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Symbian now have a new version. All these days iPhone and Android devs were all over the news, doing something and Symbian & Nokia people were standing by just watching whats going on. The wait is over today as the newest verion of Symbian was revealed at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Well this is not the only good news. The good news is the features of this new operating system.

• UI that’s three times faster.
• UI which runs at a super smooth 60fps.
• Better multitasking.
• Added support for multitouch on capacitive screens.
• Integrated online music store support.
• HDMI output capabilities at full HD (1080p) resolution.
• A new graphics architecture which takes advantage of hardware acceleration.

All these feature may make symbian to match up with the iPhone Os and Android. The latest version is named Symbian^3, or S^3 for short and is expected to be completed by the end of March. The first devices featuring S^3 should start shipping from Nokia in the third quarter of this year.

See the video by Nokia here:

Today Computerworld reported, Apple has patched many of the critical flaws which was present in iPod Touch and iPhone.

The Patched flaws are:

• Playing a maliciously crafted mp4 audio file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
• Viewing a maliciously crafted TIFF image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution
• A person with physical access to a locked device may be able to access the user’s data
• Accessing a maliciously crafted FTP server could result in an unexpected application termination, information disclosure, or arbitrary code execution
• Mail may load remote audio and video content when remote image loading is disabled

According to Apple, the iPhone 3.1.3 update improves the accuracy of battery level.

iPhone and iPod Touch owners can wait out the update interval. iTunes will automatically check Apple’s update servers once a week or you can also retrieve iPhone 3.1.3 manually by selecting “Check for Update” under the iTunes Help menu and then docking the iPhone to a PC or Macintosh.

Apple has just officially announced the Apple iPad, their tablet device that aims to bring the best of the iPhone and laptops to a slim, attractive device.

The result is a very thin, roughly 10-inch (diagonal) device. The hardware is about what you’d expect, considering that we already know how the iPhone works. It supports touch input, multi-touch, swiping gestures, orientation detection, and all the rest of the features that the iPhone made popular with users.

The tablet’s multitouch screen measures in at 9.7 inches, as per the rumors, meaning that it’s got a significantly smaller footprint than the smallest MacBook, but a much larger screen than the iPhone. That’s 9.7 inches diagonal, from screen corner to screen corner. The bezel is a little fat, but this thing is basically a clean slab of display. The screen’s aspect ratio is closer to 4:3 than 16:9, meaning that it’s not a widescreen like the iPhone or a MacBook, and more of a bi-directional tablet. Or, er, Pad. It’s a half-inch thick—just a hair thicker than the iPhone, for reference—and weighs 1.5 pounds. It’s powered by a 1GHz Apple A4 chip, and has 16GB to 64GB of flash storage. From the looks of it, Apple finally got some use out of that PA Semi purchase, and built their own mobile processor. It’s also loaded with 802.11 n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, a 30-pin connector, a speaker, a microphone, an accelerometer and a compass.

The operating system on the tablet is based on iPhone OS, which is in turn loosely based on OS X. In other words, it’s got the same guts as the iPhone, as well as a somewhat similar interface. The browser is essential an upscaled version of Safari Mobile, with a familiar, finger-friendly title bar and not much else. It rotates by command of the accelerometer. Mail again takes its visual cues from the iPhone, but with a lot more decoration: you can preview your mailbox from any message with a pull-down menu, and preview any message from within the mailbox, with a pop-up window.

via : [Gizmodo]

It all started with Google when they started to offer free turn by turn direction for navigation on their Motorola’s Droid model smartphones. After Google Apple also offered the same thing in their iPhone.

But now Nokia is offering the same Globally. Well thats a big Step. Isn’t it?

Today Reuters Reported,

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia will offer free navigation on its smartphones around the world, following a similar move from Google the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Thursday, citing the Finnish company.

“Nokia used to charge for navigation packages that included turn-by-turn directions. That all goes away now. Now you can get turn-by-turn directions covering 74 countries in 46 languages as well as detailed maps for 180 countries,”

via – [Reuters]

The makers of Kindle ie., Amazon is about to launch their own App store. As The New York Times stated, a formal announcement from Amazon came today. Apple’s tablet computer is widely expected to be announced today and go on sale this spring. Now this outstanding step taken by Amazon will surely have a bad effect on Apple.

The company expects developers to build a wide range of applications, from new ways to experience e-books to games and utility apps. Now the Developers are having their Best time as they have 2 huge markets as options.

Amazon’s official statement is out:

SEATTLE, Jan 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — (NASDAQ: AMZN)–For the past two years, Amazon has welcomed authors and publishers to directly upload and sell content in the Kindle Store through the self-service Kindle publishing platform. Today, Amazon announced that it is inviting software developers to build and upload active content that will be available in the Kindle Store later this year. The new Kindle Development Kit gives developers access to programming interfaces, tools and documentation to build active content for Kindle–the #1 bestselling, most wished for, and most gifted product across all categories on Amazon. Developers can learn more about the Kindle Development Kit today at http://www.amazon.com/kdk/ and sign up to be notified when the limited beta starts next month.

“We’ve heard from lots of developers over the past two years who are excited to build on top of Kindle,” said Ian Freed, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “The Kindle Development Kit opens many possibilities–we look forward to being surprised by what developers invent.”

The Kindle Development Kit enables developers to build active content that leverages Kindle’s unique combination of seamless and invisible 3G wireless delivery over Amazon Whispernet, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, and long battery life of seven days with wireless activated. For example, Handmark is building an active Zagat guide featuring their trusted ratings, reviews and more for restaurants in cities around the world, and Sonic Boom is building word games and puzzles.

“As the leading worldwide publisher of mobile games, EA Mobile has had the privilege of collaborating with many dynamic and innovative companies in bringing exciting gaming experiences to new platforms,” says Adam Sussman, Vice President of Worldwide Publishing, EA Mobile. “Working with Amazon, we look forward to bringing some of the world’s most popular and fun games to Kindle and their users.”

via – [Mashable]

One of the most widely spread in Internet nowadays is the Apple iPhone OS 4.0. Still apple have not said a word about this. But still the giys from Gizmodo managed to get the feature list for this rumoured OS. They say, they received some exclusive iPhone OS 4.0 details from one of their trusty Apple connects.

According to them the features are:

There will be multi-touch gestures OS-wide. (Would make sense for that as the rumored OS for the iTablet is close if not the same as the iPhone)

“A few new ways” to run applications in the background – multitasking.

Many graphical and UI changes to make navigating through the OS easier and more efficient. We haven’t had this broken down, but we can only hope for improved notifications, a refreshed homescreen, etc.

The update will supposedly be available for only the iPhone 3G and 3GS, but will “put them ahead in the smartphone market because it will make them more like full-fledged computers” more than any other phone to date. Everyone is “really excited.”

The last piece of information is the most vague, but apparently there will be some brand new syncing ability for the contacts and calendar applications.

Any the rumoured iPhone OS 4.0 is going to release on next WED.

via [Gizmodo]