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Items related to Nokia phones and the S60 operating system.

Botnet Viruses Target Symbian Smatphones

July 6, 2010
By Tom

Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson smartphones are among those running the two Symbian operating systems vulnerable to attack according to NetQin. By Mathew J. Schwartz,  InformationWeek July 6, 2010 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225702440 New viruses targeting Symbian smartphones have surfaced, according to NetQin, which develops security software for mobile devices. Two Symbian operating systems are vulnerable: S60 platform 3rd Edition, aka...

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Synble Nokia S60 Users – Get your tweets delivered for free!

August 31, 2009
By Tom

If you live in a country where Twitter does not automatically deliver your directs and mentions via SMS you may still have an opportunity to get them delivered if you have a Nokia S60 phone. The magic is done by Synble, a piece of software that runs in the background on your mobile device. The...

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Google Voice for non-U.S. Residents

August 14, 2009
By Tom
Google Voice for non-U.S. Residents

Go on admit it, you’re po’d that Google Voice (GV) is available to people living in the United States only. It may be for friends or business interests, whatever the reason the ability to call U.S. telephones (both fixed and mobile) for absolutely zip, zero, nada appeals to you. Conversely, U.S. residents can also...

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Symbian Courts Developers With OMAP Platform

April 15, 2009
By Tom
Symbian Courts Developers With OMAP Platform

The launch of Symbian’s Zoom OMAP34x-II MDP development platform signals that the open source OS will power some high-end smartphones. By Marin Perez,  InformationWeek April 15, 2009 URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216500914 The Symbian Foundation is looking to bring in more developers for the upcoming open source Symbian, and it has created a new development platform based on Texas Instrument’s OMAP...

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Hidden iPhone Tethering Feature Exposed

March 21, 2009
By Tom

Hidden iPhone Tethering Feature Exposed I came across this story recently and it made me realise just how backward the iPhone really is. Lack of MMS, no incoming VOIP notifications, no copy and paste and now this! This “hack” is widely available as standard on any S60 phone. How primitive.

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The WTF Guide to Linksys VoIP, PAP2, PAP2T, SPA2100, 2102, 941, 962….et al.

March 18, 2009
By Tom
The WTF Guide to Linksys VoIP, PAP2, PAP2T, SPA2100, 2102, 941, 962….et al.

Part 1. OK, VoIP – you’ve heard of it and maybe you’ve dabbled with it, but you also know that what you don’t know is likely to come back and bite you, usually when money has already changed hands and not long after your 30 day money back offer expires. If you’re like me when I...

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Free Twitter tweets on any Irish mobile!

March 16, 2009
By Tom
Free Twitter tweets on any Irish mobile!

This is a useful service and is absolutely free. As you might expect you automatically receive responses to your tweets directly via SMS to your phone but there is another feature I find quite useful – namely a clipping service. You can specify a keyword that you are interested in, for example I used the...

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Open Source PBXs Gain Momentum

March 2, 2009
By Tom

CIOs attribute their interest to the minimal amount of capital needed to get started and the higher level of flexibility that open source applications generally present. URL: informationweek.com Hard economic times have resulted in good economic news for makers of open source PBXs. In a study released by the Eastern Management Group based on a survey...

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phonelocator.mobi – locate your phone – locate your loved ones – realtime GPS tracking for Nokia S60 phones -

February 2, 2009
By Tom

Here is a GPS phone tracking app for S60 phones I look forward to testing. I like the sound of “Intelligent Update” as internal GPS really drains battery life. Of course with our lousy data plans available in Ireland we have to be careful when we use such features.   Quoted from http://phonelocator.mobi/: phonelocator.mobi – locate...

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