Nokia Ovi Guide magazine - Top apps and games reviewed

Nokia releases first issue of its new Nokia Ovi Guide magazine. In this release you will read about:

• Ovi features like Mail, Share, Contacts, Music, Files
• App reviews
• Game reviews
• Nokia recommendations
• Social networking and location-based apps which you can find in Ovi Store

Some apps which were covered:
Social networking - Gravity a mobile twitter client, Fring - a VoIP app, BuddyCloud, ShoZu - mobile content uploader and Nimbuzz - multi IM networks client.
Location-based apps - PinPoints, Endomondo Tracker, Dad's Cab, Near Here, I Parked Here.
Also were covered MobNotes, Vringo, Qik, Shazam, Twittle and much more. So, don't wait, rush to read this guide in Ovi world.

Upgrade your Nokia 5800 with free apps

6 April Nokia has released a new TV commercial with its first touch-screen device Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. This video shows what a cool things you can do with your 5800 device like Internet messaging and browsing with web video support, GPS navigation, picture and video uploading to Flickr and YouTube.

I wonder how we can extend these rich capabilities of this perfect device with freeware applications? The first thing I thought was extended messaging to many IM networks with Nimbuzz, Octrotalk, Palringo, Yeigo, Bombus and other such applications. The second thing would be free and low-cost VoIP telephony with great VoIP clients like Fring or Truphone. Other interesting option would be making from your phone a wireless webcam or microphone for your laptop which is possible with help of WWIGO or Mobiola Webcam and Mobiola Headset application.

My question to readers: how else we can upgrade our 5800 touch devices with Symbian freeware?

Nokia S60 Symbian Windows Live client available in Europe

Mail and IM application for Nokia S60 E50, E51, E61, E62 devices provide access to Microsoft's services as Hotmail, MSN IM, Windows Live Spaces and Live Search. Now you can download it for free in all Europe and US carriers. Just go to "Download!" tool in your device and get this great free symbian application.

S60 and UIQ PC remote file manager and backup

Sometimes we need to transfer a huge amount of files to or from the phone (often to the MMC card). Also we need to transfer a whole directory structure or do backup operations for phone's memory card in case if we what to change it to a new one without losing all the data and without using PC card-reader. Here the solutions I've found at some "PC phone tools" forum thread. The first one is PC File Manager. This application from Epocware gives you an opportunity to manage files on your phone from your PC. It works only for old versions of Nokia and SE devices like Nokia 7650, 3650, 6600 ans SE UIQ P800, P900. Moreover this is shareware application.

The second application was Symbian FileExplorer. This is just devices sis app. Symbian FileExplorer gives you full access to your Symbian phone file system from your PC over Bluetooth (OBEX). Using this application you can access via BT to the all content of your phone memory and do all file operations in bulk mode. This is also a shareware application.

There is also Oxygen Phone Manager but it can't transfer plain files. The only freeware solution for this task for Nokia S60 is the original Nokia PC Suite application, but backup and file transfer in this application doesn't copy all files. For UIQ there is free Symbianware DesktopFileMan.

Cheap international mobile calls are possible now

There is a new great service EQO which solves of most painful problems for mobile users - international long-distance calls on the go is very expensive. But we want calling for free or at least very cheap. Now we have a solution. This is new VoIP service EQO. What the EQO is? EQO is small Java midlet installed to your mobile phone by SMS text message for free. When you call somebody with EQO, the application automatically instructs the phone to call the local number, and EQO routes the call over its international calling network. This service available in almost 40 countries all over the world. Rates are very-very low. This service a little bit expensive than Fring, Truphone or other true VoIP SIP solutions, but it works on every modern Java-enabled phone. Other clients require smartphones with Symbian or Windows Mobile.

Samsung i550 - GPS Symbian S60 smartphone

There was some posts in different sources about new Samsung i550 that would be a first GPS enabled phone from Samsung. Moreover - it has Symbian OS S60 which is great for all of us. Connectivity is the GSM/HSDPA and Bluetooth 2.0. Sources claims that maps and routing info are downloaded over-the-air and on-the-fly. Other not official specs are:

• 2,6-inch display
• 128Mb RAM
• 150Mb flash
• micro SD-slot
• 3,2 Mpix camera with autofocus and flash
• FM-radio
• MicroUSB
• Size - 115x53x13,8 mm

technorati tags:Symbian, Samsung, i550, S60, GPS, smartphone, wireless, phone, cameraphone

Open Adobe PDF documents on Symbian devices

If you have a Nokia or other Symbian OS-based device, then you might want to read PDF dociments on it. In this case you sould use sone third-party application to do it. Because Symbian doesn't support Adobe PDF documents natively. There is three options: mBrainsoftware's Pdf+ for viewing PDF files with Nokia S60 devices, Documents to Go to use with UIQ and Series 80 and native Adobe Reader LE 1.1 for some Symbian devices. Pdf+ viewer lets you view stored PDF files, read password-protected PDF files, and display all the text, line drawings and images within a PDF document. Also you can search and follow hyperlinks in the Adobe PDF file, and view and follow bookmarks. The Documents to Go by DataViz provides the same capabilities only in professional version. The simpliest application is Adobe Reader, but the main advantage is no cost of it, you can download it for many models from Nokia website.

technorati tags:Nokia, Adobe, PDF, reader, S60, UIQ, Series80

Three new classic phones from Nokia - 6267, 3500 and Symbian S60 Nokia 6121

Here some features of new phones. Two first phones are Series 40 5th Edition (I hope). The first one is a clamshell Nokia 6267 device. It has quadband GSM with WCDMA 850/2100, 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, secondary VGA camera 320 x 240 pixels display, FM Radio, microSD card slot, wireless Bluetooth and miniUSB cable connectivity. Product datasheet here.

The second device is also Series 40 but has classic monoblock design. This is Nokia 3500 classic. It's features are just GSM, 2 megapixels camera with 8x digital zoom, FM Radio, microSD card slot, wireless Bluetooth and miniUSB cable connectivity.Product datasheet here.

The thidr device is a Symbian S60 smartphone in classic design. Nokia 6121 also supports GSM with EDGE, WCDMA 850/2100 and HSPDA 900/2100 with is Ok for smartphone. It has 2 megapixels camera with 4x digital zoom which is little not modern but because this smartphone is from middle range it would be Ok. Also there is VGA front camera. Symbian is S60, 3rd Edition SP1 which gis a lot of features. 320 x 240 pixels display, FM Radio, microSD card slot. It has both wireless Bluetooth and cable miniUSB connectivity. Product datasheet here.

technorati tags:Nokia, wireless, phone, 6267, 3500, 6121, Series40, S60, Symbian, smartphone, GSM

Sony Ericsson P1 - the competitor of Apple iPhone on european market

This powered by UIQ 3 smartphone for networks UMTS 2100-GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900 will have these main features:

• This phone has full alpha-numeric QWERTY keyboard
• 3.2 megapixel camera with very useful feature - business card scanner(!)
• Large 2.6" touchscreen Transflective TFT display with 262,144 color and 240 x 320 pixels resolution
• Push email including support for Exchange ActiveSync™ and BlackBerry® Connect™
• Integrated WLAN and VoIP enabled

Also this model has following features:

• Opera™ Web Browser 8.0
• Video recording/streaming/viewing supporting H.264 playback
• Bluetooth 2.0 with stereo A2DP
• Support of MP3/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+ audio formats
• Support of Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) cards
• Connectivity is Bluetooth 2.0, Infrared, USB with mass storage

New version of Salling Clicker remote control for Windows

Salling Clicker is a remote control software. It lets you control applications on the PC running Windows or Mac OS from a mobile phone or PPC. Salling Clicker offers control of PowerPoint, iTunes, Windows Media Player, and other programs like WinAmp using plugins. Salling Clicker works with all Bluetooth stacks. The program works with over 301 devices. This application can be used as wireless presenter, media remote control, call handler.

Samsung has presented the Symbian smartphone SGH-i400

At S60 summit Samsung today showcased its latest Symbian OS smartphone SGH-i400. The smartphone SGH-i400 is based on Symbian OS and S60 which offer extensive languagesupports and multitasking features.The Samsung i400 is created for users who want to have advanced features of a smartphone in slider design. The slider phone supports full web browsing and Bluetooth connectivity for active business users. Samsung i400 also includes 2 Megapixel camera, music key and stereo dual speaker. The SGH-i400 has a 2.3-inch bright display.

New Apple's iPhone in competition to Nokia Symbian smartphones

News from Apple about iPhone rise company's stocks up to 8%, but I think it not scares smartphone manufacturers like Nokia because Apple has made too much mistakes. Here they are:
- first of all, it's a convergence era so devices should have all the features and use it successfully, but in iPhone there are lack of HSDPA, GPS, WiFi sync and more, second of all - it's not a smartphone, so I don't know how you suppose to make a new game or other killer-app for it. You can't even extend functionality of it for support VPN or your favourite VoIP provider. The design is stylish but this is a true PPC size and many of people don't like it because the size not really fit their pockets. And who would buy this phone? Owner of iPod already have it with phone in other pocket.
So I think there are nothing to worry about for manufacturers like Nokia, but there are problems for Blackberry and WM5 guys.

Mobiola Web Camera for Symbian Nokia S60 3rd Edition

Warelex LLC have released new version of its application Mobiola WebCam for S60 3rd Edition with Bluetooth support. More info here.