Foursquare releases a full featured QT app for Symbian

Foursquare has just released a new QT based app for Symbian which is a major upgrade over previous version.The app looks like its the N9 version ported to Symbian nevertheless its fast,its full featured.

                                                         image coutsey @nkumar_

The new features include Photo uploads, notifications,comments,listing venues and more and is pretty fast.Head over to Nokia Store and download the app just remember to download the QT version or download from the link below.

For more pics go here or here

http://store.ovi.com/content/213198

via[@camb078,thehandheldblog]

Facial Lite now available on Nokia Store

Free version doesn't have widget, full messages, "more" button, photo upload, checkin, like comment, delete post/comment, add to calendar or rsvp to event.

So it's a stripped version of Facial but basic functionality is there.Facial Facebook  client for Symbian had been recently updated to version 4.0 and now the developer has released a free version with most of the features.

The features supported are

• Ultra smooth scrolling
• Feed, Friends, Photos, Pages, Events, Groups, Notifications 
• Post, Comment, Like 
• Facebook Messages (read)
• Search 
• Auto refresh 
• Swipe gestures 
• Black and White theme

The features missing from paid version are

"Free version doesn't have widget, full messages, "more" button, photo upload, checkin, like comment, delete post/comment, add to calendar or rsvp to event.

So it's a stripped version of Facial but basic functionality is there."

http://store.ovi.com/content/210770 (free)

http://store.ovi.com/content/112549(paid)

via[@camb078]

Soundtracker Radio 1.7 released

Soundtracker is a Social Radio app which gives you access to Over 10 million songs on demand and best of all free.

The changes include

• Symbian Anna text player bug 
• Symbian Belle performance
• Hide password on setting page
• Scrolling bug for my stations and nearby list
• Improved performance of my stations and nearby list
• Friends' Stations page improvement
• Fixed bug of first item selection by editing my stations list
• Optimized size for album images for my stations and nearby list
• Email feedback with more info about the device
• MP3 player bug

For Download and more info go to Soundtracker's Beta Labs page.

source[nokia beta labs]

Foliant eBook Reader

While its unlikely that Amazon will release Kindle app for Symbian there a couple of good ebook readers combined with services like ManyBooks and Project Gutenberg can fill the gap.Foliant is one such eBook reader and a promising with nice set of features and good interface.

 The features include

• format support EPUB, FB2 and TXT
• complete library, grupirovka by author, genre and other parameters
• search and download books from the Internet
• trained support True Type fonts
• turn on the display 90, 180, 270 degrees, support for the accelerometer
• opportunity to comment on and rate books
• Work with ZIP archives like folders, support for GZip archives
• built-in English-Russian dictionary with the touch of a translation
• user-friendly menu with support kinetic scrolling
• support for the main character WIN-1251, ISO-8859-5, UTF-8, KOI8R, DOS
• three modes of paging of the book: Kinetic scrolling, page-flipping stroke, page-flipping in the zones
• hyphenation (supports English and Russian hyphenation rules)
• detailed set of formatting text
• support profile settings
• backlight control (only Nokia and SE)
• Russian, Ukrainian and English localization

Download the app from Official Site[Russian]

Socially 3.07 released

The all in one social app for Symbian has been updated to version 3.06 mainly bringing bug fixes.

The changes include
fixes bugs related to Facebook crash for some users & Twitter trends

download the latest version by going to m.sociallyapp.com on your phone.

via[@imsyteam]

fMobi 2.0.1 released

fMobi facebook client has been updated to version 2.0.1 and now is available on Nokia store.

The changes include
"This version fixes problems with closing application and it still stays in memory. Menu screen status update is also updated. One language added and some minor tweaking in some languages."


http://store.ovi.com/content/167633

imo IM client updated with Support for group messaging and more

imo is a new instant messaging app for Symbian has been updated to version 1.05 bringing group messaging ,bug fixes and more.The Skype support and now group messaging will provide stiff competition to other messaging apps.

The changes are

• Group messaging 
• searchable chat history
• ui improvements
• couple of bug fixes

https://imo.im/nokia

via[symbiantweet]

Imsy updated with Anna like icons,UI improvements and more

Imsy the messenger app from the creators of Socially app has been updated to version.93 with new features and more.

The new features include

• Set own profile photo and see profile photos of friends
• Ability to turn off auto-suggestion of images when you type a message
• Ability to change registration name
• New Nokia Surround style icon (special thanks to @logonaniket for designing the logo)
• UI Improvements, especially on S60 v3 phones
• Performance improvements and bug fixes

http://imsy.com/s60

source[imsy]

Gravity 2.0 preview now available

Gravity the undisputed king of Twitter client for Symbian released first preview of version 2.0 bringing some big changes. Major changes include full featured support for Facebook,support for preview of multiple images.

The new features include

• Facebook support is now full featured
• multiple image previews in Twitter
• improvements to Foursquare support
• performance improvements and more

Note that it is a preview release and unexpected bugs can occur.Download the latest version from here

via[nokiahdblog]

source[@janole]

Facial 4.0 released

Facial is a light weight Facebook client for Symbian smartphones and has reached version 4 with new features ui changes and more.

Here are the changes

•         Homescreen Widget(not for Nokia 5230)

                       Content: Profile pic OR shared pic, timestamp, sender name, post
                       Auto & manual scroll
                       Notification, message & feed counters
                      Timestamp when feed was refreshed
                      Refresh now button

• Full Facebook Messages (reply/delete/manage via Mobile Facebook site)
• Feed browser (scroll through full home feed posts)
• Like/unlike comments
• Delete own posts and any posts in my wall (ONLY if they are done with Facial)
• Delete own comments and any comments in my wall
• Auto poll does full home refresh always
• New option to stop auto refreshing at certain time of the day (default 23:00)
• Clicking any of the main tab's "topic" refreshes it
• "Back" animates different to direction
• Events view changed to show ALL events ever been invited to
• Visual improvements
• Progress bar for loading photos
• Network connection handling improved

http://store.ovi.com/content/112549

source

Albite Reader 2.2 released

Albite Reader is one of the best eBook readers available for Symbian and has been updated to version 2.2.

The changes are

• Support for native Java fonts
• Bookmarking / looking up text is far easier now by using a context menu
• Added two more font sizes to the HD version
• Files/folders are now listed alphabetically, not randomly

Download the app from here 

via[nokialino]

fMobi 2.0 released with improved UI,new languages and more

fMobi called one of the best Facebook client for Symbian has been updated version 2.0 bringing a whole lot of changes including over 50 updates to interface,new languages,features and bug fixes.

The changes are

• More than 25 new languages.
• New FB smart lists
• Vibrating alerts
• Smoother
• Lots of UI tweaking
• Messaging
• Bug fixes

http://store.ovi.com/content/167633

source[JiiKoo]

Get N9/Symbian Belle/Anna all in one wallpaper pack

Symbian World has compiled a collection of Nokia N9,Symbian Belle and Anna wallpapers.

Download the pack from Symbian World

Official CNN app now available on Nokia Store

The updated version 1.3 of the official CNN app for Nokia is now available for s60v5 devices on Nokia Store.The changes include support for On demand video,better breaking news and bug fixes.

The CNN live features is not yet working or i couldn't find an option for that. I would recommend this as a must have app,the developers have done great job and shows how a great qt app should be like.
http://store.ovi.com/content/121610

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