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The new Ovi Maps, smartphone integration with their car

The free Navigation service Ovi Maps has graduated from Beta Labs and the new updated version have some new features that may come in handy. Nokia has just released the new Ovi Maps was designed to make the experience better in core areas of usage: faster, better and more personal. Performance has indeed improved significantly like moving around maps and zooming in and out. User can installation went flawless by using SW update.

Together with the Consumer Electronics for Automotive group, the company has released new technology it says will help users connect mobile applications with their cars, such as GPS and location-based apps. Nokia has released a new technology it hopes will be adopted as an industry standard for connecting smartphones with vehicles. The applications would work in two directions, Nokia said, allowing users to access information about their car, such as engine and performance data.

[via NokiaBlog]

Nokia N8, the first Symbian^3 handset

Nokia Diagnostics Beta has been released for Symbian S60v3 FP2

Nokia BetaLabs has returned to a new innovation where it has released an application called Nokia Diagnostics tool aimed for Symbian S60v3 Feature Pack 2.

With this application, users of Nokia phones that have been stuffed with Symbian S60V3 FP2 will be able to perform trouble shooting and diagnose problems with the phone such as:

1. Network Coverage test
2. Internet connectivity test
3. Battery charger test
4. Loudspeaker &
5. Earpiece test

Applications Beta has been in trying on Nokia devices: Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, Nokia 5630 XpressMusic, Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6650 fold, Nokia 6700 slide, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720 classic, Nokia 6730 classic , Nokia 6760 slide, Nokia 6788, Nokia 6790 slide, Nokia 6790 Surge, Nokia C5-00, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E71x, Nokia E72, Nokia E75, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N85, Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia N96, Nokia N96-3

Please download this application at BetaLabs Nokia Diagnostics Beta site at http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-diagnostics

Access Google docs with OfficeSuite

MobiSystems OfficeSuite is a complete mobile office solution, allowing you to create, view and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents remotely from your Symbian mobile device.

The latest version of MobiSystems especially OfficeSuite is a version 5 which has been enhanced with support for Microsoft Office 2007 files. You can enjoy all the great features MobiSystems OfficeSuite 4+ and the ability to open a new Microsoft Office 2007 docx and xlsx with Symbian S60 5th Edition device.

Use the program most commonly used desktop document formats and allows you to easily obtain sensitive documents on your handset. With the advanced editing features you can modify the document while on the move (outside the office) and save it in its original format, and then ready for use again on your desktop PC.

Version 5.30 of MobiSystems OfficeSuite especially optimized to allow you to access all documents stored in your Google account. With this new version you can:

• Upload your documents to your Google account and access it with OfficeSuite
• Upload a document from OfficeSuite into your Google account

Unfortunately, this application is not free, we must prepare $20, but you can also download a free trial before you buy this application at MobiSystems website

Microsoft Silverlight coming to Symbian platform

Today we just found the news that Microsoft Silverlight has now come for the Symbian platform, although still in Beta version at least this is a major breakthrough for the world of handheld devices today.

Silverlight is the Microsoft implementation of the application of cross-browser, Cross-platform .NET Framework to build a media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web on desktop computers'. But with this version, allows the application running on the Symbian environment.

Because this is still an early stage of the Silverlight Beta application for Symbian, so there are still some shortcomings and limitations when compared with the PC version of Silverlight. Deficiency is still present in the input method, media codecs and controls.

[via AllAboutSymbian]

YouTube Apps for Symbian updated to v2.4 with enable log in to your account

We just got the information from theNokiaReview website, that YouTube App for Symbian has been updated to version 2.4. New Update now allows us to log in to your YouTube account that we have.

This means that we can access the full list of our favorite videos, playlists, subscriptions, etc. in a YouTube account that we have, directly from our Symbian phones.

To grab the update, head on over to m.youtube.com/app on your Nokia Symbian device.

[via theNokiaReview]

Emoze for free, is available for download

Emoze is a third-party applications that can run on Symbian and Windows Mobile to deliver push mail to the device, Emoze currently still exist as the push mail service, even today this newer free version is available for download.

Today, the Emoze Blog has announced the availability of free Emoze application with features that are owned by the Pro version. In addition to the main features supports push mail and HTML-formatted email, now Emoze has a new features such as:

• Configure multiple accounts on a single handset
• Outlook
• Gmail
• Hotmail
• Facebook messaging
• Your own home or ISP email account
• Corporate OWA email
  

• Manage all your email accounts on the GO

• Send and receive email
• Reply, forward and save to drafts
• Receive, View, Send and Download attachments up to 2MB
  

• Each email account is identified by its own icon.
• Each email account has its own inbox
• Create folders and save mail from any account to a folder
  

If you want to download Emoze application to your Nokia devices, please download it at Emoze.com or point your navigate browser on the Symbian phone to m.emoze.com. This apps is avaliable at Ovi Store too

[via Emoze Blog]

Skype now available for Symbian

Sony Ericsson announced The Vivaz Pro, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro

Just a couple of hours before the MWC 2010 started, Sony Ericsson announced their three new handsets. First up, the Symbian S60 5th edition handset, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro. The Vivaz Pro is pretty much the same with the Vivaz, except the Pro version has a QWERTY keyboard. The Vivaz Pro will feature, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, 3.2" with 640x360 resistive touchscreen display, 720 MHz processor, 5MP camera with capability of 720p HD video recording, WebKit web browser, TV out and of course the Symbian S60 5th edition.

New firmware update for Nokia N97

Nokia N97 just received a new firmware update (v.21.0.045) and now available to download via Nokia software updater, the new update is said to improve call reliability and enable smoother scrolling in menus. To update just simply plug-in your N97 to your PC, then launch Nokia Software Updater then start updating, just remember the size of the update is around 138 MB, so make sure you have a reliable internet connection while doing an update.