It was about two hours of geekfest over the interwebs. Apple has finally put the iphone on par with normal phones in stuff like mms, bluetooth, copy+paste, etc.
What to say? Well, they did not underwhelm, for once. I am moderately pleased with what i saw, but will still need jailbreak to make the iphone reach [...]

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Not innocently, considering yesterday´s Apple´s software upgrade announcement, SF is discussing how software/firmware upgrades will be dealed on the future Symbian Foundation OS. Read it over SF blog.

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Most of you already know that back in December i got an iphone (contest prize), and subsequently sold my beloved P1 (while it had some value). Together with UIQ´s slow death, that made me stop posting here frequently.
Now that is kosher to write about other mobile stuff here, i will be back posting, albeit not [...]

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Padissimo provides virtual D-pads on the screen and on the keyboard, to enhance navigation within any application.
Major features:
- Alternative navigation using virtual directional pads.
- Provides additional ways of moving around any application.
- Convenient use in lists, menus, and other scrollable displays.
- Includes a screen-pad and a separate key-pad.
- Independent activation of the two virtual [...]

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Just like the years before, Clickgamer made available their Christmas themed game for free (after registration. This time, its called “Snowed In 7 - White Christmas“.
Get the native UIQ3 version here.

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“Sony Ericsson is excited to announce its membership of the Open Handset Alliance and confirm its intention to develop a handset based on the Android platform,” said Rikko Sakaguchi, CVP and head of Creation and Development at Sony Ericsson. “We believe Sony Ericsson can bring a wealth of experience in making consumer focused multimedia handsets [...]

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Over at my-symbian forums, user fleong posted a a nice gdesk theme inspired by the Blackberry Storm.
Get it here.

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CPS released an update to Process Explorer. The new version lists Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs), that contain code shared between various applications, and contribute to the overall memory consumption.
By listing applications, server programs, device drivers and DLLs, Process Explorer offers the most complete picture about what’s running on the phone. With its powerful cleanup [...]

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As you guys might have noticed, there has been an addition to uiqblog´s team.
Another notoriuous UIQ blogger has joined our ranks, Datagubben, formerly known for his excelent work at the swedish P1 blog.
So you guys can count with alot more updates with great content to use on your UIQ3 phones.

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As much as i loved the new Ozone browser, Opera 9.5 remains the most powerfull browser available for ANY symbian phone, not just UIQ. In fact, truth is Opera Mobile 9.5 shares alot with its bigger desktop brother, Opera 9.6
Remembering this post at opera forums, where Karl from Opera shows how to use the content [...]

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More details here.

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M. Kurowski is one of the few lucky owners of a Paris/P5 prototype, one of the two UIQ 3.3 devices canned by Sony Ericsson back in June (the other being Beibei).
Now he decided to bring us UIQ fans something to remember: a two part video-review of what could have been a great device (i surely [...]

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It just does not stop. Another day, another new app for the “dead” UIQ3 platform.
X-Key is a virtual keyboard app, that among other things works on landscape mode!!!
More details here. .
Edit: after some testing, i can say the app looks very promising, but has some an, at least on my P1 (english/portuguese language usage). Letters [...]

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