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Pencil key maps itself to Nokia 5800

I often see my cousin and I finding it difficult to actually select multiple sms’s for deletion and also for choosing photos to appear as wall papers or even multiple delete without having to each time choose the mark all, mark options in the option menu every time we wanted to in the Nokia 5800.

Thanks to Juriy Bakunin aka JBAK, who was kind enough to notify the short comings, he has released a wonderful application called the JBakPensil. It is the key that allows you to do multiple selection. Older S60 Nokias have this, the new one don’t have it anymore. It allows you to select any 1 key to emulate the pencil key to have the multiple selection option so as to be able to do several editing, selecting and deleting actions at once.

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Samsung Omnia HD i8910 makes a debut

Samsung has announced the Omnia HD with the model numbe i8910 .. The coolests feature of the phone being a 8 MP Camera and the HD Quality Video Recording.

It was one of the phones samsung announced at MWC 2009.

Another great achievement for Samung is that this is first mobile phone to support 720p video recoding ! Go Samsung ! – nokia might go HD soon

Its got a Full Touchscreen on a stunning 3.7 inch AMOLED Display

Its seen as a successor to the Omnia which ran on Windows Mobile Pro 6.1

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Nokia App Store is officially called as Ovi Store!

It’s got enough lime light more than a billion downloads and enough share of fame and critics choice. Here is Nokia’s attempt and breaking the groundbreaking software trend that won Apple a million hearts. Apple sold more handsets merely for their support of the App store.

Now Nokia have decided to take things in their stride and come this may Nokia are starting their own version which is going to be called the Ovi store. Continue reading “Nokia App Store is officially called as Ovi Store!”

Sony Ericsson Idou 12.1 Megapixel Camera Phone

Sony Ericsson today announced Idou which is it’s new high-end device, on the lines of Xperia but is powered by Symbian Foundation OS. Idou has a 12.1-Megapixel camera, with Xenon flash and a large 16:9 Touchscreen.

As of now we know Idou or I do U as a concept / codename of a phone. It might be the model of the phone itself.

Its a phone running Symbian OS .. Will nokia get new competition ?

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Nokia Maps v3.0 released.

Nokia just introduced their latest version of the highly popular Nokia Maps v3.0. It has a inbuilt synchronisation with their very own all in 1 service the Ovi. Also it has got better maps than ever before, enhanced Drive and Walk navigation.

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2 More Nokia TouchScreen phones expected to be lauched soon

Nokia is well known for its impeccable fashion of announcing new handsets in typical panache, like how no body would guess or expect. But in a recent video two new Touchscreen phones called as the Ivalo and Madeleine were leaked [Courtesy : Nokia Roadmap Leak].

The video features Nokia N97 Designer Axel Meyer

Ivalo

The picture that you see above based on the way it looks or atleast how they want it to look is supposed to be the Ivalo. It packs a 3.5″ wide touchscreen, 32GB ROM, AGPS, FM transmitter and receiver, 5MP camera, WiFi, TV-out and Bluetooth. Wow thats quite some specs. Cool just waiting for it to land in the stores. Continue reading “2 More Nokia TouchScreen phones expected to be lauched soon”

Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Introduced

Nokia 5630 XpressMusic : Nokia has announced the 5630 XpressMusic as its the latest entrant to its XpressMusic family , which is really slim at a thickness of a mere 11 mm and weighs just 83g and its the most sleek N-Gage phone

It shares a lot of features of the Nokia 5800 [specs] [unboxing]

Its unusually loaded with a lot of features which you would not expect in a music phone.

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Firmware Update – v20.0.012

Just hot on the heals after announcing the first firmware update version 11 for the Nokia 5800 Nokia have taken the logs directly to Firmware version v20.0.012. This is the latest firmware version that is available for Nokia 5800 users via the NSU.

The firmware update brings about native geotagging of your photos. This new firmware re-enables the feature that allows the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to save location information from the phone’s GPS receiver to your photos, so that you can browse them by location on Flickr or Share on Ovi.

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Nokia App Store to be launched at MWC2009

Its was first Apple to bring the App Store , then came Google with Android Market , then Blackberry.

Now Nokia is all set to launch its own version of App Store in MWC 2009 in Barcelona this week.

Nokia App Store will be mainly be a market place for S60 apps.

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Nokia N95 8GB gets firmware update 31.0.015

The Nokia N95 8GB is indeed a wonderful device and what else can be more welcome for a device of this stature other than a firmware update. Close on the heels of updates for N79, 5800 Xm, N95 Classic, Nokia has announced the availability of the Firmware update version 31.0.015 from the current available version 30.0.018. This update is available for unbranded phones only and we fellow Desi’s don’t have to worry as we don’t have to bother about locked or unlocked Nokia phones. This update of the N95 does not have UDP [User Data Preservation]. So don’t forget to back up all your important data.

The update itself is of miniscule nature and consists of preliminarily only few minor cosmetic changes and browser stability and puts to rest some constant Error messages that kept popping after the last update happened.

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Live Hands On and UnBoxing

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was just launched in India.

We have been covering the launch and we managed to get our hands on the phone so that you can see whats

in the package.

We are bringing you the Live Hands On and UnBoxing of the phone

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Nokia E63 vs E71 in Pictures

Nokia E63 is the low cost version of the E71 . This E-Series phone was announced just in Nov 2008

The E63 has small minor differences in the front .. Its got a more box like rectangular body the e71 is sleekier ..

The spacebar is shorter and there are 2 extra keys on the last row ..

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Google Maps Mobile 2.3 brings Street View to Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile

The Google Phone HTC G1 was the first to have street view in Google Maps..

Apple iPhone was soon to follow with the 2.2 firmware bringing StreetView

Finally its available for Nokia S60 phones and Windows Mobile Phones

This update brings a total revamp of the User interface .. I tested it on E71 and loved it ..

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The Nokia N85 Review

The latest N Series phone a.ka. The Nokia N85 is in town.

Its one of the most feature packed N Series phones as on date.

The N85 is touted as the successor to the N95

We review the phone and take you through the highlights of this NSeries phone

With a strong lineup of multimedia features, the Nokia N85 is taking the world of mobile convergence to the next level. Gaming, photos, navigation and music blend together with the newest Ovi and third party services via 3.5G HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity to make discovering and sharing experiences quick and seamless.

The N85 reminds us very much of the N81 which was the first phone to support a new casing.

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Samsung I7110 Announced & Reviewed

At the Symbian Smartphone Show in London, Samsung announced a new beast after its stellar Innov8. The Samsung I7110 is an S60 3rd Edition FP2 device that has a lot to brag about. An awesome 2.4″ OLED screen, a 5MP camera with LED flash, HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, an optical mouse for a more intuitive browsing experience, an accelerometer, built-in GPS with geotagging and navigation (only 10 European cities supported), an FM Transmitter.

Being an S60 device, the I7110 will allow you to install tons of 3rd-party applications and hence transform it into a mobility powerhouse. At only 12.9mm thick, and with a metallic body, the I7110 is definitely a looker and a very tempting alternative for the Nokia N85.

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