Earlyface

The eagle-eyed here will now that Nokia
Weather, the widget and module from Maps
Suite, has been playing up for the last few
days, returning an error message. This has
happened in the past and it's always come
back after the right person at Nokia has
kicked the server, but it seems as though
this functionality is now gone for good, with
an official Nokia representative confirming
it.
Here's what's been happening when you
tap to get a weather forecast (e.g. from the
homescreen widget):
Screenshot
Screen
Clearly something is disconnected at the
server end, I'm guessing that the software
hooks to keep data flowing in Symbian's
direction have been severed, and probably
permanently. When queried,a Nokia
spokesperson on its Discussions forum said
:
Unfortunately the weather service with
the Weather app is not available any
more, the service has been discontinued
in Dec 2013. For alternative weather
apps, please check Nokia Store.
Some notice might have been nice, Nokia.
It's starting to seem as if 'Support until
2016' really does mean 'We'll at least pick up
the phone and say hello' rather than
meaningful software update and service
support, sadly. All very frustrating and
probably not helped by the impending
Microsoft takeover.
The next thing to worry about is
downloadable maps, but I've got an article
going up soon on AAS that will help here.