“Features” Articles
Symbian^3 (S^3) is finally here! S^3 is the first entirely open source release following the platforms transition to an open source license on February 4th, 2010, which was the largest of its kind in history. S^3 brings with it multiple homescreens, HW Accelerated Graphics, single tap throughout the UI, pinch and zoom with multi-touch and a visual way of multi-tasking. The S^3 code is expected to be complete by the end of Q1. Check out the demo after the break.
Check out this cool demo of UIEMO on the Nokia N900. UIEMO is Nokia’s new UI framework built on top of Qt. Like Qt, it is easy to compile across various platforms, like Symbian, Maemo, and Windows. The UI Extensions for Mobile demo was made on top of newly released UIEMO framework in less than a week. The demo fetches content dynamically from Tieto’s own server. Content can include for example news feeds and updates from social networks like Facebook and Flickr.
Jan
27
2010
Nokia Research Centre Showcase Mobile Radar | Wireless Sensing With A Differenceby Ibrahim Jogee in Applications, Features, Mobile Phones, News, Press, Video
Today at the Demo House 2010, Nokia Research Centre unveiled an astonishing new concept – Mobile Radar. No its not the stupid screensaver you’ve been seeing advertisements of on the TV, Mobile Radar is an application that allows a mobile device to use active radar sensors and measure the speed and direction of movement of approaching objects, just as traditional RADAR would. It uses electromagnetic waves to provide a different type of mobile wireless sensing. Check out a video demonstration of Mobile Radar after the break along with the full press release.
Jan
21
2010
Easy Navigation With Ovi Maps (Video)by Ibrahim Jogee in Applications, Features, Mobile Phones, Navigation, Services, Video
Check out this video walkthrough of Ovi Maps for Mobile, brought to you by none other than the Product Managers Of Ovi Maps Navigation. To get Ovi Maps for Mobile onto your device simply visit nokia.com/maps, or nokia.mobi/maps from your mobile phone. Video follows…
Jan
19
2010
Nokia 5800XM Video | Wireless Accelerometer Gaming Demoby Ibrahim Jogee in Applications, Features, Games, Handset, Video
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has been connected to a desktop PC via bluetooth using WeeWheel, only to experience the thrill of using a mobile phone as a controller. WeeWheel is the application that utilizes the built in accelerometer to detect movement and converts it into joystick-like signals for your PC. Check out the short video demo after the break. |
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