Author Archives: Dennis Bournique

New Carnival Of The Mobilists At Volker on Mobile

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The latest Carnival of the Mobilists was just published by Volker Hirsch at, Volker on Mobile.  The Carnival, which has been around almost since the beginning of mobile, is a monthly collection of the best submitted recent blog posts on mobile topics. This month’s edition is especially tasty with posts on personalization as the driver of mobile services adoption,  corporate “vanity apps”, a Galaxy Tab review, the latest take on Mobile 2.0, a preview of some upcoming MWC events and … Continue reading →

Taltopia – A Mobile Social Network For Artists

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Taltopia Mobile

Taltopia is a social network for the artistic community. It’s a place where actors, musicians, artists, photographers, models and comedians can connect with their fans and industry pros like casting directors, model agencies, record labels and talent managers. Artist members can upload photos, videos and audio tracks of their work. Presentations are rated by the community using a “Fame” and “Shame” voting system with the highest rated presentations appearing on the site’s home page. Industry professionals post casting calls and … Continue reading →

The Best eBook Reader Apps For the Nokia N8

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eReader - Makers

The Nokia N8 makes a great book reader thanks to its excellent screen and easy pocket-ability.  Just as the best camera is the one you have with you, the best eBook is the one you have in your pocket.  Dedicated book readers like the Kindle are OK, but unlike a phone, too big to carry everywhere. Unfortunately it’s not easy to find book reading apps for the N8 and other Symbian^3 phones like the C7 and E7.  In fact I … Continue reading →

Use the iPhone Google Reader, Calendar, Talk and Gmail WebApps on Symbian

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Google WebApps In Symbian Menu

Asri al-Baker at i-Symbian.com has put together a set of  Web Runtime Apps that let you use the iPhone versions of the Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar and Google Reader WebApps on Symbian phones. The Asri’s pps are essentially bookmarks which launch the GoogleWebApps in the Nokia browser. But they several advantages over normal browser bookmarks. For one, they have nice icons and look rather smart sitting in your Application folder or a Symbian^3 Shortcuts Widget on your home screen. Plus … Continue reading →

Yahoo Goes Hyper-Local on Android and iOS

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Yahoo Local Beta - Select Neighborhood

Like AOL with Patch, Yahoo is getting into the local news business.  The portal site has launched a Beta of the new Yahoo Local at beta.local.yahoo.com. The old local.yahoo.com was focused on local business search and events listings.  The Beta banishes search and focuses on news, events (including movie listings) and deals. Unlike Patch, which hires a full time local editor in each community, Yahoo seems to be relying on RSS feeds and individual user contributions for its local news. … Continue reading →

paidContent Mobile Works in All Browsers

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Paid Content Mobile

Although it’s been around since 2007, I just discovered the mobile edition of paidContent.org, a leading tech news site covering digital media including entertainment, publishing, advertising, marketing, and technology. Founded in 2002, Paid content was acquired in 2008 by the UK’s Guardian Media Group, publisher of The Observer and Guardian daily newspapers. The mobile edition has a clean attractive design that echoes the style of paidContent’s desktop site. paidContent.org  has managed to create a one size fits all mobile webapp … Continue reading →

Patch.com – Hyper-Local Mobile News from AOL

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Patch

Patch is a “hyper-local” news site that delivers professionally written and edited news, photos and videos for nearly 500 small US cities, towns and neighborhoods Each locality has its own site on a sub-domain URL i.e., halfmoonbay.patch.com. The ad-supported sites are full-featured local news sources. updated frequently with the latest local news, sports, weather, photos, videos and event listings. There are also columns, classified ads, letters to the editor and a directory of local shops and services. Patch, a startup … Continue reading →

New Opera Mini Beta Fixes Symbian^3 Stability Issue

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Opera Mini 5.1 Symbian Beta 2

A second beta of  the native Symbian (.sis) version  of Opera Mini 5.1 was released yesterday.  Among other things it fixes two significant bugs from the first Beta. The previous version would crash if you enabled the option to use the Symbian (and Swype) keyboards.  Based on my testing this bug is completely gone.  I been using the new Beta extensively on an N8 for a full day and have experienced no crashes whatsoever The previous version was unable to … Continue reading →