Opera Launches Opera Mobile 12 for Android and Symbian

Opera Software software has been working with mobile devices for quite some time now so they're not new to the mobile web by any means. They know the web os constantly changing and evolving and adaption of new techniques for use and implementation is vital to their success. With Mobile World Congress now kicked off into full swing they've gone ahead released the final version of Opera Mobile 12 to the Android Market:

• WebGL on Android phones, for all things 3D and web. With WebGL on mobile, it’ll be even easier to make games cross platform and to distribute them. “Opera have contributed significantly to the development of the WebGL specification and now Opera Mobile is playing a leading role in the roll-out of GPU-accelerated WebGL on Android,” said Neil Trevett, Khronos president and vice president of mobile content at NVIDIA.
• Ragnarök, Opera's HTML5 parser support, meaning better web apps and increased compatibility with websites. More HTML5 means more advanced web functionality.
• Support for camera use in the browser.
• More possibilities for customizing the Speed Dial of Opera Mobile, including entering as many Speed Dial entries as you like.

In addition to the availability of Opera Mobile 12, Opera Software has also introduced support for MIPS based devices and Intel architecture. Opera has also introduced Opera Mini Next. A new version of Opera Mini that highlights social networking at the forefront. You can check out their full press release past the break, as well -- grab the download for Opera Mobile 12.

Get the final version of Opera Mobile 12 in the Android Market, or at http://m.opera.com.

fMobi 2.5 for MeeGo Available Now

Finally fMobi version 2.5 is now available to N9/N950 users too!

 

 Notable changes in this version:

• Qt 4.74 based components for more native look and feel
• Own background images as dashboard background
• Album and picture view is completely revamped
• swipe from an edge to see next or previous image the same album
• Read it Later support
• cleaner way to show a user’s info
• Albums now load higher quality thumbnails
• auto refresh after Like or comment 

Detailed changelog here.

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MeeGo PR 1.2 now seeding to developers, out in a month

Great news for all N9 owners and those who plan to own one in future.The much awaited PR1.2 update which is supposed “to bring many new features to N9″ is being released to developer’s N950 devices for testing. It is worth nothing that after release to developer's devices, the update release to user devices takes usually 4-6 weeks. So, N9 owners rejoice!! Nokia is really taking good care of your device. 

Release Notes For Nokia N950 Developer Device software 3.2012.02-6

• New languages
  • Persian
  • Hebrew
  • Kazakh
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
• Software update notifications for content in Nokia Store
• Face recognition for gallery and face tags for Facebook
• Support for folders in the application view
• Mail for Exchange global address book lookup
• Mail thread support in the Email client
• Extended copy-paste support
• Media sharing with DLNA compatible devices
• Improved browser history view
• Compass support in Maps
• QtWebKit update to version 2.2
• New font taken into use
• Front camera support
• Video editing support in the Gallery application

 

Bug fixes

There are ~122 public bugs fixed in this release. The complete list is available at harmattan-bugs.nokia.com.

 

Other important improvements

• MeeGotouch Framework
• Visual hint for differentiating swipe close gesture from normal swipes
• Timestamps shown in notifications
• Notifications sorted by timestamps
• Improvements in Event Feed area
• Music controls in Lock screen
• New feedbacks added to MeeGoTouch theme:
• priority2_callbutton_press
• priority2_callbutton_release
• priority2_close
• priority2_close_multiple
• priority2_move
• priority2_popup
• Kernel updated to be in sync with the upstream kernel version 2.6.32.48
• Connectivity
• Android NDEF Push Protocol disabled
• NFC polling enabled in lock screen
• Separate switch for controlling mobile background connections while roaming
• Camera
• Self Timer support
• Composition grid + on/off control
• Calendar
• Better handling of To-Do lists, recurring events and timezones
• Private flag support for events
• Support for read-only events
• Ability to forward/reply/reply-all for received events
• Clock
• Clock alarm becomes silent by flipping the device face down instead of snoozing
• Updated time picker
• Gallery
• People view added to the grid toolbar
• Improved multiple selection indication in grid view
• Music Player
• Audiobook and podcast support
• Ability to create playlists
• Ability to delete music files from music player library views via object menu
• Possibility to see songs that are on the current play queue
• In addition, there are numerous bug fixes related to the implementation of new features, improving the overall user experience and reliability of the device.

 Source: harmattan-dev.nokia.com via: nokiapoweruser

TwimGo 3.0.9 with Read it Later support for N9/N950/N900

Qt guru Tommi Laukkanen updates his twitter application TwimGo to 3.0.9 as a holiday gift for N9/N950/N900 users.

Few months have passed since the last releases. We are starting to build a house so that project will take some of my spare time every now and then.
During the last few days I have coded TwimGo v3.0.9 which includes something new: Read it Later support, which makes it easy to store interesting links so that you can read them later for example with another device. It works like this:

1. Open tweet which includes interesting link
2. Click “Read it Later…”
3. Read it Later opens in browser and you can add tags if you want
4. Press “Save” 

 There are also few other fixes and improvements in TwimGo 3.0.9:

• Read it Later support – You can now easily add interesting links to your Read it Later list so you can read them on better time with your computer or tablet
• Translations – There are now few translation like Turkey, Finnish, Italian and Swedish
• Slightly larger profile picture in profile view – Requested in issue #46
• Loading indicator is now using platform style busy indicator from Qt Quick Components
• Location sharing fixed on N9 and N950

Download binary to your N9/N950/N900 from: https://projects.developer.nokia.com/twimgo

Source: substanceofcode.com

New firmware 22.2011.44.2 for Nokia N9 appeared on Navifirm

The screenshot above showing firmware version 22.2011.44.2 for Nokia N9. I heard the news about N9 PR1.2 appeared in navifirm so I run my navifirm and I was surprised to see the new firmware. But so far I have acknowledged this is not PR1.2 but PR 1.1.1, which is simply a fix for PR 1.1, aimed at the Middle Eastern market. This supposedly fixes a bug caused by Arabic language support. So this is PR 1.1.1 V 22.2011.44-2 which adds Arabic support for the UI. No official changelog yet.

image source: mobility.com.ng