I found this via @MickyFin (originally from @chansearrington) How to get 1 year’s free turn by turn licence on Ovi Maps. 5 Steps to get your 1 year’s Ovi Maps turn by turn licence Open up Ovi Maps 3.0 on your Nokia phone. Find a landmark – either do this via search or if you [...]
I just watched Episode 91 of Steve Litchfield’s “The Phones Show” where in this episode, he covers Application Stores: Apple’s App Store Nokia’s Ovi Store Google’s Android Market. The Ovi Store is supposed to be Nokia’s one stop shop for Applications, Games, and other content such as ringtones, videos, wallpapers and themes. I’ve been using [...]
Here’s “Candle” another one of those free apps where it’s just difficult to see any practical use for it. Maybe waving it at a gig? Impromptu candle for a romantic dinner? It’s a realistic candle that you can put out by swiping, and lighting up by double swiping. It works in portrait and landscape though [...]
“Lights” is a free application from the Ovi Store for S60 5th edition but it does work best if you’ve got a QWERTY keyboard (i.e. N97 or N97 mini). The application basically controls the lights on your phone, be it the keyboard lights, the red/green call/end keys, screen light or even the charger light. You [...]
A while ago, we got a glimpse of Digia’s @Web browser, a webkit based browser than just had spectacular features I’ve been waiting for from the native browser. It’s main selling features were its touch optimization and multiple tabbed browsing (up to 4). Now, Opera Mini 5 beta has been released and it simply cruises [...]
Are your kids treating you like a taxi service? Maybe it’s your girlfriend/wife or your mates who are using you as their own personal chauffeur? Using this free application from the Ovi Store, Dad’s Cab, you can now start “charging” those free loaders for some well earned fares as you drive your kids to school [...]
Here’s a couple of Tic Tac Toe/Noughts and Crosses games. 1. Tic Tac Toe Touch The first is Tic Tac Toe Touch from the Ovi Store. You can play againsts your phone or another person (or if you’re a bit crazy, yourself). It’s not your traditional 3×3 grid, instead you’ve got 13×8 so the game’s [...]
The official Nseries Blog is holding a competition where you could win either the Nokia N900 or a Nokia N97 Mini. Given the choice, who in their right mind would opt for the mini over the Maemo 5 SuperPhone? Full list of instructions over at blogs.nokia.com/nseries Basically: Take a photo of yourself and the CityMan [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Clicker Counters….remember this? From the Ovi Store, here’s Counter Touch – a touch screen Clicker Counter for your S60 5th Edition handset. It works best when you’ve got screen vibration turned on, as it reinforces the “click”. (Go to Settings>Profile>Personalise>Touch Screen Vibration) Features: Counts up to 9999 Can deduct (for miscounts) Remembers last count when [...]
Here’s a full touchscreen game for the Nokia N97 and other S60 5th Edition handset: Jueguito It’s a keepy uppie game with 2 modes: Free Play: See how many consecutive “kicks” you can keep the football up Timed: Get as many “kicks” within 45 seconds as possible, even if you drop it. It’s a very [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here’s another look at the MyPhone application, this time updated to version 2.11. MyPhone v2.11 is compatible both with S60 3rd and 5th edition handsets, turning your compatible phone into an iphone-esque gadget. Take a look at these two videos of MyPhone v2.10 on the Nokia 5800 You’ll get that plus the updates with v2.11, [...]
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