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Nokia thinks Ovi Suite 2.0 is almost ready for release, but they're wrong

2009-09-18T23:11:00.001+02:00

Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 is still in beta testing, but the people at Nokia Beta Labs believe it's almost ready to turn loose.Nokia Ovi Suite combines the functions of Nokia PC Suite, Map Loader, and Nokia Software Updater. Unfortunately the program still runs like quicksand, and Nokia apparently has no...

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Opera Mini 5 beta test: some things got better, some things did not

2009-09-17T18:16:00.003+02:00

Proxy-based data compressing mobile phone web browser Opera Mini received a major overhaul.The start page now shows nine bookmarks ("speed dials") as big squares with page previews. "My Opera," "BBC News," and "Wikipedia" came out of the box and I couldn't find a way to delete or edit them, which...

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Counting up and down: EggClock and Timers

2009-09-16T23:54:00.006+02:00

Every mobile phone has a built-in stopwatch and a countdown timer. Well, almost every mobile phone. If your phone runs on Symbian, there's no stopwatch and no countdown timer. You can download timer and stopwatch programs, but these usually cost more than a hardware egg timer from the...

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Nokia Messaging: instant messaging beta test from Nokia adds Google Talk

2009-09-13T07:39:00.001+02:00

If you want to have text chats on your mobile phone, there are plenty of free Symbian instant messaging programs to choose from. Nimbuzz, fring, Palringo, Slick, and more.Nokia Messaging is an email client, Facebook application, and instant messenger combined. For more about its email features,...

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No recording tone: record phone calls without the beep

2009-09-12T07:41:00.006+02:00

When you record a phone call, it's polite (and sometimes legally required) to let the other end know you're recording the conversation.But Nokia is overdoing it. When you record a call with your mobile phone's built-in recorder (or another recording program) your phone will play a beep every...

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Useless for Symbian: The Ultimate File Explorer and File browser

2009-09-11T08:30:00.004+02:00

When you call your application The Ultimate File Explorer the users of your program will have very high expectations. The author promises a lot: "This is the last file manager that you will ever need! The Ultimate File Explorer contains all the essential features that you will ever need in a file...

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Instant messenger Palringo runs slightly faster

2009-09-10T19:58:00.002+02:00

Instant messenger program Palringo connects to MSN (Windows Live), AOL (AIM), Yahoo, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, Facebook Chat, and the niche networks QQ, Gadu-Gadu, and MobileMe (iChat). Palringo also runs a collection of chatrooms. You can share your location with other people, but only if they use...

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PowerGrasp makes and extracts zip, tar, and gz files

2009-09-08T22:26:00.006+02:00

Most modern Symbian phones come with a built-in zip file manager, but what about other data compression formats?PowerGrasp makes and extracts zip, tar, and gz archives.The bad news: PowerGrasp comes as a mobile Java jar installer. Trying to access the file system (to read and make compressed files)...

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Symbian task manager KillMe kills bugs

2009-09-07T07:09:00.003+02:00

Symbian S60 task manager KillMe groups the processes (including the hidden ones) that run on your mobile phone according to whether your phone really needs them to keep running.KillMe is the easiest way to close programs that can't be killed from Symbian's built-in task manager. If a program gets...

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Talkonaut fixes bugs but forgets Skype, fring twitters faster, Nokia Messaging plays with Facebook, Fake Messages reads your phone book

2009-09-06T20:51:00.008+02:00

Still no Skype and Facebook in TalkonautInstant messenger and VoIP client Talkonaut talks to Jabber (including Google Talk), ICQ, MSN, AIM, and Yahoo. And it lets you call using almost every VoIP service that uses the SIP protocol.The latest update fixes some very minor bugs, but the main Talkonaut...

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YouTube video downloader YourTube free again, Sleep Music for Feature Pack 2 too

2009-09-05T20:51:00.003+02:00

YourTubeYouTube won't let you download movies to your mobile phone for offline viewing. Enter YourTube, a YouTube downloader that searches videos on YouTube and lets you save them in three video formats (mp4, flv, and 3gp) and different quality settings. YouTube is a mobile Java program, so when...

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Theme Scheduler, Profile Scheduler, and Key Lock Clock speak more languages

2009-09-04T23:19:00.000+02:00

Theme Scheduler changes the theme of your mobile phone on schedule, schedules the background image of your active standby screen, and it can link themes to your current active profile.Profile Scheduler automatically switches profiles on your phone, so you'll never forget to put it on ultraloud when...

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New Nokia Ovi Suite beta test version a little faster and a little less hungry for memory

2009-09-03T22:58:00.002+02:00

Nokia PC Suite is about to die. Nokia Ovi Suite is meant to take its place.Nokia Ovi Suite is a Jack of all trades that combines the functions of Nokia PC Suite, Map Loader, and Nokia Software Updater.One program to do it all... sounds good in theory, but do you really want to launch a slow,...

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Google Maps chases americans through traffic, Ovi Maps easier to touch

2009-09-02T23:10:00.003+02:00

Google MapsGoogle Maps (with maps, satellite and aerial images, and street view) still doesn't do voice navigation. It has text navigation, but if you don't have someone to read the instructions for you then using text navigation while driving is a very effective way to smash your car into...

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Dictionary by Vikrant P. Chavan bigger but not better, BabelDict speaks more languages

2009-09-01T17:27:00.003+02:00

Dictionary by Vikrant P. ChavanThe latest update of mobile Java program Dictionary by Vikrant P. Chavan (not to be confused with Dictionary by Simon Judge) adds more words, and the user interface is slightly changed.But the flaws of the previous editions remain unfixed.When you launch Dictionary by...

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Free your phone: ROMPatcher+ updated and included in latest HelloOX2 hack

2009-08-31T16:02:00.003+02:00

ROMPatcher+ by Il.Socio is a ROMPatcher spinoff that's being updated a lot lately. ROMPatcher+ lacks the "caps off" option in the menu. Instead, switching capability checking off is now done with a standard ROMPatcher patch. This may stop people from trying to disable capability checking on phones...

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Turn your phone into a flashlight: BrightLight now for all modern versions of Symbian

2009-08-30T14:13:00.005+02:00

Lost in the darkness? BrightLight turns the camera flash led of your mobile phone into a torch.There's a version for touchscreen phones which sort of works on non-touch phones, and now there's a real working version for Symbian S60 3rd ed. too.BrightLight works on many phones, but not on all. For...

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Mobile web browsers: Skyfire scrolls faster, TeaShark remembers, UCWEB has new looks

2009-08-29T23:18:00.003+02:00

SkyfireMobile phone web browser Skyfire is not a suitable program for routine web surfing on your phone, but it's good for watching video and listening to music.Skyfire uses a proxy server which turns web pages into a clickable image format before sending them to your mobile phone. This makes...

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Free YourTube died, UTube still alive and free, Youtube Mobile Downloader beats both

2009-08-28T23:17:00.005+02:00

YourTube YouTube video downloaderYouTube for Symbian won't let you download movies for offline viewing, but YourTube does. It lets you search for videos on YouTube, and you can choose between three video formats (mp4, flv, and 3gp) and different quality settings. YouTube is a mobile Java program,...

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Make, change, and sign sis files: SmartSIS and SisBoom

2009-08-27T22:26:00.003+02:00

SmartSISSmartSIS lets you pack, unpack, view, edit, and sign .sis installer files. It also turns .py files (Python scripts) into .sis files.If you want to sign .sis files with SmartSIS you'll need a certificate.The latest version has less bugs and a better file manager. You can get the english...

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