Mobile Geek Inc.

Android Ice Cream Sandwich is finally here and we as most of geeks do went ahead and downloaded the latest SDK just to play with it on our own. After checking all the major things inside the system itself I went to about page, just as I usually do to check all the details and I suddenly recalled the Gingerbread Easter egg that someone found some time ago. To find it, you had to click on the android version number a couple of times and then the scary gingerbread man painting showed up. Without any further ado, I started clicking on version string like crazy and look what showed up. Almost the same one as in Honeycomb! Those sneaky Google devs… ;-)

Many people wonder why Google still haven’t made the mobile version of their browser – Chrome. The biggest players in the field of web browsers already have android versions of their browsers for long time. Only Google itself is somewhat reluctant to the introduction of its product on its own mobile platform. Recently, there were some first confirmed information posted about ongoing work. My today’s discovery seems to be even more significant. After installing the new, recently leaked Ice Cream Sandwich launcher a google search widget appeared which contains Google Chrome icon. Just take a look on the screenshot above.

What does this mean for us? This may be a sign that Google plans to integrate the Google Chrome browser in the upcoming version of Android or that it will simply be presented during the Samsung and Google event in HongKong next week. Time will tell, however there’s definitely something going on.

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Later on I found out that my discovery was completely pointless because of the fact, that the launcher I found was just a fan-made piece of code. I’m always pissed when bloggers don’t check their sources before posting and now the same thing happened to me. Well, karma got me…

It’s been a while. But we’re back with some breaking news. Today we’ve seen leaked Nokia N5 images and we were certain, that appearance of model N6 is just a matter of time.

Devices N6-01 and N6-02 were leaked on Nokia’s own NDS website. Two xml files contain general information about unreleased yet phones.

Both N6-01 and N6-02 are working on Symbian S60 5.2 (Symbian^3) platform, are equipped with displays at 360×640 and ARM chips.

When I first saw live pictures of Vertu Constellation Quest revealed by HardWorkingBee.com I didn’t realize the one major thing about the handset. Today I when looked at the pictures more closely I noticed that the screen definitely looks much sharper than QVGA (320×240) resolution. It’s hard to tell what resolution it is exactly but it must be something much bigger. I have chosen three, best looking pics and edited them so that it looks like actual screenshots. You can click on the pics to see them in full resolution, but keep in mind that those are pictures, not actual screens snaps. (more…)

Nokia is definitely going to take advantage of MeeGo not only in handsets but also in tablets. We last heard about Nokia Z500 tablet back in June thanks to Eldar Murtazin. Now we have some kind of confirmation by Nokia itself. Nokia Z500 appeared in Nokia Ovi Store listing just like recent Nokia X7-00 which undoubtedly means something.

You can check it yourself by hitting the link:

http://store.ovi.com/?terminalId=Z500

There’s no content available right now for Z500 which is pretty obvious – it’ll probably run MeeGo which is totally new OS and there are no apps available for it at the moment.

source: NokiaPort.de

Yeah, you read it right. Nokia N8 was used to make a professional photo shoot for the polish VIVA Magazine. Photos not only shows the latest trends in fashion but also a great potential of N8′s camera. Models? Famous duo in polish fashion circles – Zuza Krajewska and Bartek Wieczorek. Place? Old, deserted park lot in Warsaw city centre. I’m not into fashion so I won’t judge the value of this art, I just wanted to point out how awesome is the camera itself. I know that the pictures were photoshopped but… Every single picture that ends up in a magazine is photoshopped so that’s just normal, right? Anyways, it’s good to see such marketing actions. That kind of product placement can lead to many new potential N8 owners.

Here are some more pictures from the photoshoot: (more…)

You probably seen the new Vertu Constellation Quest news recently but it looks like no one noticed that it’s running Symbian S60v3 FP2. I spotted a video on YouTube about the process of making those shiny beauties where the UI was shown just for a second. You can see the familiarly looking scheme. How do I found out that it’s S60v3 FP2? Simple – there are indicators of both signal and battery in top corners, notifications and clock in the bottom. Just like in the E72. Another thing proving my theory is the keypad with Shift, Sym, Ctrl etc. and dedicated calendar, phonebook and messaging buttons. (more…)

Here we go! Nokia just announced brand new device none of us has heard about earlier. It is called C5-03 and is inexpensive 3.2-inch touchscreen smartphone. Eager for some specs? Find out more hitting “More”.

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Are you not convinced by N8 and Symbian^3 yet? You’re wondering how the things works and looks exactly? Maybe you have a one, particular app that you can’t live without and you are worried if it’s working on newer OS? Well, I think I have a solution for you.

Forum Nokia have a special developer tool for testing their apps on real devices, connected to the servers somewhere in Finland. Thankfully you don’t have to be a developer to test out those devices. All you need to have is a Java installed on your computer and a Forum Nokia account. Once you register and login to your account go to Remote Device Access page. There you have a list of devices you can test right now. There are 3 C7s and 7 N8s available at the moment. Not only the newest ones but also older S60v3 and S60v5 devices. There are also some limitations. You have 8 hours per day for reservations and you can reserve each device for max. 3 hours. Don’t worry if all devices are in use at the moment. You can schedule your reservation for sometime in the near future. By the time you’re waiting for your turn you can collect all the software that you want to test on the device etc. You have the option to browse all the disks, install the new software, upload files into the phone’s memory and download files from it. But be nice and don’t mess it up, when you finish testing – remember to uninstall the apps that you installed etc. Just keep it clean. If there’s a time left – and you already finished your testing – cancel the reservation to make it accessible for others. Keep in mind that this a tool for developers. Don’t overuse it just for fun because Nokia can decide to pull it down due to the unwanted traffic.

I admit, it’s not a hot news. The device was rumored since a while now, but those were only rumors. No release date, no specs and no blurrycam pictures at all. Well, it seems like Nokia is doing well in securing their channels of information but there’s a little something something that can confirm that device is going to be announced in the near future. I’m talking about Ovi Store and it’s device database. When you access it in normal way there’s no sign of the device but when you do a simple trick and just change the device name in the end of url adress… (more…)