Post Tagged with: "BetaLabs"

Swype for Symbian; Released by Nokia in Beta

One thing we really liked about the Samsung Galaxy S, was Swype, the new easy text input method for touch devices. And now, thanks to Nokia BetaLabs, it’s here for Symbian devices too! Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the [...]

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Nokia Mobile Communities for India updated

Nokia Mobile Communities got an update over the weekend. As you might already know, Nokia Mobile Communities is an app that allows you to create connections with friends by creating private and public communities. Private communities, called Conversations, help you connect with friends, families and coworkers. Public communities, called Streams, allow you to follow people [...]

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Nokia Listings launched in BetaLabs for India; Connecting Buyers and Sellers

Launched exclusively for Indian users, Nokia BetaLabs just launched the new Nokia Listings application. Nokia Listings has been developed to help people in emerging markets access information to secure a job, or locate goods and services in their local area by making it as simple as possible. It is a well-known fact that the majority [...]

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Ovi Browser Released; Rich Quick Browser for S40 Devices

Remember that whole Ovi Browser deal we stumbled upon? Looks like it’s quite real. Nokia BetaLabs released the new Ovi Browser today, which turned out to be a rich web browser for S40 devices. Ovi Browser brings rich web browsing to Series 40 devices that’s fast, easy, and saves on data charges. The browser is [...]

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Ovi Contacts comes out of Beta; focus shifted to Nokia Messaging IM

Ovi Contacts just graduated from BetaLabs yesterday. Apparently the team behind it will now start working on Nokia Messaging IM instead. From the post on BetaLabs: It is also time to look forward. Today, we provide two applications that let you access the Ovi Chat service: Ovi Contacts and Nokia Messaging Chat. Not only is [...]

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Nokia BetaLabs introduces “Nokia Mobile Communities” (India Only)

The crew from Nokia BetaLabs introduced a new application today called “Nokia Mobile Communities“. From the blog post: Nokia Mobile Communities is our attempt to provide a complete communities experience to the aforesaid users on the mobile phone without a dependency on the web or PC. The product has two main flavors – Conversations and [...]

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Try out the new Nokia.com (Beta) Homepage Perhaps?

Nokia has launched the new version of their Main Website Nokia.com in Beta and they’re looking to hear what you think of it. From the post on BetaLabs: As always, beta means that this is our baseline for the future and we still have lots of work to do. For one, we are lacking support [...]

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Nokia Bots Updated; Now contains Location-Aware Contact Bot

Nokia Bots (for the N97 and N97 Mini only) got an update today. The new update contains a new Location-aware “Contact Bot“, which is a pretty sweet little thing. From the BetaLabs post: Contact Bot is an adaptive contacts bar for your homescreen. It learns your most frequently called contacts in a similar manner as [...]

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Nokia Video Cuts; Helps Find Movie Scenes with Ease

While we’ve had plenty of Image Gallery apps from Nokia BetaLabs, they released a new Beta Video Gallery app today, called “Nokia Video Cuts“. Developed by Nokia Research Center, Beijing, Nokia Video Cuts is meant to be a replacement to your device’s current video gallery, and allows you to jump to your favorite scene in [...]

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Story Visit; Read Books with your Kids even Long Distance

Nokia Research Center and the Sesame Workshop are inviting families to try out a new research project called “Story Visit“. From the post on BetaLabs: As the site overview says, “Story Visit is a new website where children and long-distance loved ones can read story books together using video conferencing and connected story books: When [...]

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Nokia Notifications; Looks Cool, All your Notifications in one List

Over on Nokia BetaLabs, they introduced a brand new application today called “Nokia Notifications“. Here’s a bit of the BetaLabs blog post: Today we are releasing a new beta for a short trial.  Nokia Notifications gathers missed calls, voicemails, messages, and missed calendar alarms and presents them in one list for you to manage at [...]

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Nokia Messaging for IM Beta launches on Symbian Touch Devices

Nokia BetaLabs just announced that they’ve released a Touch version of the Nokia Messaging for IM Beta Symbian App. The touch version offers all the features as the non-touch version. Nokia Messaging for IM offers a desktop-like IM experience on your Nokia device. You can stay in contact with your friends across multiple communities at [...]

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Ovi Maps Graduades from Beta at v3.04: Faster GPS Fix & UI

Nokia BetaLabs just announced that Ovi Maps has graduated out of Beta at version 3.04. Apparently the updated version is “Faster, Better and Personal“. According to the Ovi Blog post, they’ve optimized the process of acquiring the location and added Wi-Fi positioning in the mix. Now you can locate yourself faster and more precisely, no [...]

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BetaLabs introduces Ovi Calendar Beta

Nokia Beta Labs released a new version of the Ovi Calendar today. The Calendar 1.6 Beta features support for multiple calendars, and the sharing between Ovi users. From the BetaLabs Blog Post : Well, it’s time we made an important update to the Ovi Calendar service to support multiple calendars, for those of us with [...]

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Ovi Contacts version 1.5 gets an Update

Ovi Contacts v1.5 got a bit of an update today. The new version has a couple tweaks, as well as a slightly improved Interface. From the Betalabs Blog post : This release introduces a graphics facelift, together with some performance improvements. The new release is available for S60 5th Edition and S60 3rd Edition Feature [...]

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