The ‘Curse of Silence‘ – a bug in Nokia S60 phones that can allow a malicious SMS to stop your phone receiving any future messages – is potentially a real headache for Nokia owners. Nobody wants to do a hard reset of their phone (the ‘official’ cure for the problem).
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Hands up everyone who has been looking for a symbian bittorrent client that will let you download huge amounts of data direct to your mobile phone!
No, seriously, hands up. Please? Anyone? McFly?
Oh dear, this doesn’t sound good. Security researchers have uncovered a serious vulnerability that affects Nokia Series 60 phones (e.g. the N95, N73, etc) and can stop your mobile from receiving any SMS or MMS messages.
There was much rejoicing among Nokia owners when the Mozilla Foundation announced a Nokia-compatible mobile version of the Firefox web browser earlier this year. This unfortunately turned into gnashing of teeth and wailing upon the realisation that they only meant Nokia Internet Tablets, which run Maemo Linux rather than the Symbian S60 OS found in Nokia’s smartphones.
Bad news commuters: your peaceful journey to work may soon be spoiled by choruses of leet speak coming from Nokia handset owners. One enterprising software wizard has worked out how to get classic multiplayer shooter Quake III running on a handful of S60 handsets. You can play, host your own match and even hook up a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for proper control.
Not content with launching its first touchscreen music phone, word reaches us Nokia has plans for a next-generation Communicator too, packing finger-friendly controls and a glossy new design.
The Symbian operating system behind Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung’s smartphones (to name a few) is about to get a massive upgrade, bringing touchscreen skills and some of the most inventive uses of accelerometers ever. Take a look!