Food Trip, Road Trip, Travel!: May 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

Symbian App: SBSH PocketLock v1.00

SBSH PocketLock v1.00 for S60 5th Edition PocketLock locks your phone when inside your pocket or bag, and unlocks when taken out. No more need for the lock button on the phone! PocketLock runs in the background, and auto-starts with your phone (can be disabled from the options)

Download SBSH PocketLock v1.00

Friday, May 28, 2010

Symbian App: Lapix

Lapix is a freeware drawing app to create, edit and save self-designed images using the touch screen of your Symbian 5th Edition mobile phone. This version works with S60 5th Edition mobile phones. Lapix provides advance drawing controls.

Features:

The app has more than 16 millions colors using the RGB model.
You can always abort the last modified drawing.
You can choose the Transparency level while drawing.
The app provides Pencil's size in the range 1-75 pixels.
Different tools available in this app are pencil, rectangle, ellipse, line, text and dropper
You can create up to 10 custom tools.

Download Lapix

Mobile Game: Air Hockey

Use your stylus for better playing. Compatible to all S60 5th Edition mobile phones.

Download Air Hockey

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Featured S60 5th Edition Mobile Phone: C6

C6 is the newly added member to mobile phones running Symbian OS 9.4 + S60 5th Edition platform.

The Nokia C6 is a smartphone and portable entertainment device by Nokia. It was announced on April 13, 2010. It is similar to the Nokia Nuron or 5230 with a sliding QWERTY keypad. It can also be compared to the N97 mini, but the sliding in this phone is straight, unlike the angled one in the N97 mini, and hence allows a 4 row QWERTY keypad, bringing a slightly enhanced typing experience to the table. The phone has a 5 mega pixel camera, along with a secondary camera for video calls.

All application and games for similar handsets like N97, N97 mini, 5800, 5230, etc will be compatible with this handset.

Design

Dimensions

Size: 113.4 x 53 x 16.8 mm
Weight (with battery): 150 g
Volume: 80 cc
Additional size and shape information
Sliding touch-screen display

Display and user interface

Screen size: 3.2"
Resolution: 640 x 360 (nHD)
Up to 16.7 million colours
Resistive touch screen
Brightness control
Orientation sensor
Proximity sensor
Ambient light detector

Keys and input methods

Full backlit slide-out keyboard with navigation key
Cover keys (Home key, Send/End keys)
Touch screen
Dedicated camera and volume keys
Side-mounted Lock key

Colours

Available colours:
- Black
- White

Personalisation

Customisable home screen
- Widgets
- Themes
- Icons
- Shortcuts
- Menu
Customisable profiles
Video ringtones
Ring tones: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA
Themes
- wallpapers
- screensavers
- ringtones
- pre-installed themes
- changeable colour themes

Accessories

Recommended accessories

Nokia Extra Power DC-11
Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-607
Nokia 16 GB micro SDHC Card MU-44

Nokia C6

Manufacturer	Nokia
Screen	3.2" resistive touch screen (16.7 million colours)^[1]
Exterior screen	640 x 360 (nHD)
Camera	5 megapixel camera (2584 x 1938 pixels)
Second camera	Camera for video calls (QVGA)
Operating system	Symbian OS version 9.4 S60 5th edition
Input	Full backlit slide-out keyboard with navigation key; Cover keys (Home key, Send/End keys); Touch screen; Dedicated camera and volume keys; Side-mounted Lock key
CPU	ARM 11 (434 MHz)^[2]
Memory	NAND memory: 512 MB SDRAM memory: 128 MB
Memory card	Micro SD (up to 16 GB)
Storage	Maximum user storage: 240 MB
Connectivity	Local Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR Bluetooth Stereo Audio Micro USB MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol) Nokia AV 3.5mm Nokia microUSB Cable CA-101 USB 2.0 High-Speed USB Mass Storage Bluetooth Profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, DUN, FTP, GAP, GAVDP, GOEP, HFP, HID, HSP, OPP, PBAP, SAP, SDP, SPP Other: WLAN support 802.11b/g WEP WPA WPA2 (AES/TKIP)
Battery	BL-4J 3.7V 1200mAh
Physical size	113.4 x 53 x 16.8 mm
Weight	150 g
Introductory price	220€ (estimated; before taxes and subsidies)^[3]

article courtesy of Wikipedia under C6 article

News: Nokia and Yahoo! Partner to Increase Brand Recognition

Nokia and Yahoo just announced a unique partnership that will create cross-platform opportunities for both companies. Starting this summer, Yahoo will become the global provider of Nokia’s Ovi e-mail and messaging service, available on all Nokia devices. In turn, Nokia will power Yahoo’s popular maps service both online and on all of the phone supplier’s mobile devices. This deal is smart — Yahoo will be better equipped to compete in the navigation market, and Nokia can focus on capturing enterprise and business-oriented professionals in the United States.

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This isn’t Nokia’s first attempt to bolster its image in the U.S. In 2009, the phone provider struck separate deals with Microsoft and Intel to provide each company’s products on Nokia devices. Through these deals, Nokia is able to offer devices with a variety of software, allowing customers — specifically those with enterprise and business needs — greater options and accessibility.

The Yahoo deal is another way Nokia is attempting to bring their brand to the forefront by offering specialized options for customers. Nokia’s deal with Microsoft was to put Office products on certain Nokia models, fully bringing products like Word and Excel to mobile devices. Seeing as nearly 48 percent of smartphone owners use their device for business purposes, targeting those users with enterprise features is a good strategy for Nokia to potentially capture a large audience in a short amount of time. This strategy will put them in competition with RIM — currently the most popular smartphone OS in the U.S.

The new partnership, designed to build off of each company’s strengths in tech and mobile, is also an attempt to give Yahoo a boost in mobile and online navigation. In both areas, Yahoo Maps is trumped by competitors Google Maps and MapQuest. At a press conference announcing the deal on Monday, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz admitted Yahoo has fallen a bit behind in its maps technology. “We haven’t been focused a lot on our maps platform,” she said. “This alliance changes that.”

The maps transition will be easy for both parties, as Yahoo currently uses maps from Navteq, which was bought by Nokia in 2007. The acquisition of Navteq gave Nokia a strong presence in navigation, as Navteq is one of the largest providers of digital geographic mapping information. With Nokia’s help and access to greater mapping technology, Yahoo Maps could become a viable competitor to Google, bringing greater recognition back to Yahoo overall.

On Nokia’s end, the Finland-based company has a great opportunity to expand its brand in the United States. Though it is the world’s largest phone maker, the Nokia brand is weak in the U.S., with brands like RIM’s BlackBerry, Apple, and Android dominating the smartphone market. Even in 2008, Nokia only held a 3.1 percent share of the US smartphone customers, a number that has since decreased. At Monday’s press conference, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said, “Location, maps and navigation will get more mind-share, will get more attention in the U.S. and many more users in the North American market.”

Nokia’s strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Intel, and now Yahoo should be a signal to other mobile brands that it shows no signs of slowing down. These brands are all recognizeable names, especially in the U.S., which helps Nokia’s goal of securing a large market share here. Yahoo still faces tough competition in Google, whose Maps app provides a number of innovative features – most recently its Earth View integration – that Yahoo just doesn’t have. However, with Nokia behind the Maps technology, Yahoo can focus its efforts on building content and strengthening its other services, allowing Nokia to focus on building software-targeted devices to win more customers and secure its place in the US smartphone market.

Feature image by mikecco from Stock.Xchng.

News courtesy of http://sparxoo.com/ under Nokia and Yahoo! Partner to Increase Brand Recognition

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

News: Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro Is Now Shipping To Select Markets

Sony Ericsson has announced that their QWERTY keypad equipped Symbian handset, Vivaz Pro is now started to ship in select markets worldwide. Sony Ericsson at their product blog said, that there might be a slight difference in shipping, depending on the market.

The Vivaz Pro has a 5MP camera with HD(720P) recording at 24fps with continuous auto-focus and LED flash. It also has ARM Cortex A8 CPU overclocked to 720Mhz and PowerVR SGX graphics. Sony Ericsson has also confirmed that Vivaz Pro will support up to 32GB of external memory (microSD). The Vivaz Pro will also sport a powerful Li-Po 1200mAh battery. Vivaz Pro will sport the Symbian S60 v5 OS which will find few takers.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro is the first handset from Sony Ericsson with full QWERTY keypad. The Vivaz Pro will have the Human Curvature design as in Xperia X10 and Vivaz. Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro will be available in black and white colors.

news courtesy of http://techie-buzz.com/ under http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/sony-ericsson-vivaz-pro-is-now-shipping-to-select-markets.html

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro is one of the mobile phones running S60 5th Edition platform that I like most. :)

Mobile Game: Ballix

Ballix is a Symbian Game.

Download Ballix for S60 5th Edition mobile phone.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Symbian App: YouTube Mobile Application v2.04.4

This is the official free mobile application from YouTube. They've been working hard to offer better speed, quality, and robustness in the YouTube mobile application for Nokia Series 60 devices. The application will alert you as more improvements become available, so keep an eye for the updates.

Features:
*Browse millions of videos. Including most viewed, top rated, and the day's featured videos.
*Access your YouTube account. Log in to your YouTube account on your phone and access your Favorites, Playlists, and your own uploaded videos.
*Upload videos. Upload videos directly from your phone and see them appear within moments on both the mobile site and YouTube.com.
*Community on the go. Favorite, share, rate, and comment on videos directly from the mobile website to other YouTube users.
*Search. Easily find the specific video you're looking for.
*Keep watching. Discover "Related" videos for each video you watch on your phone.
HOW TO UPLOAD VIDEOS DIRECTLY FROM YOUR PHONE:
Creating YouTube Videos with Your Mobile Phone.
*Watch Videos from YouTube in HD quality and full screen at faster transfer rate.

This version is compatible to both S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition devices.

Download YouTube Mobile Application

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News: Yahoo, Nokia Partner on E-Mail, Chat, and Maps

Yahoo and Nokia on Monday announced an alliance that will result in Yahoo powering Nokia's mail and chat programs and Nokia providing Yahoo with its maps and navigation services.

Nokia and Yahoo will also work on a federated ID that will let users sign into Yahoo and Nokia services with the same login name.

Specifically, Nokia will integrate its Ovi Maps services across Yahoo and become the exclusive, global provider for Yahoo maps and navigation. They will be designated as "powered by Ovi," Nokia's Internet service brand.

At the same time, Yahoo will become the global provider for Nokia's Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat services, which will be branded "Ovi Mail/Ovi Chat powered by Yahoo."

Select services will launch in the second half of 2010, with a global roll-out expected in 2011, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, chief executive of Nokia, Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo, said during a press conference with reporters.

"Yahoo has a strong record of implementing these [chat and mail] services on mobile devices," Kallasvuo said.

"Many of you know that we haven't focused a lot on our maps platform. This alliance changes that," Bartz said. "By using Nokia's maps … it'll be a much richer experience for our users."

The deal is also a means for both companies to grow their presence in the developing world, Bartz said, where more and more people are accessing the Web for the first time on a mobile device.

"Nokia has, by far, the strongest track record of any mobile device maker in these markets," Bartz said. "When partners like Nokia join with us in the developing markets, we see significant growth. We're also seeing huge increases in these countries year-over-year that demonstrate their appetite for mobile usage and their appetite for internet services."

Kallasvuo agreed. "There is a generation of people growing up who are connected solely through their mobile devices," he said.

News courtesy of : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364098,00.asp

Monday, May 24, 2010

Symbian App: CoolSMS+

A Flash SMS flashes directly on the phone's screen whether you are in the middle of watching videos, surfing the net, listening to music or even typing an sms. Upon receiving the Flash SMS message appears and opens immediately showing the message. This version supports multiple recipients and Blinking SMS. Blinking SMS appears only to recipient's mobile phone that supports blink sms. This version is compatible to both S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition devices.

Download CoolSMS+

News: Nokia N8 benchmarks tip 180% speed boost over N97

While Nokia’s overall specifications for the N8 generally met with approval – if not, in the case the 12-megapixel camera, outright lust – the smartphone’s 680MHz processor led to some criticism that the phone might not keep up with its Android and Windows Phone rivals. Over at Finestfones they’ve apparently had enough hands-on time with an N8 prototype to run some benchmarking tests, and the reassuring news is that, in comparison with previous Symbian handsets, it’s quite the little speed demon.

nokia n8 slashgear 10 540x3461

They used an app called Speedy Go! which benchmarks Symbian devices, and which allows the N8 to be tested both with its graphics accelerator turned on and turned off. Off, the prototype N8 posted a score 54-percent higher than the Samsung Omnia HD and 180-percent greater than the Nokia N97. Meanwhile the N8 maxed out the FPC Bench 3D graphics testing, ranking 60fps – the highest the app can count – in every category.

According to Finestfones, the improvement in results is because, while some current-generation Symbian devices also have graphics accelerators, the Symbian S60v5 OS isn’t actually coded to take advantage of them fully. Symbian^3, which will make its commercial debut on the N8, has no such shortcomings. For more on the N8, check out our hands-on from last week.

News courtesy of http://www.slashgear.com/ under Nokia N8 benchmarks tip 180% speed boost over N97

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Symbian App: Phone Torch

Phone Torch is a Symbian Application which will turn the flash (Dual LED or Mono Led) of your mobile phone into flashlight. This is very useful application in case of black out.

This version is for S60 5th Edition devices.

Download Phone Torch

Friday, May 21, 2010

Mobile Game: Whac a Mole

Download Whac a Mole for S60 5th Edition mobile phone.

News: Nokia and BlackBerry are top smartphone brands in MEA

Apple iPhone doesn't feature in top three list based on Gartner research

By Vineetha Menon Published May 21, 2010

Nokia represents nearly 88% of the MEA smartphone market.

Nokia, BlackBerry and HTC are the leading smartphone brands in the Middle East and Africa based on analysis of 2010 first quarter sales by research firm Gartner.

Studies done by the firm see a 26% growth in smartphone sales in MEA in the first quarter of the year compared to 2009 figures. Nokia represents 87.6% of the MEA smartphone market share, while Research in Motion comes in second with a 4.3% share. Apple's popular iPhone only has a 2.6% market share after HTC (2.8%).

Combining both smartphones and traditional handset sales, the iPhone was ranked 7th worldwide with a 112.2% increase, representing Apple's strongest quarter yet.

"The second quarter of 2010 will be a very important one for Apple. We expect that Apple will present its new iPhone in June during its Worldwide Developer Conference, which will be the first to feature the latest release of the iPhone OS that includes welcome improvements for developers and users, such as multitasking," said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner.

Still, it isn't expected to catch up to Nokia's lead anytime soon. Nokia's mobile phone sales to end users reached 110.1 million units worldwide according to Gartner, which is close to research findings by IDC. But Google's Android platform is also making its presence felt - Android devices surpassed iPhone sales for the first time in the United States.

Regionally, Nokia could face a tougher time from the likes of Apple and Google Android-device manufacturers.

"Nokia will remain the undisputed leader in the region, they have such a strong brand value in emerging as well as mature markets. However, they will be challenged by the growth of RIM, Apple and Android-devices that will continue their rapid growth in this region," Zimmermann told itp.net.

"With the growing interest in smartphones and also other form factors such as Internet tablets and e-readers Nokia will have to make sure that their service strategy continues to build out, such as Nokia Comes with Music that is now available in many Middle Eastern countries and Ovi Maps," Zimmermann added.

News courtesy of : ITP.net under Nokia and BlackBerry are top smartphone brands in MEA

Mobile Game: Monsterilla

Monsterilla is a Symbian Game.

Download Monsterilla for S60 5th Edition mobile phone.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Mobile Game: Parking Mania 2

How good are you in parking your car? Try this game. Parking Mania is a Symbian Game.

Download Parking Mania 2 for S60 5th Edition mobile phone.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Symbian App: Opera Mobile Browser v10

Opera is one of the best web browser that I have used on my Windows machine. Apart from the Windows version, even the mobile version of Opera has got very good features compared with other Mobile Web Browsers. There is a version, Opera Mobile, for Nokia SmartPhones and a lighter version, Opera Mini, for other mobiles which support Java Apps. Opera has announced the availability of the latest Opera Mobile 10 beta for Nokia smartphones. Opera Mobile 10 beta works on Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson smartphones running Symbian/S60, 3rd & 5th edition.

Download Opera Mobile Browser v10

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Mobile Tip 6: How to Clean Out Orphaned and Corrupted Files of your Memory Card

Sometimes when there's something wrong with our memory card we have no choice but to "Format" it. Here's a solution for common memory card errors so that you don't need to format your memory card and start all over again installing applications, games, themes, transferring images, music, and videos, so on and so forth. This process will not only clean out orphaned or corrupted files of your memory card but it will attempt to recover the bad sectors of your files. This will solve also the "Refresh" problem of your Music Library as well as your Gallery.

Here's how.

1.Connect you mobile phone to your PC via "Mass Storage" USB Connection

2. Go to "My Computer" then look for your memory card. Right Click then select "Properties"

3. Click "Tools" tab.

4. Click "Check Now" button

5. check also "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" checkbox. Then click "Start" button. Wait until scan is completed. Disconnect your phone and restart. Refresh your Music Library.

Theme: 3D Spheres (with customs icons)

Download 3D Spheres Theme for S60 5th Edition Mobile Phones

Monday, May 17, 2010

Mobile Game: Bomber Man

Download Bomber Man for S60 5th Edition mobile phone

How to play this game:

*To move to the left side direction tap any left side of your screen
*To move to right direction tap any right side of your screen
*To move to upward direction tap any upper side of your screen
*To move downward direction tap any lower side of your screen
*To place a bomb tap the "S" symbol.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Symbian App: MobiXplorer

MobiXplorer is a Symbian application that is a must have file manager application on a mobile device. This application not only functions as a normal file manager application, it also includes function like screen capture, turning on your phone back light to use as flashlight, encryption of file, compression of file, task manager, file protection such as hiding confidential files or files not suitable to be seen by other and many more. Through MobiXplorer you can also view your phone info and network info. You can also set password for this application so that you are the only one who can use it. This version is compatible to all mobile phones running S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition.

Download MobiXplorer

MobiXplorer enables you to View/Manage your files throughout all drives of your mobile phone namely:
Drive C also known as your Phone Memory (Memory Type: Flash)
Drive D also known as the RAM drive of your mobile phone (Memory Type: RAM)
Drive E also known as your Memory Card (Memory Type: Hard Disk)
Drive Z this is the drive where everything that is there installed before being released in the market. Its memory type is ROM therefore you cannot add or delete any file from this drive.

Here's the sceen shot on how to hide a file. In this example I chose an image to hide from gallery.
1. Choose file to hide. Press Options>Files. You can see different commands there such as copy, paste, cut etc. Just scroll down at the bottom of list of commands you can see there "Set Attributes". You can change any attribute. For example if you want to protect your file from accidental deletion just set "Read Only" attribute to "Yes". All files with attributes read only cannot be deleted then.

2. Set the attribute of "Hidden" to "Yes"

3. Press Options then select "Apply attributes". The changes you have made to attributes will then take effect. As the result the file you have hidden will no longer visible in accessible folder such as gallery or even using built in File Manager.

A screen shots showing the list of processes that are currently running on your mobile phone.

To kill the process of any task just tap "Kill task"

This shows other features such as Phone info, your Network provider info etc.

Monday, May 31, 2010

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

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