The official Sony Ericsson Blog brought us news that there is finally a way to enable a equalizer on the Sony Ericsson Vivaz and the Satio.

For most markets there is now an free application called “Equalizer” available on PlayNow in the music category under applications. This equalizer will give you the following different options: Off, Classical, Jazz, Dance, Party, Pop, Rock, Spoken Word, Loudness, Mega Bass and Treble Boost.

There are two important notes though: First of all this application needs the latest update to work on Satio and also since it’s a separate application it needs to be started separately when you want to start using it i.e. it’s not included under options in e.g. the music player. When an equalizer setting has been chosen it should stay even if the application is closed or the phone rebooted.

Unfortunately, this application is not deeply integrated into the music player but a standalone application.

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For all you Formula1 fans I’ve found the official Formula1 application. This application displays information supplied to the teams from every session of the Grand Prix weekend. Thus you always have the latest results, stats and all information you need. Point your browser either to mobile.formula1.com/download to download this freeware application or download it straight on SymbianWorld. This application works on all S60 devices like the Nokia N97, X6, N95, E90 or the Sony Ericsson Satio.

S60 5th Edition Download (N97, 5800, X6, Satio, Vivaz)

S60 3rd Edition Download (N95, E72, E71)

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David Rivas, VP of Technology Management at Nokia,  demoed Symbian^3 in San Francisco. Of course he used a emulator to show the new Version as there is no Symbian^3 device announced yet. This new version of the old OS should help Nokia redefining themself. I have seen this demo a few weeks ago and I am looking forward to the first device running Symbian^3. Take a look at the video and let us know your take on this. Read the rest of this entry »

The Nokia C5 is the very first device coming from the new C-Series. Basically. the C5 is smartphone for the massmarket. It features HSPA, S60 3rd Edition, big keys, a 3.2 megapixel camera as well as A-GPS. Moreover, it comes with free pedestrian- and carnavigation.  On top of that, the C5 cost only 169€. 169€ for a full navigation system and a smartphone is a awesome deal! Here you can see some pictures:

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Today Skype and Nokia jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store or from the website. Currently we do not know whether non-Nokia Symbian devices like the Sony Ericsson Satio or Vivaz Pro are supported as well. What we know, however, is that all Nokia Symbian devices, whether a N95 or the N97, are supported. Read the rest of this entry »

As we already reported, Nokia introduced the new Nokia C5, the first device of the C-Series range. The main highlight is the retail price of 169€ and the GPS and free pedestrian- and car-navigation bundle. In a further post we will take a closer look at teh C5 but as for now we have a nice video of the Nokia C5 - enjoy!

The Nokia Music Store recently received a major face-lift and is now more commonly referred to as Ovi Music, which is now offering DRM free music (for the a la card store only). This means all the tracks you download will be DRM-free, MP3 files that you can now play on a PC, Mac or any personal music player! Currently it’s available in just a few countries but more countries will be added soon. Moreover, as part of the change to Ovi Music, the search capability has been enhanced  so it’s easier than ever to find the music. In the following video, Steve Steward talks about the new Ovi Music as well as Comes With Music: Read the rest of this entry »

Snowboard Hero is, as the name already hints, a snowboard game with severl game-modes. You can choose between speedrun, freestyle and a race. Basically, it is supposed to run on S60 3rd Edition devices only, however, it’s also possible to run it on touch-enabled devices. In this case you would have a onscreen-keyboard to control the game. If you own a Nokia N97 or a N97 Mini you can disable the onscreen-keyboard by going  to settings. Then open the App Manager,go to installed apps and find the game. Finally go to options, suite settings, on-screen keyboard and than change to OFF.

Download the game to your Nokia N96, Sony Ericsson Satio or your Samsung Omnia I8910 HD and enjoy the game.

Earlier this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we had the chance to take a look at the infamous Powermat. Powermat is a wireless charging system and an aspirant for the hottest gadget of this year. Instead of having a spaghetti of cables for charging your various gadgets, Powermat confines all this mess into one simple and revolutionary mat. All you need to do is place your phone or device on the mat and it begins charging instantly. So how does this wireless charging technology work? Well, the whole system consist out of one mat, that is available in different sizes allowing you to charge up to three devices simultaneously, and a receiver which is attached to your device of choice. The Powermat X1, X2 and X3 will be available in Summer 2010 for a retail price of $29,99, $44.99 and $59,99 retrospectively. The number of the mat, i.e. X# indicates the number of devices that the mat can charge. There are potable as well as home and office mats available which can be used as a very nifty hub.
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You cannot wait for the first Smbian^3 devices to be launched? Well, in order to sweeten the wait a little bit we introduce a Symbian^3 theme for your S60 3rd and 5th Edition phone. Just go ahead and download it.