Symbian’s life has been hanging by a thread for sometime now, after the Android-of-its-day was systematically abandoned by manufacturers – remember both Samsung and Sony Ericsson once supported it, see the Omnia i8910 HD and the Satio for example 0 and even Nokia themselves opting to go with Windows Phone over the ageing platform.

If a new report is true, we could be getting very close to the final hurrah for Symbian, as The Register says Nokia has just one last phone running the operating system to launch, and that will be that.

Although other Symbian devices were in development, they’ve now been cancelled following lower than expected sales figures, with CEO Stephen Elop hinting the demand for low-cost smartphones is making it too difficult to compete.

Symbian could be going out with a bang though, as its rumoured swansong is to be a Nokia N8 sequel. The N8 has long been the best camera-phone on the market, and is one of the few devices still to feature a xenon flash; but it’s 16 months old and ripe for a refresh.

While new hardware may not continue, Nokia has repeatedly promised to continue supporting the software for several years yet – with 2016 often provided as an end date. There’s no reason not to think they’ll stick to their word, as we’ve got Nokia Belle coming soon, plus there has been talk of other updates for the future.

Perhaps we’ll find out more during Mobile World Congress, where there’s a chance we may meet the final phone too.

LG X350 Specifications

SIZE	height*depth*width	111 x 61 x 13.5 mm
	weight	116 g
MEMORY	Phone memory	43 MB
	External Memory	Micro SD card up to 8 GB, 2 GB Included
	Phone Book	Yes with Photo call
CAMERA & VIDEO	Pixel	2 mega pixels Camera
	Digital/Optical Zoom	Yes
	Video Recording	Yes
	Features	Yes
BATTERY PERFORMANCE	Talk time	Up to 5.30 hr
	Standby	Up to 555 hr
ENTERTAINMENT	Ringtones	MP3 Ringtones
	Music player	MP3/eAAC+/WAV player
	Radio	FM Radio
	TV	ISDB-T Digital TV
	Gaming	Yes
	Screen savers, Themes	Yes
CONNECTIVITY & NETWORKS	Bluetooth “technology”	Yes
	Infrared	No
	USB	microUSB v2.0
	Wi-Fi	No
	Network support	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1. GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 2
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML
	Band	Quad band
SCREEN & USER INTERFACE	Screen	TFT, 65k colors
	Screen size	2.3.inches 240 x 320 pixels
	User Input	Full QWERTY keypad
COMMUNICATIONS	Messages	SMS, MMS, Email and Instant Messaging
	Email	Easy mail with attachments
SOFTWARE & APPLICATION	Operating system	-
ENVIRONMENTAL		-
OTHER SPECS		Dual SIM card support with dual stand by options, JAVA enabled, SNS applications, Organizer, Voice memo, 3.5 mm Audio jack

LG X350 Features

Skype has released its latest version of Windows application, version 5.8, which is equipped with some great features such as HD video calling and ability to make video calls to Facebook friends directly.

The new version allows users to make calls to their Facebook buddies irrespective of whether or not they have an active Skype account. Thanks to the latest version, you may now connect your Facebook account to Skype and directly view news feeds, send messages to your friends and place a video call through to them.

Beyond this if you are a premium user Skype is also bringing in a group screen sharing and all the users who are part of the group can setup “Push to Talk” hotkey through their application preferences.

Some of the other features of Skype for Windows v 5.8 are Facebook contacts hiding, Skype updater service and Bing Bar integration. In addition to blessing the new version with some great to have features, Skype has also ensured that some of the issues are resolved as well. These include call duration not being displayed sometimes in compact mode, adding phone numbers to group conversations that belonged to Facebook contact, Proxy settings, etc.

Source: Skype Garage

Reports surface earlier this week concerning malware discovered in the Android Market, which security specialists Symantec labelled it the ‘biggest ever’ threat found and estimated up to 5 million infections to date.

There were 13 apps discovered to contain the trojan dubbed Android.Counterclank, which recorded information such as the brand of phone it was installed on, various unique numbers such as the IMEI, as well as setting an alternative browser homepage and adding a new search shortcut to the homescreen.

After continued examination of the apps, and Counterclank’s relationship with another Android trojan named Tonclank, Symantec has confirmed the code comes from the same company. Subsequently, it now believes that rather than being malicious, Counterclank is actually part of an advertising network.

This doesn’t mean it’s not annoying though, but seems to put it more in the category of ‘adware’ rather than ‘malware’. Symantec has asked Google to remove the apps anyway, but so far Google has refused, saying they meet its Terms of Service.

In its official blog post on the subject, Symantec recognizes that to begin calling problematic software found on mobile platforms ‘adware’, ‘spyware’ or ‘malware’, could cause the same level of confusion it did when referring to Windows several years ago.

Instead, the plan is to inform users of what it calls ‘undesired applications’ and let them make up their own minds on what to do. Its security software won’t delete this software either. Whether this approach will see an increase in apps using Counterclank’s aggressive style of delivering ads remains to be seen.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus Specifications

SIZE	height*depth*width	135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
	weight	135 gr
MEMORY	Phone memory	16 storage, 1 GB RAM
	External Memory	No
	Phone Book	Practically Unlimited with Photo Call
CAMERA & VIDEO	Pixel	5 Mega Pixels Camera with Auto Focus and LED Flash, Front 1.3 Mp Camera
	Digital/Optical Zoom	Yes
	Video Recording	Yes, 1080p@30fps
	Features	Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection
BATTERY PERFORMANCE	Talk time	Up to 9 hr
	Standby	Up to 600 hr
ENTERTAINMENT	Ringtones	MP3 Ringtones
	Music player	MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3 player
	Radio	No
	TV	-
	Gaming	Yes + Downloadable
	Screen savers, Themes	Yes
CONNECTIVITY & NETWORKS	Bluetooth “technology”	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
	Infrared	No
	USB	v2.0 microUSB
	Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Network support	2G – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900. 3G – HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100.
	Browser	HTML, Adobe Flash
	Band	Dual Band
SCREEN & USER INTERFACE	Screen	Super AMOLED Touchscreen, 16M Colors
	Screen size	4.64 inches 720 x 1280 pixels
	User Input	Multi Touch input method
COMMUNICATIONS	Messages	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM and RSS
	Email	Yes with Attachments
SOFTWARE & APPLICATION	Operating system	Android OS, v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
ENVIRONMENTAL		-
OTHER SPECS		Touch-sensitive controls, 3G enabled, Image / video editor, Organizer, A-GPS support, Document viewer, Image / video editor, Accelerometer sensor.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Telus Features

Google, it seems, has ended support for all CDMA devices including Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus. The CDMA version of the highly popular Android phone has been amputated from its developer support pages.

The handset had figured prominently on Google’s website till last week but, now the device is listed in the archive section. Sources say that earlier when the Verizon Galaxy Nexus was a part of the Google site, it was labelled with the code name Toro.

Some analysts believe that the search giant holds CDMA responsible for tarnishing the Nexus image. But, most analysts are fostering a different opinion and point out to a commercial reason behind this decision. They say that the search giant is displeased about the fact that the Verizon phone does not feature the Google Wallet.

While it is quite surprising that these popular phones are no longer supported by Google, some of are already terming it as a glitch.

The Verge has it that Google removed the CDMA devices from its developer support pages as these handsets do not support all the features.