3UK Network Improvements - Don't Get Caught Out!

3UK are doing maintenance work on their London network infrastructure to give users a better experience with their network. This should result in a better service overall for mobile handset and broadband users across London.

In order to give notice to those that will be affected, they have put up a map showing in which areas users will experience downtime in.

If you're in an affected area your service may be interrupted for a short period, usually no more than 6-8 hours. If you're a Mobile Broadband customer you won't be able to connect to the internet during this time. For mobile phone customers, calling and texting shouldn't be affected. However, Mobile Internet will be slower and some Mobile Internet services will be unavailable.

Users can also opt to have text notifications of service disruption throughout their areas. The work is expetced to be completed by Christmas and the resulting quality of service improved by Summer 2010, when the final work has been completed.

Visit the 3UK website to find out more.

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[Update] Mobbler 0.07(6187)

Just been notified on Twitter by @Mobbler that there is a new update out which enables native scrobbling for the Nokia N97, 5800XM and similar models running S60 5th Edition - that means from the Music Player, like other S60 3rd Ed devices.

Just check for updates by running the App itself or head on over to their Google Code Page to download.

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3 Announce Hero With Spotify

3UK have announced their first Android based handset, the HTC Hero boasting a 5MP camera, capacitive touch-screen, Wi-Fi and GPS.

I was on hand to watch the handset recently being voted "Gadget of the Year" at the recent T3 Gadget wards 2009 and also scooped "Phone of the Year". Whilst Spotify themselves scooped "Innovation of the Year" - not a bad combination is it? Especially considering 3UK were awarded the "Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 2009," this then, is essentially the best services put together to give the user the best available services currently on offer in the market!

Spotify Mobile will initially be available only on the HTC Hero. For £35 a month over 24 months and an upfront fee of £99, the package includes;

• Unlimited Spotify Premium for mobile and PC for 24months (worth £240)
• 750 minutes to other mobiles
• Unlimited texts
• Unlimited 3 -to - 3 calls
• Unlimited email, internet browsing and Facebook®
• Free Skype™-to –Skype calls

To find out the latest on when you can get this service, you should register your details HERE to be notified of release and the latest developments.

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The Symbian Exchange & Exposition 2009

The annual Symbian Exchange and Exposition (formerly the Symbian Smartphone Show) is almost upon us (10) days and counting. This year will see a new Symbian with a different brand and many partners since last years overhaul of Symbian itself and the establishment of the Symbian Foundation.

As usual the event is FREE to attend and available for all. There will be many pro Symbian developers, manufacturers and enthusiasts in attendance. AdonisMobile will also be attending to get the latest gossip and interesting developments within Symbian and it's many partners.

The event is a 2 day long exhibition of Symbian, taking place at Earl's Court 2, during the 27th-28th October 2009. If you'd like to attend the event you should head on over to REGISTER and get your tickets in advance.

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Qt Demoed On Maemo5 Running on N900

Nokia has said Qt will be coming to the N900 and Maemo5. Here is a nice demonstration showing the sort of animation and transitions we can expect from developing using the platform. There are very good eye catching animations and smooth transitions.



Haven't ordered an N900 yet? What are you waiting for?

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Nokia N900 Hands On - Multitasking And More

Here's a great video by Intomobile of the N900. A very good HD clip of a hands on showing of the multitasking capabilities of the N900, which is to be released very soon.

The N900 is powered by the same 600Mhz ARM Cortex A8 processor that you'll find crunching numbers inside the iPhone 3GS. Nokia uses that awesome processor to bring serious multi-tasking to the Nokia N900. Take a look at the video below and you'll see that the N900 we were playing with was running no less than six apps at the same time - no saved-state nonsense, this was legitimate multi-tasking. One of the apps (a game) even displayed an animated thumbnail showing the game in action while running in the background.

Hands-on the Nokia N900 from IntoMobile on Vimeo.

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INQ Mini 3G Now On Sale

The latest INQ handset the Mini 3G is now officially on sale from 3UK. The INQ Mini 3G follows in the footsteps of the award winning INQ1 handset which somewhat put a benchmark down for what to expect from "Social" orientated phones.

The Mini 3G goes on to add to this benchmark with the addition of Twitter making staying up to date with the social world on the go whenever and wherever even more appealing.

The new Twitter application lets customers make the most of the ‘always on’ capability that the applications on the INQ1 are known for. Like Facebook, IM and Skype, after the first log in, Twitter stays ‘on’ in the background, letting customers send ‘tweets’ and ‘retweet’ using the phone’s application.

There are many choices for obtaining the INQ Mini 3G - it can be found on Pay As You Go for a very affordable £59.99.

There has been a specific contract created for the INQ Mini itself, the £15 p/m "Internet Texter Plan" offers free internet, free 3-to-3 calls, free voice-mail and 75 minutes of calls. The handset is free on all Mix & Match contracts.

The INQ Mini is a great handset for the younger generation, it's appeal is easy to see. An affordable handset with many features and services offered for free and many affordable tariffs and the best Pay As You Go deal in my opinion.

Full specs and details on the ING Mini 3G

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MotoBlur Ported To HTC G1

A video demonstrating the porting of the Motorola Cliq ROM (which includes Motorola's custom Android UI) ported to work on the HTC G1 android handset. This is very much a beta, and there are features missing which may be fixed in the coming days.

It seems the HTC G1 is becoming the handset to mod and test hacked Android builds on at the moment.



It will be interesting to see how Motorola reacts to this hacked ROM, which most likely will be offered around the internet for users to try out. Google wasn't fond of it's apps being shared around the internet recently and sent out an injunction to CynagenMod to cease distribution of their "Google Experience Apps."

The bigger question here maybe "How open is Google's (Open Source) Android OS?"

via [AndroidAndMe]

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Fennec 1.0 Beta 4 Released

Mozilla has released the latest Beta build for Fennec, which will be compatible with the soon to be released Nokia N900, but also will work on the latest current Maemo platform (Diablo). This latest build brings the following updates, changes and tweaks:

• Improved touch-friendly theme
• Improved panning and zooming performance and behavior
• Add search providers from the site identity panel
• Manage search providers from the Add-ons Manager
• Simplified the Download Manager (removed searching and find file on disk)
• Streamlined the bookmarking process
• Simplified the bookmark management
• Popup notification when background tabs open
• Bookmark list now displays the URL and tags associated with a bookmark
• Added a product information page (about:fennec or use the button in Preferences)
• Support for add-ons options in the Add-on Manager
• Support for updating add-ons
• Support for the HandheldFriendly meta-tag (support for the viewport meta-tag is coming)

The team notes they have worked on making the browser compatible with the N900 and it's default theme styles.

We have spent some time making sure Fennec runs well on the N900. Some of the changes include adding task and close buttons to the Fennec URLbar when in fullscreen and making some theme changes to handle the default N900 themes.

To try out the brwoser on your current Maemo device(Diablo) or a desktop equivalent, just head on over to Mark Finkle's Weblog for download links and info.

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Maemo 5 Apps Now In Downloads

As the N900 release date is eagerly anticipated and there is much debate to it's release date and possible delay, the good news is when it does eventually become available there will be some apps already in the repository for download.

At the moment of writing there are a total of 9 apps which are compatible with Maemo 5. Most of these are pretty basic but do offer functionality to the platform. The ever present OMWeather is one on offer, users of older Maemo OS' will be familiar with. There is also GPodder which is a podcast catcher optimized for the N900 UI. If you're into podcasts you will need this.

To check out the rest of the apps on offer, just head on over to the Maemo.org website, and bookmark and subscribe to their RSS feed whilst you're there to keep up to date with the latest on Maemo.

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Maemo5 Browser Walkthrough

Detailing some of the ways the browser which will be running on Maemo5 can be used. With hand gestures and typical zooming, switching between windows and cursor manipulation.

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