Archive for July, 2009
Free Game: Connect4 for the Nokia N97 (5800, Samsung i8910 and other S60 5th Edition)
Here’s another of a growing number of free gems on the Ovi Store for your N97 (or other S60 5th Edition phone) Connect4. You can play in single player mode against the computer or go against a person in two player mode. Drop your discs and connect 4. Simple, but really fun. To download, you [...]
How to: Improving the menu layout of your N97 for faster application access
Wrote this post a few weeks back but somehow never got round to ‘publishing’ it. After deep resetting the N97 and finding out “restore from memory card” did not restore my menu layout (as it did on 3rd edition), I got stuck in using the old S60 default menu layout, which was/is a pain! S60 [...]
Video: The Phones Show – Episode 86 – Samsung Omnia HD/i8910 Review
In Episode 86, as shot on the Nokia N86, Mr Litchfield focuses his attention on his long awaited Samsung Omnia HD…I mean i8910. But before that News: Surge in the States, HTC and 3.5mm jack, Ovi Files now free, Symbian Horizon, Nokia’s Q2 09 results QWERTY Keyboard Rant Discovering Real/Usable Digital Zoom on the N86 [...]
Firmware Suggestions: Software improvements I'd like to see in the Nokia N97
I just read an email from the WOM crew [the Don ]inviting me to a “virtual Q&A session” to discuss the latest firmware release (V11.0.021), where we see the N97 going in the future and what we’d like to see in future updates. This will take place on Thursday. I’m absolutely shattered right now and [...]
Review: MobileBurn's Nokia N86 Review
Russell Jefferies from MobileBurn put’s Nokia’s “flagship camera phone”, the Nokia N86, under the scrutiny of review. To find out why the N86 received a “Highly Recommended” rating, you can either check out the 6 page article and/or watch the 3 part video review: For me, the N86 is one of, if not, the best [...]
Video: Hands on with the 5530 XpressMusic
The 5530 XpressMusic is Nokia’s latest touch screen for the masses. It’s pretty much the same as the super successful 5800 except notably: +Faster Processor +Software Tweaks -Smaller Screen -No GPS The 5530 is also the first Nokia to demonstrate kinetic scrolling within the contacts phonebook. It looks just as smooth as it is on [...]
Freeware: Top 10 'fun' free apps from the Ovi Store for your Nokia N97
Last week when I was checking out the Ovi Store, 9 of these apps were on my recommended page, with the 10th one app’s related download section. You may have seen them elsewhere before, on different download locations, but now they’re all available through Ovi (well at least versions of them anyway) – great for [...]
O2 Carphone Warehouse will not be getting the Nokia N97 in the near future as it fails all their software tests.
According to O2 CPW loyalty department, Carphone Warehouse O2 will not be picking up the Nokia N97 as it has failed all their software tests. I don’t exactly rate the reliability of that source, but apparently this is their latest excuse as to why O2 Carphone Warehouse still hasn’t got the Nokia N97. Additionally, Orange [...]
How to: Ultimate calibration method for your Nokia N97's compass (side issue with N97 not getting GPS fix at all)
One of Mark Guim’s readers, RobertH, may have found the best solution for calibrating the Nokia N97. We’ve previously seen the Symbian World guys’ “wrist twist”, allowing compass calibration within 3 seconds. Later, Mark found a more subtle calibration method – but that required turning auto rotate off, which I was not prepared to be [...]
Self harming Nokia N97 lens cover: Automatic lens cover in future please?!
An issue that has been brought up by many N97 users is how the lens cover for the N97 actually scratches the N97. So much so that it’s reached the What Mobile guys who’ve asked Nokia for a statement to explain why this is happening to the N97. Whilst after a month of usage I [...]
Video: Nokia – What is an "unlocked" device?
This video may strike you as mundanely obvious. Well, for practically all of you that may read this, it is. With Nokia not being able to get a strong foothold in the US, much to do with poor carrier support, Nokia takes a spin on things on why you should get an unlocked device. Carriers [...]
New Nokia line up: Xseries (oh and Cseries)
When I read about a new upcoming Cseries by Nokia yesterday (speculated to run Nokia’s new Maemo Smartphones by IntoMobile’s Stefan), I thought, if they were going to introduce a new line up – Xseries would sound better. Cseries – sounds like it belongs to the low end range? Cheap series? Mass market series? I [...]
How to: Hard reset your Nokia N97
If you’re unfortunate enough to encounter a problem on your Nokia N97, a hard reset maybe what you need to do. This wipes the entire phone memory and settings fresh to how it was (or should be) when you bought it. It’s also useful if you’re also unfortunate enough to have to send away your [...]
Video: Movie making tips for the Nokia N97
This tutorial for movie making on the Nokia N97 comes from the Vodafone UK peeps. (Shame Nseries lost video editing function) The N97 can capture DVD-like quality video – that’s either 4:3 VGA (640×480) or a more cinematic looking 16:9 nHD (640 x 358) true widescreen. Videos taken by the N97 are really solid – [...]
Clones: Nokla E97i and sexy keyboard design
I’m not sure if this is meant to be a Nokia N97 clone (sometimes there’s some radical changes ) or they’ve gotten wind of a new Nokia and have already cloned it but here’s nokLa with their E97i (Priced at $139). Thanks to lladd for the heads up. This is, as I’ve forgotten, a concept [...]
Video: Nokia N97 vs HTC Touch Pro2
The Nokia N97 and the HTC Touch Pro2 are two similar looking devices with very similar array of features. I was very impressed with the spec sheet of the Touch Pro2, and back in April felt that it’s what the N97 should have been, at least in terms of being having a better QWERTY keyboard, [...]
Applications: Whole slew of updates available for your Nokia N97! N-Gage – Ovi Maps 3.1 – C: Phone memory fix!
Opening the “SW update” app on your Nokia N97……you’ll notice the following for update: Maps 3.1 C: Phone memory update N-Gage Application 1.30 Nokia Messaging 10.0 Ovi Contacts 1.20 In the middle of installing the updates myself. I tried to install N-Gage but couldn’t at first as I had insufficient memory (About 8MB) “Not [...]
Video: Behind the new Nokia homescreen – multiple homescreens coming soon?
In this video, the Nokia designers explain how the homescreen, as we have seen on the Nokia N97, has come about. Initially, I wasn’t sold on the subject when I heard about the homescreen – I thought it was like Nokia’s “active standby” just slightly beefed up. Having used it for over a couple of [...]
Video: The Nokia N86 has 'real'/usable digital zoom!
Digital zoom – probably the first thing you ever hear when you first start using any sort of digital camera is NOT to use it. Take the photo/video and crop it when you get the file to your computer. Now this is still true for photos. The only thing the digital zoom is good at [...]
Video Advert: Introduction to the Nokia N97
The Nokia N97 looks absolutely stunning in the first 30 seconds of this video. It’s a new advert to showcase some of the major features of the N97. Homescreen Facebook Full Web Browsing Ovi Store Navigation with Ovi Maps Camera capabilities with Carl Zeiss Optics Uploading to Ovi Store Enjoying Video and TV Email Buying [...]
How to: Calibrating the Nokia N97's compass in 3 seconds.
The Nokia N97 has a compass mainly for rotating your maps to align with the roads/surroundings as you turn your phone. It doesn’t rotate instantly towards north like a real compass – and so, needs a bit of calibration, which according to the manual, the method is to swing your phone in an 8-shape like [...]
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