By @edent · android ios mobile nokia symbian · 8 comments · 350 words · read ~40,347 times.
I was working in the mobile phone industry just as smartphones were taking off. I saw the Palm Pilot rise and fall. I witnessed NEC and Sagem and a host of companies launch smartphones and then disappear. But the greatest tragedy of them all was Nokia and their Symbian Operating System. (Actually, Symbian's ownership and […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android mobile security symbian · 2 comments · 300 words · read ~594 times.
More bad news for Android owners. A huge Russian malware operation is infecting Android apps in the the Google Play Store. The malware - hopefully now removed - hijacks your personal details, and sends premium rate text messages to drive profits for its owners. Nasty. This is the price we pay for Android's open access […]
Continue reading →By @edent · arg games iphone mobile mozzies NaBloPoMo nokia symbian · 500 words · read ~1,752 times.
There's a delightful video doing the rounds of an Augmented Reality game for the iPhone. What better use of technology than to simulate the destruction of TIE Fighters? While undoubtedly cool, what amuses me about this game is why it has taken the gaming world so long to catch up with Symbian! Way back in […]
Continue reading →By @edent · nokia symbian · 1 comment · 200 words · read ~172 times.
Samir has just released this little auto-rotate app for the N95. As you rotate your phone, the screen reorients itself. It's a brilliant idea and an excellent application... But it really calls into question Nokia's ability to react to the market. The N95 has always had an accelerometer (the device which tells it which way […]
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