Category Archives: Features

Videos: Awesome Theme Effects for Nokia N8 & Belle smartphones – JinHao Gwiyomi Effects Updated

Some of the exceptionally awesome custom theme effects are being running on Nokia N8 with Symbian Belle. The user JinHao has recently uploaded Jinhao Gwiyomi Effects. (The download package contains effects for Belle Refresh FP1 & Belle FP2). These videos to show off the capabilities of super awesome Nokia N8. Watch the videos below and you'll definitely ...

Explore the wonders of USB on the Go (USB OTG) Connectivity on Nokia N8 & other Belle smartphones

No one can simply doubt Nokia N8's multimedia features. Its like a mini computer that can perform all key functions that an average user has to do on his / her laptop or desktop PC. USB On the Go (USB OTG) feature of Nokia N8 and other Belle smartphones (except Nokia 500, that doesn't have ...

How to Play Videos with Subtitles support on Nokia N8 & other Belle smartphones?

Nokia N8 & other S^3 smartphones with Symbian Belle / Refresh / FP1 / FP2 are capable of playing the video files with subtitles support. You just need to put .srt file in the same folder along with the video file (.avi, .mkv, .mp4 etc). And  the filenames of video and srt files must be ...

Symbian^3 Firmware PR 2.0 Minor but Useful Tweaks

  Camb078 has gotten access to an Astound via Nokia’s Remote Device Access and has been trawling through the firmware to see what changes have been made. So far he’s shown us a few pics of a slightly tweaked calendar app as well as the implementation of the pretty decent looking portrait ...

Review of Nokia N8’s Broadcom BCM2727 GPU and CPU (ARM 11 772MHz down-clocked to 680Mhz)

The N8 represents many firsts for Nokia. It is the first phone to be based on the Symbian^3 platform. It is the first Nokia phone to carry a 12MP camera sensor. It is also the first Nokia phone to have a discrete GPU. And finally, it is the first mainstream Nokia phone ...

First Four Winners of Nokia N8 Producers Contest Announced

The incredible journey of finding the N8 producers sees the first four named by the Nseries blog. They all deserve it in my eyes, and what’s great is that two of them I’ve not seen before and they are both spectacular and jaw-droppingly beautiful. Entry: N8 EditN8 Producer: Lénaïc Maréchal. One of the first N8 Producers ...

Nokia DAB Radio Headset Demo and Application Usage – For UK Only

Remember about a couple of weeks back, we had a DAB Radio update? This was limited to users where DAB was being transmitted, plus you needed the accessory (which plugs in via microUSB) to get it working. We’ve got a couple of DAB radio’s at our flat. Very crisp, clear sound compared to standard FM ...