Have you ever thought these two applications were the same? In most Nokia phones today, Active Notes magically replaced the Notes app. Other people have confused the two — and in reality both apps still do exist. Active Notes is usually available in Eseries phones. Other phones, like the N86 doez not have this app and relies solely on Notes.

Active Notes allows you to add some multimedia functionality to your note taking. Active Notes is sorta like the HTML version of the regular notes application allowing you to port multimedia into your computer when you sync. There’s a great deal …read more

Amazing. Found this out and I’m quite amazed that we have a comprehensive SMS blacklisting tool available for the Symbian platform.
There are really just those annoying SMS messages that come from unknown senders or stalkers. Wouldn’t it be nice to automatically quarantine them for “future reference” with the business end of the law? Also, wouldn’t it be nice to auto quarantine annoying text spam from your carriers asking you to sign up for new promotions and useless downloads? Well, MCleaner does this all. It’s a customizable spam filter, a mobile phone SMS firewall. And your new best friend.
There’s a small …read more

The All About Symbian blog has a listing of the most popular QWERTY keypad phones in the market today. Note that this isn’t confined to Nokia phones only — as Symbian is an open platform allowing other phone manufacturers a hand in developing around it. Which is why, in this list, we have a player from LG. I’m sure we’re going to get more QWERTY devices from other manufacturers running S60 as the future comes to present.

So the verdict? In descending order, it seems that the best would be the Nokia E90, a fantastic phone that spelled the “last” of …read more

Hey this is interesting. The Loudspeaker application basically works like a hands free device but it is really just your Nokia phone that activates on voice commands, allowing you to speak while driving and have your hands free. You can download the app from SymbianGuru.
Key Features:
- Ability to answer the incoming call automatically
- Good and inexpensive alternative to your Bluetooth handsfree
- Activated on certain profiles
- Adjustable sounds on …read more

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An insightful video production on the logic, blood, sweat and tears behind the making of flagship Nokia N97.

What I found most intriguing was the philosophy behind the design for the sliding screen. Nokia wants to spell out authenticity in defining their products and they showed this from the very act of defining what sound the phone should make when you slide out the screen to reveal the keyboard. Brilliant!
[photo c/o Nokia PR and Nikka Abes]

Sad news. This June ‘09, S60 is shutting down their word of mouth campaign, the Ambassador Program.
It’s been hardly a year since the Ambassador site launched – and what a journey it has been! Over 21 thousand Ambassadors signed up, we ran 9 campaigns, and heard from you all via nearly 6000 personal accounts you’ve submitted. Such colorful reports they have been too! We can’t thank you enough for all that passion, effort and enthusiasm you have bestowed upon us. Rest assured that every one of those reports have been personally read and responded to by one of us here …read more

A developer raised a point about the developing for the Ovi Store about Java Verified being a requirement:
I was hoping that Java Verified will not be a requirement, we are signed by Verisign but a Java Verified process will make our production costs far more expensive which will end up costing to the users and hurting the platforms accessibility…
Please Nokia pay attention to the highest selling segment in the Apple app store: the $1 applications… This price point might not be feasible with Java Verified.
In the beginning, when Symbian was pretty much the ruler of mobile applications they could dictate …read more

If you are a developer and wondering how to get your apps published for the Ovi Store, this short video tutorial will help you and your team manage the process. You need to register at www.publish.ovi.com. It is currently free to register but you will need to be patient with your approval process. The Ovi Store also offers developer support through Forum Nokia.

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The revenue share model for the Ovi Store is 70% in favor of the developer. The store will be available starting May 2009. So yeah, if you’re a developer, we suggest applying now.

There’s excitement abounding the Symbian community as Symbian Foundation launches its beta testing program. I guess it’s one good way to support the current efforts of the Nokia Conversations blog as well as the Ambassador Program.

During the beta trial phase several thousand friends and members of the Symbian community are being invited to test and give feedback on the foundation’s developer website. The site contains a rich developer offering including platform release information, council charters, wikis, forums, as well as access to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Mercurial Source Configuration Management (SCM), Bugzilla defect reporting and issue tracking tool, …read more

Starting April 1 (no this isn’t an April Fool’s prank), Symbian Guru will be running a contest for FREE SOFTWARE. The mechanics are very simple — it’s a virtual Easter Egg hunt:

On the 1st of April we will hide some number of ‘Eggs’ word on our product description texts. For every ‘Egg’ found we will give you one registration code for the software present on our website at www.symbianguru.com. You need to indicate the post where you have found the word and copy the phrase or sentence with this ‘Egg’ word. Also do not forget to name the software …read more