2009/03/12

Palringo Mobile IM with Facebook Chat

Palringo Mobile IMPalringo allows you to instantly exchange text, photos, and vocal IMs with groups or individuals.


Palringo’s latest update to their multi-platform instant messaging app now includes support for Facebook IM and the Nokia N96 using Symbian OS 9.2 (S60 3rd Edition). Palringo supports a bunch of clients, like Jabber, AIM, GTalk, ICQ, Live Messenger.


Get your free download of Palringo IM for Symbian S60 or visit Palringo official website.

Ovi Blue Theme for S60

Need a new theme for your Symbian S60 smartphone. Here’s a cool solution made by Nokia’s Ovi team, which will certainly make your device look “ready for the spring.” Yap, that’s the way I see it. The theme is called “Ovi Blue” and it looks clear and fresh.

Ovi Blue Theme for Nokia N96 Symbian OS S60
As expected — since it’s made by the Ovi team — the theme sports the Ovi icons, and also comes with its own ring and message tones, as well as a cool screensaver.

Download Ovi Blue theme for free and enjoy a fresh new look in your Nokia N96 device!

2009/03/10

Frodo Commodore 64 Emulator for S60

Frodo Commodore 64 emulator for Symbian S60, S80. A new version of the Commodore C64 emulator, Frodo, for S60 3rd Edition has been released. Aside from the S60 3rd edition, Frodo is also available for other platforms — including S60 1st and 2nd edition, Series 80 and UIQ. Frodo is a Commodore 64 home computer emulator. Frodo was released for 9210 on July, 2001. That was the first C64 emulator for any cell phone.

The latest version of Frodo supports also sensors (accelerometer), vibration, on-screen C64 keyboard and audio engine. To enable those those features, you have to install Bilbo library also. Imagine playing Pitstop II by rotating your phone like a steering wheel, or solving Quedex maze by turning the phone in any direction. If you do not want just imagine, look at the YouTube video below and after that get Frodo and Bilbo to your phone! Note that sensors and vibration is not supported in all S60 phone models.



More information is available from the official website.

2009/03/08

S60 Platform SDKs for Symbian OS, for C++

The latest S60 platform SDKs offer an all-in-one environment for developing for Symbian C++, Open C/C++, Java™ technology, and Web Runtime.

Supported editions and feature packs

S60 SDKs supporting Symbian C++ development are available for the following editions and feature packs:

  • S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1.
  • S60 3rd Edition.
  • S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 2 (formerly 2.2).
  • S60 2nd Edition, Feature Pack 1 (formerly 2.1).
  • S60 2nd Edition (formerly 2.0).
  • S60 1st Edition, Feature Pack 1 (formerly 1.2).
  • S60 1st Edition (formerly 0.9).
For more information, visit the Tools and SDKs section's S60 platform SDKs page »

BMW Racing Game for N96

BMW Racing for S60 3rd Edition is able to offer you the greatest driving experience on mobile phones. Racing Mobile Game. Hands-on announced they licensed BMW for their upcoming BMW Racing game. The mobile game will let you race a bunch of the latest Beemers, including the BMW Sauber Formula 1 car, and the M3, M5 and M6, with realistic handling for each type.

BMW Racing for S60BMW Racing Mobile Game will let players race in one of two different modes – ‘Challenge’ and ‘Time Trial’ – around the Nürburgring Nordschleife, which at 20.8 kilometres long is considered to be the longest, toughest and most demanding purpose-built race track in the world. UK studio FinBlade has developed the game, which will work with the Zeemote JS1 - Mobile Wireless Game Controller.

[ Download BMW Racing for S60 ]

2009/03/07

SymTorrent for Symbian S60 3rd

SymTorrentSymTorrent for Symbian S60 3rd and 5th edition. SymTorrent is the first and currently only BitTorrent client for Symbian OS. It supports downloading multiple torrents 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. Torrents can be started from the browser, and selecting the files that are downloaded from multi file torrents is also supported.

Currently, SymTorrent is available for mobile devices based on the S60 Platform 3rd and the latest 5th edition (Nokia 5800 XpressMusic). Supported phone models include all recently released Symbian OS based phones, such as the Nokia Nseries/Eseries devices, phones with touch UI and many older models as well.

SymTorrent is free and open source software. You can download it from the official website.

2009/03/06

Better File Manager for Nokia N96

Do you want an Advanced File Manager for your Nokia N96 cell phone? X-plore is a is a powerful file management utility for Symbian devices, with wide range of functions on phone's file system and Windows Explorer-like environment.

It implements all standard features such as file/folder manipulation. Thus, you can copy, move or delete files and entire folders, create folders, create and unpack Zip archives, it also has integrated text and image viewer and much, much more.

This software is shareware, with friendly price and relaxed registration option and you can use the unregistered version as long as you wish without any limits regarding to functionality and the only restriction in free version is the slower application startup and close.

Features:

  • View all drives / folders / files on phone in tree view
  • Integrated text and image viewer
  • View file details
  • Edit file attriutes (hidder, read-only, etc)
  • Rename and delete files
  • Create or edit text files
  • Create folders
  • Multi-selection
  • Copy or move files and folders
  • Send files by Bluetooth or Infrared
  • Extract files from Zip, Rar, Jar archives
  • Pack files to Zip archive
  • View Word documents
  • Hardware device info
  • View processes and tasks
  • Built-in program update
  • Viewing, saving files in Messaging folders
  • Hex viewer and editor
  • Search files
  • Folder hotkeys
  • Simple audio player
  • Simple video player

DivX Mobile Player for Nokia N96

Mobilize your media! DivX® video offers a truly cinematic media experience that’s as flexible as your life demands. DivX lets you enjoy your media wherever you want. DivX Mobile products give you a high-quality DivX media experience in the palm of your hand. Enjoy your movies, video clips and TV shows absolutely anywhere.

Nokia N96 is not officially DivX certified. Anyway you may still be able to watch DivX® videos on your phone by installing the DivX Mobile Player as it support Symbian S60 3rd edition.

You will need to log in to your DivX Labs account and subscribe to the DivX Mobile Community to download the DivX Mobile Player. Don’t have a DivX Labs account? Create an account in DivX Labs website.

Get the DivX Mobile Player from DivX Labs.

Soft Reset Nokia N96 phone

*#7780# (*#rst0*) - This will soft reset your phone. It is different from *#7370# because all data, like contacts, calendar and notes, are not removed. It will only reset the phone settings, such as profiles, themes and shortcuts. The default lock code is 12345.

Acquiring WLAN / MAC Address in N96

You can quickly acquire WLAN / MAC Address using star-hash code in Nokia N96 by typing *#62209526# (easy to remember on keypad: *MAC0WLAN#) from standby mode. The address is displayed in 6-pairs of 2 digits hex number separated with colons, for total 12 digits hex number (i.e., 00:22:fc:68:64:80).

Acquiring Bluetooth Device Address in N96

Use you use star-hash code for quickly acquiring bluetooth device address in your Nokia N96 cell phone. From standby mode, type *#2820#, an information pop-up window will appear with Bluetooth device address (12 digits hex number) displayed on it.

How old is your Nokia N96 phone?

Do you want to display the life timer information of your S60 phone, i.e. the total time of phone call (in minutes). ? Nokia has warranty life timer that can be accessed by entering *#92702689# in standby mode.

Some users have asked how to reset this timer; as far as I know the only way to reset it is by flashing the phone.

Display Nokia Firmware Information

To quickly display firmware information (revision/version number, version date, custom version number & date, language set, phone model, phone type, and latest update information), Type *#0000# from your keypad in standby screen. Alternatively, navigate menu --> Tools --> Utilities --> Dev. Mgr (Device Manager).

Get IMEI Number of Your Nokia N96

Simply type *#06# from your keypad from standby screen. The 15 digit serial number (IMEI) number will be displayed as information pop-up.

2009/03/05

MP3 Players for S60 3rd Edition

Pocket Ogg for Series 60 3rd

Play ogg, mp3, aac music files on the move - Pocket Ogg is the ultimate high-quality music player for your phone!

  • High-quality gapless music playback - no silence between tracks
  • Easy to use intuitive playback controls
  • Quick Resume - continue playback of long tracks, such as DJ mixes or audiobooks
  • Shuffle and Repeat playback modes
  • Create and edit unlimited playlists
  • Support for Nokia 3250 music controls
  • Full telephone integration - music automatically pauses for incoming calls
  • Play music from any folder on your memory card

Requirements:· Series 60 3rd Edition devices with requires 259K free storage space.

Limitations:· The trial version of Pocket Ogg is fully functional but will play for only 5 minutes at a time. Once the 5 minute trial is elapsed, the application must be closed and restarted in order to continue playback. There is no limit on the number of 5 minute sessions available.

What's New in This Release: Play .ogg, .mp3 and .aac files;Quick Resume now supports up to 10 different tracks·; Support for .cue files for splitting longer tracks; Improved audio playback on certain .ogg files; Support for volume controls on supported phones.

Send SMS for Free

Here is some link to some websites that offer free SMS sending service...

Indonesia

FREE SMS to All GSM/CDMA in Indonesia (ad supported, max message length is 100 chars): http://sms.balicode.com/ (also accessible from your mobile browser).


Pakistan

TextPK.comThe 3GCreation Team proudly announce their new Service TextPK.com (Free SMS in Pakistan). It’s a test run of TextPK messaging service. Here are Some Special Features about TextPK: Send FREE SMS to Pakistan to any network any time, schedule your SMS to deliver at later date, best for alerts, birthdays, reminders etc., create unlimited groups of your contacts, add unlimited contacts, facility to send SMS to your contact or without adding in contact list, send SMS to whole group, share your favorite and latest SMS with others, choose SMS from our latest SMS section and send to your friends, send SMS in multi-language, and best of all... everything is absolutely FREE!

Worldwide



Send free text messages! Please enter a cell phone number:
NO Dashes - Example: 7361829726

Please choose your recipient's provider:




More countries: Visit http://www.textmefree.com/free-sms-sites.html

Adobe Flash Lite in S60

Flash is a multimedia authoring tool originally brought to prominence by Macromedia in the late 1990's. Macromedia merged with Adobe in 2006. Based on vector graphic and time line animation, its success has been largely due to the ease of learning curve, and its evolving and extending ActionScript language. Developing applications in Flash is extremely fast and the time from idea to market is short.

Flash Lite is the cut-down version of Flash that has been designed to run on mobile devices. Most of the cutting down has been done on effects that would not be visible on the small displays of mobile devices or on functionality that is too resource-heavy for a mobile device. Additionally, some functionality has been added, like handling softkeys and numeric keypad events as well as acquiring the IMEI code or network and battery status of the device.

Flash Lite is preinstalled in all the latest Nokia devices. Most of the little older ones either have it or it can be installed for free from Adobe.

You should have a certain level of understanding about designing applications for the mobile context. The screen is smaller and the input is different than in a desktop PC. Also, since you probably will be using the ActionScript language, which is very closely related to JavaScript, it’s a big help if you are at least familiar with basic programming terminology such as functions and variables as well as object-oriented programming. It is possible to create quite complex Flash Lite applications without a single line of code, but if you want to create some logic and complexity behind your beautiful user interface, ActionScript is needed.

With Nokia, Flash technology becomes more broadly available, because it is supported across all Nokia platforms and is widely integrated with our mobile WebKit browser. Nokia makes publishing Flash content easy, too, via packaging solutions and tools for both the S60 platform and the Series 40 platform. Through S60 Platform Services, Nokia also enables Flash developers to use GPS-location and calendar functionality and much more.

If you are a web or media developer, Flash Lite could offer the quickest and most effective way of building on your existing skill set to create mobile content.

Flash Lite content can be broken down into 4 different types: Screensaver, Wallpaper, Stand Alone, and browser embedded - each handled differently. Flash Lite dramatically accelerates the delivery of rich content and browsing as well as customized user interfaces. An estimated 500 million devices around the world are capable of playing Flash Lite content, with Nokia shipping around 150 million in 2008 alone.

Nokia was the first to deliver the complete web-video experience to people on the go, thanks to the integration of Flash video with the Web Browser for S60. Users of the browser can view Flash Web sites and Flash video content, such as YouTube videos, just as they would on their desktops. Flash Lite 3 enables simple desktop Flash 8 content to be viewed through the mobile browser.

The core Flash technology helps creative professionals deliver interactive web sites, rich-media advertisements, instructional media, engaging presentations, games, and more. Designers and developers working across all platforms depend on Flash and the ubiquitous Adobe Flash Player software to ensure that their content reaches a wide audience.

Flash Lite expands that audience further by delivering the same richly graphical interactivity to a universe of mobile users. It also adds features that are uniquely mobile, including the ability to vibrate mobile devices and send text messages. For Flash developers, embracing Flash Lite involves an easy transition: They can use the same powerful Adobe tools to create Flash content for mobile devices as they do for desktop computers.

Here's what Flash Lite delivers:
  • A Nokia customised player integrated with our platforms.
  • Implementation speed and flexibility.
  • A large developer base and a mature toolset.
  • Great connectivity options.
  • Extensibility through S60 Platform Services
For web and media designers, Flash Lite offers a great opportunity to tap huge new markets. For mobile developers, it offers a mature and popular authoring tool that can cut development time and deliver an engaging experience to mobile users.

Adobe’s Flash authoring tool offers great features to assist in mobile development, through the Device Central element. Device Central is a testing environment that enables a developer to select a target platform or device and test content on it. Nokia and Adobe work closely to deliver specifications and regular updates for this tool.

The process of packaging and distributing Flash Lite applications has become much easier with the introduction of the Nokia Flash Lite (.nfl) format for Series 40 devices. There is now a range of online and offline tools available to help developers package their products — and two solid formats that cover S60 (.sis) and Series 40 (.sis). Casual Flash content created for Desktop can be viewed using the WebKit browser, and Flash content can be embedded in Web Runtime (WRT) widgets. Nokia recommends that content embedded in web pages or widgets be simple, and that the browser engine not be used to deliver full applications.

Flash support in the S60 SDK is limited to S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1. Nokia recommends that application testing be done through Adobe Device Central, Forum Nokia’s Remote Device Access service, or, best of all, on actual devices such Nokia N96.

Download KungFu Panda Flash Lite widget to try the power of Adobe Flash Lite directly on your mobile phone. (File is ZIP format. Use File Manager to extract the downloaded file).

2009/03/04

Developing Nokia Application

You want to start developing applications, content, or services for Nokia devices?

Whether you’re pursuing this for personal pleasure or because you want to take your business into the mobile space, Forum Nokia offers a wealth of resources to help you design, build, test, certify, market, and sell or promote your applications, content, services, or Web site to mobile users. Many in the business of mobile development have found that Nokia devices give them access to hundreds of millions of users whose appetite for mobile applications, content, and services continues to grow.

Sign in or register today. It's free to join, and enables you to take advantage of Nokia's rich development, testing and signing, go to market, and community resources.

Forum Nokia’s Get Started section provides you with guided self-teaching opportunities for delving into new topics and learning more about areas in which you are already working. The Learning Paths provide a selection of Forum Nokia’s developer resources in a logical order, allowing you to easily grasp the subjects — and start implementing as you learn.

Forum Nokia continually publishes new information relevant to your work, so we encourage you to bookmark our website and visit often. You can now view much of the content on the Forum Nokia site by the role you define for yourself in your Forum Nokia member profile. We encourage you to explore the content under the Devices, Docs & Tools tab. This content is specifically geared for your role in mobile development.

Learn from the Forum Nokia Knowledge Base

The Forum Nokia Knowledge Base is part of the Forum Nokia Wiki. The Knowledge Base is a library of known issues, technical solutions, and code snippets. The Knowledge Base contains articles about various technologies related to mobile development — including Symbian C++, Java™, Web, and Flash Lite from Adobe technologies — and about many aspects of developing mobile applications. The Knowledge Base includes articles written by Forum Nokia experts and articles contributed by developers. You’re welcome to add your own articles to the library and to comment on articles it contains.

  • Known Issues articles describe the known differences between devices and platforms and their respective specifications. They explain situations where implementations may cause unexpected behaviours.
  • Technical Solutions articles comprise developer questions that have been answered by the Forum Nokia Technical Support team. The cases have been generalized and published to serve other developers as well.
  • Code Snippets articles contain well-written code blocks that demonstrate how to use APIs and methods to perform certain tasks, providing easy-to-use code for application development. The snippets use APIs of the public SDKs and have been tested on real devices.

Also check out Forum Nokia’s Device Specifications section, where you can find technical details about Nokia’s mobile devices. In addition to details about the features and APIs, the section includes links to related developer tools and other useful information.

2009/03/03

Nokia N96 Software Updater

Great new features.
Updated applications.
Performance improvements.


Your Nokia device can be updated with Nokia Software Updater. To get great new features, applications and to learn more, go to www.nokia.com/softwareupdate.

  • Imaging take sharper photos through improved imaging quality and autofocus accuracy
  • Mail Nokia Email service compatibility
  • Other Improvements speed up your phone through system wide speed improvements

It is recommended to update using your phone: Go to the Device Manager (or type in *#0000# on the home screen), select Options and then select Check for updates. If you are told no updates are found, check back again later. Follow the on-screen prompts and wait until the update has finished. A big green checkmark will be displayed on update completion.


Figure 1: Step-by-step update directly from your N96

Tip: It is recommended to back up personal data before updating your phone (to your phone memory card or to a computer using Nokia PC Suite).

Nokia Friend View

Nokia Friend View is a social location and micro-blogging service that helps you keep up with your close friends. With Friend View, it is fun to share what you do and feel, and you can easily do this from home, work, or on the go.
You can download Friend View for your phone and use it on the go!
Let your friends know where you are and what you're up to, and find out what's up any time.

Nokia Friend View snapshootFriend View is currently available in two versions:
  • S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1 and 2 phones. It has been tested on Nokia 5320 XpressMusic, 6110 Navigator, 6210 Navigator, N95, N95 8GB, N82, N96, E71 and E90.
  • S60 3rd Edition (initial release) phones. It has been tested on Nokia N80 and E61.

Although not tested yet, Friend View should work also in other S60 3rd Edition phones. Furthermore Friend View uses Integrated GPS, Bluetooth GPS and Network Based positioning when available.

Please note that when you use Friend View on your phone, it keeps a data connection open all the time, so we recommend that you only use it if you have a 'flat rate' data plan. Please read the End-User Software Agreement before installing Friend View on your phone.

New EMail Service for Nokia Users

OVI Mail
Mail on Ovi is free email service, easy-to-use email that you can use directly from your Nokia phone and over the Web. Getting started is easy. Register now to get your own email address @ovi.com.
Anytime, anywhere access. Staying in touch with friends and family is fun and easy with Mail on Ovi. You get 1 GB of storage and your email is protected.

DOS Emulator for Symbian

Do you want to run PC/XT application (Intel x86 based code) in your Symbian OS powered cellphone, including in your brand new Nokia N96 phone? Yes, you can! Currently there are many options available, including using JPC Emulator written in Java or using XTM PC Emulator for EPOC32.

JPC

JPC is a pure Java emulation of an x86 PC with fully virtual peripherals. It runs over Java Virtual Machine, with the bullet-proof security and stability of Java technology.

JPC creates a virtual computer upon which you can install your favorite operating system in a safe, flexible and powerful way. It aims to give you complete control over your favorite PC software's execution environment and JPC's multi-layered security makes it the safest solution for running the any application in quarantined environment (the Java sandbox). This means that the emulated hardware is completely isolated from the underlying hardware and cannot damage or interfere with it in any way.

JPC is copyright of Oxford University, developed as open source program. Both source code and binary file (JAR) are available for download from JPC homepage. You may also install JPC directly from your mobile phone by accessing http://www-jpc.physics.ox.ac.uk/mobile/JPC.jad


XTM PC Emulator for EPOC32

XTM is a software emulation of a classic PC/XT computer for the Symbian operating system. You can run any software which would run on a low-end PC/XT clone from the 1980's.

XTM Features:

  • Full 80186 instruction set with 8087 math coprocessor
  • MCGA display emulation with all text modes and graphics modes at 320x200 and 640x200 resolutions
  • Native code BIOS for improved performance
  • Native code support for HP 200LX graphics interface (Int 5Fh)
  • Full access to host Symbian OS file system
  • Access to Symbian serial ports as COM1 and COM2
  • PC keyboard mapping including 12 function keys implemented as screen buttons. UK, US, French and German keyboards supported
XTM has been tested with a number of PC operating systems including MS-DOS and DR-DOS. Please note that you need your own copy of DOS to run with XTM. Give it a try, download XTM for Nokia S60.

2009/03/01

Nokia N96 Specifications

Nokia N96Here is the full specification for newest Nokia N-Series phone available on the market since September 2008 (it was officially announced on February 2008), Nokia N96.

Size
Dimension: 103x55x18 mm (92 cc)
Weight: 125 gr

Network Connectivities
2G Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
3G Network: HSDPA 900/2100 (American version: HSDPA 850/1900)

Connections
GPRS: Class 32, 107 / 64.2 kbps
HSCD: Supported
Edge: Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps
3G: HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth: v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared Port: Not present
USB: v2.0 microUSB

Processor & Physical Memory
CPU: Dual ARM 9 264 MHz
Internal Built-In Data Memory: 16 Gb
RAM: 128 Mb RAM, 256 Mb Storage Memory

Display
Screen Type: TFT
Screen Size: 2.8 inch
Resolutions: 240x320 px (portrait mode)
Color Depth: 16.7 Millions Colors (True Color, 24 bits RGB)
Touch Screen: Not Supported

Phone Memory
Phonebook: Unlimited, up to size of available memory space
Call Records: Detailed, max stored for 30 days
Expansion Slot: microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB

Messaging
Supported Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
Instant Messaging: Pre-installed
Predictive Input: T9 (Multi language)

Ringtones
Modulation Type: Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3
Customization: Downloadable
Vibration: Yes
Audio I/O: Analogue Stereo Audio Jack 3.5 mm (most common standard)

Camera
Resolution: 5 Mega Pixels (2592x1944 pixels)
Optics: Carl Zeiss, Tessar 2.8/5.2
Camera features: AF (Auto Focus), LED flash, LED Video Lamp
Video Recording: VGA Resolution (640x480px), 30 fps
Secondary Camera: VGA Video Call Front Camera

Battery
Part Number: BL-5F
Type/Capacity: Li-Ion 950 mAh
Stand-by Time: Up to 220 Hours
Talk Time: Up to 220 Minutes (3 Hours 40 Minutes)

Software
Operating System: Symbian OS v9.3 (S60 release 3.2)
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS reader
Java: MIDP 2.1
Games: Downloadable
Document Viewer: Text, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
Playable Music: MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
Playable Video: FLV (Flash Video), 3GP

Features
GPS: Supported, with A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System)
Analogue TV: Not Supported
Digital TV: DVB-H TV broadcast receiver
Radio Receiver: Stereo FM Radio with RDS
Internet Radio: Supported using Nokia Internet Radio
Voice Dialing: Supported
Voice Memo: Supported
TV Out: RCA Out (Cable included)
Handsfree: Included, with Stereo Headset
Handset Design: Dual-slide Mode with Kickstand
Accelerometer: Built-in

Bundled Charger
Rapid Charger AC-4E (100-240V/50-60Hz/125 mA, Output DC 5V/890mA
Travel Charger: Car Travel Charger, bundled in package

Note that included items in bundled package is varry according to sales location.