Planet S60

Rachaelsmom shows that she has lots of fans-- she's the big mover this week, goinf from number 25 to number 17. Meanwhile ILikeMyNok is making a run at the top spot, sneaking up on LENNYBONS and anotheran. The full standings: 25. thenokiablog 24. cmax2 23. Blaxx 22. MrRious 21. xtechx 20. flyinace2000 19. rcadden 18. radical24 17. rachaelsmom 16. obsidial 15. ming387 14. oddsocks 13. peterk 12. baddogg79 11. pnksniper 10. scion9 9. TennCC01 8. rcampoanor 7. chalot 6. bugaboo 5. gianboy21 4. rnbrulz 3. ILikeMyNok 2. LENNYBONS 1. anotheran

Swim by Teknolog, part of his Bergamot project, has just been ported from the UIQ platform to S60 3rd Edition. Swim is a freeware utility for automatic periodic synchronization of data with internet servers such as Google Calendar (through GooSync), Mobical, Zyb and Ovi. It makes use of the existing SyncML support in the system, and adds timing capabilities, something both UIQ and S60 mysteriously lack. You can set it to sync your data every 15 minutes, every hour, every 4 hours, every 12 hours, daily, or weekly.

RoadSync from DataViz (secure, wireless, direct push synchronization of corporate e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks & attachments based on Exchange ActiveSync technology) has been updated to version 4. The new version brings support for HTML email, tasks, contact photos, pop-up notifications for new email, keypad shortcuts, compatibility with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 devices and various improvements and enhancements. Check details @ DataViz.com.

As host Scott Beaumont at 150’s host Mippen Blog notes, this week is a nice round number for the Carnival with a bumper stack of posts from a wide number of areas in the mobile space.

It's that time of the year again, Mobile Web Server 1.5 beta has been released. Brings easier access rights management, intelligent network handling, improved RSS feeds for effortless sharing and more. This stuff might sound familiar, because we have discussed those here in the blog and other media. The access rights management page is a personal win for me, it makes life so much easier. Users are still added in the device UI, that's an architectural feature we couldn't change anymore. The [...]

Many moons ago I mentioned in Online Carbide Documentation Push that I wanted to publish our Carbide docs to the web for all to see and use. The main reason for this push was to make all Carbide info available via Google searches. The second reason I'm happy to have the material online is so that anyone can now link to the info using standard URLs. No more long title paths like Carbide.c++ User Guide > Creating programs [...]

One thing that many many many Nokia users fail to do upon receiving their new devices is read the manual. It's really quite funny. I remember a few years back on Howard Forums when people would ask device specific questions...

Riding on the bus, waiting for the bus, checking bus schedules, driving the bus....all these activities lend themselves to Word of Mouth. This week's Report of the Week winner took advantage of some downtime to play a few games on N-Gage, and won a few admirers while he was at it. Check it out: It was 8 AM. It had been two hours since we left our school for a 3 day educational tour to Shimla, a [...]

Taken from the pages of Nokia Conversations we look into the realm of the Nokia E63 with details given by it's product manager, Mikko Aro.

Mid November and the run up to Christmas has long started, at least in the UK. All the towns and shopping centers (malls) have had their lights turned on by celebrities and everywhere is looking nice and festive. Am I...

For almost a year my oldest son has been experimenting with my N90. At this point I can honestly tell what direction he is going in when it comes to mobile phone usage. He's a photographer. Everytime there is a...

The Official N-gage blog announced a new First Party game from Nokia Publishing today, which is being developed by a company called Firemint in Australia : " Mega Monsters ". Mega Monsters features rich 3D graphics with a fully destructible...

The Official N-gage Blog just posted to let us know that the Nokia N78 and 6210 Navigator phone models are now N-gage compatible and supported by the N-gage application. N78 users can download the N-gage client here. 6210 Navigator users...

Nokia Beta Labs has announced the availability of Share Online 4.0 which is currently available only for some S60 3rd Edition Fp2 devices. As stated by the Share Online Webpage this version looks to be only coming to FP2 devices:

Share Online 4.0 works only with devices running S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 devices. The new features in Share Online 4.0 require technical enablers that are not present in previous versions of S60.

The following devices are currently supported in this beta: Nokia N96, 6220 Classic, 6210 Navigator, and 5320 XpressMusic.

Support for the following devices will be added in the following weeks: N78, N79, N85

So if you are running an FP1 device, it does not look like it will become available for you, according to the post it has something to do with "enablers" in the new FP2 compatible devices. This shows yet again the inconsistency in the Nokia handsets.

The latest version of Share Online 4.0 has the following feature:

• Improved upload/download experience. You don’t need to wait for your photos to be uploaded before uploading the next one. You can refresh your feeds, add comments, or even exit the application while the uploading is still in progress.
• Outbox. You can see a list of pending uploads, as well as review, cancel or retry specific uploads. You can also use the Outbox to keep track of which photos and videos you have already uploaded.
• Economic sharing. If you don’t have an affordable data plan, you can disable the use of cellular data in the Share Online settings, and queue your photos and videos to be uploaded as soon as a free WLAN connection is available. In addition, there are data counters available, in case you want to keep track of your cellular data usage.
• Active standby indicators. Your outbox info is visible and accessible in your active standby screen. If you prefer, you can also remove these indicators.

If you are running an FP2 compatible device you can visit the Nokia Beta Labs blogpost or the Share Online 4.0 web page to download and test the software out. Do remember, this is a Beta!

ASUS announces the world's fastest PDA running on an 800Mhz processor, in addition to a high resolution screen (2.8" VGA 480 x 640 pixels) and their innovative touch responsive user interface - Glide.

It includes many of the common features in demand currently such as HSDPA 3.6Mbps, (UMTS 2100), WLAN 802.11 b+g, and a 3 Megapixel Autofocus camera, all running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Operating System.

Featuring ASUS’ latest touch-driven user interface—Glide—the stylish, leather-accented P565 delivers graphics and system performance beyond anything else on the market at present, posting Vsbenchmark scores almost two times that of competing products in its class. This enables the P565 to glide through resource-intensive tasks effortlessly and to handle heavy multitasking exceptionally well—making it ideal for businesspeople who demand uncompromising performance and maximum speed from their productivity tools. Rounding off its impressive feature set is a 2.8" touchscreen running at a high resolution of 480 x 640 pixels, delivering an unprecedented degree of clarity that does wonders for both personal photographs and spreadsheets.

For more information about the P565 head on over to the ASUS website.

Finally bought the Nokia e90 a few days back. My intital reaction…what the hell was I doing without it!! Have said good bye to my beloved Nokia e61i as I am now preparing for THE Nokia e71. I know I have not been updating the blog as used to last year as I [...]

The top 50 Ambassadors of the N-Gage campaign are due to win a mega pack of 10 games. We've finalized that list and are ready to share it with you now. Let us know what you think: Asphalt 3 Creatures of the Deep Dirk Dagger FIFA 2008 Metal Gear ONE Pro Series Golf SIMS Pets Star Wars World Series of Poker

Here's a great report that is appropriate for the times in North America: A couple of coworkers and myself decided to take advantage of the early voting offered in Florida on our day off. If you've seen the news reports, the lines were horrible, with wait times going several hours. Not how I wanted to spend my off day. Average wait times were updated throughout the day for polling spots online so we chose a couple of [...]

Written by Kristian Luoma, product manager of Nokia Chat It’s time to make the semi-monthly update for releasing fixed errors we’ve found so far. This package resolves issues related to memory consumption and incoming messages caused trouble during usage of predictive text input. Inspired by the recent Beta Labs announcement made while back about Nokia Friend View, [...]

Guest writer: Julio Castillo, Senior Product Manager, Nokia Photos team Thanks to all of you who helped us test Nokia Photos 1.5 beta. Because of your direct feedback, the Nokia Photos team was able to identify and fix several issues related to the new map view and general application stability. Additionaly, you helped identify a number [...]

Guest writer: Julio Castillo, Senior Product Manager. Hello everyone, We’d like to give you a sneak preview of the upcoming version 4.0 of Share Online. With this application you can share your pictures and videos on Ovi directly from your phone. You can also keep track of the latest comments and pictures sent by your friends. Share [...]

Ernamahyuni has launched herself into the 4th spot this week, thus pushing maswilbilili out of the Top 10. Here's the standings as of November 13th: 10. mikeyfocus 9. pelosh 8. strikeeagle 7. silverwind2712 5. fredrico 4. ernamahyuni 3. s60fanboy 2. bbongman1001 1. shewhowearsred Tune in next week, we're hoping to see some volatility in this index as we get closer to the end of the campaign.

In our society of instant gratification nothing can come fast enough, email certainly is no exception. Not that long ago I ran down email on the S60 platform from Mail for Exchange, Nokia Email and built-in client. Now we're looking...

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One of the nicer features in S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and later releases is the grouping of Internet access points into logical groups. Based on the available networks and their priorities the platform can choose between the access points and provide an application with the best one at any given time. I noticed SmartConnect application is now available for E71 and E90 in Download! service (could be others too, please add in comments). This application brings the network grouping [...]

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I’ve been using the Nokia N85 for 3 weeks now and let me tell you that this is the best phone to have right now. It has become my replacement for my previous favorite, the Nokia N95 8GB. The Nokia N96 was supposed to take this title, but that phone has been collecting dust on [...]

It's been a little over 2 weeks since Daniel announced the launch of the N-Gage campaign and I'm excited today to bring you our top 10 Ambassadors by number of reports: 10: ernamahyuni 09: nikhilchawla 08: inequanimity 07: Zanmato 06: baddogg79 05: ming387 04: tonymohd 03: fakhre 02: alexismil And number 1: niiick If you haven't already done so, please sign up for this campaign and start submitting reports. It's early so prepare for this list of our most active [...]

I was interviewed by Mobiledivide at the Nokia Flagship store in New York yesterday. They have been talking to mobile tech bloggers as they launched their new site. They will have weekly videos, so I’m looking forward to the content they produce. Intro to Mobiledivide Watch this 25 second video as an introduction to Mobiledivide. Behind the Scenes I [...]

The latest addition to the Eseries range of smartphones is the Nokia E63, building on the success of the Nokia E71. The device will feature QWERTY keyboard form factor, a standard 3,5 mm audio jack and Wi-Fi connectivity among other things. The new Nokia E63 will be available in ruby red or ultramarine blue. Like the Nokia E71, the Nokia E63 also has the ability to switch modes with a single key press, switching from a view of corporate [...]