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Weather, RSS and favorite applications on Symbian with a Homo

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:38:16 +0000

Several times we talked about alternative user interfaces for our terminals, differ depending on your operating system. Generally, these are very useful and interesting software on devices with touchscreen. For Symbian S60 Handy Shell had already talked about that, among other features incorporated the weather on the main screen.

Unlike the products mentioned above, today we present another always there for Symbian, which is different due to being totally free. It’s called Homo, in full Voyager Home Screen allows you to customize the main screen or better still the issue of standby time, with a highly customizable. Among the various features, we point out the possibility of having the fore real time news through RSS feeds and forecasts of their city.

Among other goodies, is a new feature quick search on Google and the call for applications and quick contacts address book: you can simply type on the keyboard numbers corresponding to letters of a contact or application, the system (style T9) will identify the desired content and propose to screen. Unfortunately, there are also limitations: they are not supported terminals 5th edition and the installation package is unsigned (not yet compatible with the procedure OpenSigned).

Although the phase of installation is impractical on the terminals of the novice user, we expect further developments in this short project, on which we will keep you updated. Download the latest version, the dedicated page.

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Gravity on S60. Now also support Google Reader

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:56:25 +0000

Gravity that was the best Twitter client for S60 currently exists is not a mystery. What could be even better, however, was a pleasant surprise.

Since the last beta released, 1.24, Build 6074, it is now possible to use it as a reader for RSS feeds to Google Reader! Currently you can only read the news and any comments of our contacts Google, but of course it will also soon be possible to post directly on their Facebook or Twitter account.

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Issued upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 for HTC Touch Pro Snap 2

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:21:38 +0000

After the official launch, took place last week, Windows Phone is now the new benchmark of Smartphones with the operating system from Microsoft. As we had already anticipated on 31 March, there are requirements that the terminal must have to be updated, although much depends dall’indiscrezione the manufacturer.

Yesterday evening, HTC has released the update to Windows Mobile 6.5 for devices Snap and Touch Pro 2. The official ROM, can be downloaded from the manufacturer, in the Support section. Bad news, however, for the owners of the HTC HD, for which the house tawainese is not willing to release the update.

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