App Review :Belle Shell

With Nokia S^3 users getting their smartphones updated to the fresh new Nokia Belle, the S^1 smartphone users particularly those having s60v5 touchscreen smartphones are a bit worried about having the outdated Symbian OS with a dull look as Belle is not compatible with those s60v5 smartphones due to hardware capability. This is over as s60v5 users can also have the 100% Belle look on their smartphones with the new app called Belle Shell. 

This is quite a great app which gives the complete look of Nokia Belle including all six homescreens and fully customisable widgets with separate wallpapers on each home screen. We can also add shortcuts of apps in the homescreen. Although this app is bit memory consuming, it is worth using.  Another feature that is like in this is the live scrolling between the homecreens and also the drop down bar which includes Flash option too so that a third party app may not be needed to use the flash as torch.

We can fully customize the homescreen with the widgets that come with this app and also add our own shortcuts for our apps too. There are five widgets that come with this app- Digital and Analog clock, profile, calender and also contacts widgets.

And with this app, we can also get the menu bar as found in Belle with customisable folders giving a all new look to the s60v5 smartphone.

Though this app is not available for free, this app is much worth than its given price. This app can be downloaded from Nokia store here. The app developer has given the app demo on a Nokia 5800. This app is available for 5230, 5800, N97, 5530, and X6.

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Foursquare update adds NFC support for Android 4.0

Foursquare launched its update with the new improved "Explore" feature for Android and iPhone four days ago. The location based social app received its new update yesterday with all new NFC (Near Field Communication) support for Android 4.0 smartphones which is Galaxy Nexus only at present. With this update, Android 4.0 users can use their NFC phones to check-in by tapping against a NFC tag and also can share the places they have visited by tapping with other NFC enabled phones.

According to  Holger Luedorf, VP of Mobile and International at Foursquare,

The user experience is great. You just hold your phone against the tap [point]. The checkin screen automatically pops up with the right venue. You’re basically shaving very valuable seconds off the checkin process. We try to leverage the native experiences and APIs that are available through the platform as those usually drive the best user experience. We’re trying to leverage this because we feel that pinpointing someone down to a location through an NFC chip definitely has some value.

via Engadget

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Nokia Belle roll out starts today

For all Nokia users out there, after months of waiting and expectations, Nokia has officially begin its Nokia Belle update Roll outs from today. This update is available for Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7. 

The new Nokia Belle update brings out more personalisation with six home screens and also includes fully customisable widgets. Microsoft Business Apps such as Lync, One Note also will be available for free for the Belle devices. This update will be available from today for India, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Poland, UK, Germany, Italy, Vietnam and Indonesia. Here is a step by step tutorial for updating your Nokia Anna device to Nokia Belle. This requires the latest version of Nokia suite.

via Nokia Conversations

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Corning's "A Day Made of Glass"

You may be aware that Corning, the famous maker of hard Gorilla Glass unveiled the Gorilla Glass 2 in CES. Now Corning has unveiled their vision for future in the "A Day Made of Glass" video in 2011 followed by "A Day Made of Glass 2".

Image Courtesy : Corning

This video shows how the future will be and how glass changes everything around us and the use of touchscreen interactive boards, evolution of smartphones, Tablets and interactive displays. I am sure that you will sure be awestruck after seeing this video and will be waiting for it.

Here is the video posted on YouTube by Corning,

The tablet in the video looked like iPad. It will probably be iPad 20 or something. :D

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T-Mobile Austria Lumia 710 runs iOS

T-Mobile Austria makes the same hilarious mistake twice in their Lumia 710 and Galaxy Ace commercials. The commercial featured a Nokia Lumia 710 running Facebook version of iOS rather than the Facebook for Windows Phone and the same in case of Android powered Ace.

This Lumia 710 runs Facebook for iOS in Windows Phone? Meanwhile the Facebook for Windows Phone is a panorama Application and  looks like

This really shows an epic Photoshop fail. Here is the Commercials of T-Mobiles featuring the Windows Phone Lumia 710 running Facebook for iOS.



And the Android powered Galaxy Ace too runs Facebook for iOS.

But they it right in the end showing the Windows Phone Live Tiles.

via Hypertechtronium

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Play AngryBirds on any Webpage brought by Nokia

With Everyone started playing the Angry Birds on their Smartphones, there is no unaware of Angrybirds. This is not only available on Smartphones but also Nokia's Asha 300 and Asha 303,featured mobiles of the Asha Series. Nokia has let out the Angry Birds game confined within mobile phones and allows us to play it in any web page. All you have to do is visit Nokia's Europe page here and bookmark the Angrybirds by dragging it to your navigation bar.

And that's all. Its simple as this. You can now start playing the Angrybirds game on any webpage. They had also given instructions on installing and also the scores.

Start playing Angry Birds on any webpage now and start destroying the pigs and share them. Here is my screenshot. I got 11000 points ;)

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White HTC Sensation with Android 4.0

HTC Netherland has tweeted that the company will be releasing Android 4.0 powered White colored HTC Sensation. It was also mentioned that Android 4.0 update will be available for other existing units of HTC Sensation. The other features of this White version are same as that of the original Sensation with 1.2GHz processor and has 4.3" qHD display  with 8MP camera and also features a rear camera. The exact date for the Android 4.0 roll outs has not yet been announced.

Here is the tweet from HTC Netherland,

"De nieuwe HTC Sensation Ice White draait op Android 4.0. Andere toestellen uit de Sensation-serie ontvangen binnenkort de update.Stay tuned!"

 Translated into English,

"The new HTC Sensation White Ice runs on Android 4.0. Other units from the Sensationseries will shortly receive the update.Stay tuned!"

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Docomo to launch Disney branded Android phones

Docomo has announced that they will be launching two new Disney branded Android Smartphones towards the end of this month. The two Android Smartphones are named the Panasonic P-05D and the Fujitsu F-08D.
The P-05D is a high end smartphone with a 4.3" OLED screen and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual processor with a 13.1MP camera. This P-05D will be available for Japanese markets towards the end of this month.

Meanwhile, the F-08D comes with a 4.3" qHD screen being powered by 1GHz processor and a 8MP camera. Both of them will be running Android 2.3 and free Disney contents will be available with these Disney branded phones. The F-08D will hit the Japanese markets towards March.

via The Verge

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