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Nokia Betalabs today releases Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 (JRT 2.0) is a totally re-written Java mobile execution environment for Nokia S60 devices. It gives you several usability and performance improvements, including:

-One-click application installation

-Improved application launch user experience

-Improved execution performance

These improvements will make it much more fun for you to enjoy the thousands of games and apps available in Ovi Store and elsewhere.

In addition, we have made major changes under the hood. From now on, Java Runtime will be developed and released independent from S60 releases. This means that you will always get the latest version directly to your phone, using the built-in Nokia S60 Software Update functionality.

Compatibility

S60 5th Edition: Java Runtime 2.0 for S60 has been tested with Nokia 5800 & Nokia N97.

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Today Nokia Betalabs announces Nokia Messaging - E75 IM Beta. Nokia Messaging makes messaging easy and mobilizes consumer email and IM on your Nokia device.
"Nokia Messaging now offers a desktop-like IM experience on your Nokia S60 device. You can stay in contact with your friends across multiple communities, easily switch between and save conversations and login invisibly. IM is available today for the E75 - the first device bundled with a lifetime subscription to the Nokia Messaging service."

Nokia Betalabs will soon add support for more S60 devices and communities. Ovi Contacts and Ovi Mail are focused on the Ovi Community. Nokia Messaging mobilizes these as well as other communities like Yahoo!

Nokia Messaging Key IM Features:-

  • Chat with your friends on the Yahoo!® Messenger and Ovi communities
  • Quickly navigate through multiple conversations across different communities
  • Background notifications of new IMs for true multitasking on your phone
  • Rapidly set status and availability, and login invisibly - choose who you want to talk to
  • See your Ovi friends' avatars and set your own
  • Save conversations to remember your chat sessions
  • Familiar and integrated community experience - Yahoo-specific emoticons, graphics, and sounds
Note:-This beta is available for the E75 device only, and works with Yahoo!® Messenger and Ovi accounts.

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The Nokia Ovi Store is now live for one month. In this month, more content was added to the store, more countries got access and the store now offers operator billing for 27 operators.
So what content is available now? A comparison of what was there at launch and what is available today in Ovi Store:
In one month, the available content grew with 260%. The percentage paid content decreased a little, but is still very high at 88%, compared to the other major stores. For applications the paid percentage is the lowest, 66%. Not surprisingly, the popular ringtones and wallpapers are almost all charged for (99%).

Getting your application or game in the Ovi Store requires Java or Symbian signing, which is quite an extra effort. Nevertheless, the available content is growing very fast, indicating that many developers are taking steps to get their app in Ovi Store.

The content available today may be content that was available in the past as well, the Symbian platform was already popular among mobile developers before the launch of Ovi. Nokia also already had it’s Download! application store, of which the content is being transferred to Ovi. We are curious to see how fast new content will be developed, especially considering the other application stores that do not require signing of the content.

[Via Distimo]

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Nokia today released a Technology Preview of Qt for S60 – the upcoming new port of Qt for the Symbian OS. Preview packages are now available to commercial and open source users for download, testing and feedback.

This Technology Preview will be the last based on the Qt 4.5 branch. Future releases will be based on Qt 4.6. This release includes the following new functionality:
  • Partial Qt Webkit integration
  • Support for SQL
  • Improved exceptions safety for Qt Core library
  • Binary installer for emulator and phone
  • Overall performance improvements


The full release of Qt for S60 is scheduled for Q4 2009 in line with the Qt 4.6 program, including Beta and Release Candidate releases planned for the interim.

What is QT?

"Qt is a cross-platform application and UI framework. It includes a cross-platform class library, integrated development tools and a cross-platform IDE. Using Qt, you can write applications once and deploy them across many desktop and embedded operating systems without rewriting the source code."


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One of the main reasons why I love Nokia phone ,is that it uses smart Symbian OS operating system. And now I am going to tell you how to switch data between your loving nokia s60 devices.

When you have more then one Symbian S60 operated device you are frustrated between the scatted data over these two devices,and you have no idea how to transfer all your data (contacts, sms, mms, media, notes etc) from your old phone to your new one or how to synchronize both device. Nokia "Phone Switch" is the solution

To access Switch, go to Settings > Connectivity > Data Transfer > Phone Switch. (The location of Switch varies… if you don’t find it here, try looking under tools or utilities folder)

Switch allows you to send ,receive and synchronize data like Contacts, Calendar entries, Sms, Mms, Notes, Bookmarks , Photos and Videos from one S60 phone to another using bluetooth.

Steps:-
1. Switch on bluetooth on both phones.
2. Select “send” or “transfer” or "Sync"on your phone from which you want to send data.
3. Select your other phone from the “bluetooth devices menu”.?
4. Click on “accept transfer” on your new phone and its done

It will then begin transferring and after a few minutes, your new phone will have every single data from your old phone!

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Adobe has announced released of its upcoming Flash Player 10 beta for smartphone in October,but according to a slide from its Q2 Fiscal Year 2009 earnings presentation, the platform's on track for a beta release this October at the company's MAX conference. Prime mobile OS candidates for the beta include those from Adobe's Open Screen Project, which at last count included Nokia, Palm, Google, and Microsoft -- and Surprisingly Apple iPhone is not mentioned in the supported devices, we will have to wait for the final announcement in the MAX conference.
[via engadgetmobile]

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Now finally Nokia summed up all its PC Suite version into One and only Nokia desktop application Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta. Today Nokia Beta Labs announces its new Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta,now available for download.This new Ovi Suite 2.0 is based on QT and its smoother and less resource hungry then its previous version.



Key features:

  • Move messages, contacts, photos, videos, music and more between your computer, your Nokia device and share your photos on Ovi
  • Keep your Nokia device and computer in sync, update your Nokia device with the latest software, and keep your valuable content safe and accessible everywhere
  • Sign in with Nokia Account and discover a range of great Ovi services: share your photos and videos with your friends & family or download the maps you need

Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 is intended as the only computer application you will need from Nokia. It will eventually replace the current Nokia PC Suite and its variants like Nokia Ovi Suite 1.x and Nokia Nseries PC Suite. Nokia Ovi Suite integrates also the main features from Nokia Photos, Nokia Software updater and Nokia Map loader.

You can download New Ovi Suite at Nokia Betalabs site.

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Some of you might have noticed a new toolbar at the bottom of the S60 Betalabs site.This is a small toolbar form "Wibiya" and its right now in Beta stage.Our blog is one of the selected S60 Mobile blog to carry out its testing.This toolbar help's reader to interact more closely with the author through its inbuilt functionality like- RSS feed, Facebook connect, lists the most recent posts, translating blog to different languages, checking out S60 Betalabs Twitter updates and addition to that you can join My Facebook community section and show your visits. If Wibiya Toolbar is annoying to you, you can even hide it by clicking the “Down Arrow” icon at the extreme right end of the bar.

As you all know our blog follows only updates from Symbian S60 and Nokia, but I have created a post about this new toolbar, the reason behind this new post is the key which connects readers to S60 Betalabs more firmly and we’re one of the few S60 Mobile related blogs to try this out.

And because we are testing this Wibiya Toolbar Beta, I love to hear about it -So let us know what do you think about this new toolbar, Use comment section below.

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This is a beautiful S60 based theme by AJ23 with touch icons

-100% SVG
-Compatible: S60 FP1,FP2 & E-series
-With about 400 3rd party apps icon support.

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If you love Poker Games this one is definitely for you.N-gage games page is showing that Gameloft's Million Dollar Poker game is coming soon to N-gage.

"Have a blast with the only poker game on N-Gage with a Multiplayer mode that allows you to play online against other N-Gage Players, and a new generation of artificial intelligence developed with poker legend Gus Hansen."

This will be a online multiplayer games so,You can play Poker against people from all around the world.


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I have a good news for N-gage gamers around the world ,just signup on N-gage to get game trials when new games are available via SMS and get a game code for 30 days of your choice for Free !

Click here to sign up for game trials and get free game codes too!,Just select you region and enter your e-mail then select you device ,enter your mobile number and thats done.

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Today Vir2L Studios AMF Bowling Pinbuster game launched on N-gage.AMF Bowling: Pinbusters! allows players Experience the thrill of the lanes in the palm of your hands with AMF Bowling Pinbusters! Players can choose from 12 unique characters, each with their own signature style and moves, bowl in fantastic 3D venues, and enter the World Cup to become a virtual bowling champion! Bowl in Quick Play, Precision, and Duckpins modes or experience all the excitement of multiplayer via N-Gage Arena.
AMF Bowling Pinbusters! on N-Gage features Point Pickups, allowing users to collect N-Gage points and track high scores. Players will have the ability to post their scores to a leader board as well as track their personal bests on their devices.AMF Bowling: Pinbusters! is now available for download at www.n-gage.com and soon at store.ovi.com.


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Good news for Nokia E-Series device users ,QuickOffice, the leading office document app for Symbian-powered smartphones, announced today that it would offer Eseries owners a free upgrade to QuickOffice v6.0, a $35 value. The upgrade is available for all Nokia E51, E52, E55, E63, E71, E72, E75, and E90 owners. To download your free upgrade, simply open QuickOffice on your phone (usually found in the ‘Office’ folder) and go to the QuickManager area.

QuickOffice 6 brings full support for viewing, editing, and creating Microsoft Office 2007 documents, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. For the business-person on the go, this is a heck of a deal. Most Symbian-powered smartphones today ship with QuickOffice 4, which offers users the ability to view documents, but typically not edit or create them. Even if you don’t own a supported Eseries smartphone, you can still use QuickManager to upgrade your phone’s version of QuickOffice, right from your phone, with no PC needed.

[via Symbian Guru]

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Another great theme from my themer friend Tehk7.

Theme Support:-

  • This theme is composed 100% of SVG vector files.
  • This theme supports all Symbian S60 3rd, S60 Feature Pack 1, S60 Feature Pack 2, S60 E Series devices, and 5tgh edition devices.

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Its now happening Nokia is learning from its past experience -Result New Nokia E72 -its an upgraded version of Nokia E71.
The new Nokia E72 is powered by S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, which was unveiled at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore today. Nokia's latest full QWERTY smartphone brings a rich mobile email and instant messaging experience right out of the box, making it the ideal device for people that want to be productive in both their personal and professional lives.Features including optical scrolling and a 5 megapixel camera. It’s super slim at only 10mm thick.



The Nokia E72 support a 2.4-inch QVGA (240x320 pixels) resolution display, with a heavy 1500mAh battery. Connectivity option quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and tri-band 3G (900/1900/2100MHz or 850/1900/2100MHz), with high-speed HSPA. WiFi B/G, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP.

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Today, Nokia announced the New Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Touch device

"Espoo, Finland - Nokia today introduced the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, a compact XpressMusic device that uses a touch interface for accessing people and content on the brilliantly clear homescreen. The 'scrolling' Contacts Bar provides direct access to 20 people and their latest conversations and media updates. The homescreen also features one touch shortcuts to content and popular social networks, like Facebook and MySpace. The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic follows in the footsteps of the top-rated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, expanding the touch XpressMusic phone range with a youthful device that has a solid stainless steel frame finish and comes in five vivid colors."


The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 199 ( US $275 , Indian Rs 13,000 )before taxes and subsidies.



Read more...!

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Today Nokia Betalabs has released a updated version of Nokia Photo Browser with usability, quality, and functionality improvements for 3rd and 5th Edition devices.

Update contain:-
  • Menu -- long press in the grid view to bring it up
  • Folder sorting in the grid view -- accessible from the menu
  • Send function -- accessible from the menu
  • Image rotation and deletion -- accessible from the menu
  • Better rendering and image processing speed in general
  • Better zoom image quality -- needs a few seconds to load the sharper image

Another learning feature is that the touch UI seems to be offering much better user experience than that of non-touch UI.

Download it from Nokia Betalabs

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Nokia India has launched a Nokia 5800 promotional site in which you can make your own tune by selecting different instrument like Guitar, Piano and Drums and share it to you friend if your tune gets maximum votes you will be Crowned as World first Mobile Jockey (MJ)and bestowed with Nokia 5800 Express Music.


Plus Nokia India has an offer -

Get a FREE Sennheiser PMX 60 headphone worth Rs 2290 when you buy a new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic! Rush to your nearest mobile outlet or Nokia Priority Dealer today. Hurry! Offer valid only till stocks last.



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As in my previous post I already defined Nokia Life Tools.Today Nokia Asia Pacific announce release of Nokia Life Tools service in India.

Straight from Nokia Press Release:-

Mumbai, India - After a successful pilot in the state of Maharashtra, Nokia today announced the commercial launch of its pioneering Nokia Life Tools service in India. The service will be rolled out first in Maharashtra in association with the Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB). Designed specifically for the emerging markets, Nokia Life Tools is a range of Agriculture, Education and Entertainment services sharply addressing the information gaps of target consumers.

Today, Nokia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the MSAMB. Under this MOU, MSAMB will provide expertise in the areas of commodity prices from their network of 291 local mandis (marketyards). MSAMB will also have the opportunity to deliver relevant news, alerts on schemes and other information directly to grassroots consumers.

Speaking at the occasion, Shri. Ashok Chavan, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra said, "We are happy that Maharashtra is the first state in India to go live with the Nokia Life Tools services in association with the state marketing board. Empowering our people with the right tools and facilities is a top priority for the State Government. I would like to congratulate Nokia for developing a unique and innovative service that has tremendous potential to improve lives and the livelihood of farmers and sub-urban consumers in Maharashtra."

Click here to read Full Press Release

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BBC has now released BBC iPlayer for S60 FP1 Devices after S60 FP2 Device.iPlayer lets UK users to watch BBC programmes that have been broadcast in the last week.

If you are in the UK and connected to the internet you can:

  • Find and play programmes from the past seven days and watch them on the website through Click to Play (streaming). This works on Windows, Macs, Linux, Nintendo Wii and iPhones - and we're working on more ways.
  • Download and stream HD programmes.
  • Access BBC iPlayer on certain mobile phones.
  • Download programmes onto your computer, if it supports BBC iPlayer Desktop.
If you are outside the UK and connected to the internet you can:

  • Listen live and listen again to most of our radio programmes


You can get the iPlayer application for S60 from www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer.

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Today Nokia Betalabs released final update for Ovi Maps 3.0 before its graduation.It is a sneak preview for the Beta Labs community before Maps 3.0Beta finally graduates from Beta Labs.The main part for this release is support for "Touch devices" S60 5th Edition- Nokia 5800 and Nokia N97.

Apart from this the new release includes:
  • Additional features such as weather information, safety spot warners in selected countries, extended country coverage for traffic info service and premium POI's (Point of Interest) content for travel, selected events and cinema
  • New maps data version
  • Quicker zooming & panning
  • New “Shop & Licenses” format
  • Also, a number of fixes and enhancements onto both Maps Updater and Map Loader have also been implemented - with Maps Updater supporting 21 different languages
  • Last but not least, many bugs have been fixed!
Head to Nokia Betalabs to download.

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Nokia Care Protect extends the original Manufacturers Limited Warranty on your mobile device by offering repair and support for an additional 12 months.But this service is available to limited countries, I have spotted Australia & China only.

To find out about listing of your country simply login to Nokia.com and select your regional nokia site - Go to the "Get Software Support" tab and select "Repair & recycle" and search for "Nokia Care Protect" thats it..!

Nokia Care Protect helps you achieve peace of mind as your device remains under warranty with no hidden or additional fees. For one up-front price, Nokia Care Protect supports your maintenance and repair needs for an additional 12 months.

With 3 easy-to-choose plan levels, there’s a Nokia Care Protect for every Nokia mobile device.

- Nokia 1000 to 2000 range
- Nokia 3000 to 7000 range
- Nokia Eseries and Nokia Nseries

To purchase Nokia Care Protect, follow these simple steps:

-Prior to expiration of your Nokia Limited Warranty, contact Nokia at
contact us page. Select “Find a Store” and follow the prompts to find the
Nokia retailer nearest you.
-Nokia Care Protect is available at most Nokia Retailers and Nokia Care Centres.
Contact the retailer of your choice to confirm availability.
-Purchase the Nokia Care Protect product specific to your Nokia device.
Refer to the 3 plan levels listed above.

Click for registration- Australia & China

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Files on Ovi is a service offered by the Nokia, which helps you access “anytime files” that can be uploaded to the Files website, allowing you to access your files even if your PC is not turned on. Each basic Files account comes with 10 GB of storage, but a 30 GB will be available. This anytime file feature is free for now but will eventually become a premium service.
You have to download the supporting setup file once, this software connector gives you remote access to the computer and then you have to Login on it via your Nokia Ovi Account.Once setup is completed you are ready to access your PC via Nokia S60 Device-just go to files.ovi.com on you device and Login using Nokia Ovi Account.

Sign up right now and you can get a free 90 day trial.

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Qik, the leading live mobile video streaming platform,recently announced their latest cooperation with Nokia, the world's largest mobile device manufacturer.Starting soon, Qik will be pre-loaded on Nokia S60 phones and will be the exclusive mobile video app for the Symbian operating system.

"Qik is a little piece of software that lets you stream video live from your cell phone to the web, where your audience can chat back in real time to your device's screen while you broadcast. With Qik, you can share with anyone and everyone what's going on anywhere and everywhere you go. Qik allows anyone to easily stream live video from their handset, sharing their moments in real-time with whomever they choose."

You can get Qik from Nokia Ovi Store or head to Qik to download.

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N-gage most awaited first party dancing game is now available for download through your N-Gage application.Simply just open your N-gage application and head to Showroom tab, click ‘Update Now’ and check the latest games list.The game is about 31 MB, hey that's big one.


"Your music makes you move. Pick your tune. Pick your style. Pick your location. Pick Dance Fabulous! Dance Fabulous is all about your music and your style. Dance along to your own music library, create your own unique dance moves, and boost your music experience to a totally new level! Dance Fabulous features North American singer Cindy Gomez, with five of her songs and motion-captured dance moves."

Find out more about it on the Official Game Page.

Stay tuned to S60 Betalabs for our review.

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This is stunning S60 theme from Tehk7.He is working hard to give new look to our devices by providing premium themes, So please do support him by Donating if you like his work.

Theme Support:-
-This theme is composed 100% of SVG vector files.
-This theme supports all Symbian S60 3rd, S60 Feature Pack 1,
S60 Feature Pack 2, and S60 E Series devices.


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Now as we know N97 has to shipped Mandeep has created superb Nokia N97 theme for Nokia 5800. The N97 theme was mainly created for the Nokia 5800, but also works very well on Symbian S60 3rd Ed devices.This is default Nokia N97 Theme ,I am impressed my this new blue theme by Mnadeep. great job Mandeep....!

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Recently, Symbian Foundation has launched Symbian WRT Widget, Symbian.org has done an excellent job by creating lightweight widget that allows people to access the Symbian website (Forums, Wiki, Blogs and Bugzilla ) from their Symbian device on a simpler and faster way without even needing to go through an internet browser.

Once you start the widget, you’ll be prompted for your symbian.org username and password. If you don’t already have one, you’ll be able to register.

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Google's popular social networking site is now available in form of small Orkut Mobile Client. This small client is optimized for S60 device.Orkut has vast network in India and here youth do prefer Orkut rather then Facebook.The interface of client is cool and easy having full functionality.

Features of this new S60 client:-

-Take a photo on your phone and upload it right to your Orkut album.
-View scraps, updates from friends, and photo albums in offline mode.
-Call or SMS any of your Orkut friends or phone contacts without leaving app.
-Share photos with orkut friends or SMS the photos to phone contacts not yet on Orkut.

Download Orkut App

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Ravensoft have released their Twitter client for Symbian-TweetS60, This stand alone client will allow S60 users to keep up to date with twitter whilst on the move.It is compatible with 5th edition touchscreen devices, although it is not optimised for touch input, it does work, and retains the same

Features

-Post directly from your phone
-Faster and more efficient than the mobile site
-Smart synchronisation to keep your data usage to a minimum
-Keep up to date with automatic polling
-Manage who you're following on the go

Download TweetS60

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Google has released new ”Search” app for S60 devices name "Google App" it combine all google service available for S60 Nokia device like- Youtube, Gmail, Gmap, orkut etc.It's not a simple search app it combine Location Based Searching.Features

-Instant access to search:- Start a Google search without loading a mobile web browser and navigating to Google.com. With one-click search you can begin your search quickly and easily.
-Search with My Location:- Search for business, weather, and movie information without specifying where you are.
-Google Suggest and search history:- Get rapid access to your previous searches and see popular completions for your query - just click to repeat them without having to retype.
-Easy access to other Google products:- Launch other Google mobile products including Maps, Gmail, News and more.

Download Google App




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This is a beautiful S60 based theme by AJ23 with touch icons ,
-100% SVG
-Compatible: S60 FP1,FP2 & E-series
-With about 400 3rd party apps icon support.

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Fring has released a new version 3.40 which solve the problem of mashing up separate communities. Now include the ability to combine various profiles of your friends to create a dynamic profile that lists all of a person’s entities together at one place.

From now on, fring lets you easily create one rich, dynamic profile for each of your contacts so you can see what anyone is up to at a glance, and interact via all your mutual social networks/services directly from one combined profile.

Fring 3.40 update include:-

•No more multiple listings for the same friend!
•Viewing a fringster’s profile, you can see whether he’s currently available via fring, Skype or MSN, and other IM services.
•We “hint” you when a friend from your regular phone book or another social network like Skype, AIM etc is also a fringster so you can add them to your fring friend list and complete their personal profile.
•You can control how your fring world sees you! You can update your own fring profile photo, mood status and nick name

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Facebook has launched its clint for S60 5th Edition Touchscreen Smartphones Nokia 5800 and upcoming Nokia N97.The facebbok S60 client official app lets users update status messages, upload photos, check messages, and look up phone numbers and more - all using the touch interface that S60 5th Edition, It support landscape and portrait modes.You can download the Facebook client from Ovi Store.

If you don't have the Ovi Store app you can download it Here.

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Waiting for Nokia N97 is now over ,Today Nokia official announce shipping date of the N97, but it will take a few weeks for it to get into most retail stores and Nokia priority shops.


"The Nokia N97 is Nokia's first device to feature a personalizable home screen, which can be customized with a range of widgets which bring live information directly to the device. These widgets include key social networking destinations like Facebook and Hi5, news services like the Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters, as well as shopping and weather information. The Nokia N97 is the first device to ship with the Ovi Store, which offers easy access to applications, games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services, and much more. Ovi Store has paid and free content from a range of global and local content providers and developers, including Paramount Pictures, Facebook and Qik, as well as a selection of Twitter applications."

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