“Touch UI” Articles

Check out this video demo of the first release of Qt Quick components for Symbian Technology. The preview applications contain Qt Quick components, reference API documentation, components gallery for Symbian, music player and Flickr demo applications and example code snippets and documentation. I love the overlay status bar in the top right corner of the screen, hope this materialises in upcoming updates and devices, as it frees up some valuable screen space. Its minor things like this that make the bigger overall difference. Check out the video after the break.

Earlier this month, Aerial Photographer Jason Hawkes set out to capture the UK’s most stunning locations in five days using only the Nokia N8 as his main camera in a project titled HD Horizons. The project was launched to prove that the best camera you have is the one you have on you all the time. Check out a recap of Jason’s journey along with the final images after the break.

Wondering which Internet radio/music app is the best one currently available for Symbian^3 devices? Well, check out this comparison video after the break of three great apps that fall right in that category. Soundtrckr – the geosocial Internet radio, Slacker – the interactive radio service, and Nokia’s very own Internet Radio all go head-to-head in this segment.

Previously we brought you a few video previews of the upcoming PR 2.0 Firmware being demoed on a Nokia C7. This new update has received a lot of press lately as its apparently bringing 50+ significant changes to Symbian^3, and fixes many issues a lot of people are reporting with the OS. Well today we’ve brought you another preview, where Nirave takes us through the new firmware on a Nokia N8. Hit the jump to take a look.

Mozilla has announced that its Firefox 4 for Maemo is out of beta and is now available as a release candidate. This release offers faster scrolling, better responsiveness with Firefox Sync and improves the overall user experience of Firefox on your Nokia N900. Check out the video demo after the break along with direct download links.