Grid comparison of current Symbian OS smartphone solutions.
The idea here is to score most current PDA/smartphone solutions and see which one comes out on top. The scores for each criteria are my own personal evaluations. You can apply your own weightings, though, and the page will multiply everything up and work out your most suitable smartphone solution. Models and scores: (10=excellent, 1=terrible). Weightings: 'Not'/'Quite'/'Very' multiplies scores by 0, 1 or 2 respectively.
See Link http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/grid.htm
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Software for the E61
AgileMessenger (I think it’s the Best IM Client for E61)
Adobe PDF (Reader)
Autolock (v1.1)
AquaCalendar 5 (stable version: a Calendar)
Brain Age (brain game found on Techmundo)
Bantumi Open GL (the classical board game for S60 3rd)
Calcium (A better Calculator)
Contacts Transfer (just incase)
Chords for S60 (an interesting app)
DivX Mobile (thanks to e61life)
Dreamway (a game found at StmcGill.wordpress.com)
DROS (DOS like shell with BASIC interpreter, I don’t use it but you might want it)
Firmware Update (done thru PC, not really software)
FExplorer (another File Manager)
Flash Lite Exchange (read my article about this)
Google Maps (go to this address on your E61)
Google Mobile (a website)
GCalSync (sync of Google Calendar and E61 Calendar: doesn’t work well)
Golf Pro Contest (doesn’t always start on my E61)
HandyTaskman (here is a Demo)
HandyExpense (also Demo)
Handy Weather (demo and real are here)
Internet Radio for S60 (Nokia Opensource)
iSkoot (Skype for your Nokia: not sure if it will work on E61)
Mobile Search (from Nokia)
Mobile “Desktop/File” Search (from SEPT Solutions)
Mobile Office (from SEPT Solutions as well)
Map24 (similar to Google Maps and WayFinder Earth)
MobiPocket Reader (probably best ebook reader)
mig33 (another FREE IM client)
Mobile Weather (not from Nokia, not too good)
Metro (subway info for big towns)
Nimbuzz (perhaps best FREE IM Client)
OggPlayer (a substitute for the regular Music Player)
Opera Mini (a better/worse browser)
Psiloc Hotspot Finder (pretty much free)
Psiloc Wireless Presenter
Podcasting (from Nokia)
Park Suite (the N91 version): Wifi Detector, Cast, and Channels (just for fun)
Pdf+ (beta: for now Adobe is better)
Reuters Mobile (the wapsite)
Resco Photo Viewer (free trial)
Satellite (weather info from Satellite)
S60 SpotOn (a flashlite app - keeps light on)
Skweezer (nice little thing to reduce data usage)
SUPER (covert your movies to format that you can watch on E61)
SysExplorer (similar to File Manager but somewhat better/worse)
SExplorer (from Simon Judge: I think this one is not too good, but it’s simple)
Screenshot (from Antony Pranata)
Snake (3D Snake - This is Awesome)
S-Tris (Tetris game)
SkyForce or d Free (another game, but it has some bugs)
SoonR (Awesome website for syncing over internet from virtually anywhere)
StopWatch (I found it at Sanyci’s)
SMS Accelerator (from Nokia, not really software)
TMPGEnc 4.0 (another video converter)
TiVi VoIP Phone (Another VoIP/IM client)
Tasky (a free Task manager)
WidSets (I LOVE it)
Wikipedia mobile (encycylopedia)
WorldMate (from MobiMate)
Wayfinder Earth Beta (much like Google Maps)
Xedious (a cool game)
Yahoo Go! for Nokia S60 (Yahoo for your Nokia - N90 version should work on E61)
Y-Browser (similar to File Manager but somewhat better/worse)
Zelda (the Nintendo game - available as Java app: might not work very well)
Zip Manager (the original from Nokia)
Adobe PDF (Reader)
Autolock (v1.1)
AquaCalendar 5 (stable version: a Calendar)
Brain Age (brain game found on Techmundo)
Bantumi Open GL (the classical board game for S60 3rd)
Calcium (A better Calculator)
Contacts Transfer (just incase)
Chords for S60 (an interesting app)
DivX Mobile (thanks to e61life)
Dreamway (a game found at StmcGill.wordpress.com)
DROS (DOS like shell with BASIC interpreter, I don’t use it but you might want it)
Firmware Update (done thru PC, not really software)
FExplorer (another File Manager)
Flash Lite Exchange (read my article about this)
Google Maps (go to this address on your E61)
Google Mobile (a website)
GCalSync (sync of Google Calendar and E61 Calendar: doesn’t work well)
Golf Pro Contest (doesn’t always start on my E61)
HandyTaskman (here is a Demo)
HandyExpense (also Demo)
Handy Weather (demo and real are here)
Internet Radio for S60 (Nokia Opensource)
iSkoot (Skype for your Nokia: not sure if it will work on E61)
Mobile Search (from Nokia)
Mobile “Desktop/File” Search (from SEPT Solutions)
Mobile Office (from SEPT Solutions as well)
Map24 (similar to Google Maps and WayFinder Earth)
MobiPocket Reader (probably best ebook reader)
mig33 (another FREE IM client)
Mobile Weather (not from Nokia, not too good)
Metro (subway info for big towns)
Nimbuzz (perhaps best FREE IM Client)
OggPlayer (a substitute for the regular Music Player)
Opera Mini (a better/worse browser)
Psiloc Hotspot Finder (pretty much free)
Psiloc Wireless Presenter
Podcasting (from Nokia)
Park Suite (the N91 version): Wifi Detector, Cast, and Channels (just for fun)
Pdf+ (beta: for now Adobe is better)
Reuters Mobile (the wapsite)
Resco Photo Viewer (free trial)
Satellite (weather info from Satellite)
S60 SpotOn (a flashlite app - keeps light on)
Skweezer (nice little thing to reduce data usage)
SUPER (covert your movies to format that you can watch on E61)
SysExplorer (similar to File Manager but somewhat better/worse)
SExplorer (from Simon Judge: I think this one is not too good, but it’s simple)
Screenshot (from Antony Pranata)
Snake (3D Snake - This is Awesome)
S-Tris (Tetris game)
SkyForce or d Free (another game, but it has some bugs)
SoonR (Awesome website for syncing over internet from virtually anywhere)
StopWatch (I found it at Sanyci’s)
SMS Accelerator (from Nokia, not really software)
TMPGEnc 4.0 (another video converter)
TiVi VoIP Phone (Another VoIP/IM client)
Tasky (a free Task manager)
WidSets (I LOVE it)
Wikipedia mobile (encycylopedia)
WorldMate (from MobiMate)
Wayfinder Earth Beta (much like Google Maps)
Xedious (a cool game)
Yahoo Go! for Nokia S60 (Yahoo for your Nokia - N90 version should work on E61)
Y-Browser (similar to File Manager but somewhat better/worse)
Zelda (the Nintendo game - available as Java app: might not work very well)
Zip Manager (the original from Nokia)
Use Skype MSN And Google Talk On Your Phone Fring Mobile
Fring is a mobile VoIP application enables you to make voice calls, exchange instant messages and get real-time presence information about friends, wherever you are;
The main screen is the contact list that presents you with your contacts and their presence status. The contact list is comprised of your fringsters™ friends, your Skype, MSN Messenger and Google Talk contacts, and, if you choose, those stored in your handset’s regular contact list.
Through one interface, as shown in the “be online” image above, you can browse contacts, check presence statuses, move between all open sessions (by using your tab keys) and initiate voice or chat communication sessions.
It’s based on a unique thin-client technology that for the first time enables true VoIP over 3G, GPRS and Wi-Fi networks. fring™ dynamically adapts itself to the optimal network and handset characteristics while enabling seamless roaming VoIP on multiple networks. The dedicated three-sided P2P network architecture has been developed to support near telco-grade voice quality and network efficiency;
Fring leverages the Internet connectivity traditionally used for mobile email retrieval and web browsing to provide mobile-VoIP communications so users can talk and instant message for free!
The main screen is the contact list that presents you with your contacts and their presence status. The contact list is comprised of your fringsters™ friends, your Skype, MSN Messenger and Google Talk contacts, and, if you choose, those stored in your handset’s regular contact list.
Through one interface, as shown in the “be online” image above, you can browse contacts, check presence statuses, move between all open sessions (by using your tab keys) and initiate voice or chat communication sessions.
It’s based on a unique thin-client technology that for the first time enables true VoIP over 3G, GPRS and Wi-Fi networks. fring™ dynamically adapts itself to the optimal network and handset characteristics while enabling seamless roaming VoIP on multiple networks. The dedicated three-sided P2P network architecture has been developed to support near telco-grade voice quality and network efficiency;
Fring leverages the Internet connectivity traditionally used for mobile email retrieval and web browsing to provide mobile-VoIP communications so users can talk and instant message for free!
It’s a free application but there is no direct link.. You have to select your phone and Begin to Download
Download Link
Download Link
The Best File Browser Has Released X-Plore
Finally I found a file browser application who is working great!!. It published 2 days ago. This is beta version but i didn’t noticed an error;
* View all drives / folders / files on phone in tree view
* Integrated text and image viewer
* View file details
* Edit file attriutes (hidder, read-only, etc)
* Rename and delete files
* Create or edit text files
* Create folders
* Multi-selection
* Copy or move files and folders
* Send files by Bluetooth or Infrared
* Hardware device info
* View processes and tasks
* Built-in program update
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Version: 0.90 BetaDownload Link
* View all drives / folders / files on phone in tree view
* Integrated text and image viewer
* View file details
* Edit file attriutes (hidder, read-only, etc)
* Rename and delete files
* Create or edit text files
* Create folders
* Multi-selection
* Copy or move files and folders
* Send files by Bluetooth or Infrared
* Hardware device info
* View processes and tasks
* Built-in program update
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Version: 0.90 BetaDownload Link
Google Gmail Settings for the Nokia E61
When connecting to Gmail, does the following message ring a bell - "This site has sent an untrusted certificate. Continue anyway?" If it does you might want to consider changing your settings for Gmail on your Nokia E61.
If you change your outgoing mail server setting for gmail from "smtp.gmail.com" to smtp.googlemail.com" and your incoming mail server setting from "pop.gmail.com" to "pop.googlemail.com" on your Nokia E61 you will no longer recieve the untrusted certificate warning. You can now connect directly to gmail from your Nokia E61 without having the message pop-up. Four seconds and one click saved per connection
Two readers were kind enough to point out alternative solutions to the problem of the "untrusted certificate" warning when connecting to Gmail, as described below .
Thomas Mango at Trikenit pointed out thiss solution by Kevin Henrikson. Rafe from the indispensable site All About Symbian suggested a similar solution which I outlined below.
Go to the following URL from the browser of your Nokia E61 (remove the space between "certificates/ certificates" I added that for cosmetic reasons to the blog) https://www.geotrust.com/resources/root certificates certificates/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority_DER.cer or send the URL to yourself in an SMS and access it through the browser.
When you do this you will get an "untrusted certificate" warning but just continue. Save the certificate, you will receive a certificate warning but continue.
Press the joystick to check the two "Certificate Uses" checkboxes and confirm with OK.
Voila - you can now connect to Gmail with the POP and SMTP setting as pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com without getting the "untrusted certificate" warning.
Thanks for the added information Thomas and Rafe!
If you change your outgoing mail server setting for gmail from "smtp.gmail.com" to smtp.googlemail.com" and your incoming mail server setting from "pop.gmail.com" to "pop.googlemail.com" on your Nokia E61 you will no longer recieve the untrusted certificate warning. You can now connect directly to gmail from your Nokia E61 without having the message pop-up. Four seconds and one click saved per connection
Two readers were kind enough to point out alternative solutions to the problem of the "untrusted certificate" warning when connecting to Gmail, as described below .
Thomas Mango at Trikenit pointed out thiss solution by Kevin Henrikson. Rafe from the indispensable site All About Symbian suggested a similar solution which I outlined below.
Go to the following URL from the browser of your Nokia E61 (remove the space between "certificates/ certificates" I added that for cosmetic reasons to the blog) https://www.geotrust.com/resources/root certificates certificates/Equifax_Secure_Certificate_Authority_DER.cer or send the URL to yourself in an SMS and access it through the browser.
When you do this you will get an "untrusted certificate" warning but just continue. Save the certificate, you will receive a certificate warning but continue.
Press the joystick to check the two "Certificate Uses" checkboxes and confirm with OK.
Voila - you can now connect to Gmail with the POP and SMTP setting as pop.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com without getting the "untrusted certificate" warning.
Thanks for the added information Thomas and Rafe!
Monday, 19 February 2007
Nokia Announces Nokia E61i, Nokia E65 and Nokia E90
Nokia today announced three new Eseries devices. The slim, sleek, sexy, slider - Nokia E65, the next generation in QWERTY mono-block - Nokia E61i and the King to rule them all - the majestic Nokia E90.
This is by no means a complete list of all the features. It’s late here in California and I’d better get some sleep, so here are some basic stats of the triplets (more information to come later):
Nokia E61i
2 Megapixel camera
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100
WiFi 802.11g
Slim design, 23% thinner than Nokia E61
50 MB free user memory & support for MicroSD
16M colours, 320×240 QVGA
Redesigned keys & joystick
“My own key” - user defined key
Nokia E65
2 Megapixel camera
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100
WiFi 802.11g
50 MB free user memory & support for MicroSD
16M colours, 240×320 QVGA
15 MM thickness
Dedicated conference call, contacts, mute and “own” key.
Stylish Nokia E65 in Mocca/Silver and Red/Silver.
The undisputed King of all Eseries devices is the Nokia E90. This is one loaded device!
Nokia E90
3 Megapixel camera wih flash and auto focus and QCIF camera for video calling
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100
WiFi 802.11 b/g
HSDPA
Integrated AGPS
128 MB free user memory & support for MicroSD
16M colours, 800×352 (inner display) 240×360 outer display
Symbian S60 3.1 edition
1500 mAh battery
Improved QWERTY keyboard with backlights & 9 shortcut keys
This is by no means a complete list of all the features. It’s late here in California and I’d better get some sleep, so here are some basic stats of the triplets (more information to come later):
Nokia E61i
2 Megapixel camera
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100
WiFi 802.11g
Slim design, 23% thinner than Nokia E61
50 MB free user memory & support for MicroSD
16M colours, 320×240 QVGA
Redesigned keys & joystick
“My own key” - user defined key
Nokia E65
2 Megapixel camera
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100
WiFi 802.11g
50 MB free user memory & support for MicroSD
16M colours, 240×320 QVGA
15 MM thickness
Dedicated conference call, contacts, mute and “own” key.
Stylish Nokia E65 in Mocca/Silver and Red/Silver.
The undisputed King of all Eseries devices is the Nokia E90. This is one loaded device!
Nokia E90
3 Megapixel camera wih flash and auto focus and QCIF camera for video calling
Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100
WiFi 802.11 b/g
HSDPA
Integrated AGPS
128 MB free user memory & support for MicroSD
16M colours, 800×352 (inner display) 240×360 outer display
Symbian S60 3.1 edition
1500 mAh battery
Improved QWERTY keyboard with backlights & 9 shortcut keys
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