101 online resources for Symbian smartphones and users

Published by Ewan Spence at 22:52 UTC, December 27th 2010

So you’ve picked up your new Symbian smartphone for Christmas, grabbed one in the sales (the New Year tradition seems to start on Boxing Day here in the UK), or been handed one as a gift. Where to go next? Well whether you’re new to the platform or just need a little reminder, there’s a lot of Symbian out there on the web, so over the remains of the turkey and roast potatoes, we’ve gathered together 101 links to help you explore the world of Symbian and smartphones.

Hardware Manufacturers

• Fujitsu (www.fujitsu.com)
• Nokia (www.nokia.com)
• NTT DoCoMo (www.nttdocomo.com)

Nokia’s Official Sites

• Nokia Beta Labs (betalabs.nokia.com/blog)
• Nokia Conversations (conversations.nokia.com)
• Ovi Blog (blog.ovi.com)
• Ovi Daily App (blog.ovi.com/dailyapp)
• Ovi Maps (maps.ovi.com)
• Nokia’s Symbian Blog on Nokia (symbian.nokia.com)
• Symbian Blog (blog.symbian.org)

Third party hardware stores

• Expansys (www.expansys.com)
• Moby Memory SD Cards (www.mobymemory.com/micro-sd.asp)
• Proporta (www.proporta.com)

Symbian Developer Resources

• The All About Symbian Developer section (www.allaboutsymbian.com/developer/)
• Symbian development and ARM (www.arm.com/community/software-enablement/symbian-foundation.php)
• Forum Nokia (www.forum.nokia.com)
• Qt for Symbian (qt.nokia.com/products/platform/symbian/)
• MS Silverlight for Symbian (www.silverlight.net/getstarted/devices/symbian/)
• Symbian DevCo (www.symbiandevco.org/).
• Symbian Signed (www.symbiansigned.com/)

Multimedia Resources

• AAS Insight Podcast (www.allaboutsymbian.com/media/all/)
• Amazon MP3 Store (www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/)
• BBC iPlayer (store.ovi.com/search?q=iplayer)
• Forum Nokia Podcast (blogs.forum.nokia.com/blog/forum-nokia-podcasts)
• Mobbler (code.google.com/p/mobbler)
• Mobile Themes (http://www.mobilethemes.com/)
• Ovi Music (music.ovi.com)
• Pizero Themes (www.pizero.net)
• Qik (www.qik.net)
• Spotify for Symbian (www.spotify.com/uk/mobile/symbian)
• The Phones Show (www.stevelitchfield.com/sshow/index.html)
• The Phones Show Chat (www.stevelitchfield.com/sshow/chat.html)

Symbian Smartphone News and Information

• AAS on Facebook (www.facebook.com/allaboutsymbian)
• All About Symbian (www.allaboutsymbian.com)
• HardWorkingBee (www.hardworkingbee.com/)
• I-Symbian (www.i-symbian.com/)
• Mobility Lounge (www.mobilitylounge.eu/s60/)
• My Nokia Blog (www.mynokiablog.com/)
• My Symbian (www.my-symbian.com)
• N Series US (www.nseriesus.com)
• NokNok (www.noknok.tv)
• Nokia DNA (www.nokiadna.com)
• Nokia Experts (www.nokiaexperts.com)
• Nokia Fanboy (www.nokiafanboy.com)
• Nokia Innovation (www.nokiainnovation.com)
• Nokia Mobile Blog (www.nokiamobileblog.com)
• Nokia N8 Blog (www.nokian8blog.info)
• Nokia N8 Tips and Tricks (highdiver.wordpress.com)
• Nokia Phone Blog (www.nokiaphoneblog.com)
• Nokia Users (www.nokiausers.net)
• S60 Inside (s60inside.wordpress.com)
• S60.at (www.s60.at)
• Symbian Corner (symbiancorner.blogspot.com)
• Symbian France (www.symbianfrance.com)
• Symbian Freak (www.symbian-freak.com)
• Symbian Lounge (www.symbianlounge.com/at)
• Symbian on Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian)
• Symbian Smashpop (symbian.smashpop.net)
• Symbian Space (www.symbianspace.com)
• Symbian World (www.symbianworld.org)
• TamsS60 (tamss60.tamoggemon.com)
• The Grid (www.stevelitchfield.com/grid.htm)
• The Nokia Network (www.thenokianetwork.com)
• WOM World Nokia (www.womworld.com/nokia)
• World of Nokia (www.worldofnokia.co.uk)
• ZOMG It's CJ (www.zomgitscj.com)

General Smartphone News and Information

• Electric Pig (www.electricpig.co.uk)
• Engadget’s Symbian Section (mobile.engadget.com/tag/symbian)
• ES Phone Blog (www.esphoneblog.com)
• GigaOM (www.gigaom.com)
• Into Mobile (www.intomobile.com)
• Mobile Industry Review (www.mobileindustryreview.com)
• Mobile Mentalism (mobilementalism.com)
• Mobile Pasha (www.mobilepasha.com)
• Simply Symbian (www.simplysymbian.com)
• SlashGear (www.slashgear.com)
• Smartphone Daily (www.smartphonedaily.co.uk)
• Symbian Blast (www.symbianblast.com)
• Talking Mobile (www.talkingmobile.com)
• The Handheld Blog (thehandheldblog.com)
• The Really Mobile Project (thereallymobileproject.com)
• tnkgrl Mobile (tnkgrl.wordpress.com)
• ZDNet Smartphones and Cellphones (www.zdnet.com/blog/cell-phones)

Recommended Symbian software titles

• Angry Birds (via Nokia's Ovi Blog)
• eReader (http://www.ereader.com/)
  Facebook's Touch Website (http://touch.facebook.com/)
• Foursquare (via Nokia's Ovi Blog)
• Fring (http://www.fring.com/)
• Google Apps for Symbian (http://www.google.com/mobile/nokia-s60/)
• Google WRT Website launchers (via All About Symbian)
• Handango (www.handango.com)
• Joikuspot (http://www.joiku.com/)
• Mobile 9 (http://www.mobile9.com/)
• Gravity Social Media Client (http://mobileways.de/)
• Norton Smartphone Security (http://us.norton.com/smartphone-security)
• Opera Mini and Mobile browsers (http://www.opera.com/mobile/)
• Ovi Store (http://store.ovi.com/)
• Podcatcher (http://projects.forum.nokia.com/podcatcher)
• Quickoffice (http://www.quickoffice.com/quickoffice_symbian/)
• Screen Snap (http://www.smartphoneware.com/screen_snap-for-s60-5th-edition-product.php)
• Skype for Symbian (http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-mobile/download/skype-for-symbian/)
• Snaptu (http://www.snaptu.com/)
• Sports Tracker (http://www.sports-tracker.com/)
• Symbian Wordpress Client (http://dev.nokia.wordpress.org/)
• The truth about Symbian Viruses (http://stevelitchfield.com/viruses.htm)
• Track and Protect (http://www.trackandprotect.com)

Of course there’s a lot more than just 101 links, so feel free to tell us in the comments what we’ve missed – and apologies in advance to anyone we did skip over, it’s been a rather busy festive period so far!

-- Ewan Spence, Dec 2010.

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