I've been using Foursquare for some time now after being on and off the service a bunch of times, and while there are still some who question the real-world utility of the location-based social network, I like being able to keep track of where I've been, earn badges and read about what others think of places I'm planning to visit. Nelisquare is a free Foursquare client available on the Nokia Store that spor ...

Frequent readers of the site will know that I own an N9 and it is easily my favourite smartphone out of every device I've had. In fact, I used it as my main smartphone for slightly more than 2 months; while I switched back to my Android smartphone for a while because the N9 somehow got slow and bogged down, I decided to take another stab at having my SIM card in the N9 again earlier this week. This time, I ...

I've spent 2 months using my Nokia N9 as my main smartphone and I've settled in nicely with Nokia's only consumer-facing MeeGo Harmattan smartphone. I never expected that I'd prefer using the N9 compared to everything else at my disposal, including the Android-running HTC One V and the iPhone 4, but I've become so accustomed to the user experience of the N9 and the way it works that it's hard to go back to ...

I've been using my Nokia N9 as my everyday smartphone for almost 2 months now, and one of the apps that I've missed the most on MeeGo Harmattan is a proper Evernote client. Notekeeper has been available on Symbian^3 and later versions of Symbian for a while now, but only very recently has it been released on MeeGo Harmattan. The moment I heard about it, I immediately hit the Nokia Store and bought it for S$ ...

Using the Nokia N9 has been a very strange experience for me. I've become somewhat resigned to the fact that I won't be able to use the N9 as my main smartphone over the long term. I've taken my SIM card out of it on multiple occasions over the past month and gone back to using an Android device for various reasons, such as the Whatsapp client needing a fix and the relatively poor battery life that I'm sure ...

Samsung confirmed today, that they will be launching a Tizen smartphone this year, and much more than one device apparently. As you might already know, Tizen is the open source OS based on linux that Intel created with Samsung as a development partner after Nokia let go of MeeGo. According to the Bloomberg report, the 2013 Tizen launch is evidence of Samsung trying to move away from Android because of Googl ...

Image credit: Reservoir at Pwllcrochan (ceridwen) / CC BY-SA 2.0 This past year, the concept of the ecosystem in relation to smartphones and mobile platforms has been bandied around so much that we have pretty much grown tired of hearing the word "ecosystem". 6 years ago, none of us really thought that a smartphone would need a vast, high-quality library of third-party apps as well as a suite of supporting ...

According to a post over at Maemo.org, Nokia is pulling paid apps for the N9 from it's app store in China. China is the largest mobile market right now, and apparently this is a result of Nokia removing operator billing for the N9 from their App Store. As a result, users in China cant buy any premium apps like Angry Birds, which is bad news for developers of paid apps who depend on that revenue. And in turn ...

The Nokia N9 is a device that needs no introduction. It stands out as one of only two devices (the other being the developer-oriented N950) running Nokia's own MeeGo Harmattan OS, the platform Nokia would have bet its high-end portfolio on prior to the Windows Phone strategy shift. It's also a device that I have wanted to own for a long time, influenced in part by MeeGo Harmattan enthusiasts like Arie of Ev ...

If you own a Nokia N9 and are looking to try Jolla's new Sailfish OS, you should probably know that the company has stated that they wont officially be supporting the device. While they wont be able to provide updates or technical help, Jolla has claimed that there's nothing stopping the community from porting Sailfish over to the N9, which runs a now abandoned operating system that's basically just support ...

If the official promo and demo on the N950 wasnt enough, here's an even more detailed hands-on preview of Jolla's Sailfish UI recorded by the guys at TheKickNetwork, going over the Ambiance setting and the gallery, along with a quick look at the application grid. Check it out right below: ...

We've had one video promo of Jolla's New Sailfish OS, but if you're like me, you probably want to see the new UI running on an actual device. And as such, here's a demonstration of Jolla's Sailfish OS on a Nokia N950 (the developer-only version of the Nokia N9). ...

Jolla unveiled their Sailfish OS today, along with plans that the company is hoping to go beyond smartphones, and bring their MeeGo-based OS to tablets, smart televisions and other devices as well. Sailfish is meant to be an open source affair, and one which will be "built through community involvement and participation." The Sailfish SDK was also released today, along with a demo of the UI which you can ch ...

Jolla, the Finnish start-up created by ex-Nokia employees who worked on Maemo/MeeGo (N8x0, N900, N9 etc.), have finally made their site public, 45mins ahead of their keynote at Slush 2012. If you're interested in seeing the livestream, click the link below. Aside form Jolla, there are several speakers including Rovio execs, Nokia's Marko Ahtisaari and ex-Nokian Anssi Vanjoki. P.S Sorry about a rushed post, ...

We havent heard from Jolla since they launched a couple weeks ago but apparently the Finnish company, comprising of former Nokia employees, is all set to show off a new phone with their MeeGo-based "Sailfish" OS as soon as this November. This comes in according to a report by The Wall Street Journal who states that after an initial round of funding, Jolla has raised €200 million, and is investing €10 millio ...