Nokia Search 4.0 (as you've seen on N95 8GB and N81) is now available for download, for the devices listed below:
N95
N76
E51
6290
6120 Classic
6110 Navigator
5700 XpressMusic
Nokia Search is a free mobile application that finds what you want – fast. It can search through the 1000s of messages, contacts, music and other files on your mobile device. It also finds internet content by using leading search engines and local directory services. Download Nokia Search
Find it – then use it
Go straight from your opening screen to find your own messages, songs, and other content. Or, search the internet to find websites or local business listings online. And, because Search is tightly integrated with your other applications, you can quickly use the compatible content you find.
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Handy Taskman is a powerful task manager application.
Be in full control of your smartphone with powerful task manager Handy Taskman. Switch to, Close, Kill any application or Close them all in one click.
After installing Handy Taskman, the small task list gets replaced by it. As a default, it shows a list of currently open programs and an overview of memory usage.
Features:
- Be in full control of your smartphone!
- Have full information about running programs and about free memory left on the phone (RAM, Phone memory and Memory card).
- Access to applications is extra easy and quick: Find and start a desired application by typing the first letters of its name. Or run a program from full screen list of applications that were recently used.
- Switch to, Close, Kill any application or Close them all in one click. And even compress your smartphone’s memory using Handy Taskman.
Here you will find common tips and tricks for your device..
- If you dont long-press the menu key - another way to see if you have apps running in the background is to view the menu in icon mode. Usually there's a small "C" on the upper right of each icon, or on the folder where it's located, indicating that an app is currently running there. This is very useful coz it enables you to gain more memory.
- Ever had a time when you forgot to lock your keys after closing the slider? The n95 lets you input a specific time when you want the keys locked. Just to menu/tools/setting/general/security/phone and sim/.... then choose user-defined in the 'phone autolock period', then just put in how many minutes you want.
- Unlike the 6280 and E65, the N95 does not hang up the call when you close the slide. So after the dialing the number you're calling - you can close the slide and have a more compact phone to hold.
- Increase your RAM by deleting the "Welcome" application in your phone. Delete also other apps that you're not using - like the 'Search" app.
- Want to "hide" some pictures so that it doesn't show up in your Gallery? You can move the photos to another folder in your phone. Like the "my videos" folder. These photos can still be seen and viewed by a 3rd party photo viewer or a file manager - but at least, now when you open the gallery - they wont show up.
- If you have a lot of videos (mp4, 3gp, etc) on your phone, it's always better to arrange them in subfolders. Dont keep more than 130 clips in one folder, if over that, just make another subfolder then put another 130 clips there, and so on and on. If having more than 130 clips - it slows down the phone to unbearable speeds when previewing them in the gallery.
- Once every few weeks, especially if you add and delete photos in your gallery, you should delete the "_pAlbtn" subfolder in your "Images" folder. (Use a file xplorer to view and delete this, or use your PC). This would refresh the entire gallery - and would ensure that your thumbnails are updated. If you delete this folder and dont view the images - it will temporarily give you more space in your memory card.
- Set your call LOG to 10 days or less - this will help in speeding up your phone.
- When connected to a TV or Widescreen monitor, and you're viewing smartmovie movies, try this out. Instead of sliding the slider to make it horizontal, a better way is to set smartmovie to 'portrait' mode. It shows up as landscape on the TV - and there's definitely less pixelation on the picture. (than when sliding the slider to horizontal and 'forcing' the phone to compensate.)
- Make your Ringtone horrendously loud by turning ON the 3D Ringtone.
- Unless you have a good reason not to, just change your network to "GSM" only... to conserve battery.
- Also turn the WLAN search to off when you're not using it. This conserves battery as well.
- Using GPS, click on options/view/satellite info, then after you got a good satellite status say 3 to 5 you can then click back and it will make your connection faster.
- You can hold down the pound key (#) when in the standby menu, to activate the 'silent mode' in your phone.
- Don’t use the red ("hangup") key to exit an application. In many apps, this just keeps it in the background, eating up memory and slowing down your phone.
- You can change the shortcuts on the home screen to the apps you use most frequently by going to Settings/General/Personalisation/Standby Mode/Shortcuts.
- Ever have a problem when installing themes.... and the dreaded "expired certificate" error message pops up? This is mainly due to the fact the licensed signed certificate that nokia gave for the thememaker has a 1 year validity period - if you're just installing this old theme, and its more than a year old, you'll get that message. Simple solution is to go to the calendar of your 95, set the date back one year, or maybe 8 months - then install the theme you wanted. Restart the phone, then set the correct time again, and you're done.
- Ever think of turning your n95 into a webcam? Check out this link:http://www.motvik.com/*Pimp your n95 with lots of apps!http://vaibhavsharma.wordpress.com/2...pimp-your-n95/
- The ultimate loose/wobbly slider fix: (for those unfortunate to have a wobbly slider).http://n95slider.blogspot.com/
Following are the Features :
- Calculates the Prayer times.
- Sets the Direction of Qibla.
- Gives an alert for the Prayer.
- Provides you with knowing Existing Islamic Occasions.
- Retrieves the recorded notes in the calendar of device.
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Nokia has just released the following press release:
Get and play music and games on the move
Espoo, Finland - Mobile entertainment just got more fun with the Nokia N81 and Nokia N81 8GB multimedia computers now available globally. Designed for the best in music and gaming, these devices come with dedicated music and game keys and are loaded with memory so you can store more and play more.
The 3D Multimedia Menu introduced in these devices is the first step to bringing a new user interface to the Nokia Nseries range. The new menu makes it easy to discover and enjoy your digital content and the Internet, and share your experiences with others.
"Accessing your portable music and games collection is not enough anymore," said Jonas Geust, vice president, Multimedia, Nokia. "Today people want to be more in control of how and where they consume their digital entertainment. They want to discover new favorites and share them without being confined to one location - and it's devices like the Nokia N81 that facilitate this."
The Nokia N81 and Nokia N81 8GB also offer the discovery of millions of tracks through the Nokia Music Store*. And, with their integrated Nokia Music Players, creating playlists and managing music collections on the move is a breeze. For enhanced sound quality, compatible high-quality headphones or speakers can be used with the standard 3.5mm headphone connector.
A preview of the N-Gage games service is also available in the devices, including playable demos of EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA 07, Asphalt 3: Street Rules and Space Impact Light. After the launch of N-Gage later this year, the full N-Gage application will be available for download. Players can then try all N-Gage games for free and buy only the ones they want.
The estimated retail price of the Nokia N81 is 360 EUR before subsidies or taxes. The Nokia N81 8GB is expected to retail for 430 EUR before subsidies or taxes.
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Nokia Beta Labs has released an interesting application, Device Status, which lets you access a variety of information and which can be helpful in solving support issues. There is an application for S60 devices which collects information about your phone and a companion PC application which allows you to more easily view the information about your phone as well as collecting information about your PC.The usual caveats about trying beta/ preview software apply. However Device statusis reported as being technically mature.
Device status provides a broad range of information about the phone it is running on including firmware version, device type/name, IMEI, memory usage and profiles, network information, installed applications, settings information and more.The information provided by Device status may be of limited interest in one sense, but may be useful when attempting to solve support issues as it provides a full profile on how a device is set up and how it is operation. As devices become more complex simply knowing the model number is not always enough to solve support issues. For example some problems have been known to occur only on a specific network operator and firmware version combinations, another example might be a problem that occurs only when two particular applications are installed together.Device status can act as a one stop shop as it provide the majority of relevant information that will be typically needed when testing early version new software on a device or tracking down the cause of a support issue. The ability to easily export this information from Device status is particularly welcome in this regard and might be as useful for third party developer as it will be for Nokia. DOWNLOAD
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The coolest feature is the ability to save a search result directly to the Contacts application! It automatically fills in all the address fields correctly.
You can get the install directly on your N95 by going to www.google.com/gmm in the phone's browser. I have no clue if this works on other devices, or if it works with a Bluetooth GPS unit.
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"The Movie sees Spider-Man's suit turn jet-black and enhance his powers and, in its latest incarnation, the Nokia N95 has undergone a similar transformation to emerge as the Nokia N95 8GB." Right. Hitting retail for €560 (about $794) pre-tax and pre-carrier subsidy.
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Every Symbian (including the series60 version 3 OS) application needs to be signed in some way so that the phone can confirm its authenticity and it came from the intended developer and is not a malware or virus of some sort. The Symbian OS (v3 specially) has very good security measures and requirement for digitally signed packages (.sis files) is one of them.
Say, you come across an app. in development at a forum and it’s in beta or pre-release stage and has not been certified by nokia; but you want to try it out at that moment. Simply trying to install the unsigned app. will fail. What you need todo is to generate a developer certificate for your phone IMEI number and use it to digitally sign the unsigned app. so that it gets installed on the device successfully.
Here’s how you can generate your digital certificate and sign your unsigned Symbian application successfully:
Softwares Required :
Developer Certificate Request Tool [ Download ]
Sign SiS Tool [ Download ]
Generating a Developer Certificate :
- Register and create an account at SymbianSigned.com
- Make a directory on your PC. e.g.- c:\cert
- Install Developer Certificate Request Tool.
- Launch the above program.
– Step1: Enter “c:\cert\mycert.csr” in the textbox and click “Next”.
– Step2: Set ACS pub id available > NO, Type “c:\cert\mycert.key” in private key file textbox and “mycert” as password. Click Next.
– Step3: Fill out your location details accordingly. Click Next.
– Step4: Add your phone IMEI (type *#06# on your phone), Press Ctrl+A to select all capabilities and click “Add”. Click Next.
– Click “Finish” and “Close”.
We have generated certificate request file (mycert.csr) which will help us acquire a developer certificate (mycert.cer) to sign our unsigned files with.
- Login to SymbianSigned.com with the account info you used earlier while registering.
- Click “My Symbian Signed” Tab.
- Click “Developer Certificates” in left menu, then Click “Request” link below it.
- Type in the anti-robot security code and browse to select “c:\cert\mykey.csr” file and click “Send”.
- Your certificate has been generated. Click “Download” button and save the file as “c:\cert\mycert.cer”
So, you are ready to sign your unsigned application now!
NOTE : Developer certificates have a validity of 6 months only and works only on the phone with matching IMEI number you used while creating certificate request. You can reuse this certificate to sign other files later if required.
Finally, the actual signing…! Well, there are many ways to sign the unsigned file including running a Python script…he he, OK…I’m now showing you the simplest way with a special GUI program made solely for this purpose.
Signing the Application :
- Unzip the Sign SiS Tool you downloaded into “c:\cert”.
- Run the SignSiSUI.exe , enter the data as shown below and click “Sign It”. If everything goes well, you should get a message and a “appname.signed.sis” file would be created in “c:\cert”. You can now install this SiS file onto your phone.
Whoa! It’s finally signed.
Overview
Conversation is a messaging application that allows you to follow your conversations, organized by individual contacts. In addition, the application provides an easy way for replying to messages, and to continue the conversations.
After installation, the application will appear in your device as an application shortcut, and as a new tab in your Contacts application.
Installation instructions
You have to install two separate files in the order specified below. Also, They recommend that you use the latest software available for your device.
Version for S60 3rd Edition
Compatibility: tested with Nokia N73. Works but not fully tested with Nokia E50, E60, E61, E61i, E62, E70, N71, N75, N77, N80, N91, N92, N93, N93i.
First, install Nokia Contacts Services Support Package to the device memory (not to the memory card)
1st (SIS, 17 KB)
Second, install Conversation application.
2nd (sisx, 111 KB)
Version for S60 3rd Editon Feature Pack 1
Compatibility: tested with Nokia N95 and 6290. Works but not fully tested with Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, Nokia 6110 Navigator, 6120 classic, 6121 classic, E90 Communicator, N76, N81, N81 8GB, N95 8GB.
First, install Nokia Contacts Services Support Package to the device memory (not to the memory card)
1st (SIS, 17 KB)
Second, install Conversation application.
2nd (sisx,111 KB)
Known issues: compatibility problems with E51 and E90 Communicator.
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Jukka Eklund, one of the S60 bloggers has announced Mobile Web Server. What is it? As its name implies, Mobile Web Server is a Web server running on our S60 device. Sending SMS from the Web
Imagine that you have a web server running on your device. Now, you open your Web browser on your PC and connect to the web browser. What can you do with that? Many things…
Here are some examples what you can do using Mobile Web Server:
Retrieving contacts from your device’s phone book 
Accessing your Gallery on the device
There are some more features of Mobile Web Server
Please visit https://secure.mymobilesite.net/ to register and download Mobile Web Server
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