Yet Another Review of Nokia N85
In Short
Nokia N96 is just like Nokia N96 but it is bit slimmer. It comes with 5 megapixel camrea with auto focus and built in GPS, 3G support and High speed HSDPA and support for free 8GB memory cards which i got with it. It has a fantastic OLED display with 16 million colors. For more read the full post.
How To ‘Jailbreak/Hack’ Nokia S60 Phones
It was a while ago that news came out that Nokia S60 devices had been hacked/jailbroken. At that point in time the procedure was complicated and not everybody would attempt doing it. Then Nokia released firmwares that took away this possibility.
New firmware for Nokia N85 is Available v30.019
New firmware for Nokia N85 is available now. I am downloading it now on my Nokia N85. New features and problems solved I ll discuses in my later post. I suggest you to upgrade directly your nokia N85 directly by wifi instead of by connecting by wire. This is more convenient. By direct download, the upgrade size is about only 6mb. dial #*0000# on your symbian phone and check for updates. Please give your comments here about new firmware.
http://europe.nokia.com/get-support-and-software/product-support/nokia-n85
Nokia S60v3/N95/N85 Free Apps
I had a bit of free time so I just thought I would put together a list of Free Nokia N95/S60 3rd Edition/Java applications that can be found on the web.
Internet Apps
Podcasting / Audio/ Video / RSS:
- Nokia Podcasting App
- S60 Internet Radio
- CNN Top Stories (Java)
- LiteFeed – Custom RSS feeds
- Plusmo – Custom RSS Feeds, comic strips etc. (Java)
- Mobizine – Mobile Magazines (Java)
- MobHappy RSS reader – Preloaded with 14 great blogs (Java)
- Widsets – Widgets for your mobile (Great collection of Widgets)
- TinyTube – Watch videos from sites like google video on your cell phone (not an app)
- Vimio – Live TV, Radio
- Spodtronic – Internet Radio
- PicoStation -Youtube-like mobile video sharing
- Wattpad – Read, rate, submit articles, stories etc. with your mobile phone (Java)
- EmTube
- Orb – All your media wherever you are (Use this for accessing files on my PC at home when on the road. It also streams live TV from my TV card and allows me to stream my webcams direct to my N95 anywhere there is a 3g signal)
- Mobispine
- Flurry
- YouTube Mobile – New offering from YouTube for video searching, viewing, it even allows you to sign in to your account and upload right from your phone.
- MobiTubia - Flash Video (FLV) Player and Full-Function YouTube portal application.
- My Portfolio – Stay up to date with your Google Finance portfolio.
Blogging:
- ShoZu
- Pico Moblogger
- JuiceCaster
- MobUp – Flickr Upload (Beta) (Java)
- Locr – Photo sharing and geotagging
- Vox Mobile – Publish photos, videos to your Vox blog
- TypePad Mobile
- Online Share 3.0 -Nokia Beta Labs
- Nokia M-Blog
- Jaiku
- Twipster
- Ovi - Share photos and videos.
Navigation/GPS:
- Google Maps
- J2MEMap (Java)
- MicroSky – Planetarium (Java)
- Mobile GMaps – Google, Yahoo, MSN Live Maps and satellite imagery (Java)
- Map24 Mobile – Maps of various countries
- Metro – Metro rails maps and schedules for various cities
- AmaZeGPS – Free GPS Navigation (Java) (Its free but it is no TomTom)
- Nokia Maps – GPS enabled mapping application
- Bliin – Location aware real time networking (Nice little app. Great for my wife if she wants to track me)
- ExtGPS – Use your phone’s built-in GPS module externally on laptop via Bluetooth
- Locatik
- LightPole GeoBrowser
- Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta
- GeocacheNavigator – Added 27/02/08 GPS treasure hunt app that links to Geocaching.com
Nokia N97, Nokia N86, Iphone 3G S, Which is the best?
If you’re in the market for a new phone at the moment, you’re beyond spoiled for choice. No fewer than three major phones debut next week, the Nokia N97, iPhone 3G S and the Nokia N86 cameraphone. Whether by design or not, all are slated for a release on 19 June, meaning a major queue clash outside Nokia and Apple’s flagship London stores (Opposite each other on the same road) is incoming.
But which should you buy? If you’re confused, puzzle no more! We break each phone down for you, what’s hot and what’s not, and which you should buy when the doors open and the stampede dies down.
Nokia N97
Nokia’s sequel to the monstrously powerful N96 somehow manages to cram in even more impressive specs, including 32GB of storage (Expandable to 48GB via a microSD slot) and a full QWERTY keyboard.
Like the N96, the Nokia N97 still packs HSDPA, Wi-Fi, a 5MP camera and GPS (With satnav turn-by-turn ready to go out of the box, unlike the new iPhone 3G S), but the real improvement is the wide ratio 3.5-inch touchscreen and slide up screen which flicks out and moves up into a viewing angle, which looks simple, but is incredibly hard to pull off (Don’t believe us? The HTC Touch Pro2 tries to do the same but wobbles all over the place).
The Nokia N97 comes with Ovi Store preloaded, so you’ll be able to pick up any apps you fancy nice and easy, and unlike with the iPhone, it’s not a walled garden, so you can get your programs from wherever you like online. It’s too early to make a call about the software the Nokia N97 is running otherwise, but physically, it’s one of the most well built phones we’ve ever held. One for big pockets though: all those features take some size fitting in.
Nokia N97 unboxed!
Top S60v3 Apps for my N85
Just as every people have their favorites in any field, from the play ground to the politicians in the country. One has its own choice. Just as we have over own computer OS configurations, we also want to work our mobile phone according to our taste. This personal configuration makes us doing our job more easily and efficiently.
Here is the list of my some favorite Symbian S60v3 apps, which I am using in my N85, I can also be used in any of n-series mobile phones.
Conversation – this brilliant little app integrates with the contacts menu and lists all of your SMS’s by sender. By selecting a contact from within Conversation you can view all messages sent to and received from that contact. Very handy. The only thing that could make this app better would be for it to completely replace the SMS received dialogue and reply screens.
Fring – Is one of many IM applications for the mobile. It allows you to connect to Google Talk, MSN, ICQ, Skype and SIP from a single interface. It is very fast, easy to use and free!
Google Maps for Mobile – Now with native S60 & GPS support this little app brings the power of Google Maps and GPS to the mobile. Improvements? Well it would be great if it rotated the map to suit the direction you are heading. Even better if it had voice directions. Hopefully these will come in future releases.
Shozu – Is GEO Tagging software as discussed in a previous post. With direct integration into Flickr it works well. As I am a Picasa user and at present Picasa cannot read the GEO Tag’s generated by Shozu I am simply using this software as an uploaded to my Picasa account.
