Nokia's Beta development teams do seem to be working in parallel to a degree. With the launch of FriendView, their Chat extension to Contacts has now been updated to BETA 4, adding friend profile pictures on its maps, plus you can also now make calls from that view. There's also comprehensive access point selection (favourite Wi-Fi, preferred GPRS, etc) Which of the two chat/presence sys...

In addition to the new version of Share Online for S60v3 Feature Pack 2 devices, Nokia Beta Labs updated the Nokia Chat application and declared Nokia Photos ‘graduated’, with a new version to boot! Nokia Photos is a PC-based application that allows you to manage your photos better, including the ability to drag-and-drop onto a

One of my favorite applications is LonelyCatGames’ SlickIM. It’s a free multi-protocol instant messaging application that runs great on nearly any phone. It supports MSN, Gtalk, AIM, Yahoo!, and even Jabber (which allows me to connect to Nokia Chat), and it’s rather lightweight and gives me alerts no matter what I’m doing on my phone.

Nokia Beta Labs just released the major update for the Nokia Location Based Chat Application. It's been a while since the last update but don't take that to mean no progress has been made! The just released version fixing most of the known and reported bugs and fixses some of the mishaps you may have encountered while using our S60 clients. Note, that both the support package and the cha...

Nokia Chat, the instant messaging/Contacts-integrated/GPS-using/Maps-linked(!) utility, has just received a significant bug fixing upgrade, though Nokia Beta Labs promise us that more is on the way. They've also broken the news that Nokia Music for PC has graduated from Beta Labs and is now formally released, though don't download it if you've been testing the beta - you'll nee...

Possibly the first of several mobile chat clients to support Facebook chat, eBuddy has taken the wraps off its new Facebook support. It's Java, although Mobile Royale (who tipped me off about eBuddy) coincidentally has a challenge open for someone to write a S60 Facebook Chat client. And has anyone here tried weaving Nokia Chat in with Facebook - can it be done yet?

TREVISO, Italy - In recent months we've witnessed an interesting evolution as location-based mobile services have stretched their tendrils into new spaces - social networking (Plazes), conversation (Nokia Chat), and even in combating CO2 emissions (we:offset). So it's encouraging to see yet another developer take a different approach to context aware services. Dubbed UbiSafe, this location-based s...

Since the last application, Nokia Chat made compatible with all devices Symbian S60 3rd edition, was published a new Java application. Enhanced Calculator for S60, is a calculator for Advanced Smartphone that includes all the features that may be useful on a similar application. The old application, present from the first versions of the operating system,

Thetrader, posting on his In My Own World blog, has told his readers of his latest discovery for his E90…Nokia Beta Labs, and specifically Nokia Chat. He has seen its ‘potential for the future’, thinking it will catch on quickly once people get wind of it. He has seen a possible flaw though, in that he

Nokia Chat is more than just messaging. You can share your status and your location, giving you physical presence! Start a Nokia Chat with your friends with instant and voice messaging and finish it face-to-face. Get together with Nokia Chat - it’s where we are now. * Meet one-to-one * Update your status * Share your location * Message