It’s not just us who love all things Nokia as there is a wealth of information out there to be had and get involved in. Users the world over are getting exciting every day, in every way about their Nok.
We’ve brought the best stories from the last 24 hours together in one handy breakfast-bar sized piece we like to call Back From The Blog….
What if The Cloud doesn’t deliver?
Ewan over at All About Symbian has kick-started an interesting discussion about the future of the internet. His concern being, what will happen if we rely too heavily on The Cloud for managing our programs, and more importantly out data? We can’t really on companies, even Nokia, not to change what we like and to can some services. Ewan’s advice is to ‘never lose sight that the person your data is most precious to is you. And it is you who should be safeguarding it.’ Get the skinny here.
Installing Nokia PC on Windows 7
Windows 7 may well be in Beta for the next 12 months but that hasn’t stopped people seeing how stable the current fix is with their Nokia software. The Symbian Guru has been taking a rather close look at how Nokia PC stands up. Be warned, this isn’t for the casual user and assumes a high level of interest and IT what-not. Not scared yet, click here for the facts.
If Windows 7 doesn’t daunt you then you’ll love this – Nokia’s Qt cross-platform UI and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will be available under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 license from March 2009. In a nutshell, Nokia wants developers to work on adopting a standardised platform, which means we all get the good stuff they produce quicker and more stable. If that floats your boat check it out over at IntoMobile.
With the scent of the weekend heavy in the air, it’s time to think about kicking back and taking it easy. Over at the N-Gage blog you’d think it’d been weekend all week as they’ve a listing of the top selling games of the last week. Tetris is still baffling people in the top spot but it’s the arrival of Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D that we’re liking the most and is the one we’ll be slaving over this R’n’R period. If you want to see the rundown fo yourself, check it out here.
