Symbian World Mobile Theme

The symbian.org website has a very distinctive art direction, one which seems very playful and clear. If you like the Symbian World theme your in luck as it is now available for your N97, N97 mini and more! Set against a silver gray background, this complex World reflects the Symbian platform which provides richness, diversity and a number of innovative features.

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Dowload the Symbian world theme Here

Symbian^3 homescreen on Symbian^1 (N97 Mini)

Have you seen the new Symbian^3 homescreen? Looks nice and hip doesn't it?

Just imagine this fine looking homescreen on your Symbian^1 Touchcreen phone such as N97 or N97 Mini.  

Well it might become reality!

There are people making this reality at the moment! Down at the Symbian developers forum members are actively trying to port the S^3 homescreen source code to the S^1. How did they get the code? Well Symbian became open source remember?

Follow their progress on their wiki or check out the thread!

Nokia Bots for N97 & N97 Mini

Nokia Bots is a collection of add-ons that autonomously learn your personal preferences, and improve user experience with new, customized features and tricks.  These add-ons, or Bots, observe how the phone is being used and automatically configure and activate themselves, if customization seems relevant.

Sounds interesting doesn't it? Try it out for your N97 or Mini! Get it Here

Windows Live Messenger on Symbian^1

For some aparent reason Nokia or Microsoft pulled the S60 v5 version of the populair Live messenger from the Ovi store. The application seemed to work fine with good touchscreen support. Thanks to active users a mirror was created for those who did not originally download it from the Ovi store.

Installed on the N97 (mini) you have the option to use the Hotmail mail service in the messaging menu. You can also access the camera during your chat to send photo's and videos. The application can also be run in the background and will notify when a friend is chatting.

Notice: I have tested the application and it seems to run fine, the reason why it was pulled from the Ovi store is unknown. So use at own risk!
Download Live Messenger for s60 v5 here: LINK

WhatsApp for Symbian platform

Great news for symbian users, the popular smartphone-to-smartphone messenger/chat application is set to be released on the symbian platform.  The app allows users to carry conversations in real time with mobile contacts over an internet data connection. The biggest advantage of WhatsApp is that it is a cross platform application which creates the ability for iPhone ,BlackBerry, Android en Symbian users to message each other.

According to the official WhatsApp twitter they company is actively working on a Symbian and Android version of the popular application.

@MADekker yes, we are working on it: http://twitpic.com/1bfiop http://twitpic.com/1bfisx

Great news for N97 (mini) and other Symbian platform users! Another big advantage of Whatsapp is that it uses your mobile number as user name, it searches in your phone book for other Whatsapp users which makes it a very easy application to use.

We will keep you updated if any new developments appear!