Symbian in Motion

I’ve made no secret of my love for SkyeQuiKey. Hit one of those links if you haven’t heard of the app yet. If you have heard of the app, odds are pretty good that you’re using a copy on your handset. Good news! A new update was just issued today that covers much of the feedback I’ve been seeing about the app. Change log:

• Missing softkeys / idle screen ‘hang’ bug fixed.
• Closing slider can sometime cause softkeys to disappear from idle screen bug fixed.
• Improved history support added, smarter and faster.
• Support for adding new phone numbers added.
• Support added for S60 3rd Edition FP2 phones e.g. N78.
• Longer phone numbers now permitted (up to 32 digits).
• Interference with Bluetooth PIN entry and System Lock bug fixed.
• Improved support for emergency call dialling.
• Support added for creating new message (SMS/MMS/E-mail) from a manually entered number/email address.
• Improved support for defaults: Email, SMS and MMS defaults are now used with shortcuts.
• Pressing the green button from a list of options is now equivalent to OK.
• Support for pause and wait in dialled numbers e.g. +4420844223311p123p333w435.
• Improved interoperability with other 3rd party applications e.g. Google Search.
• Improved screen layout.

Get it!

Update: If you haven’t seen the app in person, here’s a great walkthrough from Mark at The Nokia Blog:

Woo hoo! Disqus is essentially the best thing that happened to blogs since, well, ever. I love it. Blogger/reader interaction has never been easier than it is with the Disqus commenting system.

Earlier this week Disqus announced a new version of its Wordpress plug-in that you can read about here. It includes a bunch of new functionality and also solves the issue that all pre-Disqus comments were ditched when Disqus was installed.

So SiMo readers who have been around for a while will be happy to see their old comments return once again. There are a few catches though. First, old comments do not register in comment counts, so even posts like this with hundreds of comments like this one will show zero. Also, you won’t be able to reply directly to an old comment.

No matter though, I’m just happy to have all my old comments back. Thanks Disqus!

For those interested in a pretty detailed battle of the corporate handsets (and some hot qwerty pr0n to boot) definitely head over to BGR to check out a great comparison post assembled by BG himself. The Bold definitely looks like a beast next to the slim and sexy E71 but is a slender physique and a solid build enough to take on the upcoming flagship BlackBerry?

So was I asleep when they announced this bad boy or is this news to you as well? In verifying an E71 spec this morning I noticed the block above on the E71 product page. WCDMA 850/2100? An in, a version that will work in the US and in Europe? As in, WCDMA Band V (Australia, Canada, USA, parts of South America, parts of Asia) and WCDMA Band I (Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Brazil)? Between this and the recent revelation that the N85 will have a tri-band WCDMA radio, it almost looks like Nokia is starting to like us over here on this side of the pond…

See for yourself.

Great news! Just stumbled on the Mobbler Google Code Page and discovered that they have updated the application to version 0.2.1. Nothing much interesting in this release just a few bug fixes for the N73 and N80.

What’s exciting is the update on the previous version 0.2.0  - The first radio player version of mobbler.

Yes it now streams music from Last.fm and scrobbles tracks played on your handset to your Last.fm profile! I’ve just been playing with it for a few minutes now, there is a new interface with some extra controls and menu options, and you have the option of streaming via Wi-Fi or 3G as desired. The usual options found on the desktop clients are there!

Now this is truly a solution for streaming music for all S60 users.