Nokia N79 is out

Physical features, power and memory Size Form: Classic Dimensions: 110 x 49 x 15 mm Weight: 97g Volume: 74 cc Display and 3D Size: 2.4″ Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) Up to 16 million colours with light sensor Active matrix technology Color and brightness control Orientation sensor Ambient light detector Keys and input method Numeric keypad Navi Wheel Dedicated camera and volume keys Voice commands Colors and covers Available in-box colors: Canvas white with light sea blue/espresso brown/olive green Seal grey with espresso brown/coral red/white Changeable Xpress-on™ smart covers Connectors Micro-USB connector with mass storage class support, High-Speed USB 2.0 3.5 mm AV connector Power BL-6F 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery Talk time (maximum): GSM 5 h 30 min WCDMA 3 h 30 min VoiP 4 h Standby time (maximum): GSM 372 h WCDMA 406 h WLAN 172 h Browsing time with packet data (maximum): 5 h 54 min Video playback time (maximum): 4 h 24 min Video recording time (maximum): 3 h 30 min Video calling time (maximum): 2 h 20 min Music playback time (maximum): 29 h Gaming time (maximum): 4h Memory microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 8 GB Up to 50 MB internal dynamic memory

Communication and navigation Operating frequency Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EGSM 900 Automatic switching between GSM bands Flight mode Data network GPRS class A, multislot class 11, maximum speed 85.6/64.2kbps (DL/UL) EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL) WCDMA 900/2100, maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (UL/DL) HSDPA, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL) WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g WLAN Security: WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal, WEP WLAN Quality of Service: WMM, U-APSD WLAN wizard TCP/IP support Capability to serve as data modem Local connectivity and synchronization Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate Add-on solutions enable integration into enterprise private branch exchange (PBX) infrastructure Digital Living Network Alliance certification UPnP support MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, sold separately) or WLAN/UPnP Nokia XpressPrint Support for local and remote SyncML synchronization Call features Integrated hands-free speakerphone Automatic answer with headset or car kit Any key answer Call waiting, call hold, call divert Call timer Logging of dialed, received and missed calls Automatic redial Speed dialing Enhanced voice dialing Fixed dialing number support Virbrating alert (internal) Side volume keys Mute/unmute Contacts with images Talking ring tones Conference calling with up to 6 participants Video calling: QCIF / 15fps Push to talk VoIP Messaging SMS with support for concatenated SMS for long messages Multiple SMS deletion Text-to-speech message reader MMS message size up to 300 kb Automatic resizing of images for MMS Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages Cell broadcast E-mail Supported protocols: IMAP, POP, SMTP Support for e-mail attachments Support for e-mail with filtering Support for Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email Support for Nokia Mobile VPN Web browsing Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, WML Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP TCP/IP support Nokia Web Browser Mini Map Nokia Mobile Search GPS and navigation Integrated A-GPS Nokia Maps application

Software Software platform and user interface S60 3rd edition, Feature Pack 2 Symbian OS version 9.3 Active standby Voice commands FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air) Multimedia menu Navi™ wheel support Automatic UI rotation Personal information management (PIM): contacts, clock, calendar etc. Advanced contacts database: multiple number and e-mail details per contact, contacts with images Support for assigning images to contacts Support for contact groups Closed user group support Fixed Dialing Number support Clock: digital, world clock Alarm clock with ring tones or radio as alarm sound Calculator Calendar with week and month view Converter Written notes, voice notes To-do list Personal Information Management, Calendar, Contacts, to do lists support Applications Java™ : CLDC 1.1, MIDP 2.1, PDA (JSR 75), Java APIs for Bluetooth (JSR 82), Mobile Media API 1.1 (JSR 135), Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME 1.1 (JSR 184), Wireless Messaging API 2.0 (JSR 205), Scalable 2D Vector Graphics API for J2ME (JSR 226), J2ME Web Services Specification (JSR 172), Security and Trust Services API for J2ME (JSR 177), Location API for J2ME (JSR 179), SIP API for J2ME (JSR 180), Advanced Multimedia Supplements (JSR 234), Nokia UI API Flash Lite 3.0 Nokia Web Browser Mini Map Quickoffice (Quickword, Quickpoint, Quicksheet) Adobe Reader Zip Manager Nokia Maps Nokia Dowload! Nokia Mobile search Adding more applications: Use the Download! Client – Visit www.S60.com to download free applications to your S60 device Visit Nokia Software Market Gaming Included try and buy games, full licence for one of the list : Asphalt 3 Hooked On: Creatures of the deep Worlds series of poker Block breaker deluxe Tetris Space impact System Rush Brain Challenge Mile High Pinball Snakes Subsonic Sims 2: Pets FIFA 08 Midnight pool Reset generation Bounce N-Gage application included

Accessories Sales package contents* Nokia N79 Two extra Nokia N79 Xpress-on™ smart covers Nokia Battery (BL-6F) Nokia Travel Charger (AC-5) Nokia Connectivity cable (CA-101) Nokia 4GB microSD card (MU-41) Nokia Music Headset (HS-45,AD-54) User Guide Get Started Guide DVD Recommended accessories Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-903 Nokia Bluetooth Speakers MD-7W Nokia Car Kit CK-300 Nokia Video-Out Cable CA-75U Nokia 8 GB microSDHC Card MU-43 Nokia Universal Charging Holder CR-99 Photography 5 megapixel camera (2584 x 1938 pixels) Image formats: JPEG, Exif CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar™ lens 20 x digital zoom Autofocus with two-stage capture key Focal length: 5.2 mm Focus range: 10 cm to infinity Macro focus: 10-50 cm Dual LED flash Flash modes: On, off, automatic, red-eye reduction White balance modes: automatic, daylight, cloudy, tungsten, fluorescent Center weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.33 step Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video Scene modes: automatic, manual, close-up, portrait, landscape, sport, night portrait, night. Color tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative Light sensitivity modes: high, medium, low, automatic Full-screen viewfinder with grid Active toolbar Dedicated camera key Slide cover for protection and camera activation Landscape (horizontal) orientation Photo editor on device TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, sold separately) or WLAN/UPnP Nokia XpressShare Nokia XpressTransfer Rotating gallery with Navi™ wheel support Slideshow from gallery with Ken Burns effect (automatic zoom and pan) and 3D sound effect stereo speakers Video Main camera Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) and up to 30fps Up to 8 x digital video zoom Front camera Up to 2x digital video zoom Video recording file formats: MPEG4; codecs: H.263, H.264 Audio recording formats: AMR, AAC stereo Image stabilization Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent Scene modes: automatic, night Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative RealPlayer Video playback file formats: MPEG4, AVC/H.264, WMV, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP Video straming: . MPEG4, AVC/H.264, WMV, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP Landscape mode video playback Video calling: QCIF / 15fps Video ring tones (2 built-in tones) TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, sold separately) or WLAN/UPnP Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery Rotating gallery with Navi™ wheel support Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device Video sharing support (WCDMA network services) Music and audio playback Nokia Nseries digital music player Playlists Equalizer Selection by artist, album and genre Album graphics display Skins Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, eAAC, eAAC+ Audio streaming UPnP music streaming Dedicated volume keys FM radio 87.5-108 MHz with RDS support FM transmitter 88.1 – 108 MHz Visual Radio support 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug Nokia Music Player Nokia Music Manager Nokia Music Store support Nokia Podcasting support Ring tones: mp3, aac, 64-tone polyphonic (35 built-in tones) 3D sound effect stereo speakers Integrated stereo speakers Synchronize music with Windows Media Player Voice and audio recording Voice commands Enhanced voice dialing Audio recording formats: AMR, AAC stereo FR, EFR, WCDMA, and GSM AMR Digital stereo microphone Text-to-speech Personalization: profiles, themes, ring tones Customizable profiles Ring tones: mp3, aac, 64-tone polyphonic (35 built-in tones) Video ring tones (2 built-in tones) Support for talking ring tones Wallpapers Screensavers Ring tones Pre-installed themes Changeable colour themes Automatic theme change with Xpress-on™ smart covers.

No need to flash your high beams – just use you Trapster

Trapster® users share the location of police speed traps just by interacting with their mobile phones. The system uses the phone’s GPS capabilities and wireless location, voice transcription, geocoding, reverse geocoding, and SMS, with a central database server. It communicates in real time, using the Internet to instantly alert other users as they approach the reported trap.

The Trapster® software and service is totally free and you can signup on there website for a free account and download this great piece of software.

Free Download: tms.jad and tmu.jad

N810 Internet Tablet

The N810 Internet Tablet has been released. Here are the specifications of the OS2008 phone.

Size

• Weight: 7.97 oz
• Length: 2.83 in
• Width: 5.04 in
• Thickness: 0.55 in

Display

• High-resolution 4.13” WVGA display (800 x 480 pixels) with up to 65,000 colors

Processor

• TI OMAP 2420, 400Mhz

Memory

• DDR RAM 128MB
• Flash 256MB

Storage

• Up to 2GB internal memory
• Support for compatible miniSD and microSD memory cards (with extender). Supports cards up to 8GB. (SD cards over 2GB must be SDHC compatible.)

Operating Times*

• Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L
• Continuous usage (display on, wireless LAN active): up to 4 hours
• Music playback: up to 10 hours
• Always online time: up to 5 days
• Standby time: up to 14 days

*Operating times may vary depending on the radio access technology used, configuration and usage. The availability of the product and its features depend on your area and service providers, so please contact them and your Nokia dealer for further information.

Other characteristics

• Smooth slide with integrated QWERTY keyboard
• Built-in GPS receiver
• High quality stereo speakers and sensitive microphone
• High-resolution widescreen display
• Integrated desk stand
• Integrated VGA web camera
• HW key to lock touch screen and keys
• Ambient light sensor

Connectivity

• WLAN standard: IEEE 802.11b/g
• Bluetooth specification v.2.0 . +EDR (profiles supported: HID, FTP, DUN, GAP, SPP, HSP, SAP and OPP)
• USB high speed for PC connectivity
• 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug

Language support

• HW keyboard variants: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish-Portuguese, Scandinavian and Russian
• User interface languages: British English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese
• User guide languages: British English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, American English, Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Arabic

General

• Easy install for new applications, applets, and personalization
• Operating system updates available over the Internet

Web Browsing

• Browser based on Mozilla technology with state-of-the-art web standard support including AJAX
• Page navigation with scrolling, panning or using hardware buttons, zooming in and out of web sites.
• Full desktop Adobe® Flash® 9 plugin, including video and audio streaming

Media

• Built-in media player for viewing and listening to downloaded, transfered or streamed media content and easy-on-device management of media library
• Direct access to shared media over Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
• Supported video formats: 3GP, AVI, WMV, MP4, H263, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, RV (RealVideo)
• Supported audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, RA (RealAudio), WAV
• Supported playlist formats: M3U, PLS, ASX, WAX, WVX, WPL

Communications

• Internet messaging and calling with video
• Effortless and automated presence and contacts application for centralizing communication tasks
• SIP support and interoperability with industry standard services

Map

• Map application with pre-loaded maps including points of interest
• Premium services available on purchase including Wayfinder navigation

E-mail

• Browser access to familiar webmail services
• E-mail application for personal e-mail usage with IMAP4, SMTP, and POP3 support

Images

• Full-screen finger usable image viewing and slideshow functionality
• Image editing functionality with rotating, cropping, and scaling
• Supported Image formats: BMP, GIF, ICI, JPE, JPEG, PNG, TIF/TIFF, SVG, Tiny, WBMP

RSS Reader

• Reader for subscribing, managing and keeping up-to date with web feeds
• Support for RSS 1.0/2.0 and Atom 1.0

Utilities

• File manager
• PDF reader
• Clock
• Games: chess, blocks, mahjong and marbles
• Backup and restore
• Command prompt for the more adventurous users

Input methods

• HW keyboard, full screen finger keyboard and on-screen keyboard

PerCushion Pillow Phone

“Just when you thought you’d seen everything in the world of mobile phones comes this, the PerCushion Pillow Phone. Basically, it’s a pillow (i.e. the thing you use to sleep on) with a Bluetooth device embedded inside it that connects to your mobile phone (i.e. the thing you do not use to get a good night’s sleep!).

Not only Bluetooth – the PerCushion also comes with an integratged microphone, loudspeaker, rechargeable lithium ion battery and LEDs that indicate whether the pillow’s receiving a call or not (though presumably the loud ringtone screaming into your ear as you sleep might also indicate a call coming in!)”

Crazy and lazy idea.

Source MobileMentalism.com

New Nokia PC Suite Available for Download

Today Nokia released a new version of PC Suite. Version 6.82 release 27 includes the following changes.

• Updated listing of network operators in One Touch Access
• Increased stability and reliability for the main window of Nokia PC Suite
• Stability fixes for backup and restore
• Improved mobile music experience with Nokia Music Manager
• Update your phone software with Nokia Software Updater
• Added fluency in information exchange between Nokia phones and Microsoft applications (such as Windows Media Player 11) with Windows Portable Device (WPD) driver support
• Released 15 March, 2007

Nokia Sports Tracker

Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based activity tracker that runs on S60 smartphones. Information such as speed, distance and time are automatically stored to your training diary. To be able to use application for real, you need Nokia S60 3.0 phone with Bluetooth GPS device or Nokia S60 3.0 phone with integrated GPS.

The application is compatible with latest Nokia S60 3rd edition phones, such as N71, N73, N75, N76, N80, N81, N91, N92, N93, N93i, N95, E50, E60, E61, E62, E65, E70, E90, 3250, 5500 Sport, 6290, 6110 Navigator.

You can integrate the data with Google Earth.

New Nokia PC Suite Available for Download

Nokia PC Suite 6.82 is now avalable for downlaod here.

Nokia E62 Update Available

You can update it from the Nokia UK site using the firmware updated called Nokia Phone Software Updater. Please make sure you back up your phone data before updating your phone software and if you happen to have your phones charger plug it in. Nothing worse than trying to update and your phone dies out half way through.

YouTube to go Mobile

YouTube is talking about bringing their service onto the mobile market. They aren’t sure on on how they’ll be able to make money but are considering Google’s Adwords to be used as a money making solution. Read about the beaking news here.

S60 Browser Blog

Another great blog by the S60 Blog team called S60 Browser Blog has been launched. Check it out.

New Torrent Applications for S60 3rd Edition Now Available

Symella and SymTorrent are now available for S60 3rd edition. Both apps have been tested on Nokia N80 and N91 multimedia computers.

Symella is a Gnutella client for Symbian smartphones. Gnutella is a popular Peer-to-Peer file sharing network with several users from all around the world.

SymTorrent is a BitTorrent client for Symbian smartphones. BitTorrent is a very popular peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol used by millions of users worldwide. SymTorrent is the first full-featured and complete BitTorrent client for Symbian OS. It supports downloading multiple torrent files at the same time, is capable of both downloading and uploading and can save the status of your unfinished torrents, so you can resume the downloads after restarting the application. You can also check the status of each file inside a torrent along with several other statistics and properties during download.

Peer to Peer on your Mobile

Peer Box is a free mobile peer-to-peer file sharing service for the mobile devices.
PeerBox enables mobile phone users to search and download millions of songs, ringtones, videos, pictures and games. Peer Box runs on most Symbian OS S60 smart phones .

Ways to Avoid Using Your Operator

On a recent post at MEX you will find ways on how to minimise and sometimes depending on your location totally avoid data charges. If you have a mobile phone that supports WiFi this is a must read for you.

Nokia N93 Firmware Upgrade available

The N93 Firmware Upgrade has been added to the Nokia online phone software update site. Currently it is only listed on the Nokia Europe and not on the Nokia UK site.

Flash Lite Contest

The Adobe Mobile and Devices User Group of Boston, Australia and Brazil launched a Flash Lite Contest 2006. The deadline for submitting applications is 11 PM EST on February 28th 2007.
All submitted content will have the chance to be evaluated for distribution through the Moket Content Network.

You also get rewarded with prizes:

• Best Overall Flash Lite content: A Nokia of your choice (up to 500 US$)
• Best iRiver Flash Lite content: Adobe software of your choice (up to 2000 US$)
• Best Application: iRiver
• Best Animation: Adobe software of your choice (up to 2000 US$)
• Best Flash Lite Site: Adobe software of your choice (up to 2000 US$)

Flash Lite categories:

Mobile phones:

• Applications
• Animations: Wallpaper, Screensaver
• Flash Lite 1.1 Web Sites

iRiver:

• Flash Lite content for iRiver (games and applications)

So get cracking.

Flash Lite Application Portal

Feed Your Mobile is a new Flash Lite content delvery platform geared for Flash Lite developers to fast track the sale and of distributition of their Flash Lite content.

The benfits include:

• unlimited Upload.
• Edit your Profil.
• Free Paymentintegration.
• deliver via WAP PUSH / or Download.
  

How to Recover a password from a MMC card on your Mobile

1 Open any file manager softwares like Seleq, FExplorer.
DOWNLOAD SELEQ FROM THIS POST

2 (Search phone memory only)search for the file MMCSTORE in phonememory using seleq software’s inbuilt search or search manually in folders either C:/SYSTEM/DATA or C:/SYSTEM/
Search by giving the search item as mmcstore.* or mmcstore.dat (better manually locate)(Seleq represents phone memory as c drive and mmc as E drive)

3 when you find it, send it to your PC by using send option in seleq.

4 on PC, open the file with Notepad, or any word processor

5 There goes your password.Ignore spaces and any unidentificable unknown (non english) charecters.

You can only recover the password of the MMC card set on your phone. If the password for the card was set on another phone you would have to apply the above procedure on the phone which originally set the MMC password. That is to say you can’t insert the MMC card into another phone and search the phonememory for the password there.

Ask.com Mobile free Service

Search engine, Ask.com, has launched a new and free mobile service that enables users to search the Web on any Web-enabled device including mobile phones, Blackberries and PDAs.
Ask Mobile Content, the new service has a special interface developed specifically to save mobile users significant keystrokes while surfing the Internet on their mobile devices.

What is a Walled Garden ?

A simple graphical explanation that goes straight to the point here.

Python for S60 1.3.11 released

New Features of Python S60 1.3.11 include

• Full source-code release and open source licensing
• Inbox module for listening to and parsing incoming SMS messages
• Expanded audio API
• Focus-event notification
• New Active Object timer service
• Support for SVG images (S60 3rd Edition only)

S60 3rd Edition FP1 – Symbian OS 9.2 SDK now Available

The N95 SDK is out get your hands on it now. The FP1 contains the S60 device emulator, API implementations, documentation, and sample applications as previous SDK’s.

Symbian On Frappr

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Ever wanted to be a Mobile Phone Tester ?

Now you can. Fork Factory is putting the word out and they are looking for people like you to test phones, services and other mobile content for telecomunication carriers. As an incentive they are also offering cool prizes like an iPod Photo, a PSP, a Motorola RAZR phone, iTunes gift certificates and free mobile subscriptions to their new Fork site.

If you don’t make it as a tester the site still sound like fun read the faq for deatails.

Information Utilities for your Mobile Phone

A host of useful mobile utilities including a Spell Checker, WordNET Dictionary, UK STD Codes, Crossword Finder, Websters Dictionary, Mini Thesaurus, Bible Dictionary, Abbreviations, Stock Quotes, UK Highways Traffic Information and POP Email client are available via a simple WAP connection at MobileQueuery.com. In other worrds there is no application to install all you need to do is bookmark the applications URL in your mobile WAP/WEB browser and you will be able to access the information you require.

Morphing User Interface On Mobile Phones

BenQ Siemens has come up with another touch screen phone much like the BenQ Siemens Ruby the amazing difference being its the most popular used fuctions are displayed automatically. If you want to access the other functions you simply press the touch-sensitive ‘MORE’ button . Basically the phones user interface morphs according to the users usage pattern.

Toxin Sniffing Mobile Phone

Gentag, a company that specializes in mobile phone sensor technology, just patented a “method and apparatus for wide-area surveillance of a terrorist or personal threat.” enabling the mobile phone to sense harmful chemicals, biohazards, gases and poisonous fumes in the air.

The image here is of a UV sensing mobile phone, and Gentag is also thinking of developing a WiFi sensor for those people trying to get a free ride on your WiFi connection.

Scream when your Mobile Phone is Stolen

A new service from security experts at Remote XT delivers a high-pitch earpiercing sound to your mobile phone when it is reported stolen and a meesage on the phones screen displaying “This phone is stolen”.

The phone becomes automatically disabled, with contact numbers, texts, images and emails removed, even if the SIM card is removed rendering the phone useless.

The service works on all mobile carrriers which makes it easy to deploy anywhere.

Freeware English Dictionary for S60 3rd Edition

Updated version of Dictionary now available for free and works on Symbian S60 (Series 60) 3rd edition.
Features and specifications:
Websters English Dictionary.
Built-in indexes find words in a fraction of a second.
Includes parts of speech (noun, verb etc).
Uses 6Mb disk space for the program and data.
Installs to main memory or memory card (Memory card recommended)

Note:
On E Series phones, if you get the message, “Invalid certificate, cannot install”, change the setting in App. Manager from “signed only” to “all software”

SMS a Condom

Another use for SMS on your mobile condomtext.com will then send your condoms in a plain envelope
straight to your address. No questions. No Que. No Hassle. Launching on October the 6th.

New S60 and UIQ Application Site

Symtopia.com is a new site that from Simon Judge which lists S60 3rd Edition and UIQ 3.0 (Symbian 9.1) applications. All applications are native C++ with no Java listings.
If you are a developer you can have your application listed on the website with an easy one click Add Link button located on the site.
There are a whole lot of freeware applications all searchable by category.

In Simon’s words these are the main reasons he put up Symtopia:

Here are my general impressions having visited the various developer web sites, forums and existing (mainly Handango-based) directories…

The 80/20 principle seems to apply. There are a few developers producing large numbers of titles. Prior to Symbian 9.1 there were many more developers each producing fewer titles. Maybe the developers producing the large number of titles were those who previously made a good profit pre- Symbian 9.1.

There is approximately three times as many S60 applications as UIQ applications. This might be explained by the fact that UIQ 3.0 devices and SDKs trailed S60 by about a month. However, I still can’t envisage the number of UIQ 3.0 reaching the same as S60 (now) in a months time.

There’s evidence of developers stalling during development (e.g. FExplorer, Papyrus, Blackballer) due to complexities of platform security.

There are some instances of end-users automatically assuming older (pre-Symbian 9.1) software will run on Symbian 9.1 devices leading to consumer frustration.