http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog shaping the future together Thu, 15 May 2008 13:23:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And so it begins... Nokia headhunters asked me to add this advertisement to Beta Labs front page: Heh. I guess you have proved to be a lucrative group of people for targeted recruiting campaigns. I wish we would have already a formal Beta Labs reputation system in place... More as this develops. http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/15/looking-for-a-job/ Ask, and ye shall receive. We just updated Nokia Communication Center, addressing many of the issues you raised: Lot’s of stability and performance fixes Contact names can be shown for messages Also, we raised the bug-o-meter status to yellow: Download here. Thanks for your valuable feedback!! http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/15/nokia-communication-center-updated-lots-of-fixes-done-including-your-special-wish/ Guest writer: Mark Wheatley, Product Manager, Nokia Music for PC Welcome to Nokia Music! Thanks checking out this Beta version of our new Nokia Music PC application. While there is other music management software out there, we've made this application more focused on the needs of mobile users. That is why our ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/13/nokia-music-pc-application-launched-early-beta-what-do-you-think/ Guest blogger: Ole Kirkeby, Nokia Step Counter team Nokia Step Counter does what it says on the tin: it counts the number of steps you take by analyzing how you 'shake' your phone. Since most people have their phone with them everywhere they go, it is natural to use the accelerometer ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/09/nokia-step-counter-beta-launched-track-how-much-you-walk-or-run-during-the-day/ Guest blogger: Victor Brilon, Internet Tablet Video Converter team. Nokia Internet Tablet Video Converter has been updated and we're thrilled to bring you this latest version. This latest release includes several major updates, including: A version for OS X that'll run on Tiger and Leopard on Intel and PPC platforms. This is ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/08/internet-tablet-video-converter-updated-now-also-for-mac/ Guest blogger: Martin Ramsin. The Maps 2.0 beta is getting close to graduate and has been updated today. A lot of bugs have been fixed and some new features have been added. More details on that soon… Download here. Thanks for all the comments so far. Your feedback is very valuable!! /The Nokia Maps ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/08/nokia-maps-20-beta-updated-approaching-graduation/ After successful Text Messenger beta pilot (also updated today), the team behind Nokia PC Suite got all excited about co-creating stuff together with you here at Beta Labs. Today, they released a sneak preview of the new simplified concept for managing messages and contacts in Nokia PC Suite. For the ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/07/nokia-communication-center-new-simplified-concept-for-nokia-pc-suite/ Guest blogger: Antony Pranata, Nokia Location Tagger team. I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is Location Tagger has just been updated. The bad news is this version will be the last update on Beta Labs. Instead, location tagging will be integrated into selected future Nokia ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/07/last-update-of-nokia-location-tagger/ Click the image to see full-resolution screenshots. Even though some of the more technology-savvy folks don't understand why somebody would want a branded media service and a content discovery system in the world of open internet and RSS readers, Nokia Channels Headlines keeps going strong. Now, we have re-packaged and re-branded ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/06/nokia-headlines-launched-nokia-channels-rebranded-and-reloaded/ This month, it was Nokia Channels team's turn to nominate the Nokia Beta Labs Contributor of the Month, April 2008. So I sent them an email, asking who has contributed most valuable insights for developing Nokia Channels. Judging from the brevity and speed of their reply, seems that it was an ... http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2008/05/02/nokia-beta-labs-contributor-of-the-month-april-2008-kanta/