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Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian

Hey, S60 owners, have you had this nagging sense over the past year or two that you’re somehow getting slighted by Nokia, but you haven’t been able to put your finger on why? No worries, we’ve figured it out: it’s the calculator. Nokia’s mainstream dumbphone platform has featured a far better and more capable built-in calculator app than S60 for a while at this time, which really doesn’t make a whole heck of a lot of sense; granted, you can get better ones from third-party developers, but the point is you shouldn’t have to. Thankfully, Nokia agrees, and they’ve started to toy around with the idea of replacing the S60 calc with its little brother’s — a relatively easy process, since the latter is written in Java. On one hand, it’d be a shame to see a core S60 app move from native code to Java, but on the other hand, if it’s a better app and the JVM is transparent, who really cares? Anyway, the ported app is chilling in Nokia’s Beta Labs as we speak, just waiting for customer feedback before the higher-ups make a judgment call on whether to integrate it into future S60 releases. The power’s in your hands, people, so you may as well take advantage.

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Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian

Hey, S60 owners, have you had this nagging sense over the past year or two that you’re somehow getting slighted by Nokia, but you haven’t been able to put your finger on why? No worries, we’ve figured it out: it’s the calculator. Nokia’s mainstream dumbphone platform has featured a far better and more capable built-in calculator app than S60 for a while at this time, which really doesn’t make a whole heck of a lot of sense; granted, you can get better ones from third-party developers, but the point is you shouldn’t have to. Thankfully, Nokia agrees, and they’ve started to toy around with the idea of replacing the S60 calc with its little brother’s — a relatively easy process, since the latter is written in Java. On one hand, it’d be a shame to see a core S60 app move from native code to Java, but on the other hand, if it’s a better app and the JVM is transparent, who really cares? Anyway, the ported app is chilling in Nokia’s Beta Labs as we speak, just waiting for customer feedback before the higher-ups make a judgment call on whether to integrate it into future S60 releases. The power’s in your hands, people, so you may as well take advantage.

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Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Those looking for a smartphone revolution on the wings of Sony Ericsson’s forthcoming Paris (or whatever the heck it’s called) need look no further than another model already in the company’s stable: the touchscreen-equipped G900. At least that’s the intel we’re getting from mobile-review, a site renowned for its uncanny ability to get access to pretty much any device it chooses well ahead of release — and often before announcement. Software builds and hardware specs in current prototypes of the Paris floating around are apparently dead ringers for the aforementioned G900, save for the obvious form factor change, rocker style QWERTY keypad, and integrated GPS. Those changes that will allegedly see the Paris get a €50 premium over its little brother for a grand total of €400 (about $628) when it launches in September; in the meantime, there’s some screen shot entertainment in mobile-review’s quick take, and given the overwhelming leakiness of this thing so far, we imagine there’s plenty more where that came from before it ships.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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