“Applications” Articles

Check out this video demo at CTIA Wireless 2011 of the Nokia C7 running a full version of BCard Reader, which allows the built in NFC chip on the Nokia C7 to read information from an NFC compatible business card. The app also has some cool features of its own. Video after the break.

Here’s a quick step by step video tutorial on how to re-download apps and games from the Ovi Store. You might need to do this if you either purchase a new device, or if you’ve had to reformat or reset your current handset for whatever reason. It doesn’t however explain how to get the Ovi Store app itself after a hard reset of the newer Symbian^3 devices.

Nokia Research Center in Beijing has just released a great new application for the Chinese speaking community - Nokia Diexie (诺基亚叠写). The official name 诺基亚叠写 actually means “overlapping handwriting”, which is what this application provides in order to allow users to input sentences in Chinese on their touchscreen phones without having to pause between characters. Hit the jump to find out more.

Nokia Shoot & Tag Beta is a video recording application for S60 5th Edition and Symbian^3 devices that incorporates automatic scene-tagging technology. When filming videos with Shoot & Tag, the video tagging technology automatically recognizes shifts or changes in the background images being recorded and will tag the change as a new scene or chapter in your video. Hit the jump to find out more.

Sports Tracker is the award-winning tracking application that turns your compatible Nokia Smartphone in to a fully-fledged sports computer. It lets you measure your workouts, keep a track of your progress, and you can also share your routines with friends. Hit the jump to check out this video demo.