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PR 1.1 may have ruined my Nokia N8

February 19, 2011

So, you heard about the PR 1.1 update hitting various Symbian^3 devices over-the-air (OTA) or via Ovi Suite or the Software Updater tool. Well, here’s my cautionary tale of how PR 1.1 brought nothing but trouble to my Nokia N8. I ran the Software Update application on my Nokia N8 and got the message that [...]

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Having Fun with Python 3

February 15, 2011

I’ve started and aborted many self-learning missions, but learning a programming language has always been on my ‘bucket’ list. Several months ago, I swore I was going to learn Ruby after attending a UGA CHUGALUG talk by Matthew Miller. Well, my interest fizzled out after I found I couldn’t digest the acclaimed _why’s Poignant Guide [...]

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Ovi Store Blues

February 15, 2011

I love the Ovi Store for simplifying what used to be an exhausting method of purchasing Symbian apps. Before the Ovi Store, purchasing a Symbian application was an exhausting cycle of: Searching for your app online and with luck, landing directly on the developers website or the many online marketplaces which include Handango, PenReader, or [...]

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Personal Computing tip: Scanning Documents with Adobe Acrobat Pro 8

January 22, 2011

At home, I possess an ADF-enabled printer (ADF stands for “automated document feeder“), the HP OfficeJet J6480 which lets me scan documents without resorting to manually feeding all pages of the document by hand. Using HP’s software, scanning multipage documents is painless. However, if you still own a printer without this ADF-feature like a certain [...]

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Using Facebook? Get BitDefender Safego (beta)

December 22, 2010

I’m a longtime (over 3 years) user of Facebook and have become hardened to their ever changing designs and privacy policies. I know to be on my toes and continuously scrutinize my privacy settings to have as much control as I want over my data. As I watch the more people joining Facebook, I wonder [...]

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Experimenting with Ovi Maps Beta

December 19, 2010

I visited the Beta Labs at Nokia.com and decided to give their latest beta version of Ovi Maps for Symbian ^3 a try. The beta version of Ovi Maps is called version 3.06 10wk48 b01. Confusingly, the latest version (v.3.06 10wk46b01) of Ovi Maps for Symbian ^3 is also version 3.06. There are several differences [...]

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Improvements to Ovi Maps on the Nokia N8 and Some Recommended Symbian ^3 Apps

December 16, 2010

Since my last post about Gaming/Apps on the Nokia N8, several cool apps have been released and software updates pushed out to existing apps. This post will talk about the new & improved Ovi Maps available now, some apps I recommend (and like) for the N8, and a bone to pick with topApps on the [...]

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