Yahoo pull Yahoo Go 1.x

I received an email this morning from Yahoo, informing me that from August 27th 2007 at 11.59 GMT, Yahoo Go will be discontinued. Instead they invite you to use Yahoo Go 2.0This is disappointing. Yahoo Go has been one of my favourite applications, and I was always frustrated that it would only work on the N73, N80 and 3250. The Yahoo Go app was superior to Yahoo Go 2.0 and I've had a fair few people ask me for the file through this blog, frustrated that they couldn't download the application directly. I never understood why Yahoo was never more popular with mobile users, I've used their WAP service since the days of the 6310 and 8310, with access to Yahoo Email and Messenger. Losing Yahoo Go is frustrating, and I can't see myself using Yahoo Go 2.0 that much as usability is pretty poor. Instead...

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NSeries XpressPRINT problem

A few weeks ago Nokia released an app for NSeries phones called XpressPRINT. For those that missed the announcment you can see the XpressPRINT website here. I managed to install the app fine on the N95 but it won't install on my N73. I get an error message, saying "Unable to install. Install base package first"Does anyone have a clue what this means? It's got me bit. Any suggestions please drop them in the comb...

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Nokia announce A-GPS Service

Nokia sent out a press release today, announcing that they are enabling the 6110 Navigator with A-GPS and all their upcoming phones with built in GPS will also support A-GPS. Most N95 users I know have already updated their firmware with the latest available and are enjoying A-GPS on the N95. I updated my N95 and I was impressed at how quick the device found current location compared to before. With the N95 previously, it could take a minute or so to get a lock on current location. The few times I used Nokia Maps after updating the firmware on the N95 lock on was almost instant. I was very impressed. Here's the full press release:Nokia makes finding yourself faster with new A-GPS serviceThis Assisted GPS (A-GPS) service helps Nokia Maps users find their current locations faster and get to...

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N73 or N95

N73 or N95That’s the choice I’ve been deciding over for the last few weeks.The N73 is probably my favourite phone, ever. I judge how good a phone is by the times I go back to it. Back in the day, the 6310i was a great phone. I bought one, sold it on for something else, which didn’t measure up, and I went back to the 6310i. I think I had 4 or 5. Same with the 7650, I’d buy a different handset but I kept going back to it, and also with the 6600. And so it is now with my N73. I’m currently using a black N73, which I updated a while ago to include the latest firmware, with the new style music player previously found on the music edition. The N73...

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N95 Firmware update now available

Finally the Nokia N95 firmware update is available on the Nokia Software Updater. The latest version is 12.0.013 and includes the rumoured aGPS update which should enable quicker positioning when using the maps application.I'll be updating my N95 later on this evening, I'll post up any thoughts when I'm done.Sou...

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8GB N95?

According to Just Another Mobile Phone Blog it's very possible. Click here to see the xml from a Nokia site, and here for the original p...

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iPhone web apps on the N95

An excellent article by Ewan over at AllAboutSymbian, about browser apps being developed for the iPhone that will work perfectly well on the S60 3rd Edition handsets.How would you like a few more 'applications' for your smartphone? Well, one of the knock-on effects of the Apple iPhone is the number of (mainly American) coders that are using its Safari web browser as a thin client for applets (small applications that run inside the browser). And while it may not have the multi-touch screen or sheer size of the iPhone screen, Nokia’s latest browser is perfectly capable of running many of these applets – after all, it is based on the same WebCore components as the iPhone's Safari.Click here for the full arti...

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