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Nokia unveils Symbian Belle OS – better late than never

Faizan — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:16:43 +0000

Today, Nokia unveiled latest update to its Symbian 3 OS named Symbian Belle that put Nokia in head to head competition with current smartphone market leaders Android and iOS. But Nokia should have released this OS around two years ago when smartphone war was about to start, not now when Nokia has almost lost it. The new OS brings UI and performance improvements, gorgeous new widgets, more customization options, more apps and built-in NFC functionality. All these updates make this OS visually similar to Android and is enough to keep Nokia fans happy for some time until they realize the need for all those awesome apps already available for other platforms. Checkout the UI demo video.

Detailed new features and improvements:

More homescreens: with Symbian Belle the maximum number of homescreens rises from three to six, so now you can have absolutely everything close at hand

Improved status bar: the status bar sports a modern, flat look and incorporates a pull down notifications tab that incorporates common settings and notification of incoming messages, missed calls and the rest.

Modernised navigation: the navigation and options bar at the bottom of the screen sports a modern, new look, similar to that first seen on the Nokia N9.

New apps: a new suite of powerful business apps from Microsoft includes Lync (IM for businesses, like Microsoft Communicator), Sharepoint, OneNote, Exchange ActiveSync and PowerPoint Broadcaster.

Informative lock screen: the lock screen now tells you about missed calls, messages in your inbox and more, so you can check your phone at a glance. You can now also add a colored wallpaper to your lock screen.

NFC devices: With Symbian Belle, Near-Field Communications (NFC) is now deeply integrated into the operating system, so you can share pictures, connect with accessories, and check-in – all with just a tap.

Visual multitasking: Now you can flick between larger live images of your open apps to see what’s going on at a glance and move quickly between your apps.

The update will be available on Nokia N8, E7, C7, C6-01, X7, E6 and 500 and new models in coming months with Symbian Belle.

[Via Nokia]

Differences between Android and iPhone users – infographic

Faizan — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:49:43 +0000

Do you judge a person by his or her mobile phone? This interesting infographic shows differences between Android and iPhone users. After reading this infographic you can somewhat understand personality of a person by just knowing which mobile phone they use.

[via Hunch]

WordPress vs Joomla Vs Drupal – Infographic Comparison

AF8AB — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:39:24 +0000

Who is the real king of Open Source CMS platforms? Each WordPress, Drupal and Joomla have their own advantages and discrepancies, for example WordPress has hundreds of amazing premium and free themes and plugins available and is very easy to use. Joomla is a very powerful CMS as compared to WordPress which is basically a blogging platform.

Devious Media have created this interested info-graphic with comprehensive details about each of the platforms. Let’s’ have a look.

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The Internet of Things – infographic

Faizan — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:03:20 +0000

Things connected to internet are not just computers and smartphones. You may have heard about Ford car that offers functionality for you to listen to your tweets via internet or about a Dutch startup, Sparked, that is using wireless sensors on cattle to send message to farmer via internet. During 2008 the number of things connected to the internet exceeded to the number of people on earth and by 2020 there will be 50 billion things connected to the internet. With ipv6 there can be 100 addresses for every atom on the face of earth. This infographic from cisco shows interesting facts about things connected to the internet.

[via cisco]

Foursquare Family now 10,000,000 Strong

AF8AB — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:10:38 +0000

In case you don’t live on planet earth, you’ve probably never heard of foursquare. If it’s the other way, you must have been checking in at places all around the city, getting Mayor badges and even winning some free deals from some of serious Foursquare venues. It’s a social network which will help you stalk someone in real life, or in other words Foursquare is integrated with our physical outgoings and not just on the internet.

Foursquare has now 10,000,000 users. Keep reading for this interesting Info-graphic on how they got from Zero to Hero.

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