Archive for August, 2009
Winners of the SmartMovie Licences give away
Together with Lonely Cat Games, creator of SmartMovie, we gave you the chance to win one of 5 licences of SmartMovie. All you had to do was spot and name a video title that was played in the walkthrough/video review of SmartMovie (BELOW) This afternoon (3PM GMT) entry was closed, correct entries were collated and [...]
Free Game: Boomshine for Nokia N97/5800/5530/i8910
Boomshine by Danny Miller is addictiveness in simplicity. The aim of the game is to set off consecutive chain reactions. Touch a moving coloured dot and it explodes – any on coming dot will also explode and so forth. With each increasing level, the number of available coloured dots and the target chain reaction also [...]
Freeware: Converter for Nokia N97/5800/5530/S60 5th Edition
This is a nice touch based alternative to the default S60 converter. It’s free at the Ovi Store. Prominent number pad – very useful particularly for touch only use (and this app only recognizes touch input). Default S60 converter can of course use the keypad/keyboard and keypad touch (though only visible when you click on [...]
Video Review: MobileBurn's Nokia E55 Unboxing and Review
This is a two part video unboxing and review of the Nokia E55 by Russel from MobileBurn. They are in HD so click the HD button to see the extra detail in the handset. E55 is a …slim candybar phone, running S60 3rd edition, with a 2.4″ QVGA screen, 3.2MP camera, GPS (with compass) and [...]
Freeware: Midomi. 7 reasons why I love the Midomi app on the Nokia N97(and think it's a better music search tool than Shazam.)
You’re probably aware of these two apps already – again just another highlight. Shazam and Midomi are similar music discovery engines that are currently free the Ovi Store. Get the app to listen to a piece of music – sends that recording online then immediately gets back to you with the details. Shazam is free [...]
Nokia N900 Technical Specifications
Some beastly specifications coming from the N900, for around 500EUR/440GBP/712USD unsubsidized.There’ll definitely be some good UK contract deals if it starts unsubsidized 440GBP. My only complaints right now is the battery (1320mAh, not 1500mAh) and of course, no Xenon. But apart from that, what a power house! 1GB RAM (256 physical, 768 Virtual) OMAP 3430 [...]
Videos: Hands on Video and Product Show case Maemo UI action of the upcoming Nokia N900
The Product Show Case live application switcher? Notice the video that’s still playing when in “dashboard” view. Maemo UI in action Erm. Wow. Fantastic advert. Are those gesture movements gonna be real or just some idealistic interaction to make the video look better (like what happened with the N97?) FireFox on N900 = win! Full [...]
Freeware: 7 free (flash) apps/games for your Nokia N97 – Stopwatch & Countdown/Pacman/Kitty Cannon/Helicopter Game /Spank The Monkey/Touch Type/Hardest Game in the World
Here are some popular online flash files for your N97/5800/5530- basically most S60-flash capable devices, although some will only work with Touch/keyboard/D-Pad (though an onscreen D-pad is available). All app menus are accessible via touch It’s advisable to set flash quality to “low” for increased frame rate on the games and then set to full [...]
Videos: Nokia 5800 ‘hacks’: HTC Sense UI, Nokia N97 Homescreen, Alternate launchers (iPhone/Android) and Improved theme effects
Here’s a collection of videos (by TommyHecker and StL1ntL ) showing some modifications for S60 5th edition handsets like the 5800, N97, 5530, 5230, Satio and i8910. If you’re ever get tired of how your S60 5th edition UI is looking, you may want to try altering it with some hacks and/or legit apps. N97 [...]
Freeware: Mobipocket eBook reader for S60, 3rd and 5th edition (Great for the Nokia N97)
You may be aware of this app already – this is just a highlight for those who haven’t come across it yet. to download go to m.mobipocket.com on your browser (select S60 3rd edition) or Click here and then send the .sis file to your phone. One of my favourite applications on my N82 was [...]
Video: New Nokia Booklet 3G!
The most powerful Nokia device…. …is a netbook. Or a Mini-laptop as Nokia wants us to call it. And it’s running on Windows. Not Linux. Not Symbian. Not Maemo. Not Android. The new Nokia Booklet 3G [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIHWM4liM2g] Specifications subject to change? Anyways, Technical Specification. 10.1 inch screen, Glass Front, HD ready (1366 x 768) 12 [...]
The Phones Show: Episode 88
In episode 88, Steve Litchfield covers the following topics: Quick mini review of the HTC Magic – Android powered phone There’s a debate as to whether Touch or Keyboard is the way to go – Why not have both? N97/ Touch Pro 2/G1 /(oh and N900/N97 MINI)? Although Steve is right in that these hybrids [...]
Win a copy of SmartMovie! 5 SmartMovie licences to give away – DivX/Xvid/AVI/FLV/MP4/3GP player for your S60 phone
The creators of SmartMovie, Lonely Cat Games, are giving away 5 licences for the video application SmartMovie (21.99EUR). SmartMovie is an excellent video player, that allows you to play MP4V/FLV/3GP videos. It has a slick looking UI, with kinetic scrolling, extensive video settings and shortcut keys. For more details on SmartMovie check out the text/picture [...]
Review: SmartMovie by Lonely Cat Games – the best AVI/DivX/XviD Player for your Nokia N97 (and 5800/5530)
SmartMovie by Lonely Cat Games is a video player application for S60 (and other platforms) that allows you to play MP4V, FLV and 3GP videos. I’ve been a big fan of SmartMovie ever since I got my 7610. When most phones out there couldn’t even play a video, SmartMovie was playing back music videos and [...]
7 Reasons Why I don't regret buying the Nokia N97 (despite the rumours of upcoming devices that on paper upstage it).
7 Reasons why I don’t regret buying the N97 (despite the rumours of upcoming devices that on paper upstage it). [Above] N97 Playing Madagascar Escape 2 Africa using SmartMovie (review and chance for free licences coming tomorrow Saturday) I have the N97 right now. As soon as you start the waiting game, it’s difficult to [...]
Review: Mobile-Review's review of the Nokia RX-51 aka Nokia N900 – Live Photos and screenshot overload – milestone both for Nokia and the industry
“N900 feels more like the Apple iPhone” “it’s the true mobile powerhouse in every sense of this word, that comes wrapped in a very eye-candy and functional UI at that” “N900 is a milestone both for Nokia and the industry that won’t just go unnoticed.” This must be peak of RX-51 news by now, right? [...]
Accessories Review: PDair Black Leather Case for the Nokia N97 (Flip Type)
Today I received my Black Nokia N97. Iit’s from mobilephonesdirect (ordered Monday) unlocked and unbranded ^_^. It was free on a T-Mobile £35/m 18M contract with 700 minutes/unlimited text and apparently 3GB fair usage free internet (that’s what the T-Mob Rep said). I saw that I could have got more minutes from dialaphone except it’s [...]
Eldar's Maemo 5 Nokia RX-51 on show!
Mobile-Review’s Eldar has been feeding the web continuous tiny tweets of information about the upcoming RX-51. We’ve got a couple of screenshots, announcment dates, and battery life info (after having used it “for several months”) This is the first time the screen from the RX-51 has ever been publicly seen – all other spy photos [...]
Maemo 5 Screenshot(s) from the Nokia RX-51? Announcement and Mobile-Review's Preview coming soon?
Update 22:50: Mobile-Review’s Nokia RX-51/N900 Review ___ Though a single screenshot about a phone shouldn’t be worth a blogpost, this one is from the unannounced Maemo5 running RX-51 This afternoon, Mobile-Review’s Eldar apparently sent a tweet asking how to get a screenshot from Maemo 5 (on the RX-51) I say apparently as I wasn’t really [...]
Video: Samples of the Nokia N86's impressive DIGITAL zoom
Earlier in July, the All About Symbian crew discovered a rather brilliant feature in the N86 that was never spoken about by Nokia. Real, usable digital zoom that preserved much more detail than previous/standard methods. James Burland from Nokia Creative, using the Steve’s same N86 shows us again exactly how good that zoom is in [...]
Mobile-Review has the Nokia RX-51 for testing?
So, is Eldar testing out the RX-51 already? Mobile-Review always gets handsets extremely early, e.g. N97 proto review got published just over a week after announcement, 6 months before it was available for the general public. Could we expect the RX-51 then within a similar time frame? Oh wait, Nokia has to announce it officially [...]
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