Last day of S60’s Nokia Messaging Campaign
February 28, 2009 by Aditya
Filed under Applications
Today is the last day for the Nokia Messaging Campaign, which has been held by the good people at S60. This campaign is limited to the S60 Ambassadors residing in India and SEAP countries. All you need to do is register and talk about S60 and Nokia Messaging to the people you know and write a report about that interaction, it’s that simple.
Let me tell you a little about Nokia Messaging.
Nokia Messaging is a new service from Nokia which allows you to check your email on the phone. The application supports ‘Push’ functionality for Gmail accounts and a few others too. You can configure any email address from any provider (except Hotmail for some reason), this includes your ISP provided email address too.
But you must be wondering why do I need an application to do it, when Nokia phones have built in email support? Well the answer is simple. The Nokia Messaging application allows you to download the full email along with the attachment. This means that the mail is there on your phone, and so you can even view it when you are not connected to the internet.
Also Nokia Messaging allows your mails to be pushed to your device, which means you will be viewing your mails in real time ala BlackBerry Enterprise Services. And with support for upto 10 mailboxes, you will never be left behind, so that email from the boss can be replied to immediately while you check the email your wife or girlfriend sent you on your personal mail id.
Nokia Messaging is highly customizable and you can customize it according to your preferences. With folder support, all your folders are always in sync with your mailbox folders. HTML support is being worked upon even as I speak. The ease of use coupled with ease in setting up your mailbox means that you can be rest assured that Nokia Messaging will do the rest once you enter your email id and password!
I have been using this application for almost 4-5months now and I must say that it is the best application to have on a phone. I can’t imagine not having this on my phone anymore. I would very highly recommend this application, an absolute must have.
If you want this on your device, simply go to email.nokia.com and register there (free registration), the registration procedure is really simple and very clear. Once you are done you can setup all the accounts you want and then you can have the application sent to your phone via SMS (unfortunately this is the only way as of now). The application will install and at that time will fetch all the details you entered on the website and voila! your accounts are all setup and ready for use. In case you want to setup a new email account within Nokia Messaging now, you can either go to the website or simply do it from within the application (installed on the phone). Please do remember that you need to enable IMAP support from the “Settings” option in your mailbox. Also please remember this can be a data intensive application so please configure the application in the manner you feel is appropriate.
You can become an S60 Ambassador by clicking here. Again, registration is free and yes! there are benefits (Clintonjeff got a swag pack from S60 people!) to being an Ambassador. So hurry up and join! Don’t forget to mention me (adityasinghvi) as the referrer.
The offcial Ovi theme
February 27, 2009 by Aditya
Filed under symbian s60
Yesterday Nokia Conversations outed a very fresh theme designed by the people at Ovi. The Ovi Blue theme as it is called. The theme brings the original Ovi icon set to S60 3rd edition devices like N81, N82 and older ones like N95.
This theme has its own custom ringtone and message tone along with a ’surprise’ i.e. a screensaver.
You can download it from here.
below are some more screenshots of the theme.
MWC 2009: Introducing the Omnia HD, Idou and the KT770
Not to be left behind Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson have launched their own devices running S60. Wait did I mention Sony Ericsson? Well yes, I did, that’s because Sony Ericsson has outed the biggest baddie of all, the ‘Idou’.
Let’s get to that first.
The ‘Idou’ is reported to be running Symbian Foundation’s S60 V5 iteration on a 3.5? screen with a 16:9 ratio (ala N97). Sony Ericsson has said that this is not the commercial name and a proper name for it will be revealed by this summer.
Now this baddie from Sony Ericsson is reported to have a 12 Megapixel camera! yes you read it right. I wonder how Nokia and the others are going to compete with this bad ass of a device.
For more info on the ‘Idou’ you can visit, http://www.sonyericsson.com/idou/
Samsung launched an updated version of the Omnia, the Omnia HD. The Omnia HD will be running the S60 OS instead of Windows Mobile. The Omnia HD will have a touch interface (S60 5th Edition) with a 3.7? AM-OLED display. It boasts an 8 Megapixel Camera that can capture 720p HD video recording.
Samsung had this to say about the Omnia HD,
The HD video recording feature enables you to capture precious moments in HD (720p) quality, enjoy HD content on HD TV via DLNA technology and share real-time live video as users shoot it via qik.com. The 16: 9 screen of QHD display with 16M colour and dual stereo speaker reveal a whole new world of mobile multimedia experiences on the move, enabling users to enjoy SD (Standard Definition)/HD (High Definition) videos in cinema-scale quality with caption. Brilliant Convergence Allied to the industry-leading 8MP camera which allows you take digital camera-quality photographs on your phone, the Samsung Omnia HD ensures you capture the best possible photographs of your friends and family.
The Specs for the Omnia HD are given below:
(The Specs is courtesy ZomgitsCj.)
- - 8 Megapixel CMOS + CIF, Auto-Focus / Power LED Flash / Face Detection/Smile Shot / Blink Shot / Panorama Shot Video : DivX / XviD / H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MPEG4, RV 24fps@HD(1280 x 720p)
- - Video recording DLNA & HD TV out (DLNA dongle needed) Video Editing: Trim video / Audio dubbing / Live dubbing / Add subtitle / Image capture
- - Audio : FM Radio with RDS MP3/ AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA / RA Dual Stereo Speaker & DNSe 2.0
- - Other sensors: Proximity, Light Sensor, Compass, Accelerometer
- - Size : 123 x 58 x 12.9
- - Battery : 1500 mAh
- - HSUPA 5.76Mbps and HSDPA 7.2Mbps
- - 3.7? AMOLED, 360 by 640 pixels Auto-Rotating Display
- - GPS with integrated compass “makes this suitable for both pedestrians and drivers, and the navigation touch control and voice guidance via dual stereo speaker provide drivers with easy and safe navigation.”
- - Available in 8GB and 16GB internal capacity options), plus microSD expansion
- - Intuitive “3D interface”
- - “Samsung Mobile Widget delivers up-to-date information of your choice with just one touch, creating a personalized interface with which to access the infinite wealth of web content.”
Eldar (of Mobile-Review fame) has already [p]reviewed the device. You can read the review here.
LG on the other hand quietly launched the KT770. the LG KT770 is a regular slider, with a 2.8? WVGA (400×240 pixels) resolution display. This device runs S60 3rd Edition with FP2 and is reported to sport a 5 megapixel camera and also a inbuilt GPS receiver. The KT770 is little thick compared to the newer S60 devices outed by the other firms, it measures in at 111mm x 51.5mm x 15.8mm (4.4in x 2in x .6in).
The internal memory is expected to be either 1GB or 2GB, with a microSD card slot to expand it to 16GB. The KT770 comes with Bluetooth, WiFi. There is Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) support and dual-band 3G (900/2100MHz or 850/2100MHz) is also there board, for high-speed data connections.
MWC 2009: Introducing the Ovi Store and N86
February 17, 2009 by Aditya
Filed under Applications, News
Yesterday also witnessed the announcement of Nokia’s application store, ‘The Ovi Store’. With this launch, Nokia also joins the likes of Apple, RIM (BlackBerry) and Samsung having online application stores for its products.
The Ovi Store will be location aware and will be launched this May in about 8 countries and will support close to 50 million devices, which includes existing S40 and S60 customers. The revenue split will be 70% to developers. In addition, the developer’s site publish.ovi.com was announced. The store will be able to “learn” your tastes over time and anticipate what you want, and make recommendations based on your geographical location. The store will offer a range of content including applications, games, videos, widgets, podcasts, location-based applications and personalized content.
UPDATE: ZomgitsCj reports that Samsung and LG phones (maybe even the Sony Ericsson too) will be able to use the Ovi Store. More on that here!
After ‘accidentally’ leaking out images of the Nokia N86, Nokia today finally launched the N86 officially. The Nokia N86 8MP is slated to be Nokia’s next flagship product.
The N86 8MP will be rocking the S60 3rd
edition with FP2. This time Nokia seems to have learnt it’s lesson by having burnt its fingers with the N96. The Nokia N86 8MP will have a 1200 mAH (BL-5K) battery. The N86 will also rock with a 2.6″ QVGA AM-OLED screen ala N85. the 8 Megapixel beast from Nokia is slated to take on its rivals with a dual LED (3rd generation) flash. The Carl Zeiss Tessar optics lens on this baby is in the same league as the sort of wide angle 35mm lens you’d find on an SLR camera and has been engineered to offer sharper image contrast and better colour representation. With 8GB of built in memory apart from 74MB of dynamic internal memory, the N86 will also offer a Micro SD card slot for Micro SDHC cards up to 16GB. Equipped with a
dual slider design, it will carry the legacy of the recent Nseries flagships.
Expect it to cost in the range of approx. 375 Euros (approx $470, Indian Rs 23,000) before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia N86 8MP should be available in Q2 2009.
Gallery of N86 images:
There are a slew of videos to pertaining to the N86. All of them are embedded below so you don’t have to go anywhere to see it.
- Introducing the N86:
- A conversation with the Product Manager of the N86:
- Nokia N86 8MP Handled:
MWC 2009: Introducing the Nokia E75 and E55
Next it was the E75 which was launched.The E75 is a side sliding device with a full QWERTY keypad and a 2.4″ screen. The E75 will feature Nokia Messaging, Nokia’s email and IM client, out of the box. THe phone is also expected to start shipping from next month. If you want, you can even preorder the device, simply click here. The E75 will sport a 3.2 Megapixel with autofocus allowing VGA vidoe recording. HSDPA is standard in this new Eseries beauty (111.8mm X 50mm X 14.4mm). The price for the E75 is expected to be in the range of 375 Euros (approx $ 475, Indian Rs 23,000).
After that came the E55, Nokia’s slimmest ever smartphone! the E55 is only 9.9mm thick! The device features a half QWERTY ala BlackBerry Pearl. The E55 will run the S60 V3 with FP2. It will sport a 3.2 Megapixel camera. The Nokia E55 also includes a predictive engine that will be able to suggest word completions, error completions and automatically learn new words. It will also boasts full access to Email, Calendar and Contacts with direct access to Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. Sound quality is also enhanced over previous Eseries devices with new noise cancellation technology.
The Nokia E55 is set to offer, wait hold you breath! a one month standby time (28 days to be precise) with a 1500mAH BP-4L battery. The Nokia E55 will also have N-Gage platform available to it. The E55 will also offer A-GPS, which means Ovi Maps will be there in it. It is expected to be available in Q2 2009 for a price of 265 Euros (approx $335, Indian Rs 16,500) unsubsidized.