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 [...]
This app is free from the Ovi Store and it simulates, well, a coin toss. To flick the coin, it uses either the touch screen or the accelerometer. You’ll see a 3D coin resembling a penny twisting around in the “air”. It would have been nice if the speed/height/rotation was affected by the degree initial [...]
We’ve been waiting for HTML support for so long, and it’s finally arrived! Normally, my Nokia Messaging inbox can only view BORING plain text only email. Now check it out. Probably not the best example, but as you can see there’s formatting and images. Note: Compare it with original GMAIL view to see that images are being displayed. [...]
Two freewares covered today – Both Facebook app alternatives. Social Messaging Beta and Symabook 1. Social Messaging Beta Something new from the Nokia Beta Labs – Social Messaging Beta. It’s somewhat limited in functionality at the moment, e.g. There’s space for other communities (e.g. twitter in future?) but only facebook is accessible – and the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Teo of Symbian Freak has found Digia@Web – A new web browser for S60 5th edition. We’ve got the native S60 browser, Opera Mini, and possibly Sky Fire (though that doesn’t function optimally yet), what would we need in another browser? Well, having just installed it and played with it for a couple of hours, [...]
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 [...]
This application is a must have for anyone who travels frequently (or at all) on a train. Whenever I needed to travel by train, I used to go to www.thetrainline.com. You can access it from your S60 browser directly or you can choose the mobile version, m.thetrainline.com, which is more economic on the data and [...]
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