I just got a notice today, which mentioned that Ovi Files will be discontinued come 1st October, 2010. The mail mentions that the Ovi Files connector has to be uninstalled, but goes on to say that your files are all safe. My question is, what happened? The service was mostly free, so I don’t see why it’s being shut down. Anyways, here’s the mail: “Dear Ovi Files user, Nokia... 

Nokia has been rated the most trusted brand in India for the third year in a row now. It’s not the media or a “mysterious” organization which rated them on top, but consumers (translated as, people like you and me) themselves during a survey. This doesn’t mean that Nokia can stop improving, they still have to go a long  improving Customer support here in India. Even though... 

Hey Symbian users, Swype is gonna hit your Nokia phones pretty soon. Android users have been using Swype keyboards on their devices for quite sometime now. I use it on my Android devices, and Swype much faster than I can type using the touchscreen. What’s Swype, you ask? Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the... 

Nokia has gone a step further into the social cloud by offering support through Twitter. They started up a twitter account this week @NokiaHelps, and have asked you to get in touch with them with your Nokia problems. If you’re in the US, follow the US Nokia Care team over at @NokiaCareUS. If you’re not the type to scroll through pages and pages of forums and need some quick help, get on... 

Nokia today announced the new 5250 phone, through a post at Nokia Conversions. The 5250 is yet another budget phone from the Nokia stables featuring a touch screen, runs on Symbian^1 and is targeted at the music crowd with a bundled subscription to  Ovi Music unlimited and a built in FM receiver. There’s not much storage on the phone, but it’s expandable using a MicroSD card. Nokia claims... 

Intel & Nokia announced today that they would be establishing a Joint Research Center,along with the University of Oulu.  One of the initiative’s first objectives will be to work on developing a 3D experience, leveraging mobile computing power, to be used by Meego. Here’s the press release: “ University Research Center Will Lead to New User Interfaces and Experiences NEWS HIGHLIGHTSIntel... 

Here’s another thing that makes the Nokia N900 awesome: MoBio. It stands for Mobile Biometrics! Developed by the University of Manchester, the app tracks and locks down 22 facial features, in real time, using the front facing camera on the N900. From the Video Description:“This prototype from the University of Manchester (UK) shows an Active Appearance Model tracking 22 facial features... 

This is a free theme from Pizero, which is compatible with S60 v3 and Symbian^1 devices.  You can get this theme free from Ovi Store. If you are surfing from your phone, the Ovi Store link for this theme is store.ovi.com/content/26177, or just search for Earth by Pizero in the Ovi Store app. This free theme is a  lite version with the default icon-set, but if you like this theme and would like to... 

Folks, DivX has now released an updated version of their mobile DivX player for Symbian. The main thing with this release is support for Symbian^1 (Touch devices). Do note, it’s still beta. But something’s definitely better than nothing! You can download the s60v3 app here - Download Download the s60v5, aka Symbian^1 version here – Download. From DivX Labs: We have released a new... 

In their press release today, Nokia announced that they are going to acquire Motally, a company which provides mobile analytic service. Motally’s not a big company, but has just a 8 member team. It’s their technology which can be embedded in mobile applications for tracking demography and usage, which Nokia plans to use. Nokia plans to use Motally’s  technology to enhance developer...