What’s the Buzz About the Soon-to-be-released Nokia N96 Mobile Phone?

On the third quarter of the year 2008, the Nokia N96 – which is the successor of the successful Nokia N9 and Nseries – is set to be released.

As the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, it is quite easy for Nokia to come up with innovative designs and a line of mobile phones to suit a particular lifestyle.

For example, the Nokia Eseries is a line of mobile phones with enhanced connectivity and business application features. The target market of this line of mobile phones is business users.

Now, with the Nokia Nseries, it is actually a line of multimedia smartphones. The idea is to offer the modern mobile user digital multimedia services. This includes music playback, video, enhanced photography, Internet services and mobile gaming.

For these applications, high-speed wireless technology such as 3G, wireless LAN and HSDPA are used.

The first line of mobile phones was made available in April of 2005. So far, here are the models released under the Nokia Nseries:
- Nokia N70
- Nokia N70 Music Edition
- Nokia N71
- Nokia N72
- Nokia N73
- Nokia N73 Music Edition
- Nokia N75
- Nokia N76
- Nokia N77
- Nokia N78
- Nokia N80
- Nokia N81
- Nokia N81 8GB
- Nokia N82
- Nokia N90
- Nokia N92
- Nokia N93
- Nokia N93i
- Nokia N95
- Nokia N95 8GB
- Nokia N96
- Nokia N800
- Nokia N810

Nokia N96 Review

Despite the fact that the Nokia N96 is yet to be released on the third quarter of the year, some reviewers got the first dibs on the pre-production models. According to the Nokia N96 review online, the phone is lighter and slimmer than its predecessor which is the Nokia N95.

As compared to the other phones from the Nseries, the Nokia N96 has a better overall design quality. It has a 2-way slide just like the Nokia N95, but the features are much improved and sleeker-loooking.

Also, the first feature which has a great difference from the previous models is the internal memory. The Nokia N96 has 16GB of memory, twice the size of the Nokia N95 units.

The features of the Nokia N96 mobile phone includes:
- 3G and WLAN access
- GPS navigation
- Mobile television (depending on the network)
- Full HTML browser
- 5-Megapixel camera
- VGA camera in front for video calling
- Double LED flash
- 3G video calling
- Built-in motion sensor

The camera is the highlight of the Nokia N96. Aside from the improved resolution, it also uses the crystal clear Carl Zeiss optics Tessar lens. It comes complete with auto focus and auto exposure features. When you add to that the dual LED flash, this is one nifty camera and all-in-one phone to have.

If these features will all be incorporated in the actual Nokia N96 to be released on the third quarter of the year – then it is a definite improvement.

As compared to the previous designs of the Nokia Nseries phones, the Nokia N96 has a better camera resolution, more internal memory, as well as a lighter and sleeker design.

Nokia E61: 3G Quad Band Smart Phone

The Nokia E61 is a slim phone quad-band 3G chip. The device is completed by all forms of metal and has a friendly interface with a five-way joystick. It also has an MP3 player, voice recorder, Gallery and RealOne video player applications. Its keyboard mode automatically depending on the applications. For example, black screen, the keyboard is automatically set to the number you can dial directly as a conventional digital keyboard.

The device features a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard large. It features a 2.8”TFT-LCD is 16 million colors at a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. The device has 64 MB of shared memory and 75 MB of internal memory which can be further expanded with a 2GB microSD card. The unit is compatible with Bluetooth 1.2 and offers a variety of profiles such as buttons GDP image, DUN-GW, Handsfree-AG, OPP-Client. The unit is equipped with Symbian OS 9.1.

The smart phone supports USB mass storage, which means your data with your PC device replacement. The device also includes a built-in wireless LAN (WLAN) connectivity, a transfer speed of up to 54 Mbit / s. The E61 connects easily to wireless networks. Searches for available networks and automatically connects to open networks. You will be prompted for information before and / or the key when the network is limited. You can do the same thing as a gateway to input settings automatically the next time.

The smartphone has a thin lower end, which makes it easy to hold. It added support for Internet devices telephony.The supports email accounts from POP3 and IMAP4 allows you to automatically retrieve e-mail. It weighs 144 grams and measures 117 x 69.7 x 14 mm. The device has a standard Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-5L) Talk time up to 7 hours. and a standby time of 260 hours. Your music player creates a high definition stereo sound. The unit comes with a text message to read lips. Other useful features of Nokia mobile phones such as instant messaging. The voice command, voice recording, voice dialing, push-to-talk and photo opportunity.

Nokia N97 + 5800XM + E75 Keyboard Shootout

The Nokia N97. The 5800 XpressMusic. The E75. Three phones, three distinct little keyboards. Does the N97 deserve the flak it’s taken for the mushy QWERTY? The 5800XM on-screen keyboard sucks, right? And how does the E75 stack up in all of this?

To find out, I conducted a little “keyboard shootout” experiment, pitting me, typist of 20 years (give or take 10 years) in one corner, against a stopwatch and the phrase “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.” in the other. To measure real-world time, the entire phrase had to be completely correct before I would end each trial.

Let’s see how it all turned out.

The Set Up

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Offline profile, touch screen vibration Level 1, touch screen tones Off
Nokia N97: Offline profile, no other changes
Nokia E75: Offline profile, no other changes
Nokia E66: Offline profile, T9 prediction on, keypad tones Level 1

I used the XNote Timer XP utility as my stopwatch. Each time trial went like this:

- Pick up phone
- Clear text on screen
- Hold phone in ready position above keyboard
- Hit Spacebar with right pinky to activate stopwatch
- Type in phrase “The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.” as fast as possible, correcting any and all mistakes.
- Hit Spacebar with left hand to stop the time.
- Switch to next phone and repeat five times for each

I also ran ten trials using a Nokia E66 (with T9 on) and a Mitsumi brand PC keyboard for fun.

The Results

All times are in seconds.

Nokia E75 Keyboard

Times: 11.95, 13.29, 12.25, 11.31, 10.93
Average: 11.946 sec – .5 sec* (see note at bottom)
WPM (Words Per Minute): 47.17

The best of the bunch, by far. The E75 has large, tactile keys that make it relatively easy to type stuff on a mobile phone. The kicker, however, is some quirky button placements – like the backspace key that’s next to the L key, or the Return key that’s directly under that. Still, 47.17 wpm on a mobile phone is quite respectable.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Keyboard

The 5800 XpressMusic keyboard: Worst of the Bunch

Times: 20.23, 17.84, 13.25, 17.73, 20.26
Average: 17.862 sec – .5 sec*
WPM: 31.10

As expected, the 5800 XpressMusic dominated the absolute bottom tier of keyboards (read: loser). Those damn on-screen keys are so tiny that it’s very easy to hit something other than the key you wanted, and the lack of multi-touch means that sometimes you’ll type a word too quickly and miss a couple letters in the process. In terms of raw speed, the keyboard wasn’t that horrible – but the number of mistakes I made (and had to correct) was. The only time I typed the phrase perfectly was the third run.

Nokia N97 Keyboard

The N97 keyboard proved to be the middle ground.

Times: 13.71, 16.29, 14.48, 12.68, 15.35
Average: 14.502 sec – .5 sec*
WPM: 38.56

I really thought the N97 would show some pretty low scores. Nope! It turns out the N97, if you get past the mushiness and generally weird bottom row, is not as bad as some folks (like me) may have you believe. Or maybe I was just having a good day. The N97 was only 18% slower than the E75, but it’s also smaller, squishier (hard to tell whether you hit a key or not), and personally more annoying to use. You be the judge.

Controls:

Nokia E66 Keyboard

The E66 keyboard was still a contender, even without a QWERTY.

Times: 19.14, 16.37, 15.12, 13.82, 12.01
Average: 15.292 sec – .5 sec*
WPM: 36.51

Shouldn’t QWERTY keyboards be faster than a keypad equipped with T9? At 15.292 seconds, the E66 control group beat out the 5800 and came close to tying the N97. I might have to rethink this keyboard thing…

Just kidding. This is mostly luck, because the only word I actually needed to scroll through T9 for was “lazy”. Apparently, “jazz” is a more popular word.

Mitsumi PC Keyboard

Times: 4.82, 6.09, 4.70, 4.40, 4.32
Average: 4.86 sec
WPM: 111.11

*Note that since I had to manually start and stop the clock myself, I subtracted .5 seconds from the average to calculate WPM. For the PC keyboard test, I ignored this because there was no real motion needed to stop the timer (I need to hit alt-tab, the right key, and space).

Conclusions

The obvious conclusion is that the E75 is the best keyboard of the bunch. That isn’t too difficult to see, since it has the largest keyboard, and the best feel, of the group. But the numbers are interesting: it was 18% faster than the N97, 34% faster than the 5800 XpressMusic, and 23% faster than the E66 with T9 prediction.

And just for fun, I did an E66 T9 vs. No T9 mini-shootout, with the results showing that T9 is about 36% faster than typing without it.

Latest Nokia Phones for Small Business – Nokia E70 Review & Nokia E62 Review

Nokia phones series Enterprise provide business primarily, but anyone can enjoy the benefits of these phones. Like mobile phones Eseries, as it seems much more practical than other phones. They are useful features in these last two Nokia phones that do not appear in other phones found. Best of all see the latest Nokia Eseries very elegant and attractive.

Nokia E62 Review
The E62 is a sleek international roaming, which supports Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 bands. The rich color screen has a screen big enough (320 x 240), no problems with the quality of the image. The phone itself is very light, weighing about 5 oz – less than a third book!
The latest Nokia E62 is ideal for e-mail with your hand QWERTY keyboard. Business users also appreciated the special touch and email alerts to flash. The internal memory is 90 MB, which leaves plenty of room to store your messages and files.
Time is approximately 5 hours, with a long waiting period of 14 days.
The Nokia E62 comes with voice features, you will find very convenient extra. find voice dialing with speakerphone, voice commands for menu selection button to talk, and a dedicated button for voice recording voice quickly and easily.
Armed with the Symbian S60 3rd edition operating system versatile manage the E62 can be almost anything you throw at it. Pre-installed on Nokia E62 is also an effective range of office software. Find a word processor, spreadsheet, Web browser, innovative, and more.
is available from Cingular Wireless on Nokia E62 also very cheap compared to other similar units. If you’re on a budget, the E62 is the perfect complement to your company needs for telephony.

Nokia E70 Review
The Nokia E70 is a bit heavier than the Nokia E62, but it has a camera on the back (while the E62 has no camera), he asked the extra weight.
The design is unique, but very functional. E70 openly display a fully functional keyboard. The keyboard is the ideal phone for business communication such as e-mail and messaging. You can even send messages easily in the dark, enjoy a dynamic keyboard white backlight.
The Nokia E70 has a beautifully rich large sample of 352 x 416 pixels. The phone runs on Symbian S60 3rd Edition places the operating system. It includes Office Suite S60 and spending programs like Handy Zip Manager.
Like most phones, business-oriented Eseries phones, most of them do not have cameras. This is one of the few who actually Eseries phones have a camera. The camera is high quality, 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom. VHS-quality video recording with the Nokia E70 to a maximum of three different resolutions at 15 fps (frames per second).
The latest Nokia E70 is also Wi-Fi capability. Wi-Fi is ideal for keeping in touch via the Internet or anywhere in the world as it is a Wi-Fi range.

Unlock Nokia Mobile Phone

Normally, when a cell phone, the company that sold you buy the phone (like AT & T) “locked” the phone before buying can be used in your network. This means you can not switch your phone on any network, even (which is short for Subscriber Identity Module) if the SIM card. The SIM card is the small piece of plastic, the phone to the mobile network identified. Change the SIM card from your Nokia phone works on another network is particularly useful if you want to travel to another country and want to buy a prepaid SIM card so you can have access to cell phones without roaming charges. There are services that offer to provide unlocking capabilities of a price, but not pay! You can do it free, what is the perfect price.

1. Before trying anything else, contact your service provider and request an unlock code like Nokia. Usually when a customer of them for a while, it offers a free phone unlock codes for your phone. This is by far the best way to unlock your Nokia mobile phone.
2. Manually to generate the unlock code. The software is available on some sites pay sites for free and others that also support available if something goes wrong. See External Links below.
3. Locate the serial number of Nokia mobile phone, also known as its IMEI number. The IMEI number can help you, Nokia unlock codes for various Nokia models. This can be done either by removing the back of your phone and look under the battery, or simply by typing * # 06 # on your mobile phone. 010072321539976/07961780836: Something like
4. With the software you downloaded, enter the manufacturer (in this case Nokia), and drag the map. Replace the battery and the phone.
5. You will see “Insert SIM.” Enter a message all the characters you see in the code, including the # sign. * To support a ‘p’, 3 times to get a press “+” * key twice to force a ‘w’ on the * key 4 times. Ignore spaces in the code.
6. To unlock the phone in general has only to enter a code. Start with the first. If your phone is not open to use, enter the first code (MCC + MNC), the code “7″ (Multilock)
7. Once you’ve finished entering a code that you see the “sim not restricted” message or “restricted” message works are shown on your model. Otherwise, try another code. Message “Can not undo restrictions” means the phone is “locked” and can not be unlocked by the code.

Nokia 5310 Xpressmusic Black (unlocked)

Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone blends an array of features with an iconic design. At only 9.9mm thick and weighing less than 71 grams, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic fits comfortably in a pocket or purse. Equally important, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic offers up to 18 hours of music playback, memory for up to 3,000 songs** on an optional 4GB microSD card and dedicated music keys. With a 2-megapixel camera and a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors.

With a sleek aluminium finish, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone blends an array of features with an iconic design. At only 9.9mm thick and weighing less than 71 grams, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic fits comfortably in a pocket or purse. Equally important, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic offers up to 18 hours of music playback, memory for up to 3,000 songs** on an optional 4GB microSD card and dedicated music keys. With a 2-megapixel camera and a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors.With a sleek aluminium finish, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone blends an array of features with an iconic design. At only 9.9mm thick and weighing less than 71 grams, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic fits comfortably in a pocket or purse. Equally important, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic offers up to 18 hours of music playback, memory for up to 3,000 songs** on an optional 4GB microSD card and dedicated music keys. With a 2-megapixel camera and a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors.With a sleek aluminium finish, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone blends an array of features with an iconic design. At only 9.9mm thick and weighing less than 71 grams, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic fits comfortably in a pocket or purse. Equally important, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic offers up to 18 hours of music playback, memory for up to 3,000 songs** on an optional 4GB microSD card and dedicated music keys. With a 2-megapixel camera and a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors.With a sleek aluminium finish, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone blends an array of features with an iconic design. At only 9.9mm thick and weighing less than 71 grams, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic fits comfortably in a pocket or purse. Equally important, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic offers up to 18 hours of music playback, memory for up to 3,000 songs** on an optional 4GB microSD card and dedicated music keys. With a 2-megapixel camera and a bright 2-inch QVGA screen with up to 16 million colors.

Is the Nokia N95 8gb a Cut Above the Rest of the Nseries Mobile Phones?

It was in April 27, 2005 that Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturer, has announced that they are launching the Nokia NSeries. This is not really a surprising move from the mobile phone giant, since they have been successful in turning Nokia mobile phones into something that each individual consumer would want to have – because of the distinctive features included in each mobile phone model.

Now, the good thing about the constant release of new Nokia mobile phones in the market is that consumers have a lot of features, models, even colours and form factors to choose from. Whether you are looking for a middle-range or a high-end mobile phone, there is a Nokia model that will suit your taste and budget.

Going back to the release of the Nokia NSeries – these smartphones were designed to offer a complete range of mobile phone features such as music playback, video capture, mobile gaming, photography and connectivity options such as 3G, HSDPA and wireless LAN.

So far, here are the Nokia models released under the NSeries label:

-Nokia N70
-Nokia N70 Music Edition
-Nokia N71
-Nokia N72
-Nokia N73
-Nokia N73 Music Edition
-Nokia N75
-Nokia N77
-Nokia N78
-Nokia N79
-Nokia N80
-Nokia N81
-Nokia N81 8GB
-Nokia N82
-Nokia N85
-Nokia N90
-Nokia N91
-Nokia N91 8GB
-Nokia N92
-Nokia N93
-Nokia N93i
-Nokia N95
-Nokia N95 8GB
-Nokia N96
-Nokia N800
-Nokia N810
-Nokia N810 WiMAX

Nokia N95 8GB Review: What Sets it Apart from the Rest

As you can see, there are a lot of mobile phone models to choose from when it comes to the line of NSeries phones that Nokia has released. Here, let us take a look at the features of Nokia N95 8GB:

- 240×320 pixels 2.8″ screen
- Symbian OS version 9.2
- 5-Megapixel camera
- VGA video capture
- 3G calling and connectivity
- MP3 and other media player
- Stereo FM Radio
- Bluetooth and USB connectivity
- 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
- 100 MB internal memory
- 8GB internal flash memory for multimedia content

A Detailed Look at the Nokia N95 8GB Mobile Phone

First, the design of the Nokia N95 8GB is as a two-way slider. Its predecessor is the Nokia N95 mobile phone which has a smaller memory – and that is something that you may want to consider when renewing your mobile phone deals.

The Nokia N95 8GB is an excellent camera phone. Aside from the 5-Megapixel resolution, the built-in camera has Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, auto focus and integrated flash. The 2-Megapixel phone cameras out there definitely pale in comparison with the Nokia N95 8GB. There is a separate camera located in front for video calling.

The Nokia N95 8GB is also a great music phone, with FM stereo and a media player which recognizes MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA and W4A file formats.

However, the highlight of the Nokia N95 8GB is the massive storage. If you are looking for a well-rounded phone which can easily compete with the other models included in the Nokia NSeries, you cannot do any better than the Nokia N95 8GB mobile phone.

10 Top Cell Phones and Their Cellular Accessories

Only by reviewing the progress of its kind in the last ten years, you can really see how cell phones have, how we live our lives have changed. Try to imagine what life would be without phone accessories mobile phone that will improve its properties terrible. It is very difficult, no? Well, if you’re in the market for a new phone and accessories, or just curious what the most popular models, read on. A summary of the 10 most popular phones of the year:

1) Apple iPhone 32 GB 4: The long awaited update to the iPhone 3G camera offers an amazing quality and high speed data. And that is the subject of a controversial law hot on poor reception and dropped calls gift. But again, is one of the most popular phones in recent years and is defensive, clips, holsters and other cell phone accessories are very popular.

2) HTC EVO 4G: The HTC lighting fast EVO 4G Apple a run for their money could. It was pretty impressive multimedia capabilities and has the coveted 4G connectivity.

3) X Motorolla Droid: The Droid is a powerful smartphone with an impressive multimedia playback performance superior network and launch a variety of functions! Not surprisingly, this strong demand.

4) HTC Incredible Droid: Droid Motorolla beyond the unthinkable for most Android phones to date. It’s wonderful screen, high resolution, simple and intuitive processor speed of the user interface of light are some of the things we are more and more to it. That, and it is useful, mobile phone accessories that go with it.

5) Nexus: The Nexus you have a really large AMOLED display, high performance, and the names of Google, which became a super phone competitors for this year.

6) Samsung Captivate: The name says it all with this baby: It’s really fascinating interface is ideal for social media junkies.

7) Motorolla Droid: Droid This revolutionary features strong and clear crystal display web 3.7 “was a success this year. While some are turned away from the keyboard rather small and flat.

Apple iPhone 3G: The ultra-popular smartphone has some serious performance improvements, to distinguish it from its predecessors, but has declined in popularity in recent months, when the new 4G debuted.

9) Blackberry Bold 9700: If you are like the Blackberry, which is the model for you. This abridged version of the classic is packed with features.

10) Pre Palm Plus: This model has extended the functions of memory and new software, and is a big step up from the previous model. The keyboard is a bit too small for many users, and has some quirks, but with the right cell phone accessories, you can be sure that most of this model.

Nokia Cellular Phones, Most Wanted Cellular Phones

Nokia is a surprise ending to the market penetration of 20% of mobile telephony in the United States to win. This success is based on two major business concentration of the company. The two companies concentrations Nokia mobile phones and cellular network infrastructure. The two account for 90% of sales, Nokia. The company gains this success through their commitment to quality and their efforts to provide consumers with innovative design Nokia cellular phones.

Nokia is narrowly focusing on Nokia mobile phone and mobile phone infrastructure because the company sees great growth potential in wireless. Nokia is facing major challenges set in the years to come. Began and will become a threat. It is true that among the three largest suppliers of U.S. mobile phone industry, Nokia, with Nokia handsets and mobile infrastructure, can achieve this objective through its strong commitment to revolutionize the industry of bile . Large can with other players but Nokia’s focus on high technology to assist developing countries, communication without the base of the country and the increase in early reporting of the use of mobile phones is possible. However, Nokia’s mobile phones and its exceptional technological design are still a major challenge given the rapid evolution of the mobile phone industry. Nokia is also before the competition in price, more precisely, the world due to low economic status.

These challenges, however, focuses the company on its superior technology for Nokia phones and cellular infrastructure. These companies have their company is committed to the pocket cards and Nokia continues to provide innovative technology for as long as possible. Even if they believe that economic evaluations can not expect economic conditions to help the advanced technology of the Nokia cell phone to save their businesses profitable in the years ahead to continue to refine the technological advantages of its products because it is an obligation to. This warranty is safe for consumers, the functionality of your Nokia mobile phone love.

The efforts of this company to ensure technological progress for the Nokia mobile phones and mobile phone infrastructure ensures the consumers that even with the proliferation of mobile phones on the market, you can always find the products functional and technologically advanced Nokia. You can really all the benefits of fast and efficient communication with Nokia phones and cellular infrastructure.

Choose the best and most effective when you need when Nokia mobile phones promise of technological breakthroughs, you get all the services and more. This is because, apart from the functional aspect, beautiful designs out of Nokia plants to suit all tastes needs for Nokia mobile phones.

Finally, Nokia cellular phones recommend users to remove the label. This will ensure the phone, even though the use of telephones, taking into account cell phone etiquette keeps you respectable. Believers will not turn your phone into a place of worship. Avoid talking loudly in public, to avoid creating nuisance and annoying around. It is a good recommendation for mobile phone users. You do not need to flaunt your phone, as Nokia mobile phones with their own personality, high-tech and functional, do not need to boast.

Visual Radio on Nokia Phones

Visual Radio is just one of those things that I find myself sputtering out from time to time with each new Nokia cell phone released. The problem is, I (and you too probably) don’t know a single thing about Visual Radio. What the heck is it?

Find out more in the full entry.

To put it simply, Visual Radio is just another tactic by the radio/music industry to get customers to spend more money. And as a side benefit it can also generate a lot of money for the phone carriers (Tmobile, Cingular, etc).

Visual Radio works with the integrated FM (AM has not been implemented in any phones yet) radio in your Nokia cell phone to display related information (say about the artist currently playing, or an ad, or something else) while the radio is in use. So you could be listening to The Killers and have, say, a picture of the album cover on the screen with information on the group and a link to buy the album. Sounds cool, right?

The downside is the information being transmitted to your Nokia cell phone goes through your wireless internet and therefore uses your monthly data allotment. And we all know how quickly wireless internet fees add up..

Another caveat is Visual Radio isn’t available everywhere. So far it’s good to go in the USA, Finland, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, and the UK. However, other than KISS FM in the USA, I’m not sure what other radio stations support the application (Visual Radio requires a special server set up by the radio station). Not to mention that Visual Radio is only available for select cell phones. (however, almost every new Nokia phone has it integrated)

On the flip side, Visual Radio also allows for more of a “interactive experience.” Sure, you’ll be hit with a lot more ads, but you’ll also be able to vote for what songs to play, rate artists and new music, and chat with other listeners. It’s definitely more interesting than the car radio.

Nokia N90 Firmware v3.0535.4.3

After a 2 week hiatus, I received my “repaired” N90 phone in the mail yesterday. Sadly enough, the firmware was NOT upgraded to the latest (which is 5.05), but instead they left me with “3.0543.4.1.” And Nokia managed to crack a small piece on the top of the phone too. Damn it!!!

I’ve been fooling around with my new, cracked, N90 and I’m not noticing any fixes. The camera still takes awhile to open, that annoying bug that locks the camera in closed mode is still there, and the phone is still heavier than most bricks. I’m so ready to swap my N90 for an N92.

Here’s an updated list of changes for version 3.0543.4.1. (source: symbianfreak, with a lot of grammar mistakes fixed by me)

v 2.0530.3.5 (the worst version ever) to v 3.0535.4.3

Camera:

Improved performance when closing camera in camera mode.
Improved performance when opening Media Gallery application
Phone does not reset any more when twisted from imaging mode to fold open mode during information note is shown.
Flickering in media gallery is reduced.
Blank black screen in viewfinder mode (flip closed) keyguard-related defect is corrected.
Media gallery does not crash any more when moving the joystick too fast while gallery generates thumbnails of videos for the first time
Video camera does not go to standby any more after one minute when video recording is paused and resumed
Video recording track speed with night scene settings corrected
Number of remaining photos corrected when resolution is changed
Inconsistent use of flash symbols in imaging mode camera and camera mode is corrected
With headset connected Video and Still capture tones are now played through both speaker and headset
Corrected the very first sequence capture after boot if taken with flash
Image quality settings functionality in camera mode
Video recording can now be started after new MMC inserted
Improved camera parameters, e.g. white balance improvements
In some cases video clips taken with N90 MP4 were displayed as corrupted items in previous sw. With some imported video clips the file is shown as a corrupted item even though Media Gallery can pley the video.
‘Application already in use note’ and phone crash when image was edited, new picture was taken and edited
Solved: Opening CD protected jpg image with expired rights: information note was missing, thumbnail view opened
System error (-1) is not shown any more when trying to send animated gif via email
Movie Director application usage is now allowed in landscape
Corrected: Video editor in landscape, use Browser functionality to download new sound, functionality will be cancelled
Video Editor – Option Wipe bottom and Wipe top are switched
Manual video editor functionality improved.
Still image editor: Flickering reduced when cropping an image
Still Image Editor is not closed without saving the edited image when ending a call
Image print application was closed when pressing selection key when no images in gallery
Help texts remain now in landscape when the device goes to idle in imaging mode

Bluetooth

When BT was turned off, HSP and HFP were not unregistered in previous sw
Bluetooth audio improvements:
Ringtone was not played correctly when using CK-1W carkit
Jabra BT200 BT Handsfree cannot activate voice dialing
Automatic answer does not work with BHF-3
Multipoint connection created from/to phone fails with Audi carkit

Call and network management:

Improved Log application startup time
When voice command activation is canceled the phone does not freeze any more.
Intermittent landscape mode activations and audio routing to loudspeaker should not occur any more. Access to voice mail is now faster
Calling from Speed dialing to undefined Voice Mailbox does not crash the application any more
Pressing the ‘options’ when Any-Key Answer is activated does not answer the call any more
Video Sharing support now more than 1 PDP context, previously context was killed if reserved
DTMF is now enabled during video telephony also in imaging mode
UI problems when calling emergency call with rejected SIM cards and during PIN code query are solved in this software release.
Empty choices are no more displayed with ‘New voice message’ on Cover UI.
Outgoing data call is not shown as video call in Cover UI any more
Automatic redialing functionality corrected
Phone icon changes now according to call state, while using Snapshot Camera during an active call.
IHF logic correction: IHF not active anymore after creating second call, loudspeaker activated during first call
S60 API DLL included for Ctelephony. This has been requested especially by application developers.
Received video calls were not shown in received call list
Phonebook – Wrong icon was used in ‘Address-work’ detail
Database for voice dialling ate flash memory too much
Voice dialing UI jamming corrected if synthesizer was disabled in voice command settings
Delay between SIND activation tone and ‘Speak Now’ Dialog is reduced
Phonebook uses now SVG image instead of bitmap icon in a tab
Memory management improved, no more ‘Log: Memory full. Close some applications and try again.’ Messages when calling from Logs many times.

SMS:

Text input speed in long text messages improved (wonder how this works?)
Messaging center is not locked up any more when new mailbox was created and Back-key was pressed multiple times
SMS was stored in Inbox after received Class 0 SMS is closed with red ‘End’ button
Error Message when sending images over maximum size corrected
Icon is now shown when inserting SD protected image file with expired rights to SMIL Editor
Missing attachments in MMS with text slides corrected
Flickering in USSD editor is reduced.
Image is now visible in SMIL presentation preview
MMS can now be received during WCDMA call ongoing and SWIS settings have been set
MMS can now be received during streaming, problem in 3G when no multiple pdp contexts are not supported

Email:

Mailbox speed improved with lots of POP mails
POP3 mail messages that are not downloaded do not disappear from phone mailbox any more.
Chat: Smiley icons are now shown correctly when inserting them into message

Browser:

Browser does not attempt to contact default homepage anymore when it is started.
Cache functionality corrected when clock’s date format changed from day-month-year
Overlapping issue in en.wikipedia.org is corrected.
Options menu problem after reject ‘Closing a secure connection?’ dialog is corrected
Broken layout problems when viewing images in browser are corrected.
Browser bookmark and auto bookmark highlights flickering reduced after changing to application shell and back.
XHTML-handling corrected: < div>< /div> is not treated as block element when it is empty
Edit options menu can now pop up in input field after short press Edit key.
‘Globe’ animated image is now shown correctly in ‘bookmarks’
Certain types of wireless BMP images can now be displayed wbmp.
Unnecessary ‘Web: Connection time-out’ removed.
Animated GIFs playing improved in Tile view
Browser does not attempt automatic connection anymore, works as 6680

Video editor corrections:

Video Editor activation from Landscape Media Gallery
Playback functionality improved in cut video clip
Inserted image date corrected
Video Editor crash when Cancel is pressed during MP4 processing for MMS is corrected
Reboot/Media gallery crash corrected.
Gallery visibility improvement, now it is possible to distinguish between the Video and Picture download because URLs naming changed.
Music Player is now using the colors defined in active skin
N90 will not play AAC files that were not encrypted by OMA DRM Separate Delivery and the Video content with audio, when using the file as a ring tone
Listening to MP3 via headset and incoming SMS -> MP3 is not played via IHF during message receiving tone is played.
Twist to landscape while streaming crashed ROP and Browser
Streaming is replayed if resumed when all data in buffer
RTSP Teardown not sent from the handset if Pause/Resume is issued too close to the end of a Vidiator stream clip

Other applications:

Ringing tone was lost when MMC with active ringing tone was removed
Cover display brightness settings improved.
Cover UI crash with screen saver running is corrected.
SIM ATK: Set up idle mode text with icon did not work correctly
SIM ATK: Maximum length string is now supported in SIM ATK command Get Input
Application manager problem corrected: Wrong icon is shown if DRM protected application doesn’t have DRM rights
CBSServer and phone crash on CB reception is corrected.
Flicker problem in to-do application is corrected.
Pressing end key while opening Personalisation don’t cause KERNEXEC- 3 any more
Default settings for MMS in Vanilla SW corrected for EMEA region.
Autolock icon position in the screen corrected.
Power menu ok/cancel selection does not hang the phone any more
Clock – skin handling improvement
Themes – Preview of a theme showed large white space instead of the actual background
Converter uses now text colors defined in active skin
Display is now updated correctly in Converter application
Vcard over BT view in the inbox is not skinned and white bars visible
Dial-up functionality with always-on PDP context improved
Operator names on display corrected.
The phone does not read SPDI field in Telstra USIM card
Wrong Operator name shown
Cell info is not displayed on cover display.
USSD timer implementation to solve following problem: Error handling MAP Unstructered SSNotify message.

JAVA

Text color of ticker was not correct
DRM – JAVA files were not supported
Opening of PopUpChoiceGroup crashed the midlet
Java installationdid not work correctly in all circumstances
Any java app that access the browser gets stuck
Compatibility problems concerning some PsiNT applications are corrected.
Corrected the icon shown if DRM protected application did not have DRM rights
Application Installer don’t jam any more if purchase of SD SIS file’s rights is cancelled

Personal information management:

Data Transfer functionality is improved: Only Contacts and Calendar data were copied at first attempt.
Bluescreens when using Data transfer application
Many improvements in localization has been implemented
Imaging and office folder icons corrected to Hebrew language package
‘Phone locked’ icon available
Icons have been improved when applications are selected in active standby.
A lot of SVG icon optimizations have been implemented
‘No charging’ tone and charging notification corrected when calling MO call
Application logo disappearing from application shell has been corrected
Back light is now working when opening fold after screen saver preview
Operator info changes
Autolock icon position in display corrected
Intermittent landscape mode activations and audio routing to loudspeaker should not occur any more.
Phone does not stuck any more when unformatted MMC Card has been put to N90
Clock keeps on running when battery removed
Cover display backlight adjustment corrected

Phone Preview: Nokia N73 Phone

It’s Thursday, and I’m currently sitting here bored at work. So let’s do the final Nseries phone preview: the Nokia N73 phone. Call it the first candybar phone with Carl Zeiss optics.

The Nokia N73 is a long-looking candy bar shaped cell phone rounding out the new Nseries line of cell phones. Like the N93 phone, the N73 has a 3.2 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics, and another VGA camera. However, unlike the N93, the N73 does not have optical zoom – but it does have a nice lens cap. I should note that the N73 has dedicated camera buttons for camera mode, zoom, and picture review.

Nokia has tossed away tri-band for the N73 in favor of (gasp!) quad-band + 3G. So we may yet see this phone headed to the States.

Like the other new Nseries phones, the N73 has an enormous screen – 2.4 inches. The screen looks ridiculously big compared to the size of that keypad.

Nokia is really pushing this phone as an easy-to-use camera (phone) with a lot of flashy, simplified features such as easy integration with Flickr (online photo galleries) and photo slideshows with sound. (the N73 has onboard stereo speakers)

Available in July 2006 in a variety of colors (“silver grey/deep plum”, “frost white/metallic red”, “frost white/mocha brown”), with no indication of retail cost as of yet.

Phone Preview: Nokia N72 Phone

Here’s the second of the newest batch of Nokia cell phones: the Nokia N72 Phone. Also known as the latest incarnation of the Nokia N70 – a phone that’s barely been out for a couple of months. (nice of Nokia to announce these phones now eh?)

It’s a pretty stylish candy bar phone with a similar camera style to the N70 or 6680/6682 series of phones. There’s an “Active Lens Cover” which slides up and down to expose the camera lens. Personally, I would love to see this on every camera phone.

It seems as if the N72 is headed for everywhere BUT the good ‘ol US of A – it’s going to Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, and Eastern Europe. Er…huh? So we’re stuck with the N70, and everyone else gets the new N72. The good news is the Nokia N70 is almost exactly like the Nokia N72. Both sport a 2 megapixel camera, Symbian, Bluetooth, and pretty much everything else that makes a Symbian phone, a Symbian phone.

The N72 does have one feature the N70 does not: “Digital Textures.” I believe that is Nokia-speak for “rounded rectangles” which the back does make good use of:

Hot damn: the Nokia N72 phone is expected to be in stores June 2006. Scary thought.

And finally, here’s a picture of the camera is action:

Phone Preview: The Nokia N93 Phone is No Longer a Rumor

Wow. Barely a year since the Nokia N90 debuted and achieved fame for being the biggest, heaviest flip phone to date, Nokia has (officially) announced the N93. A weird sort of hybrid between the N90 and the European N92 phone, the N93 takes the best of both worlds with more Carl Zeiss optics powering a 3.2 megapixel camera and hinge mechanism mirroring the N92′s.

Read more in the extended entry.
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The Nokia N93 Phone

The Nokia N93 phone is one of the three newest Nseries phones announced today (the others being the N72 and N73 multimedia phones). It’s a Series 60 triband (900/1800/1900) phone with 3G and WLAN/wi-fi support.
Nokia really pulled out all the stops on this phone. The camera’s what I would term “godly,” with the ability to take 3.2 megapixel (2048×1536 resolution) photos and record video at an impressive 30 frames per second. The N93 also sports 3x optical zoom, one of the first instances that we’ve seen on a Nokia phone, and image stabilization. It’s definitely nice to see that camera phones these days are starting to be comparable to digital cameras. Even built-in cameras on today’s cheap mobile phones can give low-end digicams a run for their money.
Looks a little like the Nokia N92, eh?

Here’s the biggest draw to the N93. A hinge that allows the screen to turn sideways, letting you watch videos in landscape mode without having to do some odd rotating a la the Nokia 6260. I should add that the internal screen supports 262k colors at a resolution of 320×240 (2.4 inches diagonal). For the external display, Nokia opted for a small, elegant color screen which I think is a huge plus.
Meanwhile, another “huh?” feature on the Nokia N93 is the ability to connect the phone directly to any tv. Apparently you can play games (huh?), use office applications, and etc on compatible televisions. No word on how this works.
As for expandable memory, the N93 phone uses miniSD up to 2 gigabytes. Nokia claims that this will hold 90 minutes of DVD-quality/30 fps video.
While Nokia has not released any kind of size information on the N93, from the pictures it looks similar in size to the N90 – with a couple more curves.
The Nokia N93 phone will retail for 550 euros, or $680 USD. Not as pricey as the N90, but still pretty far out of reach. Note that this is the retail price before phone “subsidies” or rebates.
Nokia N93 Phone: Open View

Nokia 5800 Tips, Review, FAQ?s and How-to tutorials

Hi, guys. Here I worked out comprehensive Nokia tutorial with my lovely Nokia 5800. You will find all the most commonly asked questions for Nokia 5800.

Review of My Nokia 5800
I got one 5800 last month and then I was deeply fascinated by this smart phone. It is the first Nokia touch screen phone and you may use your finger or stylus to operate it. Also Nokia 5800 XpressMusic provides wonderful devices for users to enjoy music. Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the ‘Media Bar’, a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and photos. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks, a 3.5mm jack, support for main digital video formats 3GP?H.264/AVC?MPEG4, RM.and audio formats MP3, AAC, WMA, WMV. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry’s most powerful sound. So it is really wonderful experience of enjoy music and movies with Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

How to update the firmware of Nokia 5800 to v21
It is good news that firmware update for Nokia 5800 was released already. New firmware v.21 is available. If you also own a 5800, just follow the simple instruction to update your v20 or v10 to the newest v21.
Make sure that your battery is full (VERY IMPORTANT)
1. Go to Dial screen and press *#0000#
2. Press Options -> Check for updates
3. Connect to the Internet with any APN (WiFi is recommended, however EDGE is fast enough for this). 4. Wait until the download finished. Phone will launch the dialog asking for update, just press Now. 5. Press Accept and Accept and the phone will be switched to Updating mode.
6. It takes around 10 minutes to update, so be patient. After that, the phone will be rebooted automatically.
7. Check by *#0000# again. Congrats! Your 5800 is now v21!
As I can see, there are so many improvements and worth to update for example, better camera functionality and the phone operates faster than previous version.

Best Settings for Video Playback on Nokia 5800 Xpress Music
Nokia 5800 as the multimedia phones makes you able to enjoy watching the video and music with it. The question is, how’s to do to convert that videos and what are the best setting used for. I have convert many videos into my phone, I found that most video files can play with this phone such as mp4, 3gp, rmvb and flv files. But of them plays well but some are not. After many tries, I finally got the best results for Nokia video files. My video in 5800 was full screen, high quality and sounds very well. Here are my settings:
Video Resolution: 480*320
Video Bitrate: 768 kbps
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Video Format: MPEG-4 (be sure not to use H264, as it’s not supported in the current firmware)

Audio Format: MP3
Audio Channels: 2 Channels
You can apply these settings above in whatever application you used when converting videos into 5800. Then I am sure you will get full screen, high quality and flawless video in your phone.

Settings for video playback on Nokia N97, N95, N85 and other Nokia phones.
Nokia N97: Video playback formats are 3GP formats, Flash Video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4; the video resolution is 360*640. Audio formats are AAC, M4A, MP3, WAV, WMA etc.
Nokia N96: video playback formats are 3GP, Flash video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, RealVideo, WMV 9; the video resolution is 240*320. Audio formats are AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA etc.
Nokia N95: video playback formats are MP4, 3GP. Video resolution is up to 640*480, audio format is AAC stereo.
Nokia N85: video playback formats are 3GP formats, Flash video, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, and WMV. The resolution is 240*320. The audio formats are AAC, M4A, MP3, WAV and WMA etc.
OK, I will not list all settings of Nokia phones. If you are interested you may get more relative information on Nokia official website.

How to transfer video files into Nokia 5800
I have download some videos from video website such as Youtube, Google video. But I can’t watch these videos in my phone. As these videos were flv files, Nokia 5800 can’t play such videos. I use Internet Tablet Video Converter to convert it, but it shows “Unsupported Video File Type”. Then I got to know Daniusoft Video file Converter that seems professional for Nokia phone, I free download its trial version and tried it, and it works very well. Below are what I do:
Click Add button to add video files from your computer, set your videos according to the above settings and select Nokia 5800 Video MPEG-4 format for your video. Then just click convert button to start the conversion. After the conversion complete, you may watch these videos with Nokia 5800.
Also you may get music from video in this way. But pay attention to the format. As Nokia 5800 support mp3 audio format, you should select “MP3 – MPEG Layer-3 Audio (*.mp3)”.

How to convert DVD files into Nokia 5800
Obviously phones don’t have DVD drives, so to watch DVD on a phone you have to convert it into a video file on your PC then drag it into your phone. I also follow the above settings and convert DVD files into MPEG-4 video with Daniusoft DVD Ripper software. the results are excellent.

After insert your DVD into the DVD Drive click the Open DVD button to upload DVD files on to this program. Click Settings button to set your videos according to the above settings I listed. Click Profile drop list to select “Nokia 5800 Video MPEG-4 (*.mp4)” format for your Nokia video. Then click Convert button to start the conversion. In few minutes the whole process will completed.

If you select audio format “MP3 – MPEG Layer-3 Audio (*.mp3)” you may also get music from DVD.

To transfer files into Nokia 5800
In the above tutorial I have explain you how to convert Nokia videos from DVD and other video files. Then you need to transfer these videos into your phone.
1. Make sure your computer and phone are both switched on. Also make sure your 5800 have a memory card in its slot.
2. Plug the small end of the microUSB cable into the phone’s USB socket, which s under a plastic flap in the top left corner.
3. Plug the larger end of the microUSB cable into a USB port on your computer.
4. On your 5800 it should ask which mode you wish to use. Choose “Mass Storage”.
5. Open the memory card window (probably called “Removable Disk E:”), drag your video files into the video folder.
6. After finished transfer files, do not disconnect the cable yet. You should make it safe to disconnect the cable. You may do this by click a small icon in the bottom right corner of the screen that appears when the phone is connected.
7. After you have made the device safe to remove, you can unplug the cable at both ends.

Some useful tips to make the Nokia 5800’s battery last as long as possible
Sometimes you may have to stop talking with your friend or watching videos with your phone as low power of your battery. It is more inconvenient if you are in travel and have no alternative battery. Here are some tips to make your phone battery last as long as possible when using telephone.
Do not switch the phone off. As switching a phone on uses far more battery power than simply leaving the phone on.
Shut down unnecessary applications.
Turn down the 5800’s screen brightness to the lowest acceptable level.
Switch off your 5800’s screen when not in use.
Use headphones instead of speakers when listening to music or watching movies.
Avoid using the camera flash unnecessarily.
Use 2G instead of 3G.
Switch off Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi.’

Ok, I have typed out all my thoughts about Nokia 5800 here. Hope my tutorial is helpful to you. And all the other Nokia 5800 tutorials and useful how-to information should come here! It is welcome