayer Mobile has now been announced for Symbian UIQ phones. It’s been a while that the folks at Sling Media have toyed with us to [...]

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Jonathan Jensen on Thursday – My favourite Twitter tools

By Jonathan on September 11, 2008 in Applications, News

Last week I wrote about Twitter, why I’m a fan and how I use it. This week I’m going to look at some of the applications I use to improve the Twitter experience and make it easier to use. The Twitter API has generated a vast number of Twitter related applications and these are just [...]

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Get your own virtual computer from G.ho.st

By Ewan on September 8, 2008 in Applications

Fancy a free, web-based Virtual Computer? You just log-in to it from your web browser, and there is your desktop, waiting to go to work for you? I’ve played with quite a few of these types of services over the years. I’ve always liked the idea of having my desktop and my ‘data’ in the [...]

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