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Is what your symbian need !Nokia 5800 previewed by MR !
A nice and interesting preview of the upcoming music-minded phone, the Nokia 5800 has been published by Eldar from MR :
“…Since the 5800 is a music-minded phone, Nokia have decided to equip it with a decent speakerphone mode – two stereo-speakers are housed on either side of the phone and everyone could check out how loud they actually were in the demo-zone. As Nokia claims, the 5800 is the market’s loudest phone and all empirical tests confirm that in this department it’s second to none. You’ll be surprised by the size of its loudspeaker holes, knowing what kind of volume they output – the 5800 rocked so loud that its ring tones were more than audible even inside a busy night club…”
“…The 5800 XpressMusic comes preinstalled with a generic S60 music player – no breakthroughs here, however it running on a touch-sensitive screen made the whole experience a bit better…”
You can read the full story over here !
Brain-controlled N95 8GB, Demonstrated By NeuroSky !
NeuroSky Inc, a venture company based in San Jose, Calif, prototyped a system that reads brain waves with a sensor and uses them for mobile phone applications !
By reading brain waves such as α and β waves, the system can roughly measure the degrees of brain’s relaxation and concentration, NeuroSky said. The data of brain waves can be displayed on the screen of a mobile phone by using a visualizer or can be used to control the movement of a video game character.
The demonstrated applications include:
(1) an application to show the degree of brain’s relaxation on the screen of a mobile phone by using a visualizer
(2) an application to show the degree of brain’s tension in chronological order after a user solves about 10 arithmetical problems (addition, multiplication, etc) shown on the screen of a mobile phone
(3) a game application to move a video game character to an intended place as quickly as possible on the screen of a mobile phone. The more the degree of brain’s concentration, the more quickly the character moves.
You can read the full story over here !
SIC! BT-Watch : Get your Sony Ericsson MBW-100 and MBW-150 to work with YOUR Symbian S60 phone !
That’s right ! Nokia and Samsung Smartphones can now be connected with Sony Ericsson Watches!
The Bluetooth-watches MBW-100 and MBW-150 rank among the most popular accessories by Sony Ericsson for mobile phones. Naturally, they can only be used in combination with Sony Ericsson mobile phones – until now!
SIC! Software GmbH, a Germany-based specialist for mobile phones, has developed a software which provides the same features for S60 Smartphones by Nokia and Samsung that can originally only be used by Sony Ericsson mobile phones.
Incoming calls, text messages, e-mail, calendar and alarm clock – you can now control everything at your wrist!
This video shows how the Sony Ericsson Watch MBW-150 works in combination with the brand new Nokia E71.
The software SIC! BT-Watch support every S60 3rd Edition mobile phone by Nokia and Samsung.
ForecaWeather : Another “good” weather Software !
A several months ago, Foreca (one of popular weather forecaster on the web) has released ForecaWeather as a Symbian application, which provides current conditions, 10 day weather forecasts and various weather animations for any location world-wide ! anyway i’ll reintroduce it because i see that people still don’t know much about it !
With ForecaWeather, you can choose from over 140.000 hand picked locations or you can retrieve forecasts for your current location using your phone’s GPS. You can also use the Landmarks in your phone or you can enter a new location by coordinates. and the most interesting feature is that ForecaWeather lets you display a 10-day forecast in your phone’s calendar as memos.
It features the following Foreca mobile produts:
– Current conditions
– Detailed forecast with 6h time-steps
– Long 10 day forecast
– Weather radar (North Europe and USA)
– Temperature forecast map
– Precipitation forecast map
– Symbol map
– Wind forecast map
– Cloudiness forecast map
– Satellite images
NB : Graphical products are available as still images and animations.
Handy Alarm Pro : Another step forward from Handy Alarm!
Well, yesterday, Epocware (yes again) announced their next application upgrade, the new Handy Alarm Pro! We all know Handy Alarm as classical alarm application (classical because most of latest nokia devices offer a “complete” alarm solution), so, a nice move was made by Epocware by releasing the first beta of HAPro. Why?
Because the application includes new features like :
1.Reminders view
- Voice notes
- Scheduled call
- SMS reminder
2. New alarm types
3. Improved settings
4. Integration with Handy Shell
In this mini review i’ll focus on Reminders view/Feature :
Lately, Epocware is coming up with some good ideas…this feature enable you to add alarms and insert (from) a range of things (no, this is not like Active Notes)… by pressing “new reminder“, a popup displays 5 choices :
– Simple : To creat a simple reminder (time, date, text <where you can add a note>)
– Contact : To add a reminder for a contact from your contact list (also you can add a note) :
So, for example, we can call or sms directly the contact :
– Phone Number : same as above, enables you to add reminder for a number that doesn’t exist in your contact list.
– Voice note : Another interesting feature, it enables you to record a voice note instead of text note which is faster and more productive !
Only *.amr extension is supported (for the moment), well, this is not a big problem i guess…
– From SMS : somebody sent you a message that contains something important? or simply you’d like to make reminder note from this message? no Problem, “from sms” feature can do this !
Note : before each alarm, the screen lights up a few seconds (bug or feature?) 😉
–> The last thing i’ll cover in this mini review is the integration with Handy Shell, it means that you can use HAP as your default alarm application when using HS !
What i don’t like :
– Alarm is not working when phone is off, because, technically it’s restricted by Nokia 😦
NB : The app is still on its early beta so stay tuned !
Nokia E75 and E72 leaked !?
Nokia announced … without wanting it :p two mobile not yet known. The E72 and E75.
Apparently the E75 is a QWERTY slider and E72 is a QWERTY candybar ! (referring to the video below)
E72 would get a tough time competing with AT&T’s upcoming BlackBerry Bold though, the carrier’s first 3G enabled BlackBerry…
Source : Ramalhoblog
Stay tuned !
Update : The video is no longer available on youtube due to a copyright claim by Nokia Corporation, updated with new link from google video
SymSMB 4.0 released !
After SymSMB 3.5 was released few months back, somebody said on some forum: “It would be an Application of the Year if only it could play files from network…”
Well, we are almost there. Why almost? Because we don’t have video player yet !
Here is a list of new features comparing to version 3.5:
- Audio player to play back your audio (yes, and from Network too!).
- Now you can open other files (except video) from Network as well (assuming you have some application installed which does know what to do with them). You can even modify the files and we will try to save your changes back to Network location.
- options of auto connect (always, by SymSMB start and by connection to charger).
- On protocol layer we have added so called “share-level security mode” support. In English this means better NAS drive support. If you have the one you had problem with SymSMB 3.5 – now is the time to try again.
- Some IU improvements like filtering (try to type something you are looking for while staying in folder with hundreds of files or browsing Network with hundreds of servers).
- By customer demand “Always Ask” Access Point is back.
- This version is SymVPN ready. SymSVPN is PPTP VPN client for S60 which we are going to release soon. This 2 applications together will allow you to browse Remote Networks like your own local one.
Handy Shell ! The ultimate replacement of standard S60 active standby?
Well, recently, Epocware has released a “powerful” replacement of symbian standard active standby. it’s all about Handy Shell ! it allows you to carry out most common everyday operations quick and handy.
The application has 3views : Today (standby) view, Applications view and Contacts view !
–> Today view : allows you to get information about your phone settings, ongoing calendar events, calls diary (missed calls by default), sms (received by default), e-mails, weather forecast (Handy Weather v.6 or higher), and provides with application shortcuts with the help of different plugins. there are 6 types of plugins:
– Clock Plugin
– App Shortcucts Plugin
– Phone Indicators & Settings
– Calendar Plugin
– Weather Plugin
Each plugin can be moved, edited and removed ! (options –> parameters –> plugins –> options)
–> Applications view : Allows you to acces quickly to your favorite 12 applications and also we can move, edit and remove any apllication ! (options –> shortcuts)
–> Contacts view : The same as the applications view, it allows you to sms or dial 12 of your prefered contacts (Thumbnails are supported), no stress, you can of course move, edit and remove any corresponding contact shortcuts ! Also you can define a default action when you select a contact (call, send SMS) or choose a prefered number to dial when contact has more than one number (work, home etc.)
–> that’s not all ! we have two more features (views) !
– Speed Dial or Start option/view ! all you’ve to do is to start typing to invoke Instant key-and-find view, This view searches through available applications to start or contacts to dial. If no applications or contacts meet search criteria, it simultaneously suggests you to dial, add or sms corresponding number, just like SkyeQuiKey or the recently released T9 Nav.
– Also, the application includes a part of Handy Taskman 😉
–> Notes : To switch between HS and the traditional Standby screen, all you have to do is to press the red key ! or press menu key (in rotation : traditional standby screen –> menu –> HS –> traditional ss and so on…), you can also define the rotation cycle, that’s great because we can remove selection from Active Standby, that leaves only Handy Shell and standard Menu in the cycle. 😉
– You can define wich view will be active; allow application to start automatically, automate de keylock…
What i don’t like :
– Doesn’t show a received file (message) via bluetooth (or infrared), except of the classic message icon on the top…
– Not compatible with Handy Calendar (for the moment).
– Doesn’t use standard S60 icons for some apps so i can’t easily find “what i’m looking for” !
– Default action (for the contacts view) limited (for the moment) at sms and call (email, mms etc. would be welcomed)
– Speed dial not working properly with AZERTY keys (tested on my E90).
– Be able to use more of the screen (especially on the inner screen of the E90) for calendar entries.
– Battery drains a lot faster when HS’s active (or the battery meter of Handy Shell is more accurate) !?
– Application plugin in Today view always contains 6 shortcuts (especially on the inner screen of the E90).
– No music player plugin (for the moment).
– Could we please change (remove) theme and profil shortcuts?
- Could it easily replace Tracker? Yes : more smooth, need less resources and designed more logically !
- So, is Handy Shell the ultimate replacement of standard S60 active standby? For an E-Series phone : Almost ! for an N-Series (and others) : yes !
- Is there other solution than using HS? Yes : Standard Active Standby + Smart Settings !
NB : The version that was tested : v1.0
Hello S60 world!
Welcome to my new blog. this is SlipKoRnSaad from Symbian Applications blog !
Well after about 6 months or so of being away from posting in my blog , I finally got my Nokia S60 3rd Edition Apps/Games/Tips Review blog off the ground. I will try to update the blog at least twice every week with a new apps, games news/reviews or with some helpful Tips and Tricks.
Older Apps can always be found in my “old” blog 😉
Please take a few minutes to check out my blog and feel free to leave comments. Also if you know of an app or game that you’d like me to review please let me know and I’ll do my best to accomodate you. I am not affiliated with any third party app developers, i’m just another symbian freak, so rest assured that my reviews are unbiased.
For S60 Sphere, The main focus is applications reviews and news, tips and tricks, functionality of Symbian devices, issues surrounding the world of Symbian, and a variety of additional related content !
And for serials, cracks etc. Please try to not ask me at least in public !
Also, i want to thank everyone who supported me and keeped motivating me to do what i’ve to do !
Enjoy your trip into my blog 🙂
S60 sphere ! 